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July 22nd, 2026
Cocaine worth $370m seized in Liberia's biggest-ever drugs bust

BBC

MONROVIA, Liberia- A huge quantity of cocaine has been seized during a raid on a suspected illegal storage facility near Liberia's capital, Monrovia, in what authorities say is the biggest drugs bust in the country's history.

July 22nd, 2026
Andy Burnham issues tax rise statement amid £2 bus fare and cost of living policy pledges

MANCHESTER EVENING NEWS

LONDON, ENGLAND, UK- Andy Burnham has issued an update on his plans to tackle the cost of living crisis as he was quizzed on any potential tax rises. In his first cabinet meeting on Tuesday, the new Prime Minister told his colleagues that they need to be a ‘cost of living government’.

July 22nd, 2026
BVI Ports Authority announces Emancipation Festival operating hours

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The British Virgin Islands Ports Authority (BVIPA) wishes to advise the public, customers, shipping agents, vessel operators, and stakeholders of its operating hours at Port Purcell during the 2026 Emancipation Festival holiday period.

July 22nd, 2026
‘We are doing very well' despite all the global challenges- Premier Wheatley

BAUGHERS BAY, Tortola, VI—  The Virgin Islands (VI) is performing well despite global pressures, the Premier of the Virgin Islands and Chairman of the Virgin Islands Party (VIP), Dr the Honourable Natalio D. Wheatley (R7), has said while urging residents to recognise the territory’s progress and unite behind its future.

July 21st, 2026
VI hosts seminar for social security & national insurance professionals from across Caribbean

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Social security and national insurance professionals from across the region, including representatives from Barbados, Belize, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Sint Maarten, and the Virgin Islands, recently gathered in the Virgin Islands (VI) to examine shared challenges, explored innovative solutions and exchanged best practices aimed at expanding social protection coverage among self-employed and informally employed workers.

July 21st, 2026
16th Summer Sizzle BVI another success

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The 2026 Global Glamour Runway Show brought the curtains down on the 16th edition of Summer Sizzle BVI.

July 21st, 2026
UPDATE: Filipino woman found dead may have committed suicide?

McNAMARA, Tortola, VI- As police continue their investigation into the death of a female Virgin Islands resident of Filipino nationality, new information has emerged.

July 21st, 2026
'Same mechanism that toppled UK PM exists here'- Premier Wheatley

BAUGHERS BAY, Tortola, VI— The Premier of the Virgin Islands, and Chairman of the Virgin Islands Party (VIP), Dr the Honourable Natalio D. Wheatley (R7), has asserted that the very mechanism which ended Keir R. Starmer's leadership in the United Kingdom (VI) is available to remove leaders in the Virgin Islands.

July 21st, 2026
VI Climate Change Trust Fund is free of gov't interference- VICCTF CEO

BAUGHERS BAY, Tortola, VI– Chief Executive Officer of the Virgin Islands Climate Change Trust Fund, VICCTF, Mr Chamberlain Emmanuel has rejected suggestions that the government interferes in the trust’s operations, saying the fund operates independently under statute and that decision-making authority rests with its Board of Trustees.

July 21st, 2026
HoA meets today; Opposition ready to fire barrage of questions

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The Fifth Sitting of the Third Session of the Fifth House of Assembly (HoA) of the Virgin Islands begins today, Tuesday, July 21, 2026.

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