No Tsunami Threat Despite 5.2 Magnitude Earthquake Near Anegada
ROAD TOWN, Tortola — There is no tsunami threat for the U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico despite a 5.2 magnitude earthquake near the British Virgin Islands just hours ago.…
Africa seeks action plan on slavery reparations at Ghana conference
ACCRA (Reuters) — Financial reparations are long overdue to Africans and the diaspora as compensation for the enslavement of people of African descent, Ghanaian President Nana Akufo-Addo said on Tuesday…
BVI Firm Wins $10 Million Judgment Against West Virginia Governor; Helicopter Seized
CHARLESTON — A federal court in Virginia has ordered U.S. Marshals to seize a helicopter from a coal company owned by West Virginia Governor Jim Justice. In a supplemental writ…
USVI and BVI residents notice quake Tuesday
ROAD TOWN, Tortola — A 4.6 magnitude earthquake was recorded north of the British Virgin Islands yesterday, Centro Meteorológico de Puerto Rico y el Caribe reported. The tumbler shook up…
BVI Boat Captain Who Raced Through USVI With Illegals On Board Gets 8 Months In Prison
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — A British Virgin Islands boat captain who failed to slow his vessel down in U.S. Virgin Islands territorial waters and then led federal agents on a high…
Minor Earthquake Rattles Virgin Gorda Today
SPANISH TOWN — A minor earthquake registering 5.1 on the Richter Scale occurred about 183 miles east of Virgin Gorda at 5:50 a.m. Atlantic Standard Time today, the National Weather Service…
Brother of Boat Captain Who Brought 1,470 Pounds of Cocaine To St. Croix Gets 6 Years
CHRISTIANSTED — The brother of a British Virgin Islands boat captain who brought 1,470 pounds of cocaine worth $20 million to St. Croix got 5.8 years in prison from a…
Dominican Man Who Smuggled $20 Million Worth of Cocaine To St. Croix Cops Plea
CHRISTIANSTED — A Dominican Republic national has admitted in federal court to his role in smuggling 1,470 pounds of cocaine in a vessel captured near St. Croix earlier this year.…
British Virgin Islands Man Whose Boat Conked Out In St. Croix Admits To Cocaine Conspiracy
CHRISTIANSTED — A 37-year-old native of the British Virgin Islands pleaded guilty to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine while on board a vessel, according to U.S. Attorney…
2 Hapless BVI Cocaine Runners Whose Boat Conked Out Near St. Croix Admit Guilt
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…