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VI’s visa requirement for Guyanese should be 'revisited'- Hon Fraser
WICKHAM’S CAY 1, Tortola, VI- Member of His Majesty’s Loyal Opposition Honourable Julian Fraser RA (R3) has said the visa requirement imposed on Guyana nationals by the [British] Virgin Islands should be revisited.
Guyanese men sentenced following $71M cocaine bust
VI CONSORTIUM
ST. CROIX, USVI — United States Attorney Gretchen C.F. Shappert announced today, March 6, 2019 that Neville Jeffrey, 70, Mohamed Hoseain, 66, Richard La Cruz, 51, and Mark Anthony Williams, 32, all of Guyana, were sentenced to 48 months, 36 months, 30 months and 27 months respectively for possession of cocaine on board a vessel, by District Court Judge Wilma A. Lewis on March 5, 2019.
Guyanese to be evacuated from VI this week
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- According to reports in the Guyana media, Guyanese, whose homes and livelihoods were destroyed when hurricanes slammed into several Caribbean islands recently, will be brought home before the end of the week.
Thousands of Guyanese living in BVI may be forced to return home
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Guyanese nationals living in some Caribbean islands that have been hit by Hurricane Irma may be forced to return home. One senior British Virgin Islands (BVI) Government official has been reported as encouraging non-nationals, including Guyanese, to leave the British Overseas Territory.
UPDATE: Dexter Cottoy & Calbert Browne identified as VG crash fatalities
SAVANNAH BAY, Virgin Gorda, VI- Virgin Islands News Online can confirm, following the next of kin being informed, that the two men who perished in a horrific accident on Virgin Gorda last night, November 28, 2016 are Guyanese Dexter Cottoy aka Deckie and Calbert Browne aka Buju.
Guyanese Xmas treat – BVI/GT we linking
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – There is no questioning the large number of persons resident in the Virgin Islands (VI) with strong roots and ties to the South American country, Guyana and with its Caribbean ties they have some unique traits and styles especially at Christmas time.
Virgin Islanders a minority in their homeland!-2010 census
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - After some four years waiting for the report to be released, the Virgin Islands 2010 Population and Housing Census was laid on the Table of the House of Assembly on November 17, 2014 by Premier and Minister of Development Planning, Dr The Honourable D. Orlando Smith.
UPDATE: RVIPF ends search for missing Guyanese
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – The Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) confirmed today, January 6, 2014 that their search for missing Guyanese, Roger Fraser aka ‘Scarry’, 41, has ended.
Guyanese brutalized and shot then set on fire in New York
By Caribbean 360
NEW YORK, United States – New York Police say a Guyanese man was kidnapped, pistol-whipped, shot and set on fire as part of a plot to kill the residents of a Queens, New York apartment building.