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Archive for March, 2017

Seaborne, Vieques Air Link enter cooperative agreement

Seaborne, Vieques Air Link enter cooperative agreement

PRESS RELEASE: Seaborne Airlines and Vieques Air Link, two of Puerto Rico’s leading airlines, are pleased to announce a distribution partnership and codeshare agreement. Under this alliance, both airlines open new destinations to their respective customers. Seaborne Airlines will host […]

by / on March 9, 2017 at 5:00 AM /
Masa pleads at ‘sex tape’ trial – Cop testifies

Masa pleads at ‘sex tape’ trial – Cop testifies

The British Virgin Islands’ first trial surrounding the posting of alleged obscene image on social networking site Facebook got underway today (March 7), moments after the accused Ramoamasagana ‘Masa’ Pemberton pleaded not guilty to obscene publication. Pemberton, a well-known social […]

by / on March 8, 2017 at 5:20 PM /
Delinquency hits loan programme

Delinquency hits loan programme

Junior Minister of Trade Marlon Penn has vowed to get tough on entrepreneurs who have been refusing to repay monies borrowed through the government’s National Business Bureau, adding that potential beneficiaries of the revolving loan programme are being affected by […]

by / on March 8, 2017 at 1:22 PM /
Gun expert testifies as USVI men face court in BVI

Gun expert testifies as USVI men face court in BVI

Police firearm expert Durville Carty was called to testify in the Magistrate’s Court yesterday in the case against a boat captain and a passenger who were arrested last November in relation to a firearm seized in the British Virgin Islands […]

by / on March 8, 2017 at 12:57 PM /
Men from BVI, Canada charged with theft

Men from BVI, Canada charged with theft

Police have charged two men with theft arising from separate incidents. One is a Canadian citizen residing at Josiah’s Bay, while the other is a 43-year-old garage operator from the British Virgin Islands. In one of the incidents, Belle Vue […]

by / on March 8, 2017 at 11:48 AM /
Canadian firm wants to recycle food waste

Canadian firm wants to recycle food waste

Minister of Natural Resources and Labour Dr Kedrick Pickering said agreements are likely to be signed with two major companies that are interested in leasing spaces in the greenhouses at Paraquita Bay, Tortola. He did not name the companies, but […]

by / on March 8, 2017 at 9:03 AM /
Blood trail leads to 62-year-old ex-convict

Blood trail leads to 62-year-old ex-convict

A 62-year-old man who allegedly suffered injuries while burglarising a couple’s home in December last year was denied bail in the Magistrate’s Court yesterday, March 7. Sydney Varlack Malone was nabbed by police because of DNA evidence reportedly left at […]

by / on March 8, 2017 at 8:50 AM /
Bank drops greenhouse funding – Gov’t presses on

Bank drops greenhouse funding – Gov’t presses on

Minister of Natural Resources and Labour Dr Kedrick Pickering said Government should finally take full control of the greenhouses at Paraquita Bay on Tortola in the coming weeks. He made the declaration weeks after he told the parliament’s Standing Finance […]

by / on March 8, 2017 at 8:25 AM /
NPT wants to hike fees, improve The Baths

NPT wants to hike fees, improve The Baths

Acting Director of the state-owned National Parks Trust (NPT) Linda Varlack said a fee increase is among measures being contemplated to facilitate improvements at The Baths in Virgin Gorda. She made the disclosure recently during an appearance before the Standing […]

by / on March 8, 2017 at 6:26 AM /
Huggins creates history

Huggins creates history

Nelda Huggins, who is enrolled at Iowa Central College, has become the first female athlete from the British Virgin Islands (BVI) to win an individual title at any collegiate level in the United States. Chantel Malone previously achieved similar distinction, […]

by / on March 8, 2017 at 5:38 AM /