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Smuggled $577K was laced with fake cash to buy BVI boat, court hears

Smuggled $577K was laced with fake cash to buy BVI boat, court hears

The 72-year-old visitor recently held at the TB Lettsome International Airport with more than half-million dollars in real and counterfeit cash claimed to be innocent when made his first appearance in the Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday, July 31. Ecuador native […]

by / on August 1, 2018 at 9:01 AM /
BVI hasn’t mentioned any public register legal challenge — UK minister

BVI hasn’t mentioned any public register legal challenge — UK minister

By Davion Smith, BVI News Staff Local government has mentioned nothing to the United Kingdom about potentially taking legal action to challenge the British nation’s public registers policy, which is being forced on the territory. UK minister responsible for Overseas […]

by / on August 1, 2018 at 8:06 AM /
Gov’t accumulates $256K sewerage bill for CGB since hurricanes

Gov’t accumulates $256K sewerage bill for CGB since hurricanes

Government has accumulated more than quarter million dollars in costs on sewerage treatment in Cane Garden Bay since the three disasters devastated the territory last year. “A total sum of $256,700 has been billed to the government of the Virgin […]

by / on August 1, 2018 at 7:52 AM /
Premier: Looters can now be brought to justice with new court

Premier: Looters can now be brought to justice with new court

Premier Dr D Orlando Smith said with a new Magistrate’s Court building now open in the British Virgin Islands, more looters will finally have their day in court. Yesterday, the new court facility was unveiled adjacent to the former hurricane-wrecked courthouse […]

by / on August 1, 2018 at 7:10 AM /
COMMENTARY: Recent Tortola fires were a nat’l setback

COMMENTARY: Recent Tortola fires were a nat’l setback

By Dickson Igwe, Contributor Locally-owned small businesses are critical for getting the British Virgin Islands out of recession. Small business is at the core of the Virgin Islands economic engine. Building strong small businesses is a bottom-up type economics. Why? […]

by / on August 1, 2018 at 5:22 AM /