With the growing cases of financial crimes in the territory, dogs in the newly-relaunched Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) K9 Unit will soon be trained to detect large amounts of cash. The unit, which has not been in opertion […]

Government is activating an interim landfill for mass garbage disposal until the waste facility/incinerator at Pockwood Pond on Tortola reopens. The facility closed due to a massive fire that caused damage to its incinerator on Monday, November 26. “Technicians are […]

  An unemployed Johnson’s Ghut mother and her daughter, who were caught with nearly 300 grams of cannabis, were fined after they pleaded guilty before Magistrate Shawn Innocent on Wednesday. Charged with possession of a controlled drug and possession of […]

PRESS RELEASE: Director of Disaster Management, Ms Sharleen S. DaBreo is the Territory’s newest recipient of the Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) award from Her Majesty the Queen. Ms DaBreo was presented the insignia and the […]

A Harrigan Estate man accused of attempted burglary and criminal trespass was denied bail when he appeared before Magistrate Shawn Innocent on Wednesday. Charged is Akeem Stevens who was unrepresented and not required to plead during his court appearance. Allegations are […]

A total of 13 legislators usually make up the House of Assembly but, typically, no more than four are present for any of the scheduled start times of parliamentary proceedings, Speaker of the House of Assembly Ingrid Moses-Scatliffe has reported. […]

Cases of sexual offences against minors are seemingly becoming more prevalent in the territory — the lastest matter before the Magistrate’s Court having to with a mother who reportedly witnessed her 62-year-old Dominican boyfriend indecently assaulting her 14-year-old daughter. The […]

Locals are being advised not to get sucked into any unsavoury political practices that may arise within the next few months as the territory readies to go to the polls. Premier Dr D Orlando Smith issued that advisory in a public […]

A Fat Hogs Bay man who was caught with 26.4 grams of cannabis was fined $1,500 for the drugs when he appeared before Magistrate Shawn Innocent on Tuesday. Forty-five-year-old plumber Kevin Small is to pay the fine in three months […]

Tuesday’s sitting of the House of Assembly was ordered adjourned on account of it being illegally called and convened. Speaker of the House, Ingrid Moses-Scatliffe, gave the order this afternoon after calls from members of the parliamentary opposition, Andrew Fahie […]