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March 15th, 2023
Ex-Haiti mayor accused of killing & torture faces civil trial

AP

BOSTON, Massachusetts, USA - Accusations of political violence and terror have followed a former Haitian mayor all the way to a Boston courtroom, where a civil trial began Monday that shines a light on the wider issue of bloodshed and unaccountability in the Caribbean nation's politics.

March 15th, 2023
Russian fighter jet forces down US drone over Black Sea

CNN

WASHINGTON DC, USA - A Russian fighter jet forced down a US Air Force drone over the Black Sea on Tuesday after damaging the propeller of the American MQ-9 Reaper drone, according to the US military.

March 15th, 2023
San Francisco board open to reparations with $5M payouts

AP

SAN FRANCISCO, California — Payments of $5 million to every eligible Black adult, the elimination of personal debt and tax burdens, guaranteed annual incomes of at least $97,000 for 250 years and homes in San Francisco for just $1 a family.

March 15th, 2023
Antigua: Parent placed in remand following attack on school principal

LOOP NEWS

A magistrate has remanded into custody a parent who attacked the principal of a primary school after he had become unhappy with disciplinary action taken against his child.

March 15th, 2023
Employee fired for refusing to attend LGBTQ training session loses appeal

FOX NEWS

A federal appellate court rejected the appeal of a former account clerk in upstate New York who was fired from his job for refusing to attend a mandatory LGBTQ training in 2018.

March 15th, 2023
PVIM’s Stacey Mather says he thought of how tattoos will impact political career

FISH BAY, Tortola, VI –Progressive Virgin Islands Movement (PVIM) Territorial At Large Candidate in the 2023 Virgin Islands Elections, Mr Stacey Mather MBE says he has thought about how his tattoos would impact his political career as a first-time candidate in the political arena.

March 15th, 2023
UPDATE: Man found dead in JvD home is Urvie Chinnery

GREAT HARBOUR, Jost van Dyke, VI- Our newsroom can now disclose that the man found dead in a home on Jost van Dyke on Monday, March 13, 2023, has been identified as Mr Urvie Chinnery.

March 14th, 2023
Pickup truck & car collide @ bottom of Elevator Hill

SEA COWS BAY, Tortola, VI- Traffic heading West out of Sea Cows Bay has been slowed to walking pace due to a vehicular accident at the bottom of the hill in Sea Cows Bay popularly referred to as Elevator Hill.

March 14th, 2023
Former HoA Speaker Julian Willock opts out of contesting 2023 General Elections

SEA COWS BAY, Tortola, VI- While more and more persons continue to throw their hats in the proverbial political ring ahead of the 2023 General Elections, one person who had stated since last October that he was contemplating to run and was actually expected to contest the elections, former House of Assembly (HoA) Speaker Mr Julian Willock, has surprisingly said he will not be seeking political office.

March 14th, 2023
Sandy M. Harrigan-Underhill replaces Hon Mark H. Vanterpool as NDP’s D4 candidate

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI– National Democratic Party (NDP) candidate Sandy M. Harrigan-Underhill, a former Principal of Elmore Stoutt High School (ESHS), is back on the NDP's 2023 elections slate, following defeat in the last General Elections in the Virgin Islands (VI).

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