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Cop deduces ‘misguided’ attempt to hide cocaine

Cop deduces ‘misguided’ attempt to hide cocaine

A member of the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force has described as misguided, an alleged attempt to conceal cocaine in buckets of mortar-like substances presumably from sniffer dogs. Detective Constable Thomas Himbury made the remark while he testified yesterday in […]

by / on March 15, 2017 at 7:00 AM /
Project to curb pollution delayed

Project to curb pollution delayed

More than two years after Government made a budgetary allocation for the acquisition of scrubbers to address the issue of pollution at the incinerator in Pockwood Pond on Tortola, the said scrubbers are yet to be manufactured and paid for […]

by / on March 15, 2017 at 7:00 AM /
Champions!

Champions!

Eslyn Henley Richiez Learning Centre’s Blue House students are once again champions of the schools’ fifth annual Spelling Bee and General Knowledge Quiz Competition. The competition was held yesterday (March 14) as part of the Education Week 2017 activities. The […]

by / on March 15, 2017 at 6:02 AM /
Lawmakers square off in parliament over BVI Airways

Lawmakers square off in parliament over BVI Airways

By Horace Mills, BVI News Online Staff Tempers flared in the House of Assembly this afternoon over highly controversial and damaging claims that the privately owned BVI Airways has been involved in insider trading in the United States. Insider trading […]

by / on March 14, 2017 at 2:29 PM /
FAMILY: Murder convict was child of privilege

FAMILY: Murder convict was child of privilege

In a written judgment handed down this month, the High Court has given a summary of the social inquiry report done before it sentenced Kenyatta Boynes to life imprisonment with possible parole after 30 years for the offences of murder […]

by / on March 14, 2017 at 9:08 AM /
Commonwealth Day activities a major success

Commonwealth Day activities a major success

Parents associated with the Ivan Dawson Primary School in Cane Garden Bay joined students and staff yesterday (March 13) to capitalize on a grand opportunity in celebrating Commonwealth Day. While the Day was being observed, funds were being raised to […]

by / on March 14, 2017 at 8:48 AM /
Homosexual crew ready for sailing regatta

Homosexual crew ready for sailing regatta

A homosexual and transgender sailing crew known as Trekr Adventures has announced that it is gearing up to visit the British Virgin Islands (BVI) this month to participate in the 2017 BVI Spring Regatta. The group said the arrangements were […]

by / on March 14, 2017 at 8:00 AM /
Are we using our education to build or destroy?

Are we using our education to build or destroy?

Minister of Education and Culture Myron Walwyn has questioned whether the British Virgin Islands (BVI) has been getting value for its investment in the education system, and whether people have been using their education to build or to destroy the […]

by / on March 14, 2017 at 7:58 AM /
Home intruder gropes woman’s buttocks

Home intruder gropes woman’s buttocks

A man who trespassed into a family’s residence and groped a woman on her buttocks has been granted $30,000 bail in the Magistrate’s Court. Marshall Senhouse pleaded guilty to criminal trespass, being armed with an offensive weapon, and indecent assault […]

by / on March 14, 2017 at 7:43 AM /
WARNING: Rough seas expected tomorrow

WARNING: Rough seas expected tomorrow

Department of Disaster Management (press release): A small craft warning is in effect as sea conditions are expected to become rough by early tomorrow. As a result of these developing conditions, sea bathers are also advised to exercise caution. Although […]

by / on March 14, 2017 at 7:29 AM /