A man and a woman were hauled before the Magistrate’s Court yesterday for allegedly administering a number of pills to a 14-year-old girl to terminate her pregnancy. Based on allegations, the two accused caused the minor to suffer a miscarriage. […]

Chief Planner Gregory Adams has admitted that his Town and Country Planning Department examines building plans in a very ‘microscopic’ way, adding that his team does not have a ‘strong basis’ on which to determine if a proposed development is […]

Leader of the Opposition Andrew Fahie was the only elected representative at a crucial community meeting in Road Town last evening, prompting uncertainty as to whether there will be bi-partisan commitment to using a European Union-funded report as a road-map […]

While stating that Nickail Chambers has one of the worst rap sheets she has ever seen, Senior Magistrate Tamia Richards yesterday denied bail to the 25-year-old who is accused of trying to murder his childhood friend Cory Prince. Chambers, who […]

Several communities have been left without electricity, some businesses have kept their shutters down, a community meeting on Jost Van Dyke has been postponed, and a number of roads were made impassable during torrential overnight rainfall associated with a tropical […]

Government Information Service (press release) – Child protection workers benefit from a week long specialized training to build professional knowledge and skills to prevent and respond to child abuse and neglect. Chief Social Development Officer Mrs. Annie Malone Frett said […]

There is an adage that ‘lightning doesn’t strike in the same place twice’. That may not be totally true for a British Virgin Islands family that has been plunged into uncertainty for a second time in roughly one year. The […]

Police said a search is ongoing for the man who went missing after he allegedly jumped from a boat that flipped in British Virgin Islands waters yesterday, July 11. Residents have identified the missing man as Deshaun ‘Bongo’ Bryan. The […]

While claiming that the market in Road Town is not suitable for vendors, former Chief Immigration Officer Edmund Maduro said he will pray for God to get rid of anyone who tries to remove vendors from the streets of the […]

Still defending the removal of vendors from the streets of Road Town, City Manager Janice Brathwaite-Edwards said another reason for the action is that the illegal vendors have been depriving established businesses of sale. She said some of the vendors […]