The British Virgin Islands is expanding its financial services reach by embarking on a two-week trade mission to Africa in November. Minister responsible for finance, Premier Dr D Orlando Smith will be leading a local delegation across three African nations […]
Archive for September, 2018
Cops on a roll: Another illegal gun recovered, Hispanic man held
Police recovered another illegal gun in East End/Long Look on Saturday — making this at least the fifth firearm discovery in the last few weeks alone. A Spanish-speaking man is now custody in relation to the discovery. Members of the police […]
BVI tops OECS in CXCs again
The British Virgin Islands has once again topped the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) by producing the most students to pass five or more CXC subjects in one sitting this year. This achievement has caught the attention of the […]
Man charged with forgery two years ago still not summoned to court
Arguing that it does not speak well for the BVI’s justice system, Magistrate Shawn Innocent has ordered that a government employee who was charged with two counts of forgery in 2016, be finally subpoenaed to court. The court was told […]
Local special needs graduate lands job at primary school
Roughly four years after he began his life-altering journey to earn a secondary-level education as a differently-abled student abroad, Kaheem Malone is now employed at the Alexandrina Maduro Primary School in Baugher’s Bay. Malone was hired as a teacher’s aide […]
Young men found with drugs at sea plead guilty
Two young men who were found with more than one hundred grams of cannabis on a vessel back in 2016 have pleaded guilty to the offences. They, however, pleaded not guilty to the charge of possession of a controlled drug […]
Cabinet documents being converted to web format, gov’t inks deal
Government has launched a software that will streamline local Cabinet processes and convert Cabinet documents into a web-based format. The software, which is called ExcoTrack, allows the Cabinet Office and its members to share policy documents without having to use […]
BVI travellers to see enhanced border security procedures, policies
Travellers arriving and departing the British Virgin Islands will be subject to heightened security measures now that a set of new Immigration policies are to be introduced in the territory. Governor Augustus Jaspert said those policies will include the implementation […]
Problems solved: CDB president visits BVI, irons out challenges
The challenges between the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) and the British Virgin Islands have been ironed out and business between the two is now expected to run more smoothly. This is because of a ‘courtesy call’ CDB President Dr William […]
Gov’t was more hindrance than help for me serving sister islands
VIP candidate Vincent Wheatley said he resigned as Sister Islands Programme Coordinator because he believes he can do more for the islands independently than he could ever do while working under the directive of NDP government. Wheatley served as the programme […]
