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Thursday, April 26 – Minister for Education and Culture Honorable Myron V. Walwyn said his prayers are with those persons who were involved in this morning’s ...
Wednesday, April 4 – A man was pronounced dead around 4:30pm yesterday at the Iris O’Neal Clinic in Virgin Gorda after collapsing at the Taylors Bay in the ...
Monday, March 19 – Motorists and pedestrians are being advised to adhere to the rules of the road in light of startling statistics. By observing the road ...
Today, March 17, 2012 BVI News Online got snapshots for the farewell sendoff of Sgt. Joseph Toulon, who died on March 2 in a vehicle accident. A parade of officers ...
Saturday, March 3 – Officers gathered around Peebles Hospital last night after news of the death of a sergeant within the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force was ...
This letter is a heartfelt thank you to the police department, the volunteers, and all who prayed for, cared for or contributed to the search and rescue of my mom, ...
Agriculture supporter and talk show host Edmund Maduro said he is against the Farmers on the Move Group’s plans to boycott the annual agricultural week ...
Traffic Investigation Bureau officers on St. Thomas are investigating an auto accident that left two pedestrians dead and another in critical condition. At about 5 ...
A German national died on cruise ship MV Aida which was docked in Road Town yesterday. Leonard Hoernes, 83, became unconscious shortly after he was observed coughing ...
An accident involving two vehicles resulted in the death of retired police officer and former political candidate Maxwell Smith Sunday evening in West End. Smith of ...
The medical examiner’s report says that the South African boat captain who died when he was trying to retrieve a camera that fell into the sea died from ...
A 53-year-old Chapel Hill resident died yesterday after complaining of feeling ill. Reports are that Valiska Allen called her husband and told him she was at home, ...
Police sources believe arson was the cause of a vehicle fire in Josiah’s Bay on Wednesday. The vehicle, a Suzuki Geo Tracker, was burnt completely. Reports are ...
The Police Information Office (PIO) has confirmed that a scooter accident took place in the west of the island today. The PIO reports that two persons received minor ...
Police are investigating the death of a male tourist at Devil’s Bay, Virgin Gorda at about 10:00 this morning. Phil Aspinall of Virgin Islands Search and Rescue ...
Friday, December 2 – Acting Chief Fire Officer Mr. William Penn is cautioning the Virgin Islands community to be very careful and to observe safety rules when ...
Two persons sustained minor injuries in a traffic accident involving one vehicle in Sea Cow’s Bay on Saturday, Nov. 26. Police sources said the driver, Kevin ...
A coroner’s inquest into the death of four persons will begin this morning at 10:00 at the Magistrate’s Court in John’s Hole, Road Town, Tortola, ...
A talk show host believes the fundamental cause of crime in the territory is not being addressed, yet the police are expected to work magic to tackle crime. Speaking ...
Police are investigating the death of an American tourist at a popular dive site yesterday afternoon. Reports are that Dennis Keller, 73, of Washington DC, was ...
Monday, November 14 – Premier Dr. The Honourable D. Orlando Smith OBE, in a letter to Prime Minister Honourable Stephenson King, has extended condolences to the ...
The Police Information Office has confirmed that a boy is nursing injuries following a vehicular accident in The Valley, Virgin Gorda Sunday afternoon. Police ...
A local bailiff is now nursing serious injuries at Peebles Hospital following a two-vehicle collision at near the entrance of Dolphin Discovery, Prospect Reef today ...
Police are officially investigating a fire at One Mart Superstore in Purcell Estate last night that damaged flammable items. Sources told BVI News that a boy, around ...
A young man from East End was scheduled to undergo emergency surgery after his scooter collided with a car. Reports are that at about 4:50 a.m., Kehinde Frett of ...
A woman and child were spared the wrath of a possible drunk driver earlier tonight, having walked away with their lives after a White Terios Jeep (PK-94) slammed ...
New information has surfaced about last week’s marine accident that saw a Tropical Shipping vessel running aground the Wreck of the Rhone on Salt Island. BVI News ...
The Wreck of the RMS Rhone Marine Park is open once more. A release from the National Parks Trust of the Virgin Islands stated that, “the vessel ‘Tropic ...
Kate Winslet’s character in “Titanic” barely survived an iceberg, and now the Oscar-winning actress has successfully acted the hero in a fire that ...
A massive fire has destroyed a significant portion of Sir Richard Branson’s ‘Great House’ on Necker Island this morning. About twenty persons including Sir ...
Bob Sparanza, the US citizen injured this morning in a boating accident in BVI waters, has died. He died at the Peebles Hospital. The incident occurred arround ...
Chaim Todman, the boat captain injured in the Synergy Boat Racing accident in Carrot Bay on Sunday is still being hospitalized. Police Public Relations ...
Preliminary investigations point to pilot error as the main contributing factor to Caribbean Airlines Flight 523 overshooting the runway at the Cheddi Jagan ...
Nearly 80 people were killed on Tuesday morning when a military transport plane crashed during bad weather into a mountain in southern Morocco, state-run media ...
The Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) Tanker that overturned on Virgin Gorda’s airport public road was safely removed. Last Thursday, technicians from TROPIGAS, the ...
The 10,000 gallons of gas in the 40-foot LPG Tanker belonging to TROPIGAS, which toppled over in Virgin Gorda earlier this week, is presently being offloaded to ...
BVI News Online understands that the 65-year-old woman who received severe leg injuries in an accident between the dinghy in which she was with her husband and a ...
The situation involving an LPG tanker which toppled over in Virgin Gorda is currently being addressed by the Works Ministry The 40-foot LPG tanker, carrying over ...
A Hewa Bora Airways passenger plane carrying more than 100 people crashed in the Democratic Republic of Congo on Friday afternoon, the airline said, but few details ...
Persia Stoutt, eldest daughter of late Chief Minister H. Lavity Stoutt will be laid to rest tomorrow, June 16. There will be a funeral service at the Zion Hill ...
The Ministry of Education and Culture today learned that the ongoing landscaping works at the Benjamin Romney Recreational Complex was vandalised sometime between ...
The Virgin Islands Fire and Rescue Services (VIFRS) Department is asking the public to be diligent when handling open flames. The department’s warning comes after ...
A reinforcement wall collapsed on a building in Hannah’s this morning, sealing the entrance to five apartments. Hannah’s is located just past Nanny Cays. Owner ...
A local mother is making an appeal to bike owners, the government and the police to do everything in their power to ride carefully on the nations roads. Her cry ...
Persia Stoutt, daughter of former Chief Minister H. Lavity Stoutt, was found dead at her home yesterday morning (June 5). She was 53-years-old. Police officials say ...
The Traffic Investigation Department of the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force is asking the motoring public and music fest attendees to take special note of traffic ...
A Ferry from Scrub Island carrying workers and guests ended up on the rocks this morning as it was transporting them to Treillis Bay. Managing Director of the ...
Community activist Laurie Rhymer yesterday (May 3) announced on ZBVI Radio that an appeal in aid of a Virgin Gorda fire victim will take place on Tuesday, May 10 ...
The Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) Traffic Investigation Unit is currently investigating a traffic accident which resulted in injuries to a pedestrian ...
Police report a busy Easter Saturday (April 23) as they responded to both a boating and plane accident. Just after 2:00pm, Virgin Gorda Police Officers attended the ...
The police have concluded that when Trey Erickson lost his life a few weeks ago in a scooter bike accident, there were many young people with bikes racing at the ...
Delta Petroleum Limited has dismissed recent reports that it is the owner of a vehicle that was involved in a traffic accident at the roundabout in the vicinity of ...
The Virgin Gorda Festival Committee does not intend to change the name of the village for this year’s festival despite the death of the recipient – George Tyson. ...
Police are investigating the death of George Tyson, who got into difficulty this morning in waters in the Coppermine area. Tyson, a resident of Virgin Gorda and a ...
Sunday, April 3 was a sad afternoon for the family and friends of Keri ‘Honk’ Harrigan as they attended the thanksgiving service for his life at the ...
A house explosion prompts the BVI Fire and Rescue Services Department to educate the community about the dangers of improper storage of Liquid Petroleum Gas (LPG). ...
Funeral Service for Keri “Honk” Harrigan will be on Sunday, April 3, at The Carrot Bay Church Of Seventh day Adventist. Viewing from 10:00am – 11:00am. ...
BVI News has learnt that Tre Erickson, the 15-year-old boy from West End, who died this week following a horrific motorbike accident will be laid to rest this ...
The staff of the Elmore Stoutt High School and some clergy members were very responsive to the students of the school who were very distraught this morning following ...
A 15-year-old boy from West End, who suffered a severed left leg below his hip following a motorcycle collision on the Beef Island stretch in the vicinity of the ...
BVI News freelance photographer Andre ‘Shadow’ Dawson captured photos of the aftermath of an accident in the vicinity of the New Life Baptist Church ...
Over 20 farmers throughout the Territory received recognition for their work during the Farmers’ Week 2011 agricultural exhibition. For the second consecutive ...
Police are confirming that the body of a white male found floating in the waters near Tobacco Wharf is that of 63-year-old Frank Walter Bohren, originally from the ...
Monday, January 24 – Police along with VISAR are looking for a swimmer that went missing between Falling Jerusalem and The Baths, Virgin Gorda this afternoon. The ...