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March 22nd, 2022
UK OT Minister calls for end to gun violence in VI

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – UK Minister for Overseas Territories, Rt Hon Amanda A. Milling has called for an end to gun violence in the [British] Virgin Islands (VI), ahead of her departure from the VI over the weekend.

March 19th, 2022
DDP appealing No-Case decision for Prevost & Power

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) is appealing the decision of Judge Justice R. C. Williams to uphold the submission that interdicted police officers Pamphill Prevost and Simon Power had no case to answer for the sole count of conspiracy to steal.

March 16th, 2022
Kenyatta Boynes’ appeal against murder & attempted murder convictions dismissed

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Kenyatta Boynes aka ‘Yhats’, who is serving life imprisonment with eligibility of parole after 30 years for murder and attempted murder, recently saw his challenge to the convictions dismissed in the Court of Appeal.

March 15th, 2022
3 persons who escaped Immigration detention last week recaptured

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Three detainees who escaped the Department of Immigration detention facility on Friday, March 11, 2022, have reportedly been recaptured.

March 14th, 2022
Interdicted policemen Prevost & Power found Not Guilty in High Court

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Word just reaching Virgin Islands News Online (VINO) is that interdicted policemen Pamphill Prevost and Simon Power, who were allegedly linked to missing money while they were executing search operations while on police duty between January 2012 to July 2014, have been found not guilty in the High Court.

March 13th, 2022
USVI man facing life in prison for allegedly raping woman

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CHARLOTTE AMALIE, St Thomas, USVI — A man on St Thomas, US Virgin Islands (USVI) who apparently violated his bail conditions has been arrested on rape and assault charges.

March 10th, 2022
Florida Senate unanimously passes Miya’s Law

TALLAHASSEE, Florida, USA – The Florida Senate on March 2, 2022, unanimously passed a bill inspired by the killing of Miya Marcano, a teenager who had roots in the US Virgin Islands and [British] Virgin Islands.

March 9th, 2022
'Don’t live your life like a fry in the sea'- Hon Turnbull to young people

CANE GARDEN BAY, Tortola, VI- Opposition Member Honourable Melvin M. Turnbull (R2) has called on the young people of the Virgin Islands (VI) to lead respectful lives as opposed to one where they are in constant fear of being caught by the police or killed.

March 4th, 2022
Adult females brawl @ school sports; Police respond

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- School children caught on camera engaged in fights has been a frequent occurrence; however, two adult women were today, March 4, 2022, recorded on video camera fighting at the A.O. Shirley Grounds in Road Town.

March 4th, 2022
Mickiel Robin, Yamilka George & Glenroy Christopher charged following drug bust

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Mickiel Robin, 24, and Yamilka George, 27, both of Belmont Estate, have been charged with unlawful possession of a controlled drug with intent to supply as a result of a police operation on March 1, 2022.

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