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Youth gunned down in Purcell Estate
PURCELL ESTATE, Tortola, VI- A 20-year-old male was shot to death in Purcell Estate around 1:40 AM on Wednesday, January 15, 2025.
Local Calypso icon Bennet L. Brewley aka ‘The Mighty Lord Strawn’ passes
FAHIE HILL, Tortola, VI- Close family and friends are still mourning the passing of local calypso icon, former civil servant and father Bennet Lawrence Brewley aka ‘The Mighty Lord Strawn’, an indigenous Virgin Islander.
Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter passes away at 100
THE CARTER CENTER
ATLANTA, Georgia, USA- Jimmy Carter, 39th president of the United States and winner of the 2002 Nobel Peace Prize, died peacefully Sunday, Dec. 29, at his home in Plains, Georgia, surrounded by his family. He was 100, the longest-lived president in U.S. history.
USVI: Man found dead after shooting in Grove Place, St Croix
VI CONSORTIUM
FREDERIKSTED, St Croix, USVI- The [US} VI Police Department's Criminal Investigation Bureau is probing a fatal shooting that occurred in the Grove Place area of Cozy Corner on Saturday morning, November 30, 2024, according to VIPD Director of Communications Glen Dratte.
Skipper charged for manslaughter following boat accident near Saba Rock
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The boat captain of the 21-foot RHIB that collided with a dinghy and resulted in the death of boat captain 39-year-old Stephen Cross Jr on Friday, November 22, 2024, has been charged for manslaughter.
1 male dead after boat accident
SABA ROCK, VI- The Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) has confirmed that one male is dead following a boat accident last night, Friday, November 22, 2024.
USVI: Man sentenced to 30 Years for shooting that killed daughter & injured mother
VI CONSORTIUM
ST. CROIX, USVI- Twenty-four-year-old Jiovani Smith was sentenced to 30 years in prison for the second-degree homicide of Selena Chitolie, a crime that occurred on May 15, 2020.
Probe launched into circumstances surrounding death of Revovion A. Sprauve
FAT HOGS BAY, Tortola, VI- Minister for Health and Social Development Honourable Vincent O. Wheatley (R9) has called the death of Mr Revovion A. Sprauve aka 'Bucky' over the weekend as hurtful.
VI mourns death of education stalwart Elroy A. Turnbull
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Many in the Virgin Islands (VI) have been saddened at the passing of education stalwart and son of the soil Mr Elroy A. Turnbull, who died on August 22, 2024, at the age of 73.
Pioneer JvD businesswoman Gertrude A. Callwood passes
WHITE BAY, Jost van Dyke, VI- Immediate family, many friends, employees and ordinary residents of the Virgin Islands, especially from Jost van Dyke (JvD), are in mourning over the passing of grandmother, mother, aunt and pioneer businesswoman Ms Gertrude Aloma Callwood.
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