By Davion Smith, BVI News Staff Disembarking the various ferries that service the British Virgin Islands daily, visitors arriving through the Road Town Ferry Terminal are welcomed by the putrid stench of what can be confused with rotting eggs, raw sewerage, […]
Archive for May, 2018
Repair setbacks: Delayed reopening projected for ESHS
Ongoing repairs to sections of the hurricane-ravaged Elmore Stoutt High School (ESHS) Road Town campus have suffered a number of setbacks and will no longer be ready for September 2018, Education Minister Myron Walwyn has said. It is now being […]
No challenge for leadership: My allegiance is to Premier
Amid talks that Premier Dr D Orlando Smith’s role as head of the National Democratic Party (NDP) is under threat, Deputy Premier and senior NDP member Dr Kedrick Pickering said he is not aware of any upcoming internal elections for […]
Hundreds more motorists licensing vehicles, DMV reports
Data from the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) is indicating the department has been seeing an increase in revenue since the catastrophic hurricanes in 2017. DMV Commissioner Kye Rymer told BVI News yesterday (May 29) that, compared to the corresponding […]
Young players net goals galore in Primary Football League
The latest matchups in the BVI Football Association’s Primary School League saw Bregado Flax Educational Centre’s Under-7 squad land a one-nil victory over the Enid/Althea Scatliffe Primary joint Under-7 team. Young Liam Munn was the lone goal-scorer of the match. […]
Cops nab accused VG gunmen after alleged armed robbery
Police have arrested and charged two Virgin Gorda male residents who were allegedly involved in a recent armed robbery at the weekend. Charged are 44-year-old Richard Creque of North Sound and 42-year-old St Lucia native, Neil St Rose. Creque is […]
First, early 2018 storm rocks region; at least two dead
Less than a week before the official start to the 2018 Atlantic Hurricane Season, Subtropical Storm Alberto has been identified as the first named storm of the season and it has already started wreaking havoc in the region. Media reports […]
Fahie fires at NDP: You breached Constitution too
At a time when the United Kingdom is being accused of breaching the Virgin Islands Constitution, accusations are also being fired at the Premier Dr D Orlando Smith Administration that they too have violated the territory’s Constitution. This latest attack […]
Stop it! Shipping Registry reports increase in illegal anchoring
The Virgin Islands Shipping Registry has suggested that illegal anchoring is becoming more prevalent in at least one section of the British Virgin Islands. Acting Director for the Shipping Registry, Captain Raman Bala said boaters have developed the habit of anchoring […]
Wheatley to UK Gov’t: You buckled to political pressure
In a recent address to special advisors to British Prime Minister Theresa May, Director of the BVI London Office Benito Wheatley stopped just short of calling the UK Government weak-willed. He was referring to the Theresa May Government’s decision not […]
