Though stating that he has years of experience and training as a boat captain, US Virgin Islands (USVI) native Jarvis Hodge said he did not know he had to declare a firearm when he sails in international waters. Hodge and […]
Archive for July, 2017
Woman in hospital after attack
A woman is in Peebles Hospital after she was injured allegedly by her step-son. Details of the incident and the woman’s medical condition are sketchy at this stone. Reports are that a piece of metal pipe was used to […]
Sidewalk coming! Vendors had permission to sell
While disclosing that vendors who once operated under a tree near the Road Town round-about had permission to do business in the area, City Manager Janice Brathwaite-Edwards said the blockades placed at the location are not a result of vendor […]
Masa chooses silence
A member of the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) has given evidence contradicting Ramoamasagana ‘Masa’ Pemberton’s claim that he did not know a video he posted on social networking site Facebook had strong sexual content. Pemberton, who was a […]
Political will needed to remove roadside vehicles!
While lamenting that people have been parking vehicles along roadways in some communities overnight instead of using their private premises, Tortola resident Diane Drayton has questioned whether anyone in the territory has the political will to address such inconvenience. Drayton, […]
Parking lots on ‘most expensive’ shorelines in BVI
Local environmentalist Dr Cassandra Titley-O’Neal has claimed that parking lots are occupying some of the most expensive coastline properties in the British Virgin Islands (BVI), adding that the territory may need to reconsider how it utilizes its shores as it […]
Walwyn ‘delivering on the promise’
Minister of Education Myron Walwyn has released photographs to support his optimism that the 32 new classrooms he had promised to build at Elmore Stoutt High School will be completed in time for the new school year in September. Along […]
Magnitude 3.50 quake felt in BVI
An earthquake with a magnitude of 3.50 was felt in the British Virgin Islands about 7:23 last evening. According to the Puerto Rico Seismic Network, the quake happened at latitude 18.27, longitude 64.66, or 16.67 kilometres south-south-east of Road Town, […]
Cruising permit fees to increase effective August 1
Government Information Service (press release) – Effective August 1, home and foreign based charters will see an increase in cruising permit fees to $6 and $16 per person per day respectively. Commissioner of Customs, Mr. Wade Smith said the amended […]
In whose interest? Land owners called out!
By Horace Mills, BVI News Online Staff Deputy Governor Rosalie Adams and scientist Dr Cassandra Titley-O’Neal have questioned the interest of private developers and land owners as it relates to protection of the environment, which include ghuts and ponds located […]
