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HMP inmate Malik Maduro allegedly stabbed
BALSAM GHUT, Tortola, VI- An inmate of Her Majesty’s Prison in Balsam Ghut is currently a patient of D. Orlando Smith Hospital after being stabbed by a fellow inmate on Thursday, January 9, 2020.
Edris O’Neal OBE, wife of late Hon RT O’Neal OBE hospitalised
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Word just reaching our newsroom is that Reverend Edris O’Neal, OBE, the widow of the late Honourable Ralph T. O’Neal, OBE has been hospitalised.
Attempted murder suspect Kenai Jacobs refused bail
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Kenai Jacobs, who is accused of shooting a man in the chest on April 15, 2019 in Long Look, on the main island of Tortola, was refused bail when he made a court appearance recently.
7 hospitalised in STT for suspected carbon monoxide poisoning
VI CONSORTIUM
CHARLOTTE AMALIE, St Thomas, USVI- — With thousands of generators now buzzing daily across the US Virgin Islands (USVI), which is still mostly without electricity, the danger of carbon monoxide poisoning has grown urgent, with [US] Virgin Islands (VIPD) Commissioner Delroy Richards revealing on Monday October 30, 2017 that 7 persons were hospitalised after inhaling the colourless gas.
Former legislator J. Alvin Christopher hospitalised
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Former legislator and current Chairman of the People’s Empowerment Party (PEP) Mr J. Alvin Christopher was flown out of the territory to access medical care after falling ill recently.
UPDATE: 14-yr-old BFEC student charged for assault
VALLEY, Virgin Gorda, VI- The male student of the Bregado Flax Educational Centre (BFEC) accused of physically assaulting a female student on October 18, 2016, causing her injuries, has been charged by police.
UPDATE: Hon Ralph T. O’Neal OBE suffered stroke; May be flown overseas
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The territory’s first Premier Hon Ralph T. O’Neal OBE had suffered a stroke on Friday September 30, 2016, according to a statement released today, October 4, 2016 by one of his children, Abby O’Neal.
Prisoner Akim Stevens beaten & hospitalised
BALSAM GHUT, Tortola, VI- According to our Team of Reporters from around the Virgin Islands, inmate at Her Majesty’s Prison Akim Stevens has been reportedly beaten and hospitalised.
UPDATE: Mrs Geneva Lettsome passes
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Word reaching our newsroom early this morning, September 27, 2016 is that Mrs Geneva Lettsome, the mother of First Lady Lorna G. Smith OBE and Minister for Communications and Works Hon Mark H. Vanterpool (R4) among others, has died at age 88.
Juliet Rogers aka ‘Yellow’ hospitalised; missed from the streets
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Ms. Juliet Rogers aka ‘Yellow’ known to all for her frequency on the streets of Tortola requesting money for drinking a beverage has been hospitalised.