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CCT suspends future advertising with VINO for controversial cartoon

CCT suspends future advertising with VINO for controversial cartoon

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 […]

by / on June 16, 2020 at 2:15 PM /
The Craft Alive Village in Road Town

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 […]

by / on June 16, 2020 at 7:58 AM /
Head of the Traffic Division in the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force, Sergeant Augustus Bruce

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 […]

by / on June 16, 2020 at 6:33 AM /
Governor Augustus Jaspert

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 […]

by / on June 16, 2020 at 6:25 AM /
RDA wants more participation from local contractors

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 […]

by / on June 16, 2020 at 6:15 AM /
VINO's cartoon displayed on a cell phone screen.

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 […]

by / on June 15, 2020 at 3:12 PM /
Dion Crabbe of Autland Construction.

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 […]

by / on June 15, 2020 at 12:12 PM /
Local car rental businesses  experiencing major declines

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 […]

by / on June 15, 2020 at 9:06 AM /
Scene at the festival village in Road Town during a previous emancipation festival.

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 […]

by / on June 15, 2020 at 8:00 AM /
General Manager for the BVI Electricity Corporation, Leroy Abraham.

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, […]

by / on June 15, 2020 at 6:53 AM /