GIS Experienced legal professional Mrs. Vareen Vanterpool-Nibbs has been appointed Registrar of the High Court effective February 15. Mrs. Vanterpool-Nibbs will be responsible for ensuring that the court’s administration operates in an efficient and effective manner and in keeping with the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court’s procedures and rules. Specific roles include managing the efficient business … Continued
The East End Methodist Church in celebration of Black History Month celebrated the contributions of three stalwarts who served as local preachers: Reginald Maxwell Penn – Represented by his grandson William Osbourne Alexandrina Elizabeth Maduro-Frett – Represented by her son Conrad Maduro Willard Wheatley – Represented by his son Douglas Wheatley and his grandson Dr. … Continued
VG United Women staged a late show on Saturday 6th February in their final game of the Futsal League to beat Panthers FC, 5-3, and leapfrog archrivals Avengers FC to finish second in the standings. The match played at Cedar School proved a fitting end to what had been an amazing return to competitive action … Continued
Rosewood Little Dix Bay and Scrub Island Resort, Spa and Marina have been awarded top honors in a new survey of Caribbean hotels by U.S. News and World Report. Both hotels earned a gold badge from the magazine, meaning they are in the top 10 percent of properties in the Caribbean. Little Dix Bay placed … Continued
New team, no offseason to prepare, no problem. Tom Brady has taken things to another level not seen before: Winning a Super Bowl at age 43, in his first year with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, and making history by being part of the first team to appear in a Super Bowl in its home stadium … Continued
IWITNESS NEWS St. Vincent and the Grenadines, on Saturday, recorded its fourth COVID-19 death, the second in three days. Dead is an 88-year-old male, a hypertensive patient was admitted to hospital on Jan. 28. The man died at 8:45 a.m. Saturday from sepsis secondary to COVID-19 pneumonia, the National Emergency Management Organisation (NEMO). Meanwhile, the … Continued
VI CONSORTIUM There will be a Virgin Islander on national TV in one of the premier games of the Women’s Basketball regular season slate, as St. Thomas native Aliyah Boston and No. 2/1 South Carolina (15-1) take on No. 3/No.5 Connecticut (12-1) on Fox Sports 1 at 8 p.m AST on Monday. Boston has been … Continued
WASHINGTON (AP) — As the Trump administration was nearing the end of an unprecedented string of executions, 70% of death row inmates were sick with COVID-19. Guards were ill. Traveling prisons staff on the execution team had the virus. So did media witnesses, who may have unknowingly infected others when they returned home because they … Continued
CHICAGO (AP) — Joe Biden, the first sitting U.S. president to openly oppose the death penalty, has discussed the possibility of instructing the Department of Justice to stop scheduling new executions, officials have told The Associated Press. If he does, that would end an extraordinary run of executions by the federal government, all during a … Continued
A Department of Disaster Management report confirmed that on February 6th, at approximately 3:05 AM, the Puerto Rico Seismic Network recorded an earthquake measuring a magnitude of 4.99 MD with estimated Maximum Intensity of IV (4). The epicenter was located at latitude 19.15 North, 65.81 West at 69.51 Km Northwest of Anegada, BVI at a … Continued
