The dusty atmosphere at the Roy O’Neal Festiville in the Valley on Virgin Gorda did little to deter fans of Jamaican entertainer Dexta Daps from having a grand time on night one of the annual Virgin Gorda Easter Festival. Daps […]
Archive for April, 2019
Premier urges businesses to donate to ESHS’ reconstruction
Premier Andrew Fahie is challenging local businesses to donate towards the completion of classrooms at the Elmore Stoutt High School to ensure a smooth start to the 2019 September school year. He made the call at a contract signing ceremony […]
$3.7M to restore ESHS L-shaped building, gov’t signs four contracts
Premier Andrew Fahie has signed four contracts totalling $3.7 million for repairs to the L-shaped building at the hurricane-ravaged Elmore Stoutt High School campus in Road Town. This was done at the opening ceremony on the grounds of the high […]
Court to decide on D4 dispute on May 2
Justice Ann-Marie Smith is set to rule on whether Mark Vanterpool will be sworn-in as the Fourth District Representative in the next two weeks. “Judgement will be ready on the 2nd of May,” Justice Smith said at the High Court […]
Kenai Jacobs charged with attempted murder after Monday’s shooting
Police have charged the man believed to be the gunman in Monday night’s shooting with attempted murder. Charged is 21-year-old Kenai Jacobs of Long Look on Tortola. “Jacobs was charged additionally with possession of a control drug after a search […]
Cop gets suspended sentence for leaking information
Interdicted police officer Starcy Huggins has been given a two-year suspended prison sentence for leaking police information back in 2013. Magistrate Ayanna Baptiste-DaBreo handed down the sentence on Wednesday. Huggins’ suspended sentence mandates that she will only serve two years […]
Active search for missing US citizen suspended
The active search for the 71-year-old US citizen who went missing while swimming in BVI waters nearly two weeks ago has been suspended. Information Officer for the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) Diane Drayton said the active search discontinued […]
12yo threatens magistrate in open court
A Hispanic minor is likely to face criminal charges after he disrupted the Magistrate’s Court and made repeated threats towards Magistrate Ayanna Baptiste-DaBreo on Wednesday. The seventh-grader enrolled at the Elmore Stoutt High School was the son of a mother […]
VISAR reopens VG base, to procure new vessel
The Virgin Islands Search and Rescue (VISAR) is to procure a new vessel this year amidst the reopening of their Virgin Gorda Base Station. This announcement was made by VISAR’s Virgin Gorda action representative, Lars Giersing, at their newly-refurbished office […]
Flow now offering strictly gigabyte packages for smartphone users
Flow has launched new prepaid plans as they move to offer strictly gigabyte packages for smartphone users. This announcement was made by the telecommunications company’s Acting Country Manager, Ravindra Maywahlall, at a media breakfast held at their Fleming Street, Road […]
