The Dominican Republic duo held at the Beef Island airport with fake BVI visas and Labour documents last week has been sentenced on Thursday to three months at Her Majesty’s Prison. Magistrate Shawn Innocent also fined the Spanish-speaking offenders – […]
Archive for November, 2018
OT director in BVI on governance, recovery-focused visit
Director for Overseas Territories in the UK’s Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Ben Merrick is currently in the territory on a visit focused on local governance, financial services, and the recovery of the British Virgin Islands. During his four-day visit, the […]
DDM: Thunderstorms near BVI may cause heavy showers, flooding
The Department of Disaster Management (DDM) has issued an alert of thunderstorms immediately northwest of the British Virgin Islands. Residents are being told to brace for what is being described as “heavy rainfall” on Thursday, November 8. “Possible ponding of […]
Former employee steals dinghy from Moorings, sells it
A 27-year-old man who pleaded guilty to stealing a dinghy from his employers at The Moorings and selling it has been sentenced. Kasim Harrigan, who is currently unemployed because of the incident, received a six-month prison sentence that has been […]
Renewable energy law effected, reduced fossil fuel imports anticipated
The territory’s considerable fossil fuel imports are well on the way to see a 20 percent decrease in the next two to three years; now with the successful implementation of the BVI Electricity Corporation (Renewable Energy) Regulation. This law came […]
Teacher sentenced after flogging 2yo for poo
A daycare teacher who reportedly inflicted 11 lashes on a two-year-old infant for soiling the school’s bathroom walls with faeces was slapped with a fine and a suspended sentence on Wednesday. Magistrate Shawn Innocent ordered 52-year-old Jamaican Sharon Salmon to […]
Fake visa cases climbing, 3 more held with counterfeits
Local authorities have apprehended even more persons with fake British Virgin Islands visas. Like the previous two cases, these newest fake visa carriers are also from the Dominican Republic. They have been identified as 21-year-old Wilbin Encarnacion Rodriquez, 31-year-old Carlos […]
HMP recruits 9 new prison officers, most from wider C’bean
Nine new prison officers have been recruited at Her Majesty’s Prison in Balsam Ghut. Eight were recruited from other Caribbean countries while one is from the British Virgin Islands. The exact nationalities of these individual new recruits are not immediately […]
Miss World Int’l Chair donates $5K in supplies to VG school
Chairwoman of the Miss World International Organisation, Julia Morley, has donated $5,000 worth of school supplies to the Valley Day school in Virgin Gorda; delivering on a promise she made during a visit to the territory back in February. Morley […]
Duo mortgaged house to buy fake visas, bogus BVI jobs
Edward Jesismar Carmano Ortiz and Mady Miguelina Marte Rodriguez took out a mortgage on their family home in the Dominican Republic to fund what they believed to be genuine BVI visas and Labour clearance documents. But not only were the […]
