By Horace Mills, BVI News Online Staff Members of the National Democratic Party government should by now be discussing who will become their new finance minister, according to Leader of the Opposition Andrew Fahie, who said he will not name […]
Archive for July, 2017
Visitor’s phone stolen – Huggins ‘got away easy’
Senior Magistrate Tamia Richards this month fined Natasha Huggins $500 for being in possession of goods suspected to have been stolen, noting that Huggins ‘got away easy’ for the crime. The sum is the highest possible sentence an offender can […]
Hotel expanding – More conference rooms for BVI
By Davion Smith, BVI News Online Village Cay Hotel and Marina has joined the number of resorts and hotels in the British Virgin Islands (BVI) that are undergoing expansion projects. A two-story catering and office complex is being built at […]
Sailing reunion to take place in BVI
Sailors from across the United States will gather in the British Virgin Islands (BVI) from July 28 to August 3 to celebrate 20 years of friendships forged on the blue waters of Nature’s Little Secret – BVI. Those friendships began […]
Property tax assessment list now available
Government Information Service (press release) – The 2017 Property Tax assessment list is available for review. Copies of the assessment list are posted at various public buildings and places throughout the BVI for inspection by the public. A review of […]
Senior citizens invited to tent
PRESS RELEASE – All senior citizens across the islands – Tortola, Virgin Gorda, Jost Van Dyke, and Anegada – are invited to the Annual Senior Citizens Tent to be hosted by Honourable Mark Vanterpool, 4th District Representative, on Monday August […]
We are better now – OMG launching festival album
The local band known as Our Music Group (OMG), which will perform at the upcoming emancipation festivities, is launching its first album, and is upbeat about its improved chances of becoming Road March champion this time round. The album titled […]
Two children abused in separate cases
Two adults have been arrested and charged in relation to separate cases of cruelty to a child, said the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF). In an attempt to protect the identities of the two children involved, the RVIPF did […]
BVI arbitration not viable – Jamaica’s arbitration leader
Despite the British Virgin Islands (BVI) spending big bucks to establish an international arbitration centre, a number of people are ignoring the territory, and are instead calling on Jamaica that is still lagging behind the BVI as it relates establishing […]
MY GUN: Businessman says he wanted protection
Claiming that he procured an illegal firearm for protection, 47-year-old businessman Allison Vanterpool yesterday told the Magistrate’s Court that his co-accused Jazz Freeman did not know about the gun for which both of them have been charged. Police said they […]
