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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.
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’.
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.
‘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.
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.
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.
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.
'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.
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.
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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