A report produced by the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has sparked a fiery debate in the British Virgin Islands about various issues raised by the international organization, as well as the credibility of the said 2016 report entitled Situation […]
Archive for April, 2017
Adultery appears ‘common’ in the BVI – UNICEF
Adultery appears to be among the main reasons for the high number of single-parent households headed by women in the British Virgin Islands, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said while citing interviews it conducted with people locally. It reported […]
Brin leaving CCT for managerial post at BVI-IAC
By Davion Smith, BVI News Online Staff Long-serving marketer in the telecoms industry, Janette Brin, has been appointed Manager at the British Virgin Islands International Arbitration Centre (BVI-IAC). The BVIslander has been the Marketing and Public Relations Manager at telecommunications […]
US moves to tax remittances sent to BVI
By Horace Mills, BVI News Online Staff Persons in the United States sending remittances to the British Virgin Islands (BVI) may soon have to fork out more funds to cover a proposed tax amounting to 2 percent of the remittance […]
Oil Nut Bay hosts local basketball team Bayside Blazers
PRESS RELEASE – The local basketball team Bayside Blazers, founded in 2014, was on April 14 hosted for a tour and lunch at the world famous Oil Nut Bay, on the island of Virgin Gorda, BVI. Both members and players […]
What Fahie likes about Donald Trump
Leader of the Opposition Andrew Fahie has touted an aspect of the economic philosophy being expressed by United States President Donald Trump. President Trump has been pushing measures such as trade protectionism. He has proposed huge cross-border taxes for companies […]
Don’t charge children below 12, UNICEF recommends
The British Virgin Islands (BVI) is being urged to amend its “internationally unacceptable” law that places the minimum age of criminal responsibility at 10 years. Effectively, the current minimum age of criminal responsibility means that a child below 10 years […]
Long Look resident guilty of not paying attention
A 61-year-old man will – among other things – spend 30 days at Her Majesty’s Prison if he does not pay a $250 fine following an incident in which his van collided into a government-owned vehicle. Cedric George of Long […]
First annual Mahi Mayhem fishing tournament coming in May
PRESS RELEASE – Caribbean Sustainable Fisheries (CSF), in partnership with Nanny Cay, is presenting the first annual Mahi Mayhem Fishing Tournament on the weekend May 6 and 7. A top prize of $5,000 will be awarded to the crew catching […]
Mysterious figure in public accounts: $589,916
At the end of two financial years, the Auditor General was still struggling to account for a mysterious monetary figure that she said appeared in the territory’s accounts in the year 2010, when the Virgin Islands Party was in government. […]
