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Monthly Archives: August 2011
Jamaican drug lord Christopher ‘Dudus’ Coke today pleaded guilty to charges of drug and gun running, and one count of assault. While appearing in a lower ...
Government has yet to receive the 2009 and 2010 Auditor General’s reports. Premier and Minister of Finance Ralph O’Neal says the finance ministry is yet to ...
Opposition Leader Dr. Orlando Smith has expressed his “deep concern” about the crime situation in the BVI, particularly gun crimes. He reminded the House of ...
INFLICTING GRIEVOUS BODILY HARM On August 25, 2011 at 9:50pm, Police arrested and charged Basil Prescott, 21 years, of Brandywine Bay for Inflicting Grievous Bodily ...
The Text Book Loan Program undertaken by the Ministry of Education is progressing favorable and is poised to enter its fourth year. The program was initiated as part ...
OVERVIEW The other term for this is HAY FEVER. It has nothing to do with hay and certainly nothing to do with fever. It does, however, have to do with allergies, ...
“Giving no offence in any thing, that the ministry be not blamed: But in all things approving ourselves as the ministers of God.” - 2 Corinthians 6:3,4a Every ...
Jamaica-born American citizen Marian Walters, who was arrested at the Terrence B. Lettsome International Airport, was today sentenced to five years in prison for ...
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The office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) is yet to present the Provisional Warrants required to begin the court hearing necessary to respond to ...
Leader of the opposition Dr. Orlando Smith walked out of the House of Assembly on Tuesday because the Speaker of the House did not grant him permission to speak on ...
A report by the Financial Times’ fDi Intelligence division has named the British Virgin Islands as having the Caribbean’s best quality of life. The report, which ...
The media circuits are buzzing with predictions as to who will receive the prestigious title of Miss Universe 2011, and amongst the 89 contestants vying for the ...
The accreditation process for secondary schools in the BVI is progressing favorably and Education Minister Andrew Fahie is confident that the process will be a ...
The Territorial Candidates of the People’s Patriotic Alliance, Elton Callwood, Shaina M. Smith and Natalio “Sowande Uhuru” Wheatley spoke with residents in the ...
The Lunch Program at the Elmore Stoutt High School (ESHS) will be implemented in a phased process for the 2011-2012 academic year. This is according to Education ...
The Boeing Company on Tuesday announced a new 737 airplane family with engines which will offer greater fuel efficiency, the company said in a news release. Boeing ...
The death toll as a result of flooding in various parts of Thailand reached 54 on Tuesday, the government said. Most of the casualties are a result of Tropical Storm ...
A Massachusetts man has pleaded guilty to a charge of foreign economic espionage for exchanging sensitive information with a person who he believed was an Israeli ...
Cambodia is looking to resume talks with neighboring Thailand to resolve overlapping maritime claims in the Gulf of Thailand, the Cambodian National Petroleum ...
Two military planes belonging to Lithuania and France collided in midair on Tuesday during a training exercise over northern Lithuania, the country’s Ministry ...
President Barack Obama’s uncle was stopped on suspicion of drunken driving in Massachusetts, told police he planned to arrange bail through the White House and ...
My boyfriend and I have been together for five years. All this time we have been living in the house my father left me when he died. But the relationship has been ...
The Willard Wheatley Primary School rehabilitation project is “underway”, says Premier Ralph T. O’Neal, but actual construction has not yet begun. The project ...
Government has appointed 30 Litter Wardens over the past months, but to date there have been no fines or charges for persons found littering. However, “there ...
The Purcell Estate Community Centre project is completed and the Ministry of Natural Resources and Labour is currently finalizing fencing for the compound before it ...
Despite the overwhelming costs for local contractors for the West End ferry dock project, government will be using their services but seeking to negotiate a ...
Government has purchased 81 new vehicles over the past four years. This was announced by Premier and Finance Minister Ralph T. O’Neal in the House of Assembly ...
Depression Twelve has become Tropical Storm Katia. Environmental conditions favor additional intensification as the easterly wind shear appears to be decreasing. ...
The Pockwood Pond incinerator is in use and undergoing its final testing phase, as announced by deputy Premier and Minister of Health Dancia Penn, in the House of ...
The BVI Tourist Board has already earmarked over $5 million for projects and activities for the rest of its fiscal year. Premier and Minister of Tourism and Finance, ...
When the 2012 BVI Athletics Association kicks off its development series in early January, they will have another piece of important equipment. Colonial Insurance, a ...
The Office of Centres and Institutes of the Workforce Training Division at H. Lavity Stoutt Community College will be offering a number of short courses during the ...
Today the House of Assembly will convene for its 11th sitting. The Leader of the Opposition Dr. Orlando Smith has his usual slate of questions for the Premier. Among ...
Police are investigating what victims describe as a hostage situation which took place on Friday, August 26 in an apartment in Pasea Estate where some four armed and ...
Magistrate Valerie Stephens today denied bail for the men implicated in the recent bust of a drug trafficking ring when they appeared in court. Earle “Bob” ...
Chantel Malone wrapped up competition in the 13th IAAF World Athletics Championships in Daegu, South Korea on Saturday, thus becoming the territory’s first female ...
Submissions can be accompanied by a brief profile and contact information of the photographer. Submissions will be published in the order they were received. Photos ...
Police are seeking information that can lead to the identity of the lone gunman responsible for the shooting death of 34-year-old Felix Ramon Colon Beltre, a native ...
Second District Candidate for the National Democratic Party (NDP) Claude Skelton-Cline has no apologies for his dealings with former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick. ...
The National Democratic Party took its campaign to the Jost Van Dyke on Sunday with District 8 candidate Marlon Penn taking the lead for the party on presenting the ...
The 2011-2012 school year is about to get underway and public and private institutions are in the preparation process. One such institution is the international ...
The Department of Public Prosecution is “toying” with the idea of having a special prosecutor to deal with the inflow of sex offence cases involving underage ...
Choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season.” - Hebrews 11:25 A while back, I was listening to a ...
Low budget carrier, REDjet, has been forced to cancel flights between three Caribbean destinations due to problems with its hydraulic system. The Barbados-based ...
August 29, 2011, marks one year since Ashley Turnbull was seen alive by family and friends, yet Police investigations into his death remains very much open and ...
“Giving no offence in any thing, that the ministry be not blamed: But in all things approving ourselves as the ministers of God.” - 2 Corinthians 6:3,4a There ...
Usain Bolt again did the unbelievable when it mattered most in the 100 meters. This time, no gold medal or world record, but a false start and straight elimination ...
In a special hearing at the Magistrate’s Court today to begin proceedings against 6 local members of an international drug trafficking and money laundering ...
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The U.S. government’s anti-drug smuggling offensive on the Mexican border has caused a “balloon effect” that is expected to spur more narcotics trafficking ...
The Public Works Department (PWD) is informing the public that works involving the construction of manholes and road paving in the vicinity of the Sun ...
The Department of Motor Vehicles is reminding taxi operators that in keeping with their request for the newly designed license plates bearing the word TAXI ...
Rafael Singh is now $1000 richer as the winner of LIME’s latest Text2Win Cash promotion. Singh was all smiles as he received his $1000 in cash from Sean Auguste, ...
Recent rioting and vandalism in Britain was not a sudden explosion of violence and anarchy, as some of the British intelligentsia would have it. No, it was deeper; ...
The Virgin Islands Party (VIP) has elected the same slate of candidates to contest this year’s elections as it proposed in 2007. Among those is Ronnie Lettsome who ...
Usain Bolt looks set to keep his world record at the IAAF World Championships this weekend in Korea, amidst a confirmation Thursday that his main competitor, former ...
Internationally renowned reggae star Sizzla is in serious but stable condition in the St. Ann’s Bay hospital following a motor bike crash. Sizzla, born Miguel ...
American Airlines (AA) has announced that it will launch service between New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) and V. C. Bird International ...
Over 24 million people visited the Caribbean region in 2010. Many came to enjoy the sun, sea and sand, and a large number are repeat visitors to the region because ...
Low-cost carrier REDjet says the demand for its service has prompted them to add a new aircraft to its fleet. The purchase of plane number three comes after three ...
In exactly eighteen days from today, accused Jamaican drug lord, Christopher Michael “Dudus” Coke, will face a jury trial in a New York City court. Coke, who was ...
” If any would not work, neither should he eat.” - 2 Thessalonians 3:10 When I was twelve years old, my older sister told my younger brother and me that ...
Premier Ralph T. O’Neal says government cannot do everything and it is time the corporate community gets more involved in the building of the nation. Speaking at ...
Its official, the Performing Arts Center at the H. Lavity Stoutt Community College (HLSCC) has been renamed Eileene L. Parsons Auditorium after the institution’s ...
