Minister with responsibility for telecommunications, Mark Vanterpool has informed that the Government is now in the process of engaging professionals who are capable of making phone number portability a reality for the territory. Number portability allows a cellphone customer to […]
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Fraser appeals for phone number portability
By Horace Mills, BVI News Online Staff While declaring that he is tired of complaining about the relatively poor service being provided by telephone companies in the British Virgin Islands, member of the parliamentary opposition Julian Fraser today called for […]
Cellphones, weapons seized inside HM Prison
Information reaching our news centre indicates that there may be a need to beef up security at His Majesty’s Prison in Balsam Ghut. Our news centre has learned that the authorities recently recovered a number of banned items including cell […]
Harneys lays off a number of its BVI staff members
Global offshore law firm Harneys has reportedly laid-off an undisclosed number of staff members from its BVI offices; reportedly because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Minister of Labour Vincent Wheatley gave that confirmation in a recent interview with BVI News. “I […]
Phone records indicate Frett may be part of a recurrent smuggling operation, court hears
The cellphone records of 37-year-old Little Dix Hill resident, Tambu Frett has reportedly indicated that he may be part of a recurrent smuggling operation between the BVI and the neighbouring US Virgin Islands, the Magistrate’s Court has been told. Acting […]
Lock your phones | Pocket dials affecting 911 call centre
Russell Jones, Project Manager for the Next-generation 911 emergency call centre initiative wants cellphone users to be more aware of their devices since a considerable number of 911 calls to the centre are found to be ‘pocket dials’. Jones said […]
Flow: Access to telephone services available in parts of the BVI
Nedburn Thaffe – Telecommunications provider, Flow BVI, has announced that while a number of its cell towers were damaged during the passage of Hurricane Irma, some are still functional, allowing customers to access telephone services. Cell sites in the Road […]
BVI to pursue number portability – Vanterpool
By Horace Mills, BVI News Online Staff Minister responsible for telecommunications Mark Vanterpool has disclosed that Government intends to put legislation in place to facilitate local number portability in the British Virgin Islands. Local number portability essentially allows a cellphone […]
83 phone calls -Married man faces court for murder
Prosecutors are depending on telephone records, CCTV footage, travel records, alleged inconsistency in utterances, and forensics as they seek to have a 38-year-old native of the Dominican Republic, Santo Yamarco Hernandez, convicted of murder. The accused was denied bail today […]
Pregnant woman fined; steals co-worker’s phone
A pregnant woman who stole her co-worker’s $1,000 cellular phone four days after he purchased it has been fined $3,000 for theft. Nineteen-year-old Khalisha Stoutt will serve six months in prison if she does not pay the fine by August […]
