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2 Greenland residents charged after infant died while in their care
GREENLAND, Tortola, VI- Two persons, a male and female, were charged yesterday, April 25, 2023, in connection with the death of nine-month-old Zamir Romney which took place earlier this month.
Illegal Immigrants: 6 Cubans & 1 Kittitian detained on Great Thatch
GREAT THATCH, VI– Seven illegal immigrants are now in the custody of immigration officers after being detained on Great Thatch early this morning, September 9, 2022.
Father of baby left in car released; No charges laid
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The father of the infant that died after she was left in a car for several hours on Wickham’s Cay II, Tortola, on April 30, 2018 has been released from police custody.
Infant allegedly made to wait some 10 hrs at Peebles Hospital
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Walking into the emergency unit of any hospital one would expect to be attended to in the fastest possible time as an emergency unit should be what it says ‘Emergency’. The alleged experience of a few persons of the past weekend gives a totally new twist to the word ‘Emergency’.
UPDATE - BVIHSA accepts blame for disposing of baby’s body
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – The BVI Health Services Authority (BVIHSA) has taken the responsibility for accidentally removing an infant’s body from the hospital’s morgue and cremating it.