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Walwyn

Money was there for public service increments, Walwyn insists

Nearly four years after his National Democratic Party (NDP) was swept out of office after assuring public servants that they would be paid promised salary increments within one month of the 2019 general elections ending, former Education Minister Myron Walwyn has doubled […]

by / on October 5, 2022 at 7:15 AM /
Premier Dr Natalio Wheatley

Work ongoing for visitor facilities, Premier says

Premier Dr Natalio Wheatley said work remains ongoing in relation to the readiness of visitor facilities in the territory ahead of the upcoming tourist season. Residents had previously been clamouring for a facility at Trellis Bay on Beef Island, where it […]

by / on October 5, 2022 at 6:35 AM /
The Police Marine Base on Tortola. (Photo Credit: RDA)

Body of missing woman found!

The woman who went missing following a boating accident near West End on Sunday has been found. Police confirmed moments ago her that her body was found “close to where the boat sank between Little Thatch and Frenchman’s Cay”. This […]

by / on October 4, 2022 at 2:35 PM /
Attorney-at-law Daniel Fligelstone-Davies of Silk Legal

Employers burdened! If gov’t wants jurors it should pay their salaries

Local attorney-at-law Daniel Fligelstone Davies has publicly criticised the government and Deputy Governor (DG) David Archer Jr for what he (the attorney) described as ‘unreasonably’ mandating employers to pay their employees during the time they (the workers) are called for […]

by / on October 4, 2022 at 8:03 AM /
Myron Walwyn

No decision yet on contesting upcoming elections, says Walwyn

Former Education Minister Myron Walwyn said he has made no decision yet on whether he will run for political office at the upcoming general elections that are constitutionally due by May 2023. The former legislator appeared on the Talking Points show on […]

by / on October 4, 2022 at 7:48 AM /
Myron Walwyn.

Big mistake! Gov’t shouldn’t have accepted COI recommendations

The National Unity Government made a serious error when it accepted the Commission of Inquiry (COI) report’s recommendations to be implemented with rigorous timelines through an agreed framework between itself and the United Kingdom (UK) government. This was the view […]

by / on October 4, 2022 at 7:13 AM /
Hung jury, mistrial can result from dishonest jurors — HC Registrar

Hung jury, mistrial can result from dishonest jurors — HC Registrar

Dishonesty on the part of jurors could possibly lead to high court trials being redone in their entirety, High Court Registrar Vareen Vanterpool-Nibbs told members of the public during a recent consultation over the new Jury Act. The territory’s jury […]

by / on October 4, 2022 at 6:12 AM /
Drones are being used in the search of Kristal Black who missing after the boat in which she was travelling capsized on Sunday, October 2.

A moving message | Father of missing woman keeping hope alive

After an unsuccessful day of feverish searching for 33-year-old Kristal Black who disappeared at sea following a fatal boating accident off West End on Sunday, her father, John Black, said he is keeping hope alive. In a moving post on […]

by / on October 4, 2022 at 6:01 AM /
US Coast Guard has deployed a helicopter to assist with the search of an adult female who went missing after a fatal boating accident off West End on Sunday, October 2.

6-year-old dies in boat accident! Search underway for missing woman

As the police confirm, this morning, the death of a six-year-old child who succumbed to injuries sustained in a boating accident off West End Sunday night, a desperate search is underway for an adult female who was also aboard the […]

by / on October 3, 2022 at 10:26 AM /
‘I authorise DEA operations in the BVI’, Governor admits

‘I authorise DEA operations in the BVI’, Governor admits

Governor John Rankin has indicated that his office sanctions all operations that United States law enforcement agencies carry out on BVI soil. Governor Rankin recently made that disclosure to the London-based news organisation, Tortoise Media, months after publicly denying that […]

by / on October 3, 2022 at 8:13 AM /