Police are investigating what appears to be a case of arson at the recently opened Style Shoes Store, which is located inside the building that once housed Hazem’s Shoes Store in Road Town, Tortola. Reports are that there was an […]
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More than usual – Tropical wave expected today
While noting that an approaching tropical wave is still likely to dump rainfall on the territory today (August 14), the Department of Disaster Management (DDM) said there seems to be an increase in the frequency of such weather pattern. That […]
UPDATE: Boss’s best not good enough in Anguilla
Eustace Freeman is promising to do better next time round; this after he failed to finish in the top three at the Leeward Islands Calypso Competition held last Saturday in Anguilla. He represented the British Virgin Islands in the competition […]
Bail revoked – Man wanted in US back in custody
Senior Magistrate Tamia Richards has revoked Robert ‘Tico’ Harrigan’s bail, leaving Harrigan’s sureties to potentially pay the full $600,000 they had signed as collateral in relation to the bail bond. The former Customs officer’s bail was revoked following reports that […]
Help fight mosquito breeding, premier urges residents
The Environmental Health Department is doing assessments territory-wide to determine priority areas to minimize the breeding of mosquitoes, Premier Dr D Orlando Smith has announced. Out of fear that the recent heavy rains associated with a tropical wave may result […]
Massive dust nuisance – cleanup too slow?
Local health authorities have been silent about it, but there is a massive dust nuisance all over Road Town that has left a number of pedestrians coughing and covering their noses – sometimes with dust masks. People are scared to […]
Uninsured merchant loses about $27K, chides DDM
A number of businesses operators in Road Town – including one whose goods are not insured – set up tents at their store entrances on the weekend as they made another frantic attempt to sell shoes and clothes that were […]
Recovery is steady and swift – DDM
While claiming that the territory has been making ‘steady and swift progress’ in recovering from the impact of a recent tropical wave, the government-owned Department of Disaster Management (DDM) has shed more light on three landslide and drainage experts who […]
COMMENTARY: ‘It was a sign’
By Sandra Phillip Hodge, Contributor A few weeks ago, we saw something in the Territory that hadn’t been seen for a long time – a whopping mango crop. There were mangoes left, right, and center; all kinds, all over the […]
Two cruise ship calls cancelled
Two cruise ship calls scheduled for August 15 and 16 have been cancelled as a result of the tropical wave that caused widespread flooding and landslides in the territory last week Monday, August 7. Premier Dr D Orlando Smith said […]
