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Men in VG cocaine bust plead not guilty to drug charges
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Nickel Simon, Cryton Browne, Wilferedo Lopez Vargas and Hober Morillo Ybarbia, the men jointly with the importation of a controlled drug in one of the largest drug busts in recent times in the Territory, will be heading to trial.
Ousted legislator Myron V. Walwyn returns to courtroom
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The former controversial Education Minister under the National Democratic Party (NDP) Administration, Myron V. Walwyn who went from being one of the biggest election winners to the biggest loser at the polls, was spotted in the Magistrate’s Court today Tuesday, December 10, 2019, in his capacity as a defense attorney.
Justice Smith Out! Justice Ward In- as new High Court Judge
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Justice Ann-Marie Smith, the High Court judge who has raised eyebrows with some of her sentencing in the Virgin Islands, is leaving the Territory.
Preacher Carlton O'Neal found guilty of assaulting wife
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Local preacher Carlton O'Neal has been found guilty of assaulting his wife and the mother of his son, Jamaican national Shakesha O'Neal on March 22, 2019.
Two shot, one dead in USVI Hospital Ground shooting
VI CONSORTIUM
ST. THOMAS, USVI - Two men were shot in the wee hours of Saturday morning, December 7, 2019, in Hospital Ground, St. Thomas, with one of the two victims succumbing to his wounds, sustained during the shooting.
“I ain’t selling no more land to pay lawyers’- Father of 9 facing drug charges
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Father of nine, David Straker has told Senior Magistrate Tamia N. Richards he is not willing to sell any more of his real estate to pay lawyers to defend him.
UPDATE: Eric Mathias Sr shot @ Horse Path home - RVIPF
HORSE PATH, Tortola, VI- New details are emerging about the attempted robbery and shooting that occurred in the late hours of yesterday, Wednesday, December 4, 2019, which resulted in Taxi driver Eric Mathias Sr receiving a gunshot to the abdomen.
Jamaican cop on remand for alleged indecent assault on school girl
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Information reaching Virgin Islands News Online is that Xavier Morgan, a member of the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force, is now being housed at Her Majesty’s Prison in Balsam Ghut, Tortola, for alleged indecent assault on a schoolgirl.
US national nearly loses hand in knife attack by Jamaican labourer
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Kipp La’von Nesbitt, an executive chef from the United States, had to undergo surgery to save his hand after Prince A. Bambury allegedly attacked him following an altercation which occurred after Nesbitt bumped into him at a food van in Road Town, Tortola, on November 30, 2019.
VI Gov’t inks border management contract with Canadian firm
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Deputy Premier and Minister for Natural Resources, Labour and Immigration, Honourable Vincent O. Wheatley (R9) has said with the contract signing of a new modern border management system, immigration will finally be under control in the Virgin Islands.
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