Residents are reporting that there was gunfire and an attempted robbery in the Fort Hill area of Tortola this morning. Details are sketchy at this time. But police officers are in the community on an operation.
Archive for June, 2017
BVI supports 2 million jobs globally -REPORT
The British Virgin Islands (BVI) enables global investment and trade, which supports more than two million jobs worldwide, according to a detailed report published today. The report, which analyses the significant global economic contribution of the BVI, will be launched […]
Suspended! Leagues declare war on indiscipline
Amid plans to make each disciplinary action applicable across all basketball leagues in the territory, President of the BVI Basketball Federation Guy Malone today disclosed that the player involved in a recent fight at a match venue in Road Town […]
NHI announces ‘tremendous’ savings, new deal
The management of the National Health Insurance (NHI) today announced that it has signed a contract with a different company, UnitedHealthcare, to provide overseas healthcare access for residents. NHI said the agreement is for six months in the first instance, […]
Cable TV laments ‘malicious acts’
BVI Cable TV has claimed that a number of its fiber optic cables are being damaged mainly as a result of ‘malicious acts’ in a number of communities on Tortola, resulting in widespread disruption in service. Based on photographs posted […]
Company incorporation suffers another fall
There is more bad news for the territory’s financial services industry; this as new statistics from the BVI Financial Services Commission show company incorporation hitting a new low in the first quarter of this year (January to March). The total […]
Commissioner upskills sergeants
Commissioner of Police Michael Matthews said some sergeants in the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) had been promoted and asked to do a job without a job description or the prerequisite skills. But he made it clear that he […]
Write and buy more books, residents told
While stating that the British Virgin Islands is seeing a boost in the number of books being published locally, Director of the Department of Culture Luce Hodge-Smith urged belongers to further tap into their creative skills and write more books. […]
Mitsy dedicates first book to firstborn
By Davion Smith, BVI News Online Staff Eight-year-old Chelsea may not yet fully fathom the significance of her mother Mitsy Ellis-Simpson dedicating her first book to her. “The book is a reference book for students and adults; so I thought […]
Women told to get off their ‘high horses’
In a Father’s Day sermon mainly promoting mutual respect in the household, head of the Cane Garden Bay Baptist Church Dr Melvin Turnbull commanded men in his congregation to stand and declare that they are the heads of their households, […]
