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$178k cash forfeited to Crown; SVG mason sentenced to 9.5 months @ HMP
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Paul Mercutius Jack, 50, an unemployed mason from St Vincent and the Grenadines who was caught with over $178,000 in cash suspected of being from criminal activities on December 4, 2020, was sentenced to 9.5 months in jail yesterday, March 23, 2021.
Unemployed mason caught with $170K cash hidden in toolbox
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- An unemployed mason from St Vincent and the Grenadines was caught with over $170,000 in cash, believed to be proceeds of crime, hidden inside a toolbox at his residence on Virgin Gorda.
VI asks UK for grant to assist persons unemployed by COVID-19
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The Government of the Virgin Islands (VI) is requesting a grant from the United Kingdom (UK) to assist persons in the Territory who have been made unemployed as a result of the pandemic, Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19).
We need to get our people employed - Hon. Walwyn
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - The amount of persons in the Virgin islands that are unemployed, is said to be ridiculously high, according to the Minister for Education and Culture Hon. Myron V. Walwyn, who stated that something has to be done to attend to this problem as much as possible.