Two British Virgin Islands citizens who stole roughly $29 worth of alcohol from a Fine Foods store have been fined a combined total of $1,700 in the Magistrate’s Court. However, one of the offenders who apparently did not like the […]
Archive for February, 2017
Give police some of Tourist Board money -Willock
The government is being urged to divert a portion of the BVI Tourist Board’s budget into crime fighting. Businessman and member of the Opposition Virgin Islands Party Julian Willock has thrown out the proposal at a time when Government is […]
Yellow Pages moved to Yello
PRESS RELEASE – The British Virgin Islands Yellow Pages has announced the brand name change from Yellow Pages to Yello and the unveiling of a new online directory. This move has been in the pipeline for the past year in […]
Court to make ‘bail’ decision in drug case Monday
A magistrate in the British Virgin Islands (BVI) will decide on Monday (February 13) if Earl ‘Bob’ Hodge and former Customs officer Robert ‘Tico’ Harrigan will be granted bail. The men, who United States authorities want in relation to alleged […]
Show sensitivity to the ‘challenged child’
By Dickson Igwe (Contributor) Mental illness among youth in the United Kingdom (UK) is a useful model for the British Virgin Islands Is there a lack of sensitivity by Joe Public to the suffering caused by mental illness, especially among […]
Walwyn tells parents ignore ‘unnecessary’ appeal
Minister of Education Myron Walwyn has called on parents to ignore a ‘totally unnecessary’ public appeal that staff at Enis Adams Primary School made this afternoon for donation of toilet paper. The female member of staff who posted the appeal […]
Major disturbance at prison
BVI News Online has been receiving reports from various credible sources that there was a major disturbance today at Her Majesty’s Prison, Balsam Ghut. Details of the incident are not yet clear. It is said that, in addition to […]
Teen gets one year for stealing, torching scooter
James Leonard Jr, who was convicted for stealing and torching another man’s motor scooter, has been sentenced to 12 months in prison. Senior Magistrate Tamia Richards also ordered the 19-year-old offender to pay $2,000 in compensation to the scooted owner […]
Too many white-collar criminals getting away!
Businessman Julian Willock has lamented the rate at which white-collar crime has been going unpunished in the British Virgin Islands, adding that this category of crime appears to also be on the rise locally. White-collar crime is a non-violent offence […]
$5K fine for marijuana, suspected stolen phones
A 29-year-old man who police found with two ‘stolen’ cellular phones and a quantity of marijuana has been slapped with nearly $5,000 in fines and compensation in the Magistrate’s Court. Seantroy Hanley was charged with possession of goods reasonably suspected […]
