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February 21st, 2024
Sugar Boys’ National League title challenge in jeopardy following loss to Islanders

VALLEY, Virgin Gorda, VI- With an all important 2-1 victory, which will have serious repercussions on the legitimate National League title-chasing teams, the Islanders FC may well have put Sugar Boys FC out of contention.

February 21st, 2024
US company accused of illegally hiring children to clean meat plant

AP NEWS

DES MOINES, Iowa, USA - U.S. authorities have accused another sanitation company of illegally hiring at least two dozen children to clean dangerous meat processing facilities, the latest example of the illegal child labor that officials say is increasingly common.

February 21st, 2024
US warns of a Chinese disinformation campaign that could undermine peace

AP

WASHINGTON, USA — For much of the world, China’s Xinjiang region is notorious, a place where ethnic Uyghurs face forced labor and arbitrary detention. But a group of visiting foreign journalists was left with a decidedly different impression.

February 21st, 2024
Cocaine found in Tobago oil spill zone

TRINIDAD EXPRESS

COVE ESTATE, Tobago, T&T - Cocaine valued at over half a million dollars has been found washed ashore at Cove Estate, Tobago.

February 21st, 2024
Parenting advice YouTuber jailed for child abuse

BBC NEWS

A Utah mother whose harsh parenting advice made her a YouTube influencer has been sentenced to at least four years in prison for child abuse.

February 21st, 2024
Grenada-born technology leader Dr Camille Lewis shines @ US Engineering Awards

ST GEORGES, Grenada- Native Grenadian Dr Camille Lewis has been officially recognised as a Modern-Day Technology Leader at the 38th Black Engineer of the Year Awards (BEYA) held from February 15-18, 2024 in Baltimore, Maryland, United States (US).

February 20th, 2024
Fahie Trial: Judge wants Prosecution & Defense back in court on March 7, 2024

MIAMI, Florida, USA – Former Virgin Islands (VI) Premier, Andrew A. Fahie remains incarcerated in Miami after being convicted on all counts of cocaine smuggling and a federal judge is left unable to figure out how to resolve doubts raised by a couple of jurors about their guilty verdicts nearly two weeks ago.

February 20th, 2024
Man found stabbed on VG; Police want witnesses to come forward

VALLEY, Virgin Gorda, VI – Information coming into Virgin Islands News Online (VINO) is that on Saturday, February 17, 2024, Officers of the RVIPF received a report after 5:00 pm of an injured male at a residence in the Valley, Virgin Gorda.

February 20th, 2024
‘I appreciate [Premier Wheatley’s] willingness to do what’s right’- Hon Fraser

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Opposition Member and Third District Representative Hon Julian Fraser RA (R3) has praised Premier and Minister of Finance Dr the Honourable Natalio D. Wheatley (R7) for his willingness to listen and do what is right.

February 20th, 2024
Branson wants cannabis decriminalised, legalised & regulated on global scale

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI– British Billionaire and [British] Virgin Islands Belonger Sir Richard C.N. Branson says he supports efforts to decriminalise, legalise and regulate cannabis in many jurisdictions around the world because he believes it will ultimately wrestle control from those in charge of the illicit market, reduce harm, and ultimately make people and communities safer.

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