More and more victims of domestic violence are choosing not to pursue a case against their abusive partners when it is brought before a local court. In the past two weeks, the Magistrate’s Court has dismissed at least five matters […]

Forty pre-primary to secondary-level educators are being trained on how to handle emergencies that may arise while on their respective school campuses. Throughout the three-day course, teachers will be trained in how to administer First Aid and CPR (cardiopulmonary resuscitation). […]

As time elapses further into the academic year, repairs are yet to begin on the L-shaped building at the hurricane-ravaged Elmore Stoutt High School (ESHS) campus in Road Town. Cabinet, however, has decided to waive the tendering process required to […]

The two Hispanic visitors whose matter was dismissed after being caught with fake visas and counterfeit Labour documentation at the TB Lettsome International Airport nearly two weeks ago are back before the court on fresh charges. Magistrate Innocent had dismissed […]

Residents and visitors are now being invited to start booking flights through the Taddy Bay Airport of Virgin Gorda as the facility as reopened. The airport reopened last Friday, November 2, Managing Director of the BVI Airports Authority (BVIAA) Denniston […]

The construction worker who reportedly burglarized his employer’s home during a so-called ‘bathroom break’ has been slapped with an 18-month prison sentence at Her Majesty’s Prison. Twenty-eight-year-old Kyle Baronville was sentenced after pleading guilty to the May 2018 burglary when […]

The Department of Disaster Management (DDM) is advising residents and visitors to brace for more showers in the BVI on Tuesday, November 6. Citing forecasts from the Antigua and Barbuda Meteorological Services, the DDM said unsettled weather will be produced […]

Four cases of scabies have broken out at Her Majesty’s Prison in Balsam’s Ghut. These cases of scabies – which is a contagious skin disease marked by itching and small raised red spots caused by tiny mites – was discovered […]

As authorities progress with the BVI’s enVision 2040 project, Chief Planner of the Town and Country Planning Department Greg Adams has said he is open to the idea of decentralising certain government services in the territory. Effectively, decentralisation has to […]

Speculation is growing about the current fitness of the Smith administration and its ability to properly govern since it is being described as a government that is no longer united. Opposition legislator Julian Fraser — who is among those questioning […]