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Police charge teen for al...Road Town Police Station Police have arrested a teen who they said committed a series of burglaries...
March 19, 2019 at 1:04 PM -
Fahie to OECS: We need to...Premier Andrew Fahie. (BVI News photo) Premier Andrew Fahie wants jurisdictions within parts of the...
March 19, 2019 at 7:11 AM -
We are so close to return...Banco Popular More than six months after being without a bank on their island, residents of Virgin...
March 19, 2019 at 7:08 AM
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RDA signs contract with UK’s Foreign & Commonwealth Office
From left: Health Minister Carvin Malone, RDA Chairman Robert Mathavious, Governor Augustus Jaspert. and Natural Resources Minister Vincent Wheatley The Recovery and Development Agency (RDA) has signed a contract that will see...
March 19, 2019 at 6:45 AM -
Visitor admits to giving false information to get BVI visa
Santos Victor Pimedo Santos, the Dominican Republic man who reportedly provided false information to a public officer to obtain a BVI visa, has pleaded guilty. Santos, however, pleaded not guilty to personation as well as possession...
March 19, 2019 at 6:31 AM -
COMMENTARY: Elections over, time for ruling not for fooling
Alred Frett By Alred Frett, Contributor It is over but persons still ask what I think about the election results, the Cabinet and resignation and re-application of an elected member? Well, most of my selections won so I am...
March 19, 2019 at 6:08 AM
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‘On standby’ | Fahie announces Hodge-Smith for uncertain by-election
“I pledge to never quit and to say I’m coming back. I will always be there” — Luce Hodge-Smith. (VIP photo) Premier Andrew Fahie has announced Luce Hodge-Smith as the candidate the Virgin Islands Party (VIP)...
March 18, 2019 at 10:36 AM -
Bold Premier: Fahie promises OECS he will ‘regularise’ C’bean expats
Premier Andrew Fahie (foreground) speaking at a special meeting of the OECS in Guadeloupe last week. (Photo provided) Premier Andrew Fahie has volunteered himself to be held to account by the regional community. In what could...
March 18, 2019 at 8:57 AM -
Governor willing to raise concerns of campaign financing with gov’t
Governor Augustus Jaspert Governor Augustus Jaspert said he is willing to raise concerns of campaign financing with the Andrew Fahie administration. A team of international and independent officials who were deployed to the...
March 18, 2019 at 7:40 AM
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Take emergency drills seriously, residents told
Previous tsunami exercise. (Photo provided) As the 2019 hurricane seasons draws closer, residents are being told to take the various emergency exercises and drills seriously and test their individual level of preparedness in the...
March 18, 2019 at 6:20 AM -
Machete fight over bad parking lands VG man in court
A Virgin Gorda resident has been granted $20,000 bail after he allegedly attacked another man with a machete for bad parking. Charged with ‘armed with an offensive weapon’ is Tudor Griffith. He pleaded not...
March 18, 2019 at 6:12 AM -
Police conducting random stop-and-searches on Tortola
BVI News photo captured Friday afternoon. Members of the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force are currently executing a major stop-and-search operation on the dual carriageway in Road Town, Tortola. BVI News understands that the...
March 15, 2019 at 6:56 PM
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Governor backs from D4 confusion, won’t get involved unless seat ‘clearly vacant’
Governor Augustus Jaspert As House of Assembly Speaker Julian Willock and representative-elect for the Fourth District Mark Vanterpool remain at loggerheads on whether Vanterpool should be sworn into office or whether a by-election...
March 15, 2019 at 1:43 PM -
Opposition Leader a character witness for convicted cop, begs mercy
Penn (left) and Huggins Opposition leader Marlon Penn was one of the character witnesses for interdicted police officer Starcy Huggins who was found guilty of leaking police information back in 2013. Huggins was convicted on...
March 15, 2019 at 7:04 AM -
Forensic audit of finances to be completed in our first 100 days
Premier Andrew Fahie. (BVI News photo) A forensic audit to be done on the finances of government is expected to be completed within the VIP government’s first 100 days in office, according to Premier Andrew Fahie. Government...
March 15, 2019 at 7:00 AM
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Voters asked to rate experience during elections
Supervisor of Elections Juliette Penn Voters are being asked to rate their experience during the recently-concluded general election. This is being done through a survey commissioned by the Office of the Supervisor of Elections...
March 15, 2019 at 6:12 AM -
ESHS win 2019 inter-secondary school debates
ESHS’ winning debaters stand among Chief Education Officer Connie George (left) and Education Minister Dr Natalio Wheatley. (GIS photo) Elmore Stoutt High School (ESHS) has won the 2019 Inter-Secondary School Debate competition. The...
March 15, 2019 at 6:05 AM -
UK MPs vote to delay Brexit
A sitting of the UK parliament. (Photo by House of Commons) British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC): MPs have voted by 413 to 202 – a majority of 211 – for Prime Minister Theresa May to ask the EU for a delay to Brexit. It...
March 15, 2019 at 5:53 AM
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No take-backs! Willock calls for by-election, refutes Vanterpool’s ‘return request’
Willock (GIS Photo) Speaker of the House of Assembly Julian Willock is calling for a by-election, despite Mark Vanterpool’s decision to no longer retire from representational politics. Vanterpool submitted a resignation...
March 14, 2019 at 4:31 PM -
UPDATE: Resignation letter was invalid, I’m coming out of retirement for the people
“In spite of my desire to resign as previously stated for personal reasons, I have listened to your calls and wish to put those personal reasons aside … Please accept my apologies” — Vanterpool The letter that...
March 14, 2019 at 3:03 PM -
Rymer launches ‘full assessment’ into Works ministry as he takes over post
Works minister, Kye Rymer. A full assessment is underway for the Ministry of Works, Transportation & Utilities — a portfolio last headed by retired NDP legislator, Mark Vanterpool. VIP legislator and Fifth District...
March 14, 2019 at 2:15 PM
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CDB Report: Inflation reaches 5-year high in BVI last year
CDB President Dr William Warren Smith. (Photo by Davion Smith/BVI News) The Caribbean Development Bank’s economic review of the BVI for 2018 has shown that the territory’s inflation rate increased higher than it has...
March 14, 2019 at 9:13 AM -
Financial services projected to boom by year-end
Smith The British Virgin Islands has been told to position itself for a significant boom in the financial services sector; the benefits of which is expected to be seen by year’s end. Director of International Business...
March 14, 2019 at 9:06 AM -
Fahie attends first overseas meeting, Wheatley Acting Premier
Premier Andrew Fahie Premier Andrew Fahie is away from the territory for his first official regional meeting since becoming the leader of government business. Premier Fahie is attending a special meeting of the Organisation...
March 14, 2019 at 7:36 AM
