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October 22 murder victim, Kareem Ettienne.

Gunmen entered home, murdered Ettienne while children present

Gunmen entered 24-year-old Kareem Ettiene’s Fahie Hill residence and killed him while women and children, including his own, were present. The incident unfolded between 9 and 10 o’clock Monday night, October 22. Highly-placed sources said that Ettiene received at least […]

by / on October 23, 2018 at 9:28 AM /
Andrew Cox, Jr at court more than two years ago.

DPP claims man resists arrest because of ‘family prominence’

A young man — who is claiming he was injured because police used excessive force to handcuff him two years ago — allegedly attempted to resist arrest because he is the son of a prominent local businessman, the Office of […]

by / on October 23, 2018 at 8:39 AM /
A section of public road on Anegada. (Photo by Esther Durand BVI News)

Not forgotten: Anegada to receive road repairs, more PWD staff

Anegada’s modest road network is set to receive a slice of $7 million that has been earmarked for the territory’s road infrastructure. Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Works, Anthony McMaster, told BVI News on Saturday that the ministry is […]

by / on October 23, 2018 at 7:27 AM /
COMMENTARY: The wealthy investor

COMMENTARY: The wealthy investor

The investor is one of the three critical components of the global economy: the other two are markets and consumers. Together, these three facets of the global economy interface with each other and form the ‘world economic ecosystem’. In today’s […]

by / on October 23, 2018 at 6:18 AM /
Another shooting on Monday, another man killed

Another shooting on Monday, another man killed

A second person was shot dead on Monday, October 22, police have reported. This second shooting happened in the Fahie Hill area of Tortola during night hours. Circumstances of this second killing are not known nor is it clear whether […]

by / on October 22, 2018 at 11:50 PM /
Tyrone Thomas (Photo provided)

UPDATE: Man killed in Monday morning shooting identified

The man who was killed in an early-morning shooting on Monday is East End resident Tyrone Thomas, BVI News understands. He was reportedly killed just before daybreak on October 22, while in the company of an unidentified female. The woman […]

by / on October 22, 2018 at 9:07 AM /
Disrespectful! Walwyn breached protocol by publicising wall report

Disrespectful! Walwyn breached protocol by publicising wall report

Premier Dr D Orlando Smith has publicly come out and reprimanded Education Minister Myron Walwyn for circumventing protocol and publicising the Auditor General’s ‘special report’ on the construction of the perimeter wall around the Elmore Stoutt High School campus. “Due […]

by / on October 22, 2018 at 8:46 AM /
Her Majesty's Prison in Balsam Ghut.

Another ‘mental’ offender sent to HMP | Gov’t called on to act

Just days after a senior member of the local judiciary lamented the same issue, Magistrate Christilyn Benjamin has now said she wants government to place establishing a facility for mental health offenders on the proverbial front burner. “It is time that […]

by / on October 19, 2018 at 3:04 PM /
Remove all items from festival grounds by October 19

Remove all items from festival grounds by October 19

Owners of items on the Festival Ground are asked to have them removed by 12 noon on Friday, October 19 to accommodate an event on Saturday, October 20 on the grounds. Your cooperation is solicited.

by / on October 19, 2018 at 9:21 AM /
Parliamentarians in the recently-refurbished House of Assembly building in Road Town on Thursday, March 1.

HOA positioned to get more inclusion in RDA operations

Cabinet has approved a list of principles that, seemingly, has positioned the House of Assembly to have greater inclusion in the massive rehabilitative and reconstruction effort that the Recovery and Development Agency (RDA) will govern over the next few years. […]

by / on October 19, 2018 at 9:15 AM /