The government has outlined how it will fund a fully fledged entity, which will be tasked with comprehensively ensuring the British Virgin Islands (BVI) – among other things – complies with requests by international partners for tax-related information. Legislative action […]
Archive for January, 2017
Politicians remember Blyden – ‘Tortola lost icon’
Some politicians in the British Virgin Islands (BVI) have paused to pay early tributes to the late businessman and former chairman of the BVI Tourist Board, Neil ‘Mr Melee’ Blyden, who himself tried unsuccessfully to serve in the territory’s parliament. […]
Gunmen with local accent threaten to shoot security
More details have surfaced about how two gunmen, who reportedly have a local accent, entered Fine Foods supermarket in East End and then escaped with an undetermined amount of money. Reports reaching BVI News Online are that there were two […]
Better days ‘right around the corner in 2017’
While urging persons to spend the new year focusing more on their future than their past, Chairman of the opposition Virgin Islands Party Andrew Fahie said a strong economy – among other things – is ‘right around the corner in […]
Many beheaded in Brazil prison riot; inmates escape
British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC): Police in northern Brazil are searching for dozens of inmates who escaped from an overcrowded prison complex during a riot that left at least 56 dead, many decapitated, officials say. The area in Manaus, in Amazonas state, […]
USVI bracing for likely fallout from BVI project
Officials in the neighbouring US Virgin Islands (USVI) said they are bracing for any potential fallout resulting from a likely reduction in the number of people traveling through that territory’s airport to and from the British Virgin Islands (BVI). The […]
Frett proposes vehicle tax, pay cut for lawmakers
Businessman and former minister of health Alred Frett has started the new year with a call for the territory’s politicians to cut their salaries and allowances to match their levels of productivity, and to impose a tax on persons owning […]
Man accused of drug dealing pleads not guilty
Halim Scatliffe, a US Virgin Islands native who is accused of dealing in drugs, has pleaded not guilty to marijuana and cocaine-related charges in the Magistrate’s Court here in the British Virgin Islands (BVI). Local police have charged him with […]
Promoter extraordinaire, Neil Blyden, dies
Former chairman of the BVI Tourist Board and stalwart in the local entertainment industry, Neil Blyden, passed away suddenly on Sunday (January 1). Blyden, who also made unsuccessful attempts to become a political representative, was widely known as Mr Melee. […]
From Paradise to London, and on to Paris
A travel story by DICKSON IGWE, Contributor First impressions: and Paris is ruled by a rich French culture, freedom-loving peoples, good governance, and an exceptional ethical subset. Mixing the preceding with one of the world’s finest rail and metro networks, […]
