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'You can't even see in' some heavily tinted vehicles – Hon Rymer
DUFF’S BOTTOM, Tortola, VI – Minister for Transportation, Works and Utilities, Hon Kye M. Rymer (R5) has said there needs to be more enforcement of traffic laws in the territory, including on illegal tint and motor scooters.
VI Governor & Top CoP blasted for silence on spate of killings
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Talk show host and former Mrs BVI, Angelle A. Cameron is demanding Governor John J. Rankin CMG and new commissioner, Mark Collins speak on the spate of killings that have rocked the Virgin Islands (VI) community over the past weeks.
HoA must ‘find a way forward’ to address crime - Hon Penn
DUFFS BOTTOM, Tortola, VI – Opposition Leader, Hon Marlon A. Penn (R8) has called on all members of the Virgin Islands (VI) House of Assembly (HoA) to chart a way forward to tackle crime in the territory.
Paraquita Bay shooter 'not deserving of our trust & protection'- Premier Fahie
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Virgin Islands (VI) Premier and Minister of Finance, Hon Andrew A. Fahie (R1) has condemned the recent crimes and killings in the territory, an issue compounded with the latest fatal shooting of Paraquita Bay resident, Catherine Pickering during a robbery on April 18, 2021.
65 questions including on CoI & crime await Gov’t @ today’s HoA
DUFF’S BOTTOM, Tortola, VI- When the Seventh Sitting of the Third Session of the Fourth House of Assembly of the Virgin Islands is held at Save the Seed Energy Centre in Duff's Bottom, Tortola from 10:00 am today, April 15, 2021, there will be a long list of questions for the sitting Government.
Burglars ransack Fort Hill bike rental; cart off 3 bikes & ATV
FORT HILL, Tortola, VI – Information coming into Virgin Islands News Online (VINO) is that N.B.A Rentals, a bike rental business located in the Fort Hill area of Tortola was discovered burglarised yesterday morning, Friday, March 19, 2021.
VI's delayed economic reopening a precursor for more crimes - Skelton-Cline
BAUGHERS BAY, Tortola, VI – ‘Honestly Speaking’ radio host, Claude O. Skelton-Cline says he is predicting higher crime rates in the territory, should more Virgin Islanders skip vaccination for COVID-19, which he says will continue to delay the full re-opening of the local economy.
USVI woman pleads guilty in elaborate income tax fraud
VI CONSORTIUM
CHRISTIANSTED, ST. Croix — United States Attorney Gretchen C.F. Shappert announced Thursday that Joanne Benjamin, age 41, from the United States Virgin Islands pleaded guilty in federal court on March 11 to conspiracy to defraud the United States.
UPDATE: Dwight Callwood & Pia King charged for gun find @ Butu Mountain
BUTU MOUNTAIN, Tortola, VI- Police have released the names of the two persons charged after a loaded firearm was found at a home in Butu Mountain, on Tortola, on March 5, 2021.
UPDATE: Floating body is Lebanese native Walid Kashour
SEA COWS BAY, Tortola, VI – Lebanese native Walid Kashour, 40, has been identified as the territory’s latest homicide victim after his body was discovered yesterday, February 19, 2021, floating in the waters by Sea Cows Bay.
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