Opposition member of the House of Assembly Julian Fraser has blasted Governor John Duncan for using his constitutional powers yesterday (March 16) to force Government to allocate an additional $800,000 to the Royal Virgin Islands (RVIPF) for this year. According […]
Archive for March, 2017
Scooter rider charged after highway chase
The scooter rider who crashed recently while reportedly being chased by police officers has been slapped with seven charges. According to the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force, Rondell Calliste of Purcell Estate on Tortola was arrested and charged on March […]
BVI Reading Council Awards Keden Ortiz
PRESS RELEASE – Keden Ortiz, a grade one student of the Joyce Samuel Primary School is the recipient of the BVI Reading Council’s (BVIRC) 2017 Literacy Award. Keden was awarded during a ceremony held at the Joyce Samuel Primary School […]
Women to be punished too
By Horace Mills, BVI News Online Staff Representative of the Sixth Electoral District Alvera Maduro-Caines ran into masculine correction yesterday when she went soft on women while rebuking men for not paying child maintenance. She also suggested that the House […]
Scooter rider hospitalized after crash
A motorcyclist has been taken to Peebles Hospital following a crash on the highway a short distance from ‘The Moorings’ intersection, Tortola. It is said that he was driving a red scooter. The man was removed from the crash scene […]
Governor forces gov’t to give police more money
Governor John Duncan has exercised his constitutional powers, and has forced the Government to allocate more funding to the Royal Virgin Islands Force (RVIPF). The RVIPF will receive roughly an additional $800,000 to its budget for this financial year, which […]
Teen dies in crash – Tried to evade garbage truck?
Two of the persons who were taken to Peebles Hospital after a nasty crash last evening (March 15) were treated and released, but the driver Justice Amory did not survive. Amory, the 19-year-old son of Superintendent of Police St Clair […]
Not just money – Fraser wants emotion in child law
A member of the parliamentary opposition has suggested that emotional bonding between parents and their children should be clearly stipulated in a new law being proposed. Julian Fraser, who up to recently served as Leader of the Opposition, lamented that […]
Lorna Smith: Airport project may not happen tomorrow
While making it clear that she was not speaking in her capacity as the wife of Premier Dr D Orlando Smith, Lorna Smith last evening defended the government’s plan to expand the runway at Terrence B Lettsome International Airport, but […]
Cops arrest motorist after cocaine find
Police have arrested a man who they said was found in possession of cocaine in the Baughers Bay area of Tortola this morning, March 16. “A male was arrested after a search of his vehicle in Baughers Bay this morning […]
