BLOOMBERG NEWS – The global campaign against money laundering combined with the Panama Papers made the Caribbean islands of sun, sand and offshore banking a near no-go zone for the world’s biggest banks. So the British Virgin Islands has a […]

The surety who had helped to secure bail for Trevon Johnny has withdrawn her signature from the bond. That happened after she found out that Johnny is back with his wife, whom he is accused of choking. The surety, whose […]

Flow was at various supermarkets in Tortola and Virgin Gorda on the weekend surprising almost 30 unsuspecting mothers at the check-out. As mothers completed their weekly shopping, representatives of the telecoms company assisted with packing their bags. When they were […]

By Davion Smith, BVI News Online Staff Living with a disability himself, Gregory Smith has no reluctance in sharing his culinary skills with the special needs students at Eslyn Henley Richiez Learning Centre (EHRLC). Smith is a visually impaired pastry […]

Former cashier at the Water and Sewerage Department Threacha Berry, who was convicted of theft, has been released from Her Majesty’s Prison following a sentencing hearing in the High Court. Last month, Justice Nicola Byer ordered the Virgin Gorda resident […]

Ronnie Skelton has declared that the Social Security Board for which he has ministerial responsibility is willing to invest in the government-owned National Bank of the Virgin Islands. He made the declaration last evening (May 11) while lawmakers debated and […]

A tourist who was pepper-sprayed after he became drunk and committed a string of offences including assaulting a cop, was slapped with more than $5,000 in fines and compensation orders when he appeared before Senior Magistrate Tamia Richards this week. […]

Premier Dr D Orlando Smith yesterday indicated in the House of Assembly that not many airlines were interested in the ‘opportunity’ to fly direct between the British Virgin Islands (BVI) and Miami in the United States. But he was rebuffed […]

By Horace Mills, BVI News Online Staff In what has been presented as a rescue effort for the National Bank of the Virgin Islands, lawmakers yesterday approved a bill that will enable statutory bodies and other companies incorporated locally to […]

Aiden Brydon has raised $1,126 through the sale of raffle tickets for the Humane Society of the British Virgin Islands. The Cedar International School student handed over the cheque to the management of the animal shelter this afternoon, May 11. […]