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Guns in residents face! Are British Police using excessive force on curfew?
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- It was on September 6, 2017 that Category 5 hurricane Irma smashed into the Virgin Islands (VI), leaving death, devastation, homelessness, and panic in the streets for gasoline and food.
Vessel seized on way to Dominican Republic with electronic items
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- While the Customs Department and other law enforcement authorities are tight-lipped, it is our newsroom's understanding that a few weeks ago a barge leaving Tortola to the Dominican Republic (DR) with electronic items and other goods was siezed by Her Majesty's Customs.
UPDATE: Alleged looters granted bail
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Seven persons appeared before Magistrate's Court last Friday, September 22, 2017 charged with burglarising at BVI Communications in Port Purcell after they were caught attempting to loot the premises.
Protesters & police clash in Dominica
ROSEAU, Dominica- The usually quiet Tuesday evening in the capital Roseau, turned into a scene straight out of a movie when hours following a public meeting and demonstration organised by the Opposition United Workers Party (UWP), demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit, turned chaotic on February 7, 2017.
UPDATE: At least 20 dead in Dominica due to Tropical Storm Erika
By CARLISLE JNO BAPTISTE and DANICA COTO
ROSEAU, Dominica (AP) — Rescue crews jumped off boats and trudged Saturday through mud, rocks and uprooted trees to reach communities cut off by a tropical storm that killed at least 20 people and left nearly 50 missing in the eastern Caribbean island of Dominica.