Confirmed cases of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) continues to be on the rise in the English-speaking Caribbean islands, with a total of four cases including one death up to press time. These islands include, Guyana, St Vincent and the […]
Archive for March, 2020
Cedar School dethrones ESHS to win 2020 debate competition
Cedar International School (CIS) are the 2020 Inter-Secondary School Debates champions, after dethroning defending champions Elmore Stoutt High School (ESHS) in the final on Wednesday, March 11. In what was considered a rematch of the 2019 finals between both Tortola-based […]
‘I wouldn’t last in prison’ | Ugandan begs for mercy ahead of sentencing
Ahead of his sentencing hearing later this month, Chelsea Mutyaba of Uganda in East Africa made a passionate appeal to the court for mercy and came close to tears at the idea of a possible custodial sentence. Mutyaba is charged […]
Youth parliament training begins ahead of end-of-month relaunch
Nominees for the Virgin Islands Youth Parliament recently completed their first of three training sessions on the entire proceedings of the House of Assembly. A government commissioned media release said the nominees were selected from among youth organisations, churches and […]
Jamaican man pleads guilty to wounding US chef
A Jamaican man residing in Long Bush has admitted to wounding a United States chef in Road Town on November 30 last year. Prince Akeem Bambury, 24, pleaded guilty when he appeared before Magistrate Ayanna Baptiste-DaBreo on Wednesday. He had […]
Sickly PR man reportedly denied phone call, medication and shower since in local custody
Alexis Perez, the Puerto Rican businessman who was recently held at the Beef Island airport with $39,800 cash stashed in his personal belongings, has claimed that he has not taken a bath, brushed his teeth, changed clothes or spoken to […]
New York Times ranks BVI as #2 best place to visit this year
United States media giant, the New York Times, has the ranked the British Virgin Islands at number-two in its list of top 52 best places to visit in 2020. The BVI ranked ahead of ahead of Rurrenabaque, Bolivia; Greenland; and […]
Modern agriculture and fisheries complexes to be established across BVI
The Minister responsible for Agriculture & Fisheries Dr Natalio Wheatley, has said his ministry is actively considering multiple locations across the British Virgin Islands, which will be used to build modern agriculture and fisheries complexes. Dr Wheatley made the statement […]
Temperature testing to be added to screening process at local ports of entry
Chief Environmental Health Officer (CEHO) Lionel Michael has said temperature scanning will be added to the screening process at all local ports of entry as an additional precautionary measure against the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19). Speaking at a recent airing […]
African reportedly caught at airport with $23K concealed in shoe and pants
An African man was slapped with two charges after he allegedly attempted to smuggle $23,241 through the TB Lettsome International Airport by stashing the cash in his luggage and shoe. Charged with failing to declare monies and smuggling is 35-year-old […]
