CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Two of four would-be BVI cocaine smugglers who were undone when their cigarette boat stalled out northeast of St. Croix admitted to their guilt in a federal court on…
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BVI Police Probe Killings of 2 Men Shot Inside Roadside Bar – Virgin Islands Daily News
ROAD TOWN, Tortola — Police in the British Virgin Islands are investigating a shooting inside a bar that left two men dead and two others injured. According to Royal Virgin Islands Police…
Body of Missing British Virgin Islands Woman Recovered Near Scene of Boating Accident
ROAD TOWN, Tortola — A search of the Caribbean Sea around the British and U.S. Virgin Islands waters ended Tuesday afternoon after the body of a missing woman was recovered at sea,…
BVI Immigration Say Missing St. Thomas Man Is In Tortola
ROAD TOWN, Tortola — The Virgin Islands Police Department reported this afternoon that missing man Moses Sorhaindo has been located in the British Virgin Islands. Sorhaindo, 44, of Dominica, was last seen…
EXPECT A SCORCHER! NWS Warns of Heat Indices Above 100 Degrees!
SAN JUAN — The U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico will close out the month of July with heat indices above 100 degrees in several sectors, the National Weather Service said this…
Police Believe BVI Murder Suspect Might Be Hiding Out In USVI
ROAD TOWN, Tortola — The Royal Virgin Islands Police Force needs your help to locate a suspect wanted for a murder that took place in the British Virgin Islands last month. Arien Milton…
Coast Guard Crews Rescue 3 U.S. Mariners From Distressed Sailing Vessel In Atlantic Ocean
SAN JUAN — Coast Guard crews rescued three mariners, U.S. citizens, and completed a three-day tow of the distressed sailing vessel Valour to Puerto Rico Sunday, after the vessel started taking on…
Rare USVI Plant Will Now Be Listed As Endangered After Lawsuit
TUCSON — Two years after an initial ruling, and on the heels of an announced lawsuit, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said it is in the process of finalizing the listing…
UVI Hosts USVI-BVI Mangrove Restoration Learning Exchange
The University of the Virgin Islands (UVI) Center for Marine and Environmental Studies (CMES) hosted a mangrove restoration learning exchange with individuals from the H. Lavity Stoutt Community College (HLCC) in Tortola,…
BVI Youngster Shot Puts Her Way To Gold At 49th Annual CARIFTA Games In Jamaica
KINGSTON — The British Virgin Islands team is showing that it didn’t come to the 49th Annual CARIFTA Games just to sightsee around Jamaica. Savianna Joseph earned the British Overseas Territory its…