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Archive for August, 2017

21-room hotel to open December in CGB

21-room hotel to open December in CGB

Local businessman Quito Rymer said his brand new 21-room hotel located in Cane Garden Bay, Tortola, will open as Quito’s Inn in mid-December this year. “There are 18 deluxe rooms and three suites… We will be offering a swimming pool […]

by / on August 25, 2017 at 3:24 PM /
We must do things differently – climate change board

We must do things differently – climate change board

The recently appointed Board of the Climate Change Trust Fund said the territory must get in the habit of doing things differently if it is to better deal with natural disasters such as the August 7 tropical wave that resulted […]

by / on August 25, 2017 at 3:08 PM /
Probe underway – Criminals leave prison at night?

Probe underway – Criminals leave prison at night?

By Davion Smith, BVI News Online Journalist BVI News Online has confirmed that a probe is underway amid claims that criminals serving time at Her Majesty’s Prison are leaving the facility at night. Usually impeccable sources have told our news team […]

by / on August 25, 2017 at 9:00 AM /
100 years!

100 years!

Carrot Bay resident Aleatha Fraser is the newest centenarian in the British Virgin Islands. She turned 100 yesterday, August 24. Mrs Fraser was visited by newly appointed governor Augustus Jaspert, Premier Dr D Orlando Smith, and Leader of the Opposition […]

by / on August 25, 2017 at 8:34 AM /
Financial services gets big vote of confidence

Financial services gets big vote of confidence

The British Virgin Islands (BVI) financial services industry has received a big vote of confidence from the territory’s brand new governor, Augustus Jaspert, who arrived from the United Kingdom this week. During a swearing-in ceremony at the High Court in […]

by / on August 25, 2017 at 8:31 AM /
Stop dumping garbage in ghuts!

Stop dumping garbage in ghuts!

City Manager Janice Brathwaite-Edwards has lamented that persons continue to dump garbage in the drainage system around the territory, adding that such practice contributed to the severe flooding experienced in Road Town early this month. She therefore issued an appeal […]

by / on August 25, 2017 at 8:08 AM /
Larger police force needed? Criminals now smarter!

Larger police force needed? Criminals now smarter!

While noting that more cops have been carrying guns since the start of the year, Commissioner of Police Michael Matthews said the issues of training and having a larger police force are to be discussed, especially considering that the criminal […]

by / on August 25, 2017 at 7:26 AM /
BVI athlete defeats World, Olympic champions

BVI athlete defeats World, Olympic champions

By Davion Smith, BVI News Online Journalist Kyron McMaster stamped his athletic class at the IAAF Diamond League in Zurich today by winning the final of the 400 Metre Hurdles, beating a world-class line-up of athletes. The British Virgin Islands […]

by / on August 24, 2017 at 4:43 PM /
Another major power cut; another explanation

Another major power cut; another explanation

The territory continues to be hit with wide-spread power outages – a contradiction of the government’s promise of far fewer outages when it commissioned three new Wartsila generators into service in May. The latest major power cuts happened intermittently for […]

by / on August 24, 2017 at 1:39 PM /
Zika, others still a serious threat in BVI

Zika, others still a serious threat in BVI

While noting that no amount of fogging can address the threat again being posed by mosquitoes, health minister Ronnie Skelton today urged landlords and tenants to clean up their premises, adding that the Dengue, Chikungunya, and Zika viruses are likely […]

by / on August 24, 2017 at 1:25 PM /