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Monthly Archives: December 2012
We are pleased to advise that interim emergency arrangements have been put in place with local carriers to restore CCT’s GSM voice and text services to our ...
Monday, December 31 – Detectives from the RVIPF Major Crime Team have obtained an arrest warrant accusing Neville Turnbull Potter, 34, of conspiracy to commit ...
Officers of the Criminal Investigations Department have one man in custody for questioning in relation to a robbery on Fort Hill which has left one man with a ...
Premier Dr. Orlando Smith has made it clear that the government will have to re-examine the way it goes about spending on the festivals, considering the fiscal ...
Commissioner of Customs Wade Smith says the slow response by the Human Resources Department to take action against 2 Customs Officers who were criminally charged but ...
The Department of Disaster Management’s (DDM) Emergency Operations Centre (EOC) is being affected by rats and snakes which are damaging the building’s electrical ...
Cabinet has approved the appointment of six members to the Non-Profit Organisation Registration Board, in accordance with Section 3(2) of the Non-Profit ...
Sprinter Karene King—who led the 100 and 200m rankings for the first time and had a consistent season despite narrowly missing the Olympic Games qualifying ...
First District Representative Andrew Fahie is not letting up on his call for government to develop a housing scheme with funds borrowed from the Social Security ...
CCT would like to update our valued customers on the steps being taken to rectify our current network outage. Firstly, we are genuinely sorry for the inconvenience ...
With the completion of the 2012 Christmas Hoops basketball camp, the BVI Hoop It Up foundation has come to the end of a successful 2012 year. The foundation who ...
Leaving 2012 on a lighter Note: There are some things Persons don’t know & wish to know or in some cases may know & wish not to know… Then again there ...
BVI Philatelic Society President, Dr. Giorgio Migliavacca has been appointed as the British Virgin Islands Study Group Leader for the British Caribbean Philatelic ...
A Nigerian woman who is accused of damaging items belonging to her ex-boyfriend recently appeared before Senior Magistrate Tamia Richards and pleaded not guilty to ...
Premier and Minister for Finance Dr. Orlando Smith said this last year for the BVI has been very interesting, challenging and filled with opportunities. The Premier ...
CCT would like to inform our valued customers about a GSM service interruption currently affecting some customers’ mobile service. CCT engineers are working ...
There is no escaping the influences of globalization on Virgin Islands politics, commerce, and community. The beginning of this medley cum commercial story is an ...
The British Virgin Islands Tourist Board is to relaunch its Natures Little Secrets Agents online training programme next year. Its new programme will include five ...
Sam Morrell has scored some impressive wins regionally and top ten finishes internationally in the Optimist. Now, the 13-year-old junior sailor has set his sights on ...
The British Virgin Islands (BVI) is introducing a simplified regulatory approval process that will make it easier for small asset managers and start-ups to launch ...
International law firm Harney Westwood & Riegels has prepared a free FAQ guide for Non-Profit Organisations (“NPOs”) which operate in the British Virgin ...
VOA – The Indian student who was brutally gang-raped on a bus in New Delhi has died in a Singapore hospital. A statement from the Mount Elizabeth Hospital said ...
Opposition member and First District representative Andrew Fahie believes there should be a penalty for persons who had misled the House of Assembly with respect to ...
Chief Immigration Officer Dennis Jennings says the financial situation in the department continues to be problematic. Jennings told the Standing Finance Committee ...
The Social Development Department (SDD) wants to strengthen and amend the 2005 Children and Young Persons Act to be more effective in dealing with child abuse cases. ...
Although police recently announced a $10,000 reward for his capture, there is still no trace of suspected murderer Alberto Rosa De La Rosa, also known as Piyoyo. He ...
Minister of Education and Culture Myron Walwyn has warned that government should ensure local investors are no longer sidelined in an effort to get overseas ...
Minister for Education and Culture, Myron Walwyn disclosed in his budget debate submission that $350,000 has been earmarked for works to be done on the Elmore Stoutt ...
The legislation in place to facilitate electronic monitoring of offenders is being described as deficient because it reportedly applies only to children and young ...
Bureau of Economic Research Director Wharton Berger on Thursday released an analysis of the impact that going over the so-called “fiscal cliff” would have on the ...
The Belle Vue Methodist Church Senior Choir invites everyone to their Candlelight Service themed “The Voices of Christmas” on Sunday, December 30, 2012 at ...
The Public Works Department (PWD) 2011 report has recommended the creation of a number of necessary job positions as the territory has reached a point where the ...
The Social Development Department (SDD) is not satisfied with the method used by government in tackling the social problems in the territory. In its 2011 report, the ...
Second District representative Alvin Christopher said he was always of the opinion that the greenhouse project – in its current form – is a waste of time. ...
The government said it has taken steps to speedily address the plight of several residents whose construction plans have been stalled because of their close ...
Tortola-based horse Really Uptown pulled off a spectacular win at Ellis Thomas Downs in Sea Cows Bay late this afternoon, whipping the virtually packed stands into ...
Christmas went beyond the ordinary in one section of Tortola when several adults and children gathered beneath the evening skies to celebrate the birth of Jesus by ...
Only $12,755 in child support was collected through the Social Development Department last year due to a number of challenges which include migration, incarceration, ...
Former premier of the Cayman Islands, McKeeva Bush, said last week that, following his recent arrest on suspicion of corruption and theft, and subsequent ouster from ...
There has been much discussion in recent times of the demise of the special community spirit in the BVI that many in the Territory grew up with. Letters to the media ...
WHAT HAPPENED IN 2012? – WHY WAS CHRISTMAS CANCELLED??? Knowledge leads forward – Ignorance leads Backward: A look back at 2012 some may feel nostalgia but ...
The Social Development Department said it is now in a better position to assist the increased number of persons requiring immediate food assistance. The ...
Premier Dr. D. Orlando Smith has assured hoteliers that the government will soon address the water shortage that has been pushing up their operating costs. He said ...
Ladies and Gentlemen; Boys and Girls: Joyful greetings to each of you – from Anegada in the East, to Jost Van Dyke in the West, across the waters to the USVI ...
Christmas is a wonderful season. It is a time for the celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ and a time when families and friends draw near to each other to share ...
Season’s Greetings my fellow Virgin Islanders. I wish to extend holiday greetings once again to all of our residents and visitors and especially to my people of ...
The BVI Hoop It Up Foundation have completed their 2nd annual Christmas camp on Friday December 21st. The camp which attracted over 40 children enjoyed a week of ...
The controversy between David “Mavado” Brooks and the Festivals and Fairs Committee has been settled, paving the way for the top-rated Jamaican artiste to ...
Officers of the Special Investigations Unit arrested three men for illegal entry and seized over $133,000 during an operation last week at a guest house in the Cane ...
Education Minister Myron Walwyn is concerned about that too many people in the BVI depend on politicians for assistance and that too many youth are unemployed. ...
The Public Works Department said its operations were seriously hampered last year due to the shortage of human resource and equipment. It has disclosed that the ...
The Social Development Department is not satisfied with the manner in which the court handles adoption matters. Among the issues highlighted are the length of time ...
With one member of the House of Assembly raising fresh concern about some BVI lawyers practicing overseas, Premier Dr. D. Orlando Smith has assured the territory ...
Traffic Investigation Bureau Detectives on St. Croix have arrested two people in connection to the March hit and run accident that resulted in the death of a ...
The Deputy Governor’s Office is recommending that, in order to better manage air quality issues in the Central Administration Building, a concerted attempt should ...
BBC – Cannabis makes pain more bearable rather than actually reducing it, a study from the University of Oxford suggests. Using brain imaging, researchers ...
A story on why this might be the time to hammer a stake through the heart of a beast of death that kills over 12,000 people in the USA every year Christmas was ...
In what will surely make for a most memorable Christmas, Digicel selected a number at random to surprise. After four attempts to customers who didn’t answer their ...
Premier and Minister of Finance Dr. the Honourable D. Orlando Smith, OBE joins with the rest of the community in remembering the life of the late Inez Brathwaite who ...
HM Customs was the recipient of a 3-year-old Labrador retriever trained in Narcotics detection. Zoe was presented to Commissioner Mr. Wade Smith by Vice-President ...
The Makos Swim Club returned from last weekend’s USVI Short Course National Championships with a total medal haul of 14. The group of five all competed in the 8 ...
H. Lavity Stoutt Community College will be conducting a week of orientation and registration exercises beginning on Thursday 3 January for students taking classes ...
“…be thankful unto him, and bless his name.” Psalm 100:4 No matter what you have gone through so far in 2012, the fact that you are still alive is more than ...
In carrying out its final drug destruction for the year 2012, the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force destroyed 114 kilos of cocaine at the Government’s Incinerator ...
When the BVI Football Association 2012-2013 National League season continues on Wednesday, January 9, following a Holidays break, two Sugar Boys players will not be ...
