Two schools from the sister islands have advanced to the final round of the Inter-Secondary School Debate after defeating schools on the main island of Tortola yesterday, March 14. Yesterday’s winners are Bregado Flax Educational Centre (BFEC) on Virgin Gorda […]

Leshaughn Smith has been sentenced to three-and-half years (42 months) in prison for importation of cannabis. He was sentenced on Wednesday, March 14. Senior Magistrate Tamia Richards ordered that the sentence run from the date he was first remanded. He […]

PRESS RELEASE: The British Virgin Islands (BVI) participated in a simulation exercise to test their tsunami response strategies. The exercise entitled ‘Carib Wave 18’ (Caribbean Wave 18) took place today Thursday, March 15. Caribbean Wave 18 provided an opportunity for the […]

Rafael Harrigan has been charged with murder. That officially makes the 27-year-old the third person accused of killing Trumayne Daway in Brandywine Bay late last month. The other two accused persons are 21-year-old Maybelline Rodriguez and 26-year-old Vernon Bernard. Up […]

Xiomara ‘Gia’ Malone of Fast Lane Track Club is now eligible to compete in two disciplines at the CARIFTA Games. She previously qualified to represent the BVI in the Women’s High Jump at the games this year and has also […]

Employees at the BVI Ports Authority (BVIPA) are on reduced pay. Roughly 50 of 180-member staff have been on reduced pay since the hurricanes last year. Acting head of the state-owned organisation, Akeem Pickering said the BVIPA initiated pay-cuts to […]

A number of families with relatives receiving care at the Safe Haven Transitional Centre have virtually abandoned these patients. The facility, which is formerly known Sandy Lane Centre, assists chronically homeless individuals to develop skills and resources for independent living […]

Leshaughn Smith has been convicted of importing 1.4 kilograms of marijuana into the British Virgin Islands. Senior Magistrate Tamia Richards handed down the guilty verdict last week. Smith is said to have smuggled the drugs in the territory by shipping […]

More than 75 job seekers are currently being considered to join the local financial services industry. That is according to BVI Finance, which is hosting a Financial Services Opportunities Expo next week to facilitate the process. “We already knew that […]

PRESS RELEASE: Eleven persons are now British citizens after having been previously naturalised as British Overseas Territories citizens. The new citizens accepted their certificates and recited the Oath of Allegiance to Her Majesty the Queen and the Pledge of Loyalty […]