The 2019 recipient of the Ivan Dawson Memorial Scholarship (IDMS) is 11-year Sterling Stout, born January 24, 2008. He is the son of Mr Patrick A Stout and Mrs Adel Clyne Stout of Carrot Bay, Tortola, Virgin Islands. Sterling, a […]
Archive for June, 2019
Lowering exit exams pass mark will benefit students, not handicap them
Education Minister Dr Natalio Wheatley has said his ministry’s move to lower the pass mark for the secondary school Exit Proficiency Exams (EPE) is to protect the interests of students in the long-term. The ministry announced recently that the pass […]
Gov’t to distribute carbon filter masks to WE residents, begin air quality monitoring
Since smoke from the Pockwood Pond waste facility on Tortola is still a major menace to persons living in West End, Health Minister Carvin Malone said government intends to purchase and distribute carbon filter masks to affected residents. Malone explained […]
Man fined for disrupting court | Says continuous adjournments frustrated him
A Horse Path man was slapped with a $1,000 fine on Tuesday for continuously disrupting the Magistrate’s Court. Rashawn Williams is facing up to four months at Her Majesty’s Prison in Balsam Ghut if he fails to pay the fine. […]
Boat captain who drowned Sunday identified, recently moved to BVI for work
The Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) has identified the boat captain who drowned at Norman Island on Sunday as United Kingdom national, Oliver Wheatley. The 27-year-old recently migrated to the territory for employment purposes, said the RVIPF who are […]
Improved water supply coming to VG, new reservoir with increased capacity nearly complete
Work on the new reservoir at Perot Hill in Virgin Gorda is in its final stages and will hold vastly more water than the previous tank. A June 19 media release by the Department of Water and Sewage said North […]
Four locals qualify for 2019 Pan Am Games
Four athletes have been named to represent the BVI in the upcoming Lima 2019 Pan Am Games set to take place next month in Peru. Among the quartet is Thad Lettsome — the first sailor in almost three decades to […]
Caught on camera | Trinidadian to spend 2 months in prison for child cruelty
A Trinidadian woman will spend 60 days at Her Majesty’s Prison after she was caught on camera ill-treating a two-year-old boy at a daycare centre on Tortola. Debra Jobe reportedly committed the offence on March 16, 2017. In handing down […]
An added attraction | Businesswoman brings fairytale to life in BVI
By Esther Durand, BVI News Staff Three custom-made carriages which could be described as something straight out of a fairytale are expected to provide an added attraction to locals and tourists alike in the British Virgin Islands. Yoland Franklyn, the […]
$665k contract signed to restore VG Sports Complex
The Recovery and Development Agency (RDA) has awarded a local construction company a contract valued well in excess of half-a-million dollars for construction works to the Virgin Gorda Sports Complex. Rufred Forbes and Associates Limited was the recipient of the […]
