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Archive for June, 2017

Gov’t blasted amid claims it shuns peace concert

Gov’t blasted amid claims it shuns peace concert

By Horace Mills, BVI News Online Staff The sincerity of the National Democratic Party government’s spoken abhorrence towards crime is again being questioned; this after no member of the administration was seen at a major event hosted yesterday to promulgate […]

by / on June 17, 2017 at 9:00 AM /
Court hears how murder unfolds: Fahie shot for words?

Court hears how murder unfolds: Fahie shot for words?

While Kenaz Hazell was ordered remanded when he appeared in the Magistrate’s Court yesterday (June 16), more persons are said to be at large in relation to the murder of businessman Frankie Fahie and a robbery that took place during […]

by / on June 17, 2017 at 8:36 AM /
Photos: Musicians decry gun violence, sex crimes

Photos: Musicians decry gun violence, sex crimes

Musicians from across the British Virgin Islands sent a powerful message of peace from a ‘Stop The Crime’ concert held at Tortola Pier Park last evening in response to the territory’s murder rate that currently stands at six. Children and […]

by / on June 17, 2017 at 7:19 AM /
COMMENTARY: A maritime dejavu

COMMENTARY: A maritime dejavu

By Dickson Igwe, Contributor Observations by the Virgin Islands political establishment on the matter of expatriate control of the maritime, yachting, and boating industry, are accurate. The maritime industry in the country is owned, managed, and directed, by expatriates. However, […]

by / on June 17, 2017 at 6:35 AM /
Six vying for junior pageant titles

Six vying for junior pageant titles

Four females and two males will vie respectively for the titles of Mister and Miss Junior British Virgin Islands 2017. The females are Khadijah Liburd, Anondah Hodge, Yhenya Matthew, and Daniella Industrius. In the male version of the show, the […]

by / on June 17, 2017 at 6:22 AM /
Two charged following murder of Frankie Fahie

Two charged following murder of Frankie Fahie

As part of ongoing investigations regarding the murder of businessman Frankie Fahie, detectives of the Major Crime Team last night charged two residents of Tortola. Kenaz Hazell, 21, of Purcell Estate, was charged with conspiracy to rob. Rebekha Persaud, 26, […]

by / on June 16, 2017 at 1:34 PM /
Merged – CCT touts better service with BVI Cable

Merged – CCT touts better service with BVI Cable

Local telecom company CCT today announced that it has signed an agreement to consolidate its ownership and management with that of BVI Cable TV, subject to Government approval. CCT further said it is looking forward to combining forces with BVI […]

by / on June 16, 2017 at 1:06 PM /
City hunts solution; car washers hunt earnings

City hunts solution; car washers hunt earnings

By Davion Smith, BVI News Online Staff The Office of the City Manger said it is seeking legal advice on how to address concerns about mobile car washes that have been taking up precious parking spaces in the Road Town […]

by / on June 16, 2017 at 9:04 AM /
Teen gets ‘one chance’ after sex with 12-y-o

Teen gets ‘one chance’ after sex with 12-y-o

Justice Nicola Byer yesterday handed down a suspended sentence of two years imprisonment to a 19 year-old man who had sex with a girl under the age of 13 years. While stating that she was giving the teen ‘one chance’, […]

by / on June 16, 2017 at 8:37 AM /
VG school to lose principal, assistant principal

VG school to lose principal, assistant principal

The next school year will start without the current principal and assistant principal being in charge at Bregado Flax Educational Centre (Secondary Division) on the island of Virgin Gorda. Both of them will retire on September 1, according to information […]

by / on June 16, 2017 at 8:05 AM /