Prosecutors are depending on telephone records, CCTV footage, travel records, alleged inconsistency in utterances, and forensics as they seek to have a 38-year-old native of the Dominican Republic, Santo Yamarco Hernandez, convicted of murder. The accused was denied bail today […]

While suggesting that certain forces are trying to undermine his government because it has been making good progress, Premier Dr D Orlando Smith last evening rubbished claims that the United Kingdom has threatened to actively intervene in the running of […]

  Royal Caribbean and Carnival Cruise Lines are expected to make a re-entry into the British Virgin Islands in 2018 and 2019 respectively, Minister of Communication and Works Mark Vanterpool announced last evening, April 3. The two cruise companies pulled […]

Minister of Health and Social Development Ronnie Skelton said he has received formal complaints that some workers are being forced to proceed into retirement, because their employers or supervisors are still using the outdated retirement age of 60 years. Skelton […]

A suggestion has been made for the government to select workers from the Public Works Department to send overseas for training on how to properly repair roads. A resident made the call last evening during the government’s NDP Radio show, […]

Government Information Service (press release) – John Samuel has been appointed to serve as a member of the Public Service Commission for a period of two years. His Excellency the Governor John S. Duncan, OBE acting in accordance with the […]

Taking a softer position on a project he recently pushed forcefully, Premier Dr D Orlando Smith spoke into a radio microphone last evening, telling the British Virgin Islands that it is important for his government to ‘very carefully’ examine how […]

Two children were treated and released from Peebles Hospital after being involved in separate motor vehicle accidents on Tortola over the past few days. They were both pedestrians at the time of the incidents, BVI News Online has confirmed. In […]

Member of the Opposition Virgin Islands Party (VIP) Julian Willock has hinted that he is mulling an entry into representational politics. “An announcement will be made shortly about my political intentions,” he told BVI News Online when contacted regarding a […]

Police said two men were charged last Friday after a joint operation by the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) and Customs uncovered a high-powered rifle and a quantity of ammunition onboard a cargo vessel. As was reported earlier today […]