During this year, H. Lavity Stoutt Community College is featuring weekly profiles of past students as part of its 20th anniversary celebrations.
Wade Tobin, Principal of the BVI Seventh Day Adventist School, has served both as a teacher and an administrator in the education sector in the British Virgin Islands for 14 years since graduating from HLSCC in 1996 with the Associate Degree in Arts. Wade started attending the College in 1991, by... Full story »
One million dollars was the price to complete the purchase of the land to build the new Virgin Gorda hospital, disclosed Minister of Health and Social Development Hon. Dancia Penn, who added that Government is now seeking to get the designs for the medical facility.... Full story »
The captain of the boat that led to the death of Kevin Walters was charged with manslaughter, two counts of conduct endangering persons and one count of dangerous navigation of a power-craft vessel when he appeared in the Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday morning.... Full story »
The excitement is in the air in Virgin Gorda as the 2010 Virgin Gorda Easter Festival weekend draws near. After months of hard work and planning, the Festival Committee is thrilled to release the official line-up of events for the big Easter weekend. ... Full story »
Agape Total Life Academy last night captured the 2010 Inter-Primary School General Knowledge Quiz championship title with a score of 20 points. ... Full story
The Archives and Records Management Unit of the Deputy Governor’s Office will host its second Old Pictures Exhibition in mid-April during Archives Records and Information Week. ... Full story
Conyers Dill & Pearman has been named one of the best offshore law firms in the world by legal rating agency Chambers & Partners in the annual Chambers Global Guide released last week. ... Full story
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) With several Member States of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) reeling from the effects of drought, the water situation in the Region will come under sharp focus at the 21st Intersessional Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government which opens Thursday morning. ... Full story
At about 4:30 p.m. Tuesday afternoon firefighters of the Road Town Fire and Rescue Department were called to extinguish a vehicle that caught fire at the Road Town roundabout. ... Full story
Students of the Ivan Dawson Primary located in Cane Garden Bay had ‘heaps of fun’ on Monday, March 8 as the Territory observed Commonwealth Day. ... Full story
Bat Cave robbery accused Kareem Durante will know how many years he will have to spend behind bars for the 2007 armed robbery when he appears in the High Court on Friday, March 12. ... Full story
Tortola, British Virgin Islands – March 11, 2010: Starting today, LIME customers now have even easier access to their accounts on-line and to many other LIME products and services thanks to the launch of LIME’s new and convenient MyLIME Customer Web Portal. ... Full story
As an initiative of the Lions Club of Tortola, the associations of BVI-based Caribbean residents and various service organizations within the BVI such as Capital Productions and the BVI Red Cross officially announced the formation of BVI Humanitarian Relief Consortium. ... Full story
Bat Cave robbery accused Kareem Durante will know how many years he will have to spend behind bars for the 2007 armed robbery when he appears in the High Court on Friday, March 12. ... Full story
The former Scotia Bank employee who is accused of stealing over $300,000 had his trial pushed back due to the unavailability of one of the prosecution’s key witness. ... Full story
A 56-year-old boat captain of Windy Hill, Lauchlan Leigh is scheduled to appear in court this morning to answer to the charge of assault occasioning actual bodily harm in which he is accused of beating his wife during a domestic dispute at their home in the wee hours of March 1, 2010. ... Full story
Ovel Matthew, the man who beat his girlfriend in public, was sentenced to five years in prison and fined over $7,000 by Judge Indra Hariprashad-Charles at High Court on Friday afternoon. ... Full story
UPDATED: VI News understands that a woman has asked the court to drop charges against her husband who hit her on the head with an iron during a domestic dispute over their daughter going to a basketball game in July 2009. ... Full story
The lead prosecutor in the just concluded Desmond Alphonso trial said he does not think there is any advice he would give the Crown in pursuing the case further. ... Full story
“Its magic. If you have ever seen glass melted it seductive, it’s addictive and the first time I saw it happen I wanted to do it. It catches light…it reflects light and glass dances…and a lot of the things I do are hugely complicated and difficult so I can make a small world in a inch and a half piece,” said Jo Bean, of Saba to BVI News on Monday afternoon. ... Full story
Sean Kingston was impressed with the talent he saw at the Top 7@7 awards show on Saturday evening. He also thrilled screaming fans during a performance of his various hit songs at the Multi Purpose Sports Complex. ... Full story
Road Town, Tortola: Digicel BVI has joined up with the BVI Tourist Board, Necker Island and other major local and international sponsors to host the inaugural BVI Kite Jam 2010 now underway. ... Full story
British Virgin Islands, March 1st, 2010 – Follow the Movement is proud to announce the nominees of the Top 7 @ 7 Music Awards Show 2010, which will be presented on March 6th at the Multi Purpose Sports Complex, Tortola. ... Full story
International piano bar entertainer Jen Porter is in the British Virgin Islands to perform in Sam's Piano Bar at The Rock Café on Virgin Gorda through the end of March. ... Full story
BET’s 2009 Sunday Best winner, Y’Anna Crawley, will take centre stage in a gospel showcase for the next H. Lavity Stoutt Community College concert on Saturday 6 March, which will be held at the Paraquita Bay Auditorium at 8:00 p.m. ... Full story
The financial services and tourism sector in the BVI experienced declines during 2009 – a year in which was described by Premier and Finance Minister Ralph O’Neal as tumultuous for the global economy and the BVI. ... Full story
Kindness and friendliness shown towards tourists are worth "thousands and thousands" of dollars in advertising, which is pivotal in enhancing tourism in the Territory, Premier and Minister of Finance Hon. Ralph T. O’Neal has announced. ... Full story
The Government of the Virgin Islands through the BVI Tourist Board plans to increase the economic contribution of the industry in 2010 as well as solve the issue of the seasonality of the tourism cycle. ... Full story
Clearwater, FL (March 1, 2010) – The Moorings, the world’s premier yacht charter company, proudly announces that SAIL has named Charlie and Ginny Cary, company founders, in “SAIL’s Top 40 Sailors Who Made a Difference.” ... Full story
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, February 8, 2010 - The Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO) is forecasting a rebound in visitor arrivals in 2010 with moderate growth expected for the region on the heels of positive indicators from the fourth quarter of 2009. ... Full story
Road Town, Tortola, February 3 – Chairman of the British Virgin Islands Tourist Board, Myron Walwyn is encouraging the Territory to work with the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) to help to deter criminal activity in the BVI. ... Full story
Dear Bella: I know I am going to be scolded for this but I am 17 years old and for the past months I have been talking to and occasionally seeing this guy who is 24. He has a girlfriend or shall I say a 'main ting' while has me, and I'm pretty sure he has other girls as his "side ting". ... Full story
Dear Bella: I was recently in a relationship with a guy who lives in a different state. We usually see each other on some weekends and on holidays. Last Christmas I decided to visit him, where he is living. Everything was normal until a few days when I felt that he was acting different to me and I discovered that he has another woman. ... Full story
Dear Bella: I am in love with this guy for almost two years now. At first I didn’t want to be in a relationship because I am afraid of getting hurt. I love him and he is always telling me that he loves me. ... Full story
Highlights from the third and final night of the Carrot Bay Festival, which brought the curtains down on Emancipation activities. * Photos by Andre 'Shadow' Dawson.
HEISINMY POCKET won the Premier's Cup at the August Tuesday races. Here are photo highlights of the entire day's event at the Ellis Thomas Downs in Sea Cow's Bay. * Photo by Andre 'Shadow' Dawson. ... Full story
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