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Senator Samuel Carrión, a longtime advocate for peace, is urging the Governor to move forward with implementation of the new Office of Gun Violence Prevention, established under Act 8423 in January. “What local law enforcement has been doing is clearly not working,” Senator Carrión said. “This means it is time to try a different approach. … Continued

VI CONSORTIUM St. Croix has lost a sixth person in five days through gun violence following a shooting around the 11: a.m. hour today in Estate Carlton that left a male victim dead. According to V.I.P.D. Public Information Officer Toby Derima, at around 11:17 a.m., the 911 Emergency Call Center received notification from an adult … Continued

Jamaica Observer KINGSTON, Jamaica — Legendary reggae singer Bunny Wailer died in the Medical Associates Hospital in Kingston this morning. He was 73. “Yes. He died about 8:00 this morning. I’m still right here with him,” his manager Maxine Stowe told OBSERVER ONLINE a short while ago. Bunny Wailer had been in and out of … Continued

VI CONSORTIUM ST. CROIX — Eleven people were shot and four are dead following three violent incidents on St. Croix between Saturday night and the wee hours of Sunday morning, all of which were said to be separate, unrelated occurrences. V.I.P.D. Public Information Officer Toby Derima stated that one man was dead Saturday night after … Continued

A helicopter crash in the Botany Bay area Monday afternoon took four lives, the V.I. Territorial Emergency Management Agency confirmed, but little else had been released officially about the incident as of Monday evening. At 6:45 p.m. the Virgin Islands Emergency Management Agency sent a statement saying only that the crash had taken place at … Continued

Since the hurricanes of 2017, the number of hotel rooms in the U.S. Virgin Islands has fallen from 4,500 to 2,450, according to the USVI Hotel and Tourism Association, and travel to the territory has fallen by more than 60 percent. Lisa Hamilton, president of the association, says it is time to be optimistic. Lemonade … Continued

Five people have died from COVID-19 in the last 24 hours in Jamaica. Additionally, the country recorded 290 new cases of the virus. This pushes the island’s death toll to 368, and the total confirmed cases since the outbreak to 18,527. The latest victims are a 60-year-old female, a 40-year-old male, an 80-year-old female, a … Continued

Darren Indyke and Richard Kahn, Jeffrey Epstein’s attorneys and co-executors of his estate, have been named as defendants in a new court filing by V.I. Attorney General Denise George, who says the men were active participants in Epstein’s criminal enterprise and even arranged sham marriages to keep his victims from being deported. Following his guilty … Continued

Head of the Financial Institutions Supervisory Division of the Bank of Jamaica (BOJ), Dr Jide Lewis, says stakeholder discussions are underway to establish a regulated local cryptocurrency system here. Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) or cryptocurrency can be used to purchase goods and services. Examples include Bitcoin and Ethereum, which are the most popular versions … Continued