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UPDATE: 19-year-old motorcyclist dies following accident on Fort Hill
FORT HILL, Tortola, VI- The motorcyclist who was injured in an accident at Fort Hill last evening, January 19, 2023, has passed away.
UK’s narrative paints VI as ‘a lawless town’ to suspend constitution– Hon Malone
BAUGHERS BAY, Tortola, VI– Opposition Member Hon Carvin Malone (AL) says the United Kingdom (UK) continues to push a narrative that the [British] Virgin Islands (VI) is lawless and warrants a suspension of the local constitution to bring law and order. This, according to Hon Malone, is not the right approach.
James Todman Construction inks $2.3M contract for Marine Shore Base Building
ROAD REEF, Tortola, VI- Prominent local construction firm James Todman Construction Limited today, January 19, 2023, inked a US $2,380,509.87$2.3M contract with the Recovery and Development Agency (RDA) for the construction of the Joint Marine Shore Base Building at Road Reef on Tortola, [British] Virgin Islands.
The VI people ‘see the plot to destabilise the country’- Julian Willock
FAT HOGS BAY, Tortola, VI- Former Speaker of the House of Assembly (HoA) Mr Julian Willock has maintained that the allegations of human trafficking made out against him are bogus and that the Virgin Islands people are aware of this.
UPDATE: Gaston A. Browne & ABLP retain power in Antigua general election
ST JOHN’S, Antigua- The Antigua and Barbuda Labour Party (ABLP) has won the January 18, 2023 general election in Antigua and Barbuda, according to declared results. Prime Minister Gaston A. Browne will be sworn in today, a national holiday.
Hon Penn may become future VI Premier but not in 2023 – Claude O. Skelton-Cline
BAUGHERS BAY, Tortola, VI - Social Commentator Claude O. Skelton-Cline said while he believes the current National Democratic Party (NDP) Chairman and Minister for Health and Social Development, Hon Marlon A. Penn (R8), may become the Premier at some point in the future, that time is not in 2023.
Is Marlon A. Penn the new NDP Chairman?
EAST END, Tortola, VI- Since the former Chairman Myron V. Walwyn tendered his resignation on May 21, 2019, as Chairman the National Democratic Party (NDP) the party has been without a leader.
Crime up for sexual offenses, domestic violence & drug seizure- CoP
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The Virgin Islands (VI) under the United Kingdom Commissioner of Police Mark Collins has faced an increase in crime in some areas.
Recreational marijuana now legal in USVI
VI CONSORTIUM
FREDERIKSTED, St Croix, USVI- Governor Albert A. Bryan Jr on Wednesday, January 18, 2023, signed into law the Virgin Islands Cannabis Use Act (Act 8680), which allows for the legal use by adults of marijuana for recreational, medicinal and other purposes. It also allowed for the legal distribution of the drug in the US Virgin Islands (USVI).
'We have failed': London police apologise over serial rapist cop
LONDON, UK- London's police force on Monday, January 16, 2023, publicly apologised after a former officer admitted to raping and sexually assaulting a dozen women over nearly two-decades.
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