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Former legislator Earl Fraser made to pay over $1500
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Brother of the Leader of the Opposition Honourable Julian Fraser RA (R3), Earl Fraser was fined $250 and made to pay for damages of $1,275 after having been found guilty of driving without due care and attention resulting in an accident in 2013.
‘Govt. must get serious & fine people for littering!’ – caller
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – “I find that Tortola people don’t have pride in their country,” said a caller into the Speak Out BVI radio talk show hosted by Doug Wheatley on ZBVI 780 AM last evening September 16, 2014.
‘Govt will not interfere with CCT/TRC fine issue’ – Hon Vanterpool
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Minister for Communications and Works Honourable Mark H. Vanterpool has made it very clear that the government of which he is part is prepared to support the local telecommunications company Caribbean Cellular Telephone Ltd (CCT) but they will not interfere in legal issues.
Man fined $2,500 for wire theft
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – John Hodge Jr, 31, was fined $2500 or an alternative of six months in prison when he appeared before Senior Magistrate Tamia Richards today, May 10, 2013.
Stedroy Matthew fined; 18 mth suspended sentence
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Stedroy Matthew appeared before Justice Albert Redhead in the High Court today, March 8, 2013 and was given an 18 month suspended sentence and fined $900 or two months imprisonment after pleading guilty to the charge of reckless driving.
'Born here' Immigration Officer fined $1500
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Edrick Fahie, a senior immigration officer, was yesterday, September 25, 2012 fined $1500 by Magistrate Tamia Richards for offences committed in 2011.
No reason for $40K fine on Sistah Joyce – Natalio Wheatley
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Radio talk show host and public activist Natalio Wheatley aka Sowande Uhuru believes Sistah Joyce should have never received the hefty fine of $40,000 for the crime she was recently convicted of.