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VI’s CCTV network in final stages of roll-out– CoP Collins
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI– Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) Commissioner of Police Mr Mark Collins has announced that the CCTV roll-out in the Virgin Islands (VI) is almost complete.
I was overwhelmed with tears’ on tour of slave trade post in Accra, Ghana- Hon Turnbull
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- It was at the Special Sitting on Friday, October 13, 2023, in the Fifth House of Assembly (HoA) where a resolution was brought to name 10 national heroes and 'sheroes' when Second District Representative Hon Melvin M. Turnbull reflected on his recent trip to Ghana, Africa.
US woman allegedly flew to Jamaica to kill MP’s child, infant’s mom
JAMAICAN GLEANER
KINGSTON, Jamaica - Leoda Bradshaw, the American companion of opposition lawmaker Phillip Paulwell, reportedly traveled to Jamaica with the sole purpose of murdering Paulwell’s infant daughter and her mother.
CWI to invest US$2.5m in prize money over a four-year period
NATION NEWS
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados - Cricket West Indies (CWI) announced earlier today that it will be investing more than US$2.5 million in prize money over a four-year period.
Amazon drought stalls shipping as boats run aground
REUTERS
MANAUS, Brazil – A barge carrying three trucks and 2,000 empty cooking gas cylinders lies stranded on the vast sand banks of a diminished Rio Negro river after running aground last month, highlighting the plight of river transport in the Amazon region hit by severe drought.
Greta Thunberg charged with public order offense in UK
AP
LONDON, UK — Climate activist Greta Thunberg has been charged with a public order offense after being arrested at a demonstration against an oil and gas industry conference in London.
Biden backs Israel's account of deadly Gaza hospital blast
BBC NEWS
US President Joe Biden has said a deadly blast at a Gaza hospital appears to have been caused by Palestinian militants, backing Israel's account of the incident as he visits the country.
SVG PM warns of implications for region from Israel-Hamas conflict
LOOP NEWS
Prime Minister of St Vincent and the Grenadines Dr Ralph Gonsalves says the Caribbean region is not immune to the implications of the current Israel-Hamas conflict and that the immediate impact for the region includes the question of rising oil prices and the threat of a widening of this particular conflict.
Update: 2 injured in Fish Bay shooting
FISH BAY, Tortola, VI- The Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) has since indicated that two persons were injured in the shooting at the DHL Office in Fish Bay this evening, October 17, 2023.
VI removed from EU list of non-cooperative jurisdictions for tax purposes
BRUSSELS, Belgium- Following a meeting of the European Union’s (EU’s) Economic and Financial Affairs Council (ECOFIN) today, October 17, 2023, the [British] Virgin Islands (VI) has been removed from the EU list of non-cooperative tax jurisdictions (Annex I).
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