Dominican Cornelius Fontaine was slapped with an eight-month prison sentence after he was caught with $52,000 earned through gambling. Fontaine, a fisherman who resides in Antigua, had pleaded guilty to the offence of being in possession of proceeds of criminal […]

Nineteen-year-old Officer Jeremy Tuckett is attributing humility to his success in sweeping several awards and being named the top recruit in the third cohort of officers to complete the recent series of police recruit training exercises. The East End man […]

The majority of stakeholders who attended a meeting in Road Town to discuss the additional school year seem to agree with the Education Minister’s proposal to allow advanced learners to graduate from secondary school after the 11th grade and removing […]

On June 18, 2019, the Tortola Toastmasters installed it’s 2019/2020 Executive Board Members. At the last meeting of the Toastmasters’ Year Area Director Kisha Frett, ALB, CC conducted the installation ceremony. The final meeting was themed with quotes from William […]

Opposition Leader Marlon Penn said he is cautiously optimistic that Speaker of the House Julian Willock will swear in Fourth District member-elect Mark Vanterpool into the House of Assembly. His comment follows Willock’s request to the High Court to discontinue […]

Speaker of the House Julian Willock has asked the High Court to discontinue his case against member-elect of the Fourth District Mark Vanterpool. According to a court document seen by our news centre, the written request was dated Monday, June […]

The Ministry of Education will be implementing a policy to tackle various forms of ‘anti-social misbehaviour’ displayed by local students. Education Minister Dr Natalio Wheatly made that statement following the release of a video showing a group of uniformed female […]

More than two years after he was allegedly caught smuggling migrants into the territory, a 25-year-old Pasea Estate man has finally been brought before the Magistrate’s Court to answer to the offence. Damion Callwood, a charter boat captain, pleaded not […]

While noting that a warrant is not needed for a police officer to execute a search during a traffic stop, Head of the Traffic Division in the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force Sergeant Augustus Bruce is advising motorists that law […]

A West End man was fined $2,500 this week after pleading guilty to possession of a controlled drug and possession of a controlled drug with intent to supply to another. Magistrate Jack Husbands ordered Corey Butler to pay the sum […]