At least one company has suspended advertising with local news website Virgin Islands News Online (VINO), who has been under heavy public criticism for publishing a cartoon of Governor Augustus Jaspert kneeling on the neck of radio talkshow host and […]
Archive for June, 2020
Craft Alive vendors getting 6-month rent moratorium as village readies to reopen
Government is granting the 59 vendors at Craft Alive in Road Town a six-month moratorium on rent payments as the village now readies to reopen after months of closure caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. City Manager Janice Brathwaite-Edwards said the […]
More police presence in RT to assist with new traffic turnaround
With the traffic turnaround in Road Town now in effect, the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) has increased their presence throughout the capital to ensure a smooth transition of the new changes. This is according to Head of the […]
VINO’s cartoon, Skelton Cline’s remarks ‘disturbing and grossly offensive’ — Governor
Governor Augustus Jaspert has condemned local news website Virgin Islands News Online’s (VINO) controversial cartoon with him kneeling on the neck of radio talkshow host Claude Skelton Cline. He has also denounced Skelton Cline’s June 9 statements that led to […]
RDA wants more participation from local contractors
Acting Chief Executive Officer of the Recovery & Development Agency (RDA) Anthony McMaster has expressed disappointment in the low level of interest shown by local contractors in a recent tender. While speaking at the contract signing ceremony for the rehabilitation […]
News site’s ‘distasteful’ cartoon of governor sparks public outrage
A Virgin Islands News Online (VINO) cartoon of Governor Augustus Jaspert kneeling on the neck of talkshow host Claude Skelton Cline has been met with public outrage and calls for the website to remove the post. Several residents and public […]
Well-known contractor encourages hiring locals on projects after ‘pleasant surprise’
Co-owner of Autland Heavy Equipment Company Limited Dion Crabbe, is urging contractors to consider hiring locals to work at construction projects. Crabbe made the call at a recent contract-signing ceremony where the Recovery & Development Agency awarded his company a […]
Local car rental businesses experiencing major declines
By Kamal Haynes, BVI News Staff With the advent of COVID-19 and a halt in tourism, several local car rental companies are experiencing a major decline in operational activity. Some owners of these rental companies on Tortola and Virgin Gorda […]
Are emancipation festivities happening this year? Committee to make recommendation to minister
With the continued phased internal and external reopening of the territory and no active cases of the coronavirus (COVID-19) locally, the question is now whether this year’s staging of the BVI’s annual emancipation festivities will be held. According to Culture […]
BVIEC refutes media reports that USVI power company illegally shipped items to BVI after Irma
The BVI Electricity Corporation (BVIEC) has refuted recent media reports alleging that the US Virgin Island’s Water & Power Authority (WAPA) illegally shipped FEMA-provided restoration materials and supplies to the British Virgin Islands after the 2017 hurricanes. On March 5, […]
