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EDITORIAL: Security recs mostly sound, but UK power grab not okay
The recently completed law-enforcement review offers an extensive 10-year plan to solve appalling security failures caused by decades of underfunding and other neglect by the United Kingdom and Virgin ...
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VI repped at regional disaster meeting
Climate change, geopolitics and cross-border collaboration were on the agenda when Disaster Management Director Jasen Penn ...
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Cops to crack down on loud trucks, bikes
Drivers of noisy vehicles should prepare for a crackdown, police warned this week. For the rest of this year, the police force will be targeting loud scooters and heavy-duty trucks as it strengthens ...
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VI kicks off Puerto Rico push
A Virgin Islands delegation took the territory’s famous full moon parties abroad on April 12 by hosting an event at Vivo ...
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VI, Cayman trade education ideas
A Virgin Islands delegation recently visited the Cayman Islands to talk education. Led by Education, Youth Affairs and Sports ...
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USVI adds to chorus of Trump warnings
In the Caribbean, calls have grown louder for United States President Donald Trump to rethink his tariff trade war due to price hikes expected across the region. Democrat Stacey Plaskett, the US ...
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HOA blasts UK security review as guv stays tight-lipped
A proposal to give the governor sweeping new powers over areas including customs, immigration and financial investigations ...
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article under the tag Maritime Security Law Enforcement Agency
The second volume of the law enforcement review is extensive. It examines nine public-sector bodies and seven other public service organisations in their roles connected to the criminal justice system ...
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article under the tag closing port
The second volume of the law enforcement review is extensive. It examines nine public-sector bodies and seven other public service organisations in their roles connected to the criminal justice system ...
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article under the tag port closure
A proposal to give the governor sweeping new powers over areas including customs, immigration and financial investigations has been roundly condemned by both sides of the House of Assembly. HOA … ...
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A sampling of security suggestions
The second volume of the law enforcement review is extensive. It examines nine public-sector bodies and seven other public ...
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Jamaican drowns off Carrot Bay
A Jamaican senior drowned after reportedly being swept to sea last week while fishing in a dangerous area in Carrot Bay, police said. The body of Ranceford George Burnett, a 68-year-old Sea Cows Bay ...