The parliamentary opposition is questioning whether anyone had tampered with two financial documents that Premier and Minister of Finance Dr D Orlando Smith made public yesterday (April 18) when he tabled them in the House of Assembly. Those documents are […]
Archive for April, 2017
Murder victim was with woman; man held released
While confirming an earlier BVI News Online report that a man was detained in relation to the murder of 41-year-old Jefferson Joseph, police said the late resident of Mountain Valley in Huntums Ghut was in the company of a woman […]
Gov’t approves new work permit fees, large penalty
Minister of Labour Dr Kedrick Pickering has announced a new work permit structure that will see many persons paying higher fees based on earnings. Persons who give the Labour Department wrong information about earnings will be hit with a penalty […]
Vehicle burns
A motor vehicle went up in flames in the Belmont Estate area of Tortola this morning, April 18. Up to publication time, Chief Fire Officer Zebulon McLean said fire-fighters were still on the scene. It is not yet clear to […]
Six boats destroyed this month – 2 fires, 1 location
A man narrowly escaped an inferno when a boat he occupied – along with two others – were damaged extensively by fire in the vicinity of a dock and Perla’s Bar in Baugher’s Bay, Tortola. Members of the Royal Virgin […]
Mother, daughter busted with marijuana at home
A 56-year-old woman and her adult daughter have been brought before the Magistrate’s Court on Tortola following a police raid, which uncovered marijuana at their White Bay home on the island of Jost Van Dyke. Cecilia Callwood and her daughter […]
3 silver, 3 bronze
The British Virgin Islands (BVI) has earned a total of six medals at the 2017 CARIFTA Games, which ended yesterday (April 17) at the Ergilio Hato Stadium in Curaçao. Djimon Gumbs copped two silver medals and Akira Phillip earned one […]
PHOTOS: It was a great weekend – Sasha Flax
Chairperson of the Virgin Gorda Easter Festival Committee Sasha Flax said, while there were a few minor hiccups at this year’s staging of the Easter festival, the overall event was successful. The festivities ran from April 15 to April 17. […]
Singers blast ‘sleeping’ NDP government
Calypso music is traditionally used to deliver profound social commentary, and three veteran Calypsonians put that into practice on Sunday night, when they hammered the National Democratic Party (NDP) government for what they consider to be its unfavourable performance. Sistah […]
Walwyn is ‘hardest working’ member of gov’t
When representative of the Ninth Electoral District Dr Hubert O’Neal recently made a brief comment that Myron Walwyn is the best performing Government minister, it did not grab the headlines. But, to make sure enough people hear how he feels […]
