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• Gov’t must get ‘F’ grade for first-year — Skelton
• Duo arrested for 2023 Long Look murder
• Wade Smith wins judicial review against magistrate, CoP
• Premier thankful as gov’t marks one year in office
• BVI vows to fight fraud, financial crimes
• Immigration problem costing us millions — Premier
• Gov’t not feeling the pulse of the BVI — Walwyn
• New asphalt plant having “teething pains”
• BVI about to go to the next level
• Mather blasts stagnation, calls for unity among lawmakers
• No sewerage near EE Police Station, says Premier
• Governor says he’s fine after shoulder injury
• Hold me to account, D1 Rep says
• Financial services has challenges so we look to tourism
• Rasheda Hodge appointed Official Receiver
• Paraquita Bay farmer blasts gov’t after losing crops
• Athletes get private sector support ahead of Olympics
• Police apprehend 17 illegal immigrants
• Two tourists missing in the BVI
• Major player in BVI drug trafficking ring sentenced to 10 years
• 50% reduction coming for electricity bills
• We have to get a handle on gun crime
• EE police station closed temporarily
• Can gov’t give reliable shore power to cruise ships?
• How will gov’t fund its promised road rehabilitation?
• Public servants working in fear, says Opposition Leader
• Local banks accused of exploitation
• Gov’t should let Chinese extend the airport — Fraser
• I have a grace for government
• Premier is probably ahead of his time
• Stop saying nothing is happening in BVI — Premier
• Stop putting down the cruise industry
• Virgin Islanders in business don’t give back enough
• Are public servants too comfortable in their jobs?
• UK doesn’t want the headache of running BVI — Fraser
• Expand airport with SSB $$! Money was made to be spent — Fraser
• Premier wants private sector to take bigger role in driving economy
• Let Ronnie, Walwyn help with finance and tourism
• Skelton tells gov’t: No more parties!
• We are good at pretending things are well — Fraser
• Not right! Skelton upset over airport security checks
• All public officers now earning above living wage
• Burt Point Sewerage Plant operating after 7 years
• Deputy Premier on bureaucracy: I feel so embarrassed!
• Judge me after four years, Premier says
• Parsons upset over plans to change territorial dress
• Watch God work through me, Premier tells lawmakers
• Petty contract system like a bad word — Walwyn
• Travelling to Seatrade helps us sell our cruise product
• RDA completes new Marine Base in Road Town
• Unfair to bash DPP over lost cases
• Public servants must do their job
• RiteWay to introduce mandatory bag checks for employees
• Stop recording accident scenes!
• Don’t blame me for derelict boats at Sea Cow’s Bay Harbour
• Process to advance ROI amendments in HOA reportedly halted
• Police recapture wanted man who escaped custody New Year’s Day
• Mather repeats calls for sex offenders registry
• Public angry over music fest spending, Walwyn says
• Are term limits for legislators undemocratic?
• Should governors be allowed full law-making powers in the VI?
• 70 slogans submitted for 70th Festival anniversary
• Financial secretary’s illness could benefit the BVI, Rosan posits
• Stop blaming D’Moi Hodge!
• Francis Lettsome are Inter-Primary champs
• Rymer off to Seatrade as gov’t touts record numbers
• We’re not ignoring Trade Department – Smith
• Will BVI infrastructure survive 2024 hurricane season?
• New Labour Commissioner to be in place next month, says minister
• Smith opening constituency offices in Anegada, Jost Van Dyke
• Minimum wage increase uncertain
• Fahie’s sentencing date pushed back after request for more time
• Kedrick Malone appointed as Premier’s Chief Advisor
• Expo coming to bring bankers, businesses together
• Eastern Caribbean must develop sea moss, sargassum sectors
• Game on for start of BVI Spring Regatta!
• Rosan says electing VIP was the BVI’s worst mistake
• Local CARIFTA athletes receive heroes’ welcome
• AC challenges continue at the hospital
• Sister Islands programme seeks emergency response volunteers
• Our people spend at other music festivals – Premier
• Police confirms fatal incident in Paraquita Bay
• Would you report cases of child abuse?
• Fit to borrow: BVI maintains strong credit rating
• BVIHSA adds two new ambulances to its fleet
• Hodge-Smith denies being a glorified City Manager
• Gov’t repeating mistakes that led to COI — Turnbull
• My gov’t has been very good about planning — Premier
• Local talent makes waves in latest Godzilla Kong film
• Is BVI ready to add another gov’t minister?
• PHOTOS: VG Easter Fest Parade
• New Port Purcell hotel will have a “business focus”
• Give us some time for fixes, Premier says
• Child succumbs after VG beach incident
• Eight tenders in for Trellis Bay Centre
• UN calls for bold, immediate action for Haiti
• Residents want more public consultation
• International flights resume on Anegada
• Public Works Department conducting CGB road repairs
• Elective surgeries on hold as hospital fixes AC issue
• Caribbean health programmes to get boost from Pandemic Fund
• Calypso competition to return for August Festival
• Civil servants must operate at a higher level — Premier
• More attorneys needed in criminal law
• Willock commends initiative to remove derelict boats in D3
• Gov’t stops accepting paper job applications
• Premier calls for locals to invest in tourism
• UWI Professor tells UN: decolonize Caribbean territories
• Premier disputes not doing much for agriculture
• Maynard’s sentencing shifted to April 26
• Willock sidesteps campaign rumours over D3 activity
• Premier says negotiations continue on horse racing return
• Port Purcell to get new boutique hotel
• Premier wants everyone to get over this “non-issue”
• Security Council calls for calm after weekend shootings
• $670K to be spent on music fest
• Central Statistics Office to measure impact of VI Music Fest
• It’s official! UN agrees to framework to tax the rich
• BVI pioneers first-ever e-litigation criminal module
• No injuries reported after Huntums Ghut shooting – RVIPF
• One reported injured in Friday night shooting
• BVI public getting what they voted for, says Penn
• Do the police have the capacity to handle crime?
• Calls made for national security strategy
• Civil Registry & Passport Office nationality fees revised
• Cabinet receives situation report from last October’s TS Philippe
• 21 illegal migrants found on VG
• Register of Interests should be fully public, says Skelton
• Astronomical work done in governance reform
• Opposition mum on whether they’ll take Greedy Bill benefits
• Crime is being normalised in the BVI
• Sixth District Rep says gov’t has priorities mixed up
• Willock responds after Fraser slams nameless foe over resignation talk
• Skelton warns of no-confidence motion against gov’t
• Proper law needed to remove Andrew Fahie’s HOA picture
• Malone’s appointment as COI overseer due to cronyism — Rosan
• Did gov’t misunderstand ROI advice for public servants?
• BVI doesn’t need ‘big stick’ for reforms – Premier
• Premier still in the dark on UK role in Fahie’s arrest
• Premier denies wasting money on Music Fest
• Facebook page ‘Mika Barry’ removed amid Archer’s threat
• BVI is becoming a digital asset hub
• Premier not sure if Fahie’s picture should remain in HOA
• UN Decolonisation group to assess BVI
• Agriculture Plan to be delivered this year
• Kedrick Malone appointed to oversee COI progress
• Public service concerns on ROI bill to be addressed — Deputy Gov
• PHOTOS: Agriculture & Fisheries Exhibit
• ‘Gun talk’ draws rebuke at high school debate forum
• Development in Latin America and Caribbean improving
• Penn not sure if he’ll decline Greedy Bill benefits
• Local farmers discuss regenerative agriculture at community forum
• Opposition legislator ‘deeply concerned’ over law and order
• Walwyn urges caution in ROI bill changes for public servants
• Crime rate makes me consider leaving BVI
• ESHS declared winners in Inter-Secondary School Debates
• WALWYN: Premier, why did you buckle under pressure?
• Security Council seeks witnesses in shocking murder
• Who killed Jamal Smith? Police seek public’s help
• Premier defends changes to ‘problematic’ ROI bill for public servants
• Law enforcers will soon be subjected to vetting
• Public should be consulted on full CARICOM membership — Penn
• UK doesn’t want to take BVI’s power away
• Local attorney found dead at Tortola home
• SSB launches ‘Secure Your Tomorrow’ campaign
• Ebenezer Thomas Primary holds mock HOA sitting
• Walwyn tackles gov’t about alarming cancer rate
• Karl’s Confession! No formal plan to improve agriculture
• Gov’t making excuses for unspent $50M — Penn
• Colombian nationals MIA after cruise visit
• Work permit exemptions expanded for some providers
• Fish Bay ‘hostage’ situation was mental health crisis drill
• BVI duo gets 57 months in St Croix cocaine bust
• Visa-free travel difficult because of cannabis?
• Wife arrested for damaging husband’s vehicle in jealous rage
• Boaters rescued from sinking catamaran
• Parsons slams silence over 70th festival preparations
• New law imposes fines for withholding census info
• Nearly 20K vehicles licensed in 2023
• Premier excited at Prospect Reef development progress
• Governor pleads for help after massive drug haul
• Judge upholds Fahie’s guilty verdict after 2 jurors seek to back out
• Time for a decision on pension scheme
• Hakim Creque makes history as VG’s first full-time magistrate
• Sorry, no funds allotted to fix Anegada roads
• How does the BVI’s ambulance services measure up?
• Premier disagrees COI reforms negatively affect economy
• Police make largest ever maritime drug bust in BVI
• Premier accused of taking credit for blocking UK rule
• Schools affected by BVI nursing shortage
• Willock insists he’s not campaigning for D3 seat
• Gov’t looks to close out $2M aborted tourism plan
• Visa-free travel for Guyanese now in draft stage
• Premier eyes new ties with Brazil, Canada
• Kids at risk! BVI urged to fight obesity
• VI exploring full membership in CARICOM
• Three charged after Purcell gun and drug find
• PHOTOS: H.L. Stoutt Wreath Laying
• Cleanup through RATED programme to resume soon
• Police seize firearms, crack cocaine in Purcell raid
• Gov’t announces additional path to citizenship
• OECS calls for crucial climate change funds
• Nothing wrong with 20-year wait in Immigration policy
• 14 illegal immigrants found on VG
• 10-year return projected on WE Ferry Terminal investment
• Belonger status harder for non-English speakers?
• Tourism Association forges new partnership with gov’t
• Premier, Penn clash over VIF&FC shift to Tourist Board
• Cabinet approves new 20-year Belonger policy
• Gov’t to remove illegal structures on Crown lands
• Jobs are there but youngsters don’t want them
• Pinnock to compete in Mrs Globe International Pageant
• First-ever prison debate sparks rehab dialogue
• Senior doctors want too much to work on sister islands
• Police announce arrests in CGB shooting, Aladdin robbery
• Man dies after surfing incident at Apple Bay
• UN group takes action on climate change and pollution
• Land Authority coming soon, Premier promises
• Premier pledges to address slow processing at ports
• BVI not doing enough to stop fish poaching
• Police arrest two illegal immigrants during traffic stop
• Gov’t finally appoints Prospect Reef board
• Gov’t making efforts to attract investors, Premier assures
• Mystery ‘sage’ blames public for Fahie’s downfall
• Kye’s Cry! Ask Finance Ministry about water woes
• ‘We don’t need UK to pass marijuana bill’, Premier says
• Premier pressed over horse racing return
• Maynard’s sentencing pushed back again
• Governor and police must be accountable for crime
• Don’t mislead people for political points — Premier
• Husband arrested for assaulting wife, damaging property
• Barge incident: Victims were trying to help each other
• Walwyn concerned over government’s tourism plan
• Penn rejects $200K allocated to help businesses
• Sluggish economy not the cause of BVI’s crime – Premier
• Trellis Bay Welcome Centre for June 2024 completion
• $2.6M being paid to non-working politicians
• Premier defends $3.5M overseas travel bill
• Court struggles for justice after Fahie’s conviction
• Are you guilty of threatening census workers?
• Gov’t takes major steps to fix water woes
• Gov’t proposes new appeals process to challenge immigration decisions
• USVI pushes marijuana law! No hope for BVI?
• Tola Radio, Cindy Rosan part ways… again
• Gov’t has an implementation problem — Smith
• Too much burden on Permanent Secretaries
• Three youngsters create unique BVI rum cake
• Fahie’s lawyer ended call with undecided juror
• Some persons want to be my enemy — Premier
• I will take decisive action against discriminatory charter companies
• Prison Visiting Committee gets special training
• One dead, others harmed in barge incident
• BVI’s cultural wear ‘pirated’, territorial song unfit — Davies
• Should the police carry firearms in BVI?
• Airport redevelopment project shows positive signs
• Dozens of illegal immigrants found on Cooper Island
• Purcell man charged with drug possession
• Delayed financial statements under scrutiny
• It’s hard work to transform gov’t over two years — Premier
• Premier hopeful Order in Council will be lifted after deadlines met
• Teen charged for robbing peers on VG
• Why didn’t you join the V-Day march against crime?
• PHOTOS: Residents march for improved policing
• New filings emerge after Fahie’s post-conviction drama
• Additional powers for Governor still a possibility
• Dr Quincy Lettsome passes away at 82
• Premier to attend OECS Authority meeting today
• Governor Pruce meets with Aladdin robbery victims
• Curveball! Two jurors back out of Fahie’s guilty verdict
• Others may suffer similar fate as Fahie
• We need people to take accountability
• BVI Cancer Society gets historic donation
• Sir Richard Branson injured in VG pothole mishap
• Willock calls for ban on online ‘blogs’ in BVI
• Premier champions COI reforms amid Andrew Fahie verdict
• Premier Wheatley on Fahie verdict: I don’t wish bad on anyone
• Premier disappointed over brazen Aladdin robbery
• Flemming Street store attacked in daring robbery
• Taiwan government scholarships now open to Virgin Islanders
• No ban on lawmakers with pending court cases, CRC recommends
• Jurors rejected Fahie’s ‘Jason Bourne’ defence strategy
• Andrew Fahie would fix our horse racing issues — Parsons
• Cabinet agrees to more transparency for Register of Interests
• Elected leaders deserve same grace as top cop
• Former Premier Andrew Fahie found guilty of drug conspiracy
• BVI Chamber of Commerce Seeks Feedback on crime impacting businesses
• Premier justifies 4-year public service increment wait
• $15M Joe’s Hill investment ‘not going anywhere’ – Wheatley
• CRC REPORT: Politicians should be allowed to resign at any time
• Assistance grants snatched from elected leaders for good?
• COI reforms should be gov’t’s top priority
• Only At-Large Representatives should be Premier — CRC report
• Should politicians be removed for immoral behaviour?
• Jurors complain about Fahie’s long trial
• I don’t benefit from Greedy Bill — Parsons
• UK OT Minister’s visit took BVI officials surprise?
• Constitution report proposes same-sex marriage ban
• Caribbean countries urged to prioritise cancer fight
• Government has tourism plan, Premier insists
• Govt’ to see $2M rent decrease when Admin Complex reopens
• King Charles diagnosed with cancer
• Sexual Offences Bill coming later this year
• UK Minister for OTs sends serious threat to BVI gov’t
• Crypto convos continue in the BVI
• Was Fahie really framed by the UK government?
• More than $20 million needed to fix water woes
• Police probe Sunday evening shooting in Cane Garden Bay
• PHOTOS: Farewell Brother Carvin!
• Enterprise Mobility expands in the Caribbean and Latin America
• Oversight committee for NHI contracts never formed, Minister admits
• Fahie wanted drug $$ for home construction, court told
• Mather calls for unemployment insurance scheme
• Jamaican chef arrested for theft
• Premier’s referendum on same-sex marriages sees more delays
• Will immigration quotas work for the BVI?
• Digital work permit system for June 2024
• What happened when Skelton met with former Governor Rankin?
• Health Minister reveals why doctors and nurses are leaving
• COI reforms will lead to greater autonomy
• Mystery woman in Fahie trial unmasked
• New draft immigration policy proposes 20-year Belongership wait
• Insurance fees are unaffordable!
• Premier’s ministries record nearly $30M in unused funds
• Prosecutors accuse Fahie of greed, corruption as trial gets underway
• Why Fraser refused to join Q&A session in HOA
• Two seriously injured in major accident near Joe’s Hill
• Fahie unaware of Maynards’ side deal, attorney says
• Festival Fiasco: Residents furious after man evicted
• New governor pledges to focus on COI reforms
• Local financial services performed high-value transactions in 2023
• PHOTOS: New BVI governor sworn in!
• Man reportedly living in booth at Road Town festival grounds
• Govt’s pension liability can’t continue like this
• New safety net in place for bank failures
• Centre to house juveniles, mentally-ill suffers delays
• New Governor to be sworn in today
• Festival & Fairs Committee moving to Tourist Board
• Gov’t saves consumers nearly $500K in December electricity bills
• Glass recycling now being done at Pockwood Pond
• I live in the fear of the Lord!
• VG quartet arrested during robbery probe
• Did prosecutors get clearance for Fahie’s security chats?
• How much is gov’t set to borrow from Social Security?
• House of Assembly members to get salary increase
• BVI in dilemma with open registers — Walwyn
• USVI team wins 2024 Painkiller Cup
• Gov’t expenses at Castle Maria continue to balloon — Penn
• Court shouldn’t see Fahie’s private WhatsApp chats — Attorney
• Unite BVI, gov’t sign agreement to improve education
• Court told: Fahie wanted Maynard, mystery woman to leave $$ on plane
• Unprecedented! BVIPA reports record-breaking cruise arrivals
• Man escapes after cops find guns during VG traffic stop
• No vendor has permission to sell at Long Bay Beach — Hastings
• Gov’t projects 200% increase in capital spending
• Tax IDs will soon be mandatory in BVI
• de Castro hailed as a champion for education
• Will gov’t push to hold public officials accountable?
• Fahie’s trial delayed again
• Governor Rankin thanks Premier for “personal friendship”
• Public should see new Belonger and Residency policy, says Rankin
• RVIPF makes progress in Long Bush murder, Pier Park robbery probes
• Fast and pray before new governor arrives
• $120K Question: What do the Premier’s advisors actually do?
• Will the next Governor have additional powers over BVI?
• Minister Smith hosts strategy meetings for 2024
• de Castro hails public-private partnership at JVD school opening
• House Speaker regrets snub at Rankin’s exit ceremony
• Methodist Church ordains two ministers
• Governor Rankin departs! HOA members absent for farewell ceremony
• Less talk, more action! Rankin slams govt’s bluster
• Public officers have less family time as they slave over COI reforms
• Deeply concerning! Gov’t spending less on education each year
• Governor denies tampering with BVI’s democracy
• New Jost Van Dyke Primary School opens today
• Turnbull hammers top cop over poor security for judges
• Governor’s threat was set to align with Andrew Fahie trial, Premier suggests
• Community urged not to serve liquor to minors
• Order in Council meant to abolish BVI’s democracy — Premier
• Inquiry still ongoing in UK detective’s death
• Premier seeking image enhancement specialist
• Collins won’t be suspended during investigation — Governor
• Tight COI deadlines were necessary
• Global athletics leader visits BVI athletes
• Another blow to rich nations and their tax laws
• Maynard’s sentencing moved to late February
• Malone remembered as a VI freedom fighter
• 60-yr-old shot after challenging thieves
• Belongership, residency applications double post-COI
• UK doesn’t want BVI independent, says former Montserrat Speaker
• Former Minister Carvin Malone passes away
• Man injured in East End shooting
• DPP claims office ‘most undervalued’ in gov’t
• Here’s how some expats offend the Premier
• I will never beg for my human rights
• Opposition explains absence from Premier’s press conference
• New law year opens today
• Cost of living burdens outweigh Governor’s power play
• Applications now open: BVI Asia Abroad Scholarship Programme 2024
• Premier accuses Governor of half-truths over COI timelines
• Public in the dark over COI implementation — Skelton
• The Governor has missed COI deadlines too!
• Motion of “no confidence” not necessary right now
• Governor can force same-sex marriage on BVI with more powers
• Independence talks: ‘We have to move to something’
• Governor already has powers he is seeking
• Fraser calls for referendum amid talks to increase governor’s powers
• Skelton pleads with Governor “give the gov’t more time”
• Some lawmakers want less public life integrity – Governor
• Top cop should go on administrative leave — Premier
• Gov’t given failing grade on COI reforms — Skelton
• Premier saddened by Opposition’s lack of support
• “Get anger management,” Premier tells Cindy Rosan
• Fahie wants ‘expert’ cocaine witness removed
• Governor shouldn’t try to bypass democracy — Premier
• Governor launches inquiry into allegations against top cop
• COI charges aren’t frivolous
• Man arrested for slashing girlfriend’s tires
• COI reform deadline not feasible — Stoutt-Igwe
• Fahie’s drug trial reset for another two weeks
• Too much bureaucracy! Smith frowns at abandoned wrecks
• Good Samaritan helped victim in New Year’s Day shooting
• Search on for wanted man who escaped custody on VG
• RVIPF’s Assistant Commissioner appointed acting head of Montserrat police
• Fahie can remain silent, attorney says
• No funds for bush-covered ASPS rebuild — Mather
• Non-Belongers should get social assistance too
• Gov’t launches website to track COI reforms
• HOA Speaker, Deputy Premier get praises from legislators
• Fahie’s trial pushed back again
• Big mistake! Gov’t taking away pioneer status — Skelton
• Sister escapes but couldn’t rescue elderly sibling from Kingston fire
• Projected decline in financial services industry worries Walwyn
• Customer service at banks needs improvement
• Court wants answers for ‘11th-hour’ motions in Fahie case
• Governor focused on COI charges while serious crimes rise
• Census not going well, says Deputy Premier
• Pockwood Pond fires affect BVIEC workers
• Stop playing politics! Mather wants education overhaul
• Kyron McMaster to receive OBE for services to sports
• Man injured in New Year’s Eve shooting in Long Trench
• Major improvements at Waste Management Department
• Smith says retail banks are lending
• Fahie wants court to hear evidence about mystery woman
• Gov’t seeking new incinerator
• Anegada renewable energy plant is 40% complete
• District 6 stood by me when everyone wrote me off!
• New talent management system to transform public service
• Premier on tourism plan: It’s not rocket science!
• RATED programme ain’t something to be proud of — Walwyn
• Penn claims gov’t member left budget session for social media live
• Mentally ill man arrested after altercation with police
• Fahie does not intend to use ‘entrapment defence’ at trial
• No plan! Walwyn criticises government’s tourism efforts
• Gov’t wants to spend $2.7M to travel in 2024 — Walwyn
• Charter companies refusing to hire local boat captains?
• Man charged after allegedly attacking spouse with machete
• Over $100K for National Business Bureau’s return
• Over 700 derelict vehicles removed recently
• Don’t create opportunities for another COI, gov’t told
• Govt to link financial services and blue economy in 2024
• Nothing like a home in time for Christmas
• Decisions coming soon for Anegada land titles
• Fahie fires back! Attorney slams prosecution’s late motion
• Premier hails visitor numbers, says BVI ‘doing well’
• Pier Park pays over $500K in dividends to 68 shareholders
• Weed farmer escapes while cops destroy marijuana fields
• Gov’t housing agency not a strange thing — Premier
• Opposition Leader: ‘Deliberate agenda to destabilise BVI’
• US prosecutors wants to block Fahie’s ‘entrapment defence’
• Premier dismisses nepotism accusations
• Dawson defends Premier’s absence from budget process
• Opposition needs consultants just like gov’t
• Premier doubles down on government’s overseas trips
• Process them faster! 60% of labour force requires permits
• USVI benefiting as BVI drops the ball with tourism — Walwyn
• Businesses are refusing to work with gov’t, says Penn
• Reform process after COI report done under duress
• Gov’t allots $20M to acquire Joe’s Hill Manor
• Police Welfare chairman rejects calls for Collins’ resignation
• RATED programme workers waiting too long for pay
• Finance Minister failed to fulfil his main duty — Walwyn
• Rotary Club of Central Tortola opens annual Christmas Village
• Fahie’s attorney poses probing questions for jury selection
• Vast majority of police are honest people — Governor
• Persons found guilty in COI probes must be held accountable
• CARICOM, UK University partner to fight popular diseases
• Doctor charged with assaulting wife
• UK and OTs forge agreement on modern partnership
• Governor’s Office funds major youth projects
• Too many youth have lost their lives — Governor
• 16 counts of theft! Woman accused of taking funds from bank account
• Connectivity unleashed: TRC’s survey shapes BVI’s satellite technology
• Wealth hidden in tax havens could help fight climate crisis
• Vanterpool family purchasing Quito’s Inn and Restaurant
• Banco Popular to have 5-day banking in VG next year
• Airport expansion not considered by UK in debt levels
• Police charge unnamed gov’t official with Breach of Trust
• BVI experts promote financial services in Asia
• US prosecutors present witnesses, extensive evidence against Fahie
• Premier backs Guyana in ongoing border dispute with Venezuela
• Human rights now a concern with publicly accessible registers of beneficial ownership
• Premier to critics: There’s no endless pot of money!
• Hard to keep up! Premier bemoans constant change of UK OT Ministers
• RVIPF officers petition for Police Commissioner’s removal
• Former Premier Fahie seeks bail variation for Christmas
• UK open to climate change fund for BVI, OTs
• Man charged with burglary after alleged forensic report
• Police Act hasn’t kept up with modern crime
• Premier frustrated over BVI being shut out of climate financing
• Premier hits back! Says critics unaware of existential crisis
• Did BVI get a bad grade for anti-money laundering practices?
• We must learn to recylce and separate waste
• Early warning system helped with dumpsite fire
• Customer wins Samsung washer in Flow’s Christmas promo
• Nearly two tonnes of cocaine seized by police this year
• PWP incinerator projected to be back online by 2nd quarter of 2024
• Suspended public officers are being supported
• Gov’t customer service live chat feature now in place
• Cruise tourist found dead at Long Bay Beach
• UK team in BVI to conduct law enforcement and justice review
• Aspiring drug dealers live among us
• I’m satisfied with what I’ve done to fight crime
• What is BVI gaining from Premier’s COP28 trip?
• New prison boss working to improve security at HMP — Governor
• Education Minister praises DYAS business expo
• Rymer apologises as Anegada fire tender returned
• People need help to pay bills
• BVI ventures deeper into cryptocurrency
• Seven schools to feature in chess tournament
• Gov’t deliberately excluding Opposition district reps?
• Christmas in Long Bush to return this year
• JVD school on the homestretch of completion — RDA
• Climate change advocacy not helping us
• Constitutional review report completed
• Gov’t offers fuel surcharge relief for Christmas
• Anegada airport closed abruptly
• Gov’t working feverishly to get Prospect Reef up
• Community must do more to fight crime
• SCB man charged following recent stabbing incident
• Skelton criticises Premier for leaving during budget process
• Customs seize over 7 pounds of weed concealed in fridge
• Former police prosecutor says COI was deceptive and illegal
• Police lay charges after recent burglaries
• 2024 national budget lacking innovation to build revenue?
• Tax reporting update benefits local businesses
• $150K set aside for Beef Island building, boardwalk
• Youngsters urged to pursue athletics
• Premier to press for climate justice at Dubai conference
• Prosecutors brought wrong man to court, says Davies
• BVI’s Khybah Dawson signs historic deal with Texas University
• Gov’t looks to reduce $8.9M office rent
• Mather wants to see govt’s plans for sister islands
• Let’s press for full measure of self-government
• Former Ports boss to testify against Fahie
• Works Ministry allocated over 15% of budget
• Why Health Ministry got most of 2024 budget?
• 22-year-old jailed for beating babymother
• Not enough $$ for culture — Parsons
• Memorial to be held tomorrow for Detective France
• Lobster Fest 2023 serves up culinary bliss
• BVI employment sees slight increase
• EU invests €19M in Caribbean agriculture
• BVI tourism outperforming global projections
• Vital parts finally procured to bring incinerator back online
• $1.9M set aside for new agri and fishing complex
• Residents tired of false hope, says Penn
• Why not just fix the Trade Department?
• Digicel celebrates 15 years in the BVI!
• Significant infrastructural improvements ahead
• UN approves plans for historic global tax reform
• Gang related? How a teen sustained multiple stab wounds
• Where is the meat? Turnbull blasts budget
• Gov’t looks to improve wages amid limited revenues
• Premier says he is presenting divine leadership
• 60% of public officers classified as ‘working poor’
• Stakeholders crying as gov’t earns big from tourism levy
• Gov’t wants to borrow at least $100M
• Premier’s budget trespassing on our common sense
• Premier announces $382M budget for 2024
• Kadeem Maynard sentenced to 57 months in coke conspiracy
• No money laundering detected in FIA-regulated business sectors
• Premier promises ‘honesty and truth’ in budget speech
• Bail bonds for youngsters too high!
• UK national is BVI’s new prison boss
• Male injured in Sunday night stabbing incident
• Penn says gov’t tone-deaf after ‘tourist in pothole’ photo
• Banks must do better at communicating – Smith
• VG tourism gets boost from new airline
• Will Premier provide funds for Opposition spending?
• ‘We never see them’ – Police criticised for not patrolling in EE
• SMITH: Int’l communities expect BVI financial services to fail!
• Former House Clerk appointed Registrar of Interests
• Case of deceased policeman now with Coroner’s Court
• Premier to share good news on loan talks with UK
• Rymer refutes $500 per diem claims
• Potholes & bush! BVI not ready for tourist season
• Bush cutting focused along tourist areas
• Governor pleased with funds allocated for crime fighting
• Penn questions gov’t SAP, Premier’s travel expenses
• Cox partially paid to deliver parallel COI report
• Gov’t can’t guarantee what new minimum wage will be
• Reported ‘safety concerns’ after calls for top cop to resign
• Line in the sand! Penn defends Opposition walkout
• JVD Primary students temporarily relocated
• We must travel! Premier slams opposition narrative
• BVIAA lands huge international role
• Five teens arrested after beating their peer
• Crime worsening! You could be caught in the crossfire
• Digicel gifting more than ever before this Christmas
• UK offers help to develop TB Lettsome Airport
• Police to clamp down on rental vehicles with tinted windows
• Premier wants ‘home-grown’ talent for top cop post
• Public registers on Premier’s UK agenda
• Former Premier to be honoured during govt’s UK visit
• There is a smear campaign to discredit me
• Public officers one step closer to fairer salaries
• We need hundreds of millions of dollars – Premier
• Premier condemns latest murder
• BVI crime problems aren’t unique, says UK Minister
• House of Assembly meetings aren’t irregular, says Premier
• Former top cop blasted for staying in BVI
• Premier did not get a mandate to run the territory — Fraser
• Here’s why Mitch has dubbed the Premier “Nat-Andrew”
• Trade Commission debacle was unnecessary
• Constitutional Review Commission to submit report soon
• Amended law to encourage longer stays in BVI waters
• EZ Shipping owner reports Governor Rankin to UK gov’t
• Give Lorna Smith the respect she deserves — Premier
• Opposition wanted to punish us
• Address Cabinet disconnect, Governor urges
• HOA walkout by opposition solved nothing
• UPDATE: Victim in fatal shooting identified
• Opposition fighting me because they want to be Premier
• UK gives $1M for law enforcement review
• We never intended to stifle PAC – Premier
• Works Minister denies that gov’t pays for unused water
• ‘Ranting and Raving’ Premier lacks political maturity — Penn
• Electronics being targeted in burglaries, says RVIPF
• Opposition “walk-out” shouldn’t have happened — Smith
• Smith being attacked because she is a woman — Rosan
• Walwyn baffled at government’s perceived apathy
• 3 local firms successful in WE ferry terminal bid
• Gov’t working with BVIEC to lay more resilient lines
• Six people land full-time jobs under RATED programme
• Teen girls from VG arrested for weed before gun find
• Government must borrow to fix sluggish economy
• More charges for duo in drug find
• Trade Commission temporarily suspended
• BVIPA finally fills Oleanvine Maynard’s position
• Strong action needed on crime – Walwyn
• Opposition members walk out after gov’t defers Q&A segment
• Labour Department needs to flag exploited ‘barmaids’
• Tourists find cocaine floating near Nanny Cay waters
• The more grants we gave, the more residents needed
• We’re selling our birthright when it comes to belongership
• UPDATE: Missing teen found
• BVIEC’s profits have not gone up — Smith
• Recent trade licences may not be valid
• What angered vendors at Long Bay Beach?
• Brandywine Bay man charged in drug bust
• JVD suffers island-wide power outage
• Bales of floating cocaine found near RT ferry dock
• After reported sickout, air traffic controllers honoured
• Labour Minister defends indecision on Trade Commission
• Skelton rebuts Premier! Says BVI economy is in a slump
• Walwyn calls for housing authority to help homeless
• Gov’t shouldn’t blame others for water crisis, says Walwyn
• Opposition can only talk — Skelton
• Bullet found in student’s bag at ESHS
• Redirected grant funds being blamed for burglaries
• Irregular House of Assembly sittings frustrate Mather
• Electricity fuel surcharge stifling businesses
• Confidence in RVIPF increasingly eroded since 2020 drug bust
• Police seek more test results after UK officer’s autopsy
• Governor wants consequences for boards that don’t meet standards
• I didn’t contribute to BVI’s water woes
• Finally! Hodges Creek to Paraquita Bay road to be repaired
• Remanded prisoners outnumber convicted ones
• BVI lacks distinction for persons coming to work and reside
• Top cop should step aside over leaked email — Damion Grange
• Quick fix! Public Works gets $500k for storm repairs
• Premier to discuss plan for possibility of ‘active school shooter’
• Cellphones, weapons seized inside HM Prison
• Review of Paraquita Bay farmland use underway
• BVI gets funds to assist with damage from TS Philippe
• Public service leaders complete customer service course
• BVI airports closing as Hurricane Tammy passes
• We should only have deceased nat’l heroes! The dead can’t screw up
• Our economy is not in a slump!
• BVI hospital gets praises from St Lucia’s Health Minister
• Rymer and team assess drainage ahead of TS Tammy
• Delays in CCTV network rollout, but system ‘never been better’
• Safe place! Governor not seeking external help for crime surge
• Over 20 shots fired at victims in Fish Bay attack
• Anti-crime summit coming next year
• Lawmakers told to choose public good over personal gain in HOA
• ESHS Principal acted responsibly in school fracas, says Governor
• Should we rebury Noel Lloyd in Road Town?
• Consultant coming to boost RATED programme
• VI should guard against outsiders coming to do harm
• COI rules are retarding our progress
• BVI removed from EU ‘non-cooperative’ list
• UPDATE: Two injured in Fish Bay shooting
• Too many guns! Governor wants Police Act back
• Gov’t actively considering hiking minimum wage
• We don’t need anyone to colonise us
• Gun amnesties aren’t effective in BVI
• ESHS student wins regional tourism competition
• The BVI now has 10 national heroes
• Police report upsurge in burglaries
• Airports Authority to host simulation exercises
• Health officials want exchange programmes for departing nurses
• No evidence of foul play in police detective’s death so far
• Top cop explains leaked email that went viral
• Police stations in East and West End to reopen!
• Raise them right! Premier appeals to families over crime
• Collection bin set up for donations to embattled former Premier
• Premier explains Prospect Reef neglect
• Unrealistic COI deadlines required extension — Premier
• East End businesswoman in anguish after robbery
• We have interests to protect, Premier tells OECS Council
• Post-Philippe woes: Are you being affected by mould?
• Group dominance a key consideration in Belongership policy
• UK shouldn’t impose its same-sex views on BVI
• We’re not the only ones prone to flooding
• Green VI contributes to waste management
• Education Ministry calls out ‘misinformation’ after ESHS fracas
• Alarming: Over 300 struck by cancer in 3 years
• Security review and more patrols ordered after shooting, school fight
• ESHS bans scooters after major fracas at school
• Leaders defend trip to Monaco Yacht show
• Gov’t to re-examine Main Street two-way plan
• I’m not pushing for BVI’s independence — Premier
• Prison officer injured in shooting incident
• BVI’s emergency response frustrates residents
• Town hall meetings for Residence, Belonger status start this week
• What’s the bigger plan? Post-Philippe clean-up continues
• Another dent in organised gun and drug trafficking
• Body of Caucasian male retrieved from sea after vehicle accident
• ESHS classes to resume next week instead
• BVI should have quota system for residency, Belongership
• EU countries vow to resist global laws for taxing the wealthy
• Lorna Smith shocked at the state of ESHS after Phillipe
• Premier lauds teachers for resilience and dedication
• The BVI is in fair shape after TS Phillipe — Acting Premier
• Minister urges proactive stance as schools reopen after Phillipe
• D2 residents urged to stop littering
• Mather, Skelton to share office due to limited funds
• Abuses unearthed in COI must never recur
• PHOTOS: TS Philippe brings floods, infrastructural damage
• Flood waters washing over parts BVI!
• Concerns grow as breastfeeding declines in BVI
• Self-Determination plea unanswered by UN after 4 years
• Woman charged for assaulting boyfriend
• Former BVI Governor Peter Penfold passes
• What Governor’s additional powers could look like after a suspension
• Order in Council unlikely to be triggered — Governor
• Governor promises more action for slow reform progress
• More expected on Belongership before year-end
• Hold elected leaders responsible, not Governor
• Workers urged to report issues to Labour Department
• Governor denies prisoner almost being let out
• Anegada needs more than policing
• Gov’t setting clearer Crown land distribution policy
• Gov’t should fix problems in new Social Development system
• ‘Communication gap’ blamed for teachers’ industrial action
• Water and Sewerage will soon be a statutory body
• More climate action needed from big nations — Premier tells BBC
• Rich nations silent as UN debates new tax laws for the wealthy
• Too many applicants granted Belongership status
• Walwyn bemoans bush-covered Prospect Reef
• Past governments refused to fix asphalt plant
• Fishers get help to fight sargassum
• Stay away from this online trading company, FSC says
• Staff evacuated as WSD suffers chlorine leak
• Local financial compliance firm fined $120K
• Premier off to Monaco Yacht Show to boost BVI
• I’m giving the gov’t one year to get it right — Rosan
• Bvi honours six centenarians
• Gov’t must upgrade BVI’s prison — Vincent Wheatley
• Incinerator should be back online soon
• Patch-and-go roads will cost more in the long run — Penn
• Banks need to be more generous
• Lorna Smith is doing great work — Premier
• Guyana, Venezuela clash over oil reserves
• Visitors at Trellis Bay forced to sit under a tree — Walwyn
• We need to march for water on VG — Flax-Brutus
• Drug trade is deeply worrying — Governor
• Guns found after hooded men elude police near prison
• Two Tortola men slapped with rape charges
• Erickson slapped with multiple gun and drug charges
• Anegadians to get land titles by year-end
• O’Neal brothers charged in ammunition find
• UPDATE: Anegada plane was carrying cocaine
• Gov’t vows to continue defending financial services sector
• Turnbull heard gunshots while sitting in bed
• Some people want politicians to be broke
• Why is it so hard to get goods from Customs?
• Persons homeless in BVI while refugees get hotels
• Community urged to leave turtle eggs alone
• Public Service General Orders ‘put to rest’
• Greedy bill gave retired politicians up to $10K per month
• Nyron Erickson allegedly re-arrested on return to BVI
• Police probe ‘unauthorised aircraft landing’ at Anegada airport
• Some doing well, some catching hell — Skelton
• Bankrupt businesses endangering lives, staying open for pride
• Call me when you have issues, not the media
• Manufacturers recall Kraft Singles American cheese slices
• Residents living in derelict vehicles?
• Police warn of increased vehicle theft attempts
• Penn peeved over Willard Wheatley Primary’s unsafe status
• Which local bank holds the most deposits?
• $26M Joe’s Hill Manor an albatross around pensioners’ necks — Penn
• BVI wraps successful conference on illicit finance
• Hospital grabs historic accreditation | First in Caribbean
• Crown Land Register to be established
• Young BVIslander powers the territory with sunshine
• Teachers weren’t really striking, Premier says
• Wills are inexpensive, make one
• We’re using non-traditional tools to fight crime — Premier
• Gov’t gets $1.3M RESEMBID grant funding
• ESHS teachers protest longstanding issues at school
• Fraser quizzes gov’t over expats to locals nurse ratio
• Aqua Design blames sargassum for water woes on VG
• Admin complex likely for July 2025 completion
• New Belongership report will be ‘bedrock’ for immigration reform
• What was a UK Navy ship doing in the BVI this week?
• 200 students to receive free backpacks from Flow
• BVI experiencing water meter shortage
• New trade licence policies coming down the pipeline
• Consultations delaying WSD’s transition to statutory body
• Pension scheme is ‘running the gov’t broke’
• Tortola businesswoman attacked, assualted by husband
• Over 300 estimated to be living with dementia in the BVI
• No funding, staff for Trade Commission
• Five schools to benefit from Flow support
• Walwyn wants gov’t pledge for former Palm Grove tenants
• Gov’t special needs scholarships gone for good?
• Local banks reveal the number of loans that aren’t being repaid
• Caribbean asks Europe for $33 trillion in reparations
• Over $700K spent on D5 Economic Zone so far
• New subject introduced in BVI schools
• Only one four-man crew in place to fix Tortola’s water woes
• Police address traffic build-up near ESHS
• BVI to negotiate borrowing limits with UK
• $36M spent on rent could’ve built new gov’t complex
• Let’s brainstorm! No plans yet to fill $26M Joe’s Hill homes
• Gov’t earned $45K from $250K non-stop concert
• Make it harder for foreign workers to become Belongers?
• Gov’t gifts new home to family of deceased woman
• 15-yr-old charged with theft of scooter
• Penn confronts Works Minister over market square spaces
• Less than half of $2M social assistance funding disbursed
• Just $5M repaid on EE/LL sewerage loan to TPP
• Walwyn pleads with gov’t over poor roads
• Greedy Bill amendment tabled before HOA
• Reopening of VG Airport temporarily delayed
• Police seize AK-47 rifle and ammo! Two nabbed
• Two men charged in recent burglary incidents
• Surge in COVID cases hasn’t led to increase in hospital admissions
• Education Ministry to reduce reliance on expat teachers
• Walwyn, Premier clash over lost UK loan guarantee
• Deputy Premier blasts Penn over ‘sexist question’
• Lee approaching hurricane strength
• Public service took major hit after Irma and Maria
• Son of well-known cop nabbed for burglary
• Education Minister urges teachers to embrace new paradigm
• Big shift happening in Alzheimer’s perception
• Even Great Britain can’t secure its borders alone
• UPDATE: Man injured in Long Bush shooting dies
• Gov’t fixes water quality issue at Handsome Bay
• Nine firms submit bids for new WE Ferry Terminal
• We’ve gone way beyond COI recommendations
• OPINION: Navigating the information Age | A crisis in journalism
• BVI records uptick in COVID cases
• Police seize plane and drugs on Anegada
• Constitutional Review Commission gets six-month extension
• McMaster stuns Warholm in Diamond League photo finish
• Private sector excited about Guyana trade prospects
• Monel Nickie appointed Acting Sister Islands Coordinator
• Gov’t moving towards STEAM-infused education system
• Gov’t being transparent, says Stoutt-Igwe
• Construction of market square bus shed starts next week
• What is it like driving on BVI roads?
• Post-election seminar to be held in BVI
• Gov’t calls for bids for Virgin Gorda dumpsite management
• Final checks being done on government’s asphalt plant
• Agriculture Minister hosting meetings with farmers and fishers
• Don’t leave us behind, Premier’s Special Envoy tells UN
• Civil service managing reforms well — Stoutt-Igwe
• Scooter rider escapes reported gun attack
• Kadeem Maynard’s sentencing moved to November
• BVI businessman offers support for agro-studies in Guyana
• Runway maintenance forces days-long closure at VG airport
• Take back our Emancipation Village!
• ESTA travellers told to use one passport to enter and depart US
• Troy Christopher appointed as chairman of Immigration Board
• Ground broken for reconstruction of special needs school
• Major concerns over high shipping cost between BVI and Guyana
• Act of kindness gone south? Generous community learns hard lesson
• $1.8 million spent on Emancipation Festival
• Premier on Festival debate: Accept change and evolve!
• Dawson bemoans BVI’s data-gathering deficiency
• Labour Minister seeks private sector support for RATED
• Hodge misses out on World Champs finals
• Government’s water policy may take a year to implement
• Anegada businesses reportedly catching lobster out of season
• BVI to model Guyana in leveraging ocean for sustainable funds
• Govt’s Customer Service Care Centre Relocated
• Penn appointed as BVIFSC’s Deputy Managing Director of Operations
• Historic! Kyron McMaster earns silver medal in World Champs final
• Smiths Gore BVI congratulates Marissa Justin-Campbell
• Tola Radio parts with Percival | Heritage takes legal action
• Shrimp project on the horizon
• Visioning meeting held for airport expansion stakeholders
• Gov’t admin complex gets windows and doors
• Chamber of Commerce rebrands
• Guyana consulate under active consideration for BVI
• Kadeem Maynard’s sentencing moved to later date
• Prosecution moves to drop case against Erickson
• BVI will reduce vegetable imports in a few years
• Tola Radio listeners tell Rosan to do better
• Guyana trade mission didn’t cost taxpayers much
• McMaster books spot in World Champs finals
• Governor still receiving reports of political victimisation
• Erickson trial set to begin today
• Man hospitalised after being stabbed by girlfriend
• HireBVI to fete children this weekend
• Beneficial ownership raised at OT leaders’ summit
• McMaster advances to semi finals at World Champs
• Aircraft and drugs seized in Anegada bust
• Should gov’t evict unproductive farmers from Paraquita Bay?
• Sentencing for former Ports boss moved to January 2024
• Guyana could lend BVI land for farming
• 18-year-old charged with two VG burglaries
• Just over 500 increment payments remain
• BVI should lift visa restriction for all Caribbean nationals
• What we’re offering | How Guyana benefits from closer ties with BVI
• Retire and report derelict vehicles!
• Bullet-riddled vehicle found near latest WE boat blaze
• Strange aircraft sighting part of planned stop — Governor’s Office
• No harm for BVI workforce in lifting Guyana visa requirement — Smith
• Guyana’s oil discovery prompted BVI trade mission
• Guyanese were fully clothed during their emancipation festivities
• Global tax won’t hurt BVI financial services
• Sargassum seaweed annoys residents
• RDA to pre-qualify contractors for West End ferry terminal
• Men allowing wives, girlfriends to be exposed at festival — Parsons
• Governor concerned over conflict of interest on boards
• Financial services destroying local businesses?
• Caribbean development lags as nations work in isolation
• Four Virgin Islanders get ready to pursue studies in Asia
• Court told ‘Blacka’ Maynard was DJ, Uber driver who became desperate
• Our uncle is rolling in his grave — Penn
• VI youths get boat safety training from Shipping Registry
• Remedial works ongoing at some schools
• Gov’t makes another push to remove derelict vehicles
• Jougo takes crown in Parade Road March Competition
• Middle ground needed in festival celebrations debate
• Decomposed body found near Road Town cemetery
• United Nations leader supports overhaul of global tax laws
• Top cop denies claims that police not visible in community
• People already complaining about our festival spending — Premier
• One injured in Wednesday night shooting
• PHOTOS: Culture and heritage on display in East End
• People not happy about the display of flesh — Premier
• Our people are dwelling on negativity
• BVI next? Bermuda explores new tax law for financial services sector
• Penn calls for unity between East End and Long Look
• Elderly man gets new home six years after Hurricane Irma
• PHOTOS: Revellers unwind at East End Rise & Shine
• BVI hit with rolling blackouts amid power generation woes
• Kadeem Maynard wants reduced sentence for guilty plea
• Walwyn says he has an issue with Lorna Smith
• Wheatley explains how he maintains transparency
• Church, youth groups to march against gun violence
• PHOTOS: Festival Flag Fest
• PHOTOS: Droves turn out for August Monday parade
• Streaming hiccup mars Miss BVI show
• Birthday wishes pour in for Fahie
• Minimum 60 hours of yearly training coming for gov’t workers
• Should all festival events be free?
• PHOTOS: Rise & Shine 2023
• Anika Christopher is Miss BVI 2023
• BVI could name a consul general in Guyana
• BVI must be committed to self-determination — Premier
• Ports Authority issues apology over closed ferry terminal gate
• Husband arrested after assaulting wife and son
• PHOTOS: BVI Cultural Food Fair 2023
• PHOTOS: Reggae Night at VI Emancipation Festival 2023
• BVI to lift visa requirement for Guyanese ‘in short order’
• Residents riled up over closed gate fiasco at ferry terminal
• Police seize drugs, quell over a dozen fights at festival village
• Willock presses for BVI’s freedom from UK
• Gov’t slashes funding for youth beautification programme
• Mentally-challenged man hospitalised after attack
• Too many in prison on remand, says Governor
• Archer explains why residents were denied entry into the US
• We’re not happy with the landfill — VG residents
• BVI looks to cement status as premier aviation hub
• Premier declares unwavering commitment to fighting crime
• Willock gives new gov’t 7 out of 10 rating
• No evidence of foul play with decomposed body
• Inflation affects festival costs too — Walters
• Festival Committee, others will now be compensated
• Are BVIslanders being denied entry to the US again?
• Hospital makes urgent appeal for blood
• Premier urges safety and fun for festival 2023
• Festival may not cost the entire $1M gov’t subvention
• Calypsonians just not ready for festival
• BVI youth have growing appetite for ‘quick cash’?
• Media issues, live-streaming at festival now ironed out — VIFFC
• Long Swamp Library to be relocated
• Festival Committee explains new media coverage guidelines
• Watch out for intermittent ‘smoke and ashes’ from VG dump fire
• Potholes or pipes? Water issue more urgent than bad roads
• Did residents really ‘vote for change’?
• Here’s why government’s asphalt plant hasn’t been commissioned
• Festival Committee bans live streaming, restricts photography
• Over 40 mechanics participate in VI Motors NAPA training
• Gov’t looks to incentivise solar panel owners
• Private company to redo BVI’s entire water infrastructure
• Airport struggling with historical staffing issues
• We can’t promise that power outages will stop — BVIEC
• Airport workers warned about strike action
• Non-Stop concert impressed American Airlines
• New tax system expected to go live in 3rd quarter
• Boat burning may have been an inside job — Davies
• D’Moi agrees to be a brand ambassador for National Bank
• Dog attacks on the rise
• Outstanding COI reviews belong to the Governor
• Deputy Governor is responsible for late increment payments
• Gov’t brings new initiative to counter misinformation
• Referendum on same-sex marriage suffers setback
• Premier denies Belongership application backlog
• My goverment inherited bad roads — Premier
• Here’s why residents can’t get reliable electricity and water
• Parents urged to photograph children before festival events
• Rico Penn charged in high seas drug bust
• If Belonger interviews are waived, so should public service appraisals!
• Rosan blasts Premier for dismissing strike claims
• Rumours spread because leaders don’t communicate
• Premier says he struggles with balancing BVI’s budget
• BVI delegation visits UK parliament to strengthen relations
• Premier asks for more patience over delayed increment payments
• Stop trying to destabilise the territory
• Thanks to D’Moi, BVI is now Lakers territory
• Time to get over euphoria of American Airlines flights
• Police name trio charged in high seas drug bust
• PHOTOS: D’Moi Hodge returns home
• No ‘relevant evidence’ destroyed in boat burning – Police
• ‘Drug boat’ burned at RT police station
• Premier won’t ban artistes from Festival performance
• Governor asked whether he plans to suspend the constitution
• Relatives of elected leaders cashed in on COVID grants
• More residents willing to give information to the police
• Premier slams politically driven narrative about ’ineptitude’
• We need a number! COI costs concern Opposition Leader
• Police arrest three locals, seize drugs after boat chase
• Deputy Governor refutes Customs strike rumours
• Latest airport closure due to sickout staged by fire officers?
• Flax-Charles gets some praises in COVID Grants report
• 37-year-old arrested for beating his child’s mother
• RATED programme just about ‘cutting bush’ — Mather
• RDA should recoup wasted water funds – Skelton
• Clueless people making decisions for local tourism — Flax-Brutus
• Bad policies did more damage than COVID — Walwyn
• Maynards received excess funds under COVID Grant programme
• Turnbull called out for views on COVID grants audit
• Premier takes steps to get funds to upgrade infrastructure
• D8 Representative concerned over murders in his community
• Tourism suffering from interference and indifference
• What’s the real issue at the Beef Island Airport?
• More police services needed in Second District
• AG had difficulty getting some info for COVID grants audit
• Electricity company hit by major malfunction
• UPDATE: TB Lettsome Airport reopens after abrupt closure
• Skelton warns against treating consolidated fund like a spring
• Lawmakers unaware relatives applied for grants — Penn
• Governor hails Auditor General for COVID grants audit report
• Pier Park to get new gating system after robbery
• UK joins new economic bloc after BREXIT
• Smith came to businesses with ‘empty hands’ — Walwyn
• More spent on one-night party than on needed water pipes — Walwyn
• COVID audit has no evidence of wrongdoing — Premier
• Concerns raised over govt’s breast reduction saga
• Cars should be banned from Main Street in Road Town
• ‘Publish the things’, says Skelton on Register of Interests
• Six women appointed as public school principals
• Refusing UK’s multi-million loan guarantee was a big mistake
• Gov’t still very serious about fishing complex — Dawson
• Market booths empty but they’re rented, says Jr Agriculture Minister
• Groundbreaking for West End terminal likely this year
• We need the discretionary funds COI took away
• Skelton predicts lawsuits for some BVI board members
• Police to ramp up stop-and-search operations
• BVI experiences magnitude 6.6 earthquake
• Gov’t urged to pay over $10M owed to BVIEC
• Walwyn wants Prospect Reef progress report
• Penn wants info on EE sewerage project loan repayment
• Unusual outages! Homes shouldn’t need to have emergency generators
• Here’s the reason gov’t hasn’t paid some increments
• ‘Let’s Teach VI’ launched to fill teacher shortage
• Two charged for Pier Park robbery
• 6 arrested, 2 vessels detained in cocaine seizure near Anguilla
• Skelton to press Premier over rising gun crime
• AUDIT: Skelton Cline paid more than Premier, Cabinet ministers
• Gov’t gives land for youth centre on Virgin Gorda
• Governor vows to continue pushing for COI reforms
• USVI cop killed by murder suspect out on bail
• Higher minimum wage not the answer
• Market kiosks are just ‘tanning booths’ — Commentator
• Non-stop spending! Governors won’t dictate how gov’t uses public purse
• Better investment climate needed to grow tourism — Flax-Brutus
• US citizen arrested after assaulting pregnant girlfriend
• Social Assistance Report: Minimum wage should be doubled
• Walwyn introduces employment task force in D6
• BVI should have taken the UK’s loan guarantee offer
• Businessman installed as Rotary Club President
• RVIPF making progress in Pier Park robbery
• BVI struggle not yet over — Premier
• Labour Minister wants to simplify business startup process
• Controversial same-sex case to get underway today in BVI High Court
• Nearly $50K raised to assist Elijah Chinnery
• McMaster grabs silver in 400m hurdles at Diamond League
• PHOTOS: Big turn-out for Non-stop Concert
• Airport immigration beefed up as flights pour in
• BVI to get National Meteorological Service
• Motion on same-sex referendum may come before HOA this month
• NSC promises ‘increased presence’ after Pier Park robbery
• Daring armed robbery reported at Pier Park’s House of Luxury
• Rankin to retire! Meet the BVI’s next governor
• BVI to expand reach with trade mission to Guyana
• Premier moves to amend controversial retirement law
• I reported the Governor to the United Nations — Premier
• Joes Hill affordable homes not so affordable
• MISSING: Have you seen this man?
• BioSafe boss says education programme needed on sewerage
• Hodge named Gatorade Florida Girls Track Player of the Year
• USVI gets $27M from America to improve internet infrastructure
• Mission accomplished! Funds raised to save Dameon Percival’s home
• Conference coming to capture crypto investors
• Judge sets Fahie’s trial for January 2024
• Be calm! Strange sea creatures are harmless
• Public rallies to save Dameon Percival’s home
• BioSafe inks contract for Long Look pump station
• Health Ministry finalises social protection policy
• COVID Assistance Grants report finally to be shared in HOA
• Governor awaiting MOH’s proposal for electronic prisoner tags
• Gov’t makes major shift in work permit processing
• Tourist Board mum on spending for Non-stop Concert
• DDM introduces new emergency app with enhanced features
• Lorna Smith on the hunt to transform financial services
• HM Customs, law enforcement reviews showing progress
• Proud mom! D’Moi Hodge’s mother encourages single moms
• I don’t think Fahie’s drug trial will see the light of day — Rosan
• Mather urged not keep secrets for elected leaders
• Flow gifts customer all-expenses-paid trip for St Kitts Music Fest
• Cabinet approves Scatliffe as BVIEC Chairman
• I’m not following Andrew Fahie’s case in the United States
• Does gov’t have funding to assist the mentally ill?
• Minor arrested for marijuana
• Water woes force gov’t office closures
• Former top cop appointed to BVI Red Cross Board
• Contractors treating workers like slaves — Davies
• Help coming? UK officials tour Pockwood Pond waste facility
• Non-stop concert is a no for me
• Nine VI athletes to compete at CAC Games
• Fraser confident about negotiating new constitution
• Fahie wants drug trial moved to November
• Secret reviews? Governor wants unpublished COI reviews released
• No talk shop! Smith eyes real gains with business community
• Should workers pay for their own work permits?
• Residents should boycott Non-stop Concert
• Everyone should get tested for sickle cell disease
• Rymer warns motorists over Sophie Bay Hill usage
• Governor still concerned over procurement practices
• Money for Non-stop Concert is not “new money”
• BVIslander joins major English football league
• Tropical Storm Bret forecast to become hurricane by Thursday
• Festival Village named in Penn-O’Neal’s honour
• BVI Olympic Committee defends its track record
• Hodge breaks 200m meet record at New Balance Outdoor event
• Whistleblower law may have shielded officials in Fast Track scheme
• CARICOM condemns attack on Jamaican consulate in Haiti
• EU pressured to support new global tax rules
• PHOTOS: The King’s parade
• ‘Bumpy’ arrested over firearms possession
• Local sport leaders accused of neglecting some disciplines
• Census exercise suffers software setback
• Adaejah Hodge sprints to World Champs!
• Warm weather brings uncertainty for hurricane season
• These steps will clear Belongership backlog
• High school seniors being recruited to fill teacher shortage
• Teacher’s car glass smashed after student’s suspension
• American Airlines to increase winter flights to BVI
• Calypso and VI culture | Flax-Charles calls for genre’s revival
• BVI should stop imitating foreign education systems
• Governor may dip into consolidated funds to boost reforms
• Elderly woman injured in two-vehicle collision
• Harneys offers scholarships valued up to $30K
• Governor wants substantive reforms by end of summer
• Police, DPP to probe suspicious Belongership grants to cronies
• Kadeem Maynard confesses in cocaine conspiracy
• Social media negatively impact men too
• Persons take great risk in ignoring evacuation orders — Drayton
• Over $20K in prizes for One VI Poker Run
• UPDATE: Maynard pleads guilty! Cuts deal to ‘cooperate fully’
• Two guns seized, two charged
• East End fire claims one life
• Climate Change Board back in after 3-year gap
• Governor reveals the motives behind most gun crimes
• Seaweed blamed for lengthy power outages but there’s a legacy issue
• Maynards to appear for plea change today
• USVI marches against guns as murders increase
• Fire erupts in East End
• Walter Springette charged in connection to SCB shooting
• Airlift success worth celebrating, says ‘independent’ Skelton Cline
• New assistance grants draft policy released
• Home burglaries on the rise
• Non-stop Concert can help to improve infrastructure
• Guppies to be used for mosquito control as wells breed the pests
• It’s not just a big expensive party! Premier defends non-stop concert
• Proper planning needed to fix public infrastructure
• Walwyn presses ministers for assistance in District 6
• BVI needs a decent four-star branded hotel — Skelton Cline
• Mentally ill man reportedly involved in SCB shooting
• Deadly earthquake rocks Haiti
• Truck falls over Sophie Bay hill in two-vehicle accident
• Wrong message! Opposition against government’s $250K concert
• One male to be reported for assault in viral gas station brawl
• AA flights to BVI capture international attention
• BVI to host international Squash event
• Cancer Society shifts focus to men
• A fourth man charged with firearm offences
• Education Minister challenged over govt’s $250K concert
• Wind and heat forced Sunday’s AA flight delay — BVIAA
• Some BVI teachers aren’t fully qualified
• Too much invested in Ellis Thomas Downs to lose it now — Parsons
• Come clean on increment issues!
• We’re capable of building our own roads
• Who’s behind the garbage problem in Purcell Estate?
• Guyanese visa regime should be revisited — Fraser
• I am very concerned about the number of gun crimes
• Owners should be charged for their derelict vehicles
• Gov’t to host free concert to celebrate AA service to BVI
• Airport closes for hours after cargo plane mishap at the weekend
• Governor urges preparedness as 6 hurricanes predicted this season
• Rymer willed territory to non-stop AA flights — Premier
• Nearly half of Haiti facing acute hunger
• UPDATE: Masked men carried out targeted Harrigan Estate shooting
• Only D6 registered voters can get my free notary services
• Airport fanfare! American Airlines makes inaugural flight from Miami
• Not keys to the city, VI gets keys to Floridian county!
• BVI’s Culture Unit on ‘life support’ — Parsons
• I’m not an accidental Premier!
• New asphalt plant will bring new jobs
• Willock angling at Third District run in next elections
• We campaigned on change — Fraser
• Another shooting reported; one wounded
• Andrew Fahie should have gotten some support after incarceration
• Historic haste! Parsons rips hurried gov’t formation
• Former Ports MD set to plead guilty to drug charges
• Career Expo coming to help the unemployed
• USVI got billions, BVI got nothing after Irma
• Premier, Works Minister to be on inaugural American Airlines flight
• Fraser presses VI’s independence case at Guyanese memorial
• Sister islands residents get their own homes via housing initiative
• Rymer launches mobile clinic in 5th District
• BVI’s laws should not be blocked after being passed — Hodge-Smith
• Pregnant women to benefit from new blood bank equipment
• Families of politicians endure backlash too
• Residents flood new gov’t app with complaints
• Works Minister refutes airport strike claims
• CSO Director cautions staff over census security concerns
• Man killed in early morning shooting
• Airport operations resume locally
• Airport shuttered due to staffing issues
• Businessman: There’s a post-COVID boom in the economy
• Multiple guns found as five held in Spooners raid
• Jack Husbands appointed as Labour Arbitration Chair
• Lorna Smith not lingering! New changes to work permit process
• American Airlines conducts successful test flights to BVI
• Digital maps to aid in census data gathering
• We need help! Walwyn says ‘shame’ keeping businesses open
• Prostate cancer screenings reveal worrying statistics
• Guyanese community in BVI to host vigil for victims of school fire
• Empty kitty? Rymer bemoans limited project funds
• Census workers will only speak English and Spanish
• Lessons learned! de Castro vows to ‘lead loudly’
• Restrain aggressive pets during census exercise
• BVI’s culture of negativity scares educated locals away
• Don’t blame hospital workers for healthcare woes
• UK should give BVI resources to get to independence
• People don’t want the same old politics — Dawson
• Kishma Penn spearheads uniform drive
• ‘Remember we’re servants, not elites’, Mather tells legislators
• I don’t believe in same-sex marriage but…
• Kadeem Maynard set to plead guilty
• Suspending BVI constitution would have embarrassed the UK
• BVI, non-white OT’s being kept down intentionally — Hodge-Wright
• Opposition needs funds and new office
• Companies ready to help me clean up, says Lorna Smith
• CARPHA working with UK agency to fight diseases regionally
• People tuned out from self-determination, COI — Walwyn
• Premier wants to re-energise reform process
• Vehicle overturns during early-morning accident on Tortola
• Fraser doubles down on ‘motion of no-confidence’ threat
• High demand! Rymer says multiple flights added for AA launch to BVI
• Florida City honours BVI with holiday
• Lorna Smith plans bank talks to fix several issues
• The lateness won’t work anymore!
• George-Massicote returns as Speaker! Mather appointed deputy
• Parliamentary Opposition establishes shadow cabinet
• BVI must borrow to improve infrastructure — Premier
• Gov’t expected to announce Labour Tribunal Chair soon
• Premier calls for immigration transition
• Christian Council puts government on notice
• Dawning of a new day | House of Assembly reopens
• VG resident reportedly dies in Anegada boating accident
• Smith denies pushing new agenda after elections campaign
• BVI must defend its reputation despite Fahie’s arrest
• Lorna Smith pledges to reduce work permit woes
• Major OT conference on illicit finances coming to BVI
• Premier says ‘Greedy Bill’ changes to come in HOA’s 2nd sitting
• TRC to create a positive digital environment
• Gov’t establishes additional ministry
• Dave Douglas’ family appeals for help
• Cabinet ministers get orientation sessions
• You can report banks for poor customer service
• There is always a need for more CCTV cameras — Premier
• Public urged to hold Gov’t accountable
• There was nothing wrong with Fraser as Premier — Lorna Smith
• Education needed to stop some expats from littering
• No loan guarantee, but UK favours COI technical assistance
• Deputy Governor should be elected — Fligelstone-Davies
• Opposition will have to work with gov’t — Benito Wheatley
• Financial services industry attracts more crypto investors
• Premier Wheatley and Lorna Smith will make a great team
• HOA pension ‘not in my head’ right now
• No legal entanglements at Prospect Reef as Fahie suggested
• UPDATE: Brandon Benjamin ID’d as Belle Vue teen gunman
• I need more concrete results from gov’t
• Should expats be made to leave BVI after 2 years?
• New king in town! Business as usual for BVI
• Teen student arrested for allegedly firing illegal gun
• Media shouldn’t focus on no-confidence losses — Fraser
• Population census to begin mid-June
• Two men charged in drug seizure
• Businesswoman: ‘Same-sex couples deserve to be married in the BVI’
• Who will be the next Deputy Speaker?
• Here’s why no one has replaced Maynard at BVIPA
• Court tosses Prosecution’s appeal in Yan Edwards, Allen Baptiste case
• BVIEC to probe weekend shutdown
• Judge denies Fahie’s request for daughters to visit BVI
• UPDATE: Two in custody following boat chase, drug bust
• Premier pledges to demand Freedom of Information law
• Certain changes need to be made way before next elections
• BVICCHA splits, new tourism association launched
• The VIP’s secret weapon in the last election
• Hodge places second to Jamaica’s Reid at US sprint meet
• New D9 Action Group will press for development
• BVITB’s RT office still closed after 3 months
• Governor confident increments coming in June
• Celebrations as King Charles crowned at coronation
• Past mistakes will make me a better leader — Premier
• Rejected provisions in Police Act must come back — Governor
• US can do more to stop guns entering the BVI
• New gov’t must push transparency — Benito Wheatley
• Flax-Charles vows to continue advocating for the people
• Flow introduces faster internet speeds for customers
• Opposition presses for private HOA proceedings to become public
• Premier eyes ‘Greedy Bill’ reset at next Cabinet meeting
• Gov’t makes fresh attempts to develop Prospect Reef
• No UK permission sought to make Wheatley minister again
• Does the BVI need another gov’t ministry?
• Bad intentions! Premier rejects Opposition’s plans of disruption
• Referendum on same sex unions coming very soon
• King Charles urged to clamp down on Britain’s tax havens
• Lorna Smith performs first stint as Acting Premier
• We’re not happy with Labour and Trade departments — Premier
• Deal with Belonger backlog, Governor urges
• Sunday’s murder was a drive-by shooting, police inquiries suggest
• Senseless deaths must stop, Premier pleads
• Governor deeply concerned over murders, drug problem
• They were trying to push me out!
• Turnbull cautions public over Lorna Smith’s sudden switch
• I never set deadlines for gov’t formation — Rankin
• Fraser dismisses vote-buying accusations
• Low voter turnout and why residents lost hope
• Financial Services introduced among ministerial assignments
• My husband didn’t help me make switch to VIP
• People voted against VIP, but we should move on — Walwyn
• No regrets! I wanted to be Premier
• UPDATE: One killed in fatal shooting , police confirm
• Fraser predicts multiple motions of no confidence against gov’t
• PENN: Lorna betrayed the voters
• Former cop loses appeal over Breach of Trust conviction
• Public service increments now out of my hands — Premier
• Skelton sworn in as Opposition Leader
• Digicel Business protects BVI businesses with secure mobile plans
• Lorna Smith to be axed from NDP’s corner
• Fraser’s demands were too great — Premier Wheatley
• Gov’t launches app for reporting public space issues
• I made promises to the people — Lorna Smith
• The fresh faces voters wanted
• ‘Suspicious’ boat fires attract Criminal Investigations
• No regrets! Lorna Smith denies making ‘power play’
• Let’s move on, says Premier in post-election address
• Stunned Skelton Cline scorches Lorna Smith over VIP move
• Two charged for infant death
• Elections Act needs comprehensive review — Elections Supervisor
• Lorna Smith sworn in as Deputy Premier
• Cornerstone! Lorna Smith joins VIP to help form new gov’t
• Elected parties locked in talks about coalition
• Voter indecision caused ballot spoilage, not language barrier
• OP ED: Uncertainty looms as BVI’s next Premier still undecided
• PVIM sprung a surprise — Benito Wheatley
• Stamp Duty waiver gets one year extension
• FINAL ELECTION RESULTS: No clear winner! Coalition likely
• BVI votes! Steady climb in ballots cast
• Cabinet approves draft Police Amendment Bill
• Former governor told previous gov’t not to pay increments — Walwyn
• Governor may have to select next Premier, Dr Wheatley warns
• COMMENTARY: Predicting outcome of today’s election is a fool’s game
• Premier signing East End sewerage contract days before election
• Ron Potter appointed as Moleto Smith axed as BVIHSA Chair
• Cabinet approves 50 new Belongers, over 40 Residence Statuses
• Premier blasts lawmakers’ behaviour on Belonger vote
• Early voters cast a total of 1,436 ballots
• Reports surface that politicians ‘buying votes’ from the vulnerable
• It’s Advance Polling Day!
• Lawmakers’ discretionary powers appropriate, review finds
• Shameful! Premier slams untruths about public service increments
• BVI Love campaign was a political gimmick — Flax-Charles
• Bring back petty contract system, Fraser pleads
• Not the ministry! Establish central entity to manage land distribution
• Former Premier led everyone else astray — Walwyn
• Premier denies delaying COI reviews
• International election observers arrive In BVI
• Immigration Officer charged with Breach of Trust over human smuggling
• AG decries being tossed under bus, says gov’t passes laws slapdash
• Flax-Charles makes emotional demand for truth over HOA recall
• Historic House sitting is nothing shameful — Premier
• Validation bill could’ve been resolved discretely — Wheatley
• Belonger Brouhaha! Rymer blasts rumours about legislators’ spouses
• Levons rebukes Wheatley, Flax-Charles over ‘greedy bill’ votes
• Pickering: Rankin launched nuclear bomb in HOA recall
• Erickson trial moved to August after extradition
• 688 Belongers wrongly approved based on former AG’s advice — Premier
• HOA returns Monday to fix status of nearly 700 Belongers
• Easy fix! Lorna Smith pushes work permit processing solution
• Hedging bets! Malone blasts Fraser over one-member party status
• Total 42 candidates contesting general election
• Stereotype! BVIslanders not lazy — Fraser
• Are you having challenges entering the United States via ESTA?
• PHOTO OF THE DAY: First Nomination!
• No one on bail should be running for office — Malone
• NHI is failing, almost worthless now — Premier
• ‘Demeaning and degrading’! COI was out for blood — Fraser
• It’s Nomination Day!
• I won’t collect a dime from ‘greedy bill’ payouts — Premier
• Fix the system before seeking independence — Penn
• BVI wouldn’t have had any COI with NDP — Dr Pickering
• Political leaders debate: A new age of BVI politics
• Local taxi operator wins 65-inch TV from CCT
• Brewer’s Bay bathroom contractor blasts critics over video
• Lawmakers shouldn’t determine their own salaries — Premier
• Gov’t can afford to subsidise Anegada ferry — Walwyn
• PHOTO OF THE DAY: Demolished! ASPS structure now rubble
• PHOTOS: An Easter weekend to remember!
• New prison boss being sought at HMP
• BVI not a corrupt place, Premier says
• Road Town should get gov’t-funded board — Harrigan-Underhill
• Fahie seeks relaxed bond conditions as trial draws near
• Police confirms ‘sudden’ death of baby
• Governor Rankin issues ultimatum over delayed reviews
• Gov’t running on backs of public servants — Penn
• BVI projected to receive nearly 800K cruise visitors this year
• MB hammers Rymer over water woes, infrastructure
• Order in Council might not be lifted till May 2024
• Walwyn dismayed at Premier’s belated ‘greedy bill’ admission
• Gloves off! Fraser pummelled for distorting OJ’s record
• Gov’t clueless on what tourists want — Lorna Smith
• Symorne Penn is acting head as Abraham retires from BVIEC!
• Missing teen located!
• Politicians lying on campaign trail without blinking — Skelton Cline
• Trusted voice: Shereen slams VIP tape, plugs 5-point action plan
• Premier denies D7 neglect, promises ‘greedy bill’ repeal
• Cabinet makes plans to bring BVI IAC under direct control of gov’t
• Malicious rumours! Lorna warns VIP over false claims
• Town & Country Planning cracks down on unauthorised billboards
• Fraser refuses to be blamed for D3’s water woes
• Immigration Board members wanted!
• Give them their rights! O’Neal condemns ‘using’ expats
• WALWYN: I have no hangups over who becomes Premier!
• No place in gov’t! So-called ‘liberator’ slams VIP’s poor record
• Troy Christopher eyes D2 seat! Says constituency lacks leadership
• Zoe Walcott wants payroll tax threshold moved to $15K
• COMMENTARY: Stop the hollow electioneering and come clean
• Local ‘Progressive’ parties unite
• Walwyn refutes Premier’s ‘Greedy Bill’ narrative
• Be respectful! Premier scolds Mitch over ‘Head Coach’ comments
• Injustice! BVI’s night court should return — Moses-Scatliffe
• VIP hits back at Ellis-Simpson’s claims of unfairness
• RVIPF, Marine Association launch Operation Island Watch
• Drug charges! Name of political candidate’s son in arrest blotter
• Man gets 27 years for incest on 15-y-o daughter
• I was never asked to move deadly tree in JVD — Turnbull
• Asphalt plant to be operational by June! Major savings expected
• REPORT: BVI companies generate $14B in tax revenues globally
• Scooter rider racks up several charges after trying to evade police
• VIP’s candidate selection process unfair — Ellis-Simpson
• BVI’s wealthy to be targeted in Resilience Fund scheme
• Althea Scatliffe school to be demolished this weekend
• Attorney running as independent! Proposes Urban Renewal Board
• Man allegedly found with loaded gun granted $80K bail
• No equity! VIP must account for mismanagement — Penn
• Resident advocates for burial societies, says bodies languishing
• Smith promises VG Music Fest to create ‘entertainment tourism’
• UK must do a lot more to help us — Pickering
• We missed the mark! Wheatley says many mistakes in Joe’s Hill project
• Premier promises to slay NDP’s D6 ‘Goliath’
• Technology to be introduced in social homes to tackle loneliness
• US resident identified as victim in fatal boating accident off JVD
• 30 athletes to represent BVI at CARIFTA! Gov’t offers $50K!
• Police seize loaded gun in daylight stop and search operation
• Premier called ‘unethical’ for disclosing pensioner’s info at rally
• Smith slams BVI’s drug scourge, promises UK cooperation
• Premier blasts Walwyn over HOA retirement package hypocrisy
• Wheatley plans to quash harsh Trade Department policy
• Misleading election messaging circulating?
• Impediments preventing small businesses from surviving
• Male killed in boating accident off JVD
• What repeal? Malone says NDP helped pass ‘greedy bill’, collected benefits
• Malone attempts to dismiss controversy of Flax-Headley candidacy
• How’s the air quality indoors? Residents urged to assess buildings
• One more arrested on suspicion of fraud at HM Customs
• Shame to fame! Rymer says BVI has risen since Fahie’s arrest
• Unethical! Skelton Cline slams USVI Governor’s VIP endorsement
• Underhill proposes access road from TPP to Main Street for tourism
• Another $85M needed! No willy-nilly handouts doled out — Malone
• Mitch accuses Premier Wheatley of still taking directions from Fahie
• We’ve done a phenomenal job — Rymer
• Walwyn challenges Maduro-Caines to a political debate
• Walwyn mocks USVI Governor’s VIP endorsement
• Delayed opening at Immigration Department’s HQ
• PHOTO OF THE DAY: Fallen billboard!
• Don’t change the formula, Premier Wheatley urges
• Ethically challenged! Skelton slams VIP’s record
• Dawson seeks greater profitability for D1 farmers and fishers
• PVIM: Ian Smith replaces Hewlett for D4 as ‘MB’ added for D5
• Lands in hands! Wheatley pushes for greater land ownership
• Smith promises ‘BVI Youth Trust’ if elected
• Pickering happy for four-year absence from HOA
• Man arrested for writing nearly $30K in stolen cheques
• Former First Lady added to NDP list as At-Large candidate
• Travel expected to increase with BVI-St Maarten partnership
• Outrageous! Resident puzzled at $100K Brewers Bay bathroom bill
• Former ASPS principal, ‘OJ’ join list of VIP candidates
• Gov’t pushing hard to sign to sewerage contract in coming days
• Farmers and fishers go on exhibition across main islands
• It’s decided! April 24 is Election Day
• No clear path! VIP may lose majority at upcoming elections
• Think NHI is a burden? Try not having it — Skelton
• Former FS says corporate entities need to do more in giving back
• Age is just a number — Lorna Smith
• Premier says election day to be announced soon; explains delay
• Presidential Partner! VI renews deal with FCCA to grow cruise tourism
• Premier urges ‘grain of salt’ in reading Rankin’s progress reports
• Premier touts EE/LL sewerage, road projects among successes
• IMF assessors to visit BVI for Financial Action Task Force evals
• Zoe Walcott seeking to contest elections as VIP At-Large candidate
• Cultural imperialism at heart of same-sex referendum — Premier
• Red flags! VI shouldn’t mandatorily assist foreign law enforcement
• Changes to Elections Act just before general elections not a good look
• HLSCC seeking to obtain land for permanent campus on VG
• Wheatley denies ‘HOA apartment’ rumours, slams former Speaker
• Former Premier had a $10M slush fund for assistance grants — Penn
• HOA passes amended Police Act after previous withdrawal
• D6 needs better representation — Walwyn
• Two charged in connection with murder of Yan Edwards
• Minister blasts property owner for ‘harassing’ VG beachgoers
• Account monitoring coming for drug dealers, drug $$ launderers
• Pickering wants dialogue with UK on day one
• BVI made gigantic mistake rejecting UK loan guarantee — Pickering
• Proposed bill: Friends can vote on incapacitated person’s behalf
• Blame the gov! Investigations, rifts stem from old tensions — Fraser
• Malone defends rushed ‘last minute’ bills coming to HOA
• EE/LL sewerage issue is ‘elephant in the room’ — Dr Pickering
• ITA seeks prosecution for two noncompliant local companies
• RVIPF officers selected to travel abroad to train as women in policing
• Judge: Police ‘murky the waters’ in Hasani Frett murder case
• Former HOA Speaker joins PVIM, sees pivotal elections ahead
• Deposit Insurance law, over a dozen bills pushed in last-minute rush
• CARICOM offering support to Haitian police, humanitarian aid
• Police Bill changes not ‘slipped in’ at last moment — Governor
• Murder accused Hasani Frett granted bail
• Auditor General fires back at criticisms on EZ audit
• Walwyn on criminal charges: My hands are clean
• Governor unmoved! Says UK never insisted on elections delay
• 585 compensation review survey responses received
• BREAKING: Dr Kedrick Pickering returns to NDP
• Governor forwards CSC and EZ audit reports to police, DPP and AG
• One-sided affair! Malone, Wheatley criticise EZ Shipping audit report
• Premier mocks Turnbull over recusal from Skelton Cline debate
• We’re trying to avoid underhanded policing tactics — Fraser
• Police officers to model fashion in Family Fridays initiative
• Premier proposes withdrawal of Police Bill
• All gov’t departments to start digitising records by June
• Governor slams leak of assistance grants audit report
• Double dipping! Audit finds same grant issued multiple times
• Friends & family! Privileged few in ‘political arena’ score big on grants
• BVICCHA forms separate Hotel & Tourism Association
• Lost generation! Weed, coke in edibles at school — MALE leader
• Skelton: Still ‘a bit of confusion’ on same-sex marriage
• We’ve moved on, says Penn on potential merger with PVIM
• Three community centres handed over for public use
• RVIPF partners with Safe Haven to make injured rider walk again
• BVI should have a ‘means test’ in place for Belongership — Penn
• Cost of rent has to be controlled — Walwyn
• Erickson handed over to US authorities
• Several months late! HOA Standing Orders Committee elects new chair
• CARICOM heads visit Haiti during ‘special mission’ yesterday
• He’s a Vincentian visitor! Identity of RT murder victim now discovered
• Skelton defends taking PVIM chairmanship from Turnbull
• Audit report: Former Premier Fahie overstepped legislative authority
• System set up for us to fail — Deputy Speaker
• Last day for gov’t workers to give feedback for compensation review
• National Sustainable Development Plan to launch today
• Shereen Flax-Charles goes blue! Lawmaker joins PVIM
• Man wins over $30K for wrongful arrest, unlawful police search
• CSC no longer supports VIP because ‘gravy train’ is over — Premier
• Days left to register to vote, seek transfer!
• There’s been a cycle of cronyism — Penn
• I feel no compulsion to defend myself — Skelton Cline
• Not a popularity contest! Former First Lady confirms candidacy
• Ministers can walk out of HOA in protest, but they don’t — Fraser
• Remove the stigma attached to ‘consultancy’ — de Castro
• Man charged for conspiracy to murder Kadeem Jimenez
• JUST IN: NDP, PVIM explore merger but talks seemingly break down
• EZ Shipping received more than $700K pay when barges not used
• BVI models gain int’l exposure at New York Fashion Week
• Oops! I made a mistake supporting Skelton Cline’s contracts — Premier
• Auditor General had questionable conclusions — Premier
• Aren’t BVI’s water problems more important than CSC audit?
• Report: There are signals that gov’t knew Skelton Cline was inadequate
• Privy Council rejects Erickson’s application to appeal extradition
• Premier calls for code of conduct after media walkout
• Officials responding to cases of Haitians seeking asylum in BVI
• Untrue! I didn’t have option of elections after COI report — Premier
• Missed COI deadlines: Governor at fault too — Premier Wheatley
• Top cop renews appeal for public’s help amid recent shootings
• Press walkout! Premier accused of refusing entry to media personnel
• Opposition Leader pitches bicameral parliament to OT Minister
• Outstanding salary increments to be paid by end of September
• Multiple teacher vacancies being advertised by gov’t
• UK-imposed legislation not the best for the BVI — Fraser
• David Archer Jr is Acting Governor
• Male injured in Long Bush shooting incident Saturday night
• DPP having a drought with convictions
• Premier had option to seek elections at an earlier stage
• EZ Shipping, CSC audits should be public before HOA dissolves
• We can be trusted, we’re not rogues — Fraser
• Skelton not opposed to contesting election but it’s not a priority
• Pariah! Skelton and BVITB parted ways over leadership direction
• Governor: I’ve had no say in ministerial appointments!
• Governor endorses ‘electronic tags’ for non-violent prisoners
• Premier looks to ‘establish stronger relationships’ at CARICOM meeting
• Man charged for Sunday’s murder not the shooter, court hears
• COMMENTARY: Vote but watch at the paper trail
• Governor flags uncooperative statutory boards
• Hogwash! UK won’t prevent BVI’s elections — Governor
• Governor denies rushing controversial Police Bill
• Rumours of investigations against me are fake news — Malone
• Customs official arrested on suspicion of breach of trust
• Man charged with death by careless driving
• Greenland resident charged in connection to Sunday’s murder
• No progress! Governor concerned over hundreds of pending Belongership applications
• NSC approves increased police patrols, $20K reward for murders
• All the other parties wanted me — Flax-Charles
• Gov’t opens $1.7M market square
• Meeting you halfway! BVIHSA announces debt relief programme
• National Security Council meeting called in light of recent murders
• Local students with drugs, weapons threaten lives — Education Minister
• de Castro pushes improved pay for teachers amid ‘alarming resignations’
• Flax-Charles and VIP clash over resignation facts
• BVIFA heightening security! Cops recover footage of schoolboy attack
• JUST IN: Flax-Charles resigns from VIP
• One person killed, another emerges wounded after shooting in RT
• Police Bill debate postponed because of renewed concerns
• Vendors miffed over rates and requirements for market kiosks
• Bitter complaints! Why can’t we get int’l flights to Anegada?
• Tortola schoolboys reportedly attack VG students at sport event
• Money is there once you know where to touch it!
• I didn’t know of any corruption in my party — Dr Smith
• Police to keep prints, biodata for 7 years after charges dropped
• Perline Scatliffe-Leonard launches election bid
• Staffing support coming for Social Development amid ‘grants shift’
• Police Bill: Refusing to give name to police attracts 1 year in prison
• One more arrested in connection to RVIPF’s human trafficking probe
• Revised Police Bill: Officers must use ‘reasonable force’ for immunity
• Former Premier dismisses calls for return to politics
• Over 130 marijuana plants discovered near VG national park
• Fraser bemoans ‘horrors’ of outstanding public service increments
• Premier denounces violence after latest killing
• BVITB confirms Rhodni Skelton’s departure from organisation
• Police release identity of murder victim from bar shooting
• Former Premier rallies NDP base as wife mulls entering election race
• Multiple recurring themes identified in submissions to CRC
• My biggest regret is NDP’s split — Dr Smith
• Unfinished business! Premier looks to tie up D7 loose ends
• COMMENTARY: The unborn constitution Part 1
• Man fatally shot at East End bar
• VIP Congress wanted united body, says Premier after leadership race
• VIP has 10 candidates for upcoming general elections so far
• Don’t make my failures an excuse — Vanterpool
• We’ll take it from here! Premier says VIP seeking clear mandate
• UK funds new Rigid Inflatable Boats for RVIPF
• Registered farmer gets Customs exemption for poultry production
• Dr Natalio Wheatley retains post as VIP chairman!
• Woman charged with human trafficking! Four victims rescued
• UK wants reforms ‘seen through’ for Order in Council to be lifted
• BVI’s legislature too small to serve territory — Fraser
• Power struggle! They even try to use my father against me
• I rejoined gov’t because my mission in Opposition was a success
• Persons trying to privatise Virgin Gorda’s beaches — Wheatley
• Positive talks had with OT Minister! Goldsmith to address public today
• Malone rejoins Unity Government!
• Four flow employees receive top honours for 2022
• Panam Sports pledges to supply world-class pool to BVI
• Too pricey! Decision needed on Joe’s Hill social housing issue
• OT Minister’s visit to focus on security, environment, COI reforms
• Chief Planner accepts blame for street sewerage
• RVIPF flags upsurge in stolen license plates
• VIP meeting in coming days to elect new party chairman
• OT Minister Lord Goldsmith now in BVI
• No bans likely for importing right-hand drive, old cars — Rymer
• Market Square bus stop coming to fix dangerous highway practice
• No picnic! BVI took serious hit with Fahie’s arrest — Pickering
• Data-driven decisions needed in gov’t — Penn
• Fisheries database developed for BVI
• BVI constitution should be decolonised — Troy Christopher
• Hundreds apply for jobs via govt’s new employment programme
• Fully outfitted! Monthly rent for new market booths starts at $300
• Gov’t promises witness protection law, again
• National Sports Policy to be updated
• Targeted? Gunshot victim in WE attack shot over half-dozen times
• Malone asks gov’t to rethink CGB sewerage treatment project
• Major shift coming for Social Security Act
• Willock appalled! Says Najan Christopher only wrote a letter
• Leader training programme launched for over 30 educators
• BVI Arbitration Centre announces new CEO
• Investigators seek witnesses of fatal accident
• Former Youth Parliamentarian accused of forgery declares innocence
• UPDATE: Missing man found unharmed
• Detainees reportedly overpower security personnel at Castle Maria
• $370K hole for 10 public officers on interdiction — Premier
• Public will have input on audit for Skelton Cline’s contracts — Premier
• Gov’t cracking down on unauthorised beach activities
• Governor and Premier have had ‘challenges’ over reviewers
• One person injured in West End shooting
• UK’s treatment of BVI is like Putin in Ukraine war — Willock
• Some of us have withstood COI — Dr Pickering
• Gov’t implementing restrictions on smoking tobacco
• Southampton MOU a major achievement — Premier
• COMMENTARY: The Virgin Islands Constitution and the greater good
• Stepfather gets 21 years for incest on minor
• Reports completed on Skelton-Cline’s contracts, EZ radar barges
• Revised elections law put on government’s agenda
• Board, secretariat to be established to manage Road Town
• Mould shutters BVITB’s Road Town office
• Gov’t plans new approach to process Residency, Belonger status
• Businessman granted $80K bail over rape, threat to kill charges
• Premier: Paraquita Bay squatters have to be removed!
• Gov’t working to increase fines for road misuse — Rymer
• Don’t pre-judge meetings with OT Minister, Premier says
• HOA assistance grants shift ‘had to happen’ — Penn
• We’ve now found a way forward for medical marijuana — Premier
• Talks with UK to remove Order in Council deferred till next week
• Premier stresses need for accountability in public service
• $294K for Integrity Commission not in budget, SFC told
• New mandatory tax system to launch in March
• Premier signs MOU with university in UK
• Gabriel James charged with multiple counts of rape
• Another crash! Man dies in lone vehicle collision on JVD
• Cabinet approves two-year medium-term fiscal plan for BVI
• Police launch investigation into fatal Fort Hill crash
• Cabinet earmarks nearly $500K for two new social homes
• UK a burden on the BVI, Willock says
• New Marine Shore Base Building being constructed for $2.3M
• Staffing issues rock the National Parks Trust
• They suggested I was using power as Speaker to get special privilege
• National Unity Gov’t wants close engagement with UK parliament
• Governor urges residents to view Register of Interests
• Have a Painkiller with me! Premier invites UK officials to visit BVI
• No gift of gab but Ronnie is a ‘doer’ — Skelton Cline
• Non-locals using Paraquita Bay farm lands as ‘living quarters’?
• More focus on customer service for Immigration! Discourtesy a concern
• Penn says NDP still active, good work done
• Don’t listen to bureaucrats! Funds may go elsewhere, Fraser warns
• Penn supports term limits for Premier’s post
• GIS inks deal with telecoms company for TV station launch
• We’ve inspired confidence, Premier says ahead of UK trip
• Dogs euthanised for vicious attacks — RVIPF
• Penn would remove controversial retirement act if made Premier
• Several illegal immigrants discovered on VG
• My administration can’t be blamed for the roads!
• Staffing issue | Community centre used without proper consent?
• If we’re facing Breach of Trust, others should too — Vanterpool
• BVI poised to double its revenue, add $100M in 7 years — Premier
• BVIPA in need of legal services
• Many applications coming in to construct apartment buildings
• They don’t trust us! UK’s behaviour ‘threatening’ — Smith-Archer
• NHI would ‘be in the black’ if persons paid up — Health Minister
• Local representation beats the alternative ‘big time’ — Premier
• Lynette Harrigan makes King’s 2023 honours list
• Walwyn appears in court!
• JUST IN: Willock approached the police days before his arrest
• Broad curriculum review in the works — Education Minister
• Penn urges progress with EE/LL sewerage project
• It’s almost criminal! Malone slams UK Order in Council
• OPINION: Is the current political party system right for the BVI?
• Bogus ‘trafficking’ allegations! Willock vows to clear his name
• BVI’s Legal Profession Act an embarrassment — Michael Fay
• Procurement scrutiny blamed for overgrown bushes
• Gov’t seeking land space for junior high school plans
• BVI rated as having best beach bars in Caribbean
• Former Speaker arrested on suspicion of human trafficking
• BVI should have ‘under the radar’ talks with UK on public register
• Cindy strikes back! Refutes asking inappropriate questions
• No fair shake! Wheatley calls for greater equity among districts
• Gov’t to revisit charter vessels law — Premier
• Gov’t looking at February completion of market square
• Increased arrivals mark the start of 2022/2023 tourist season
• New behaviour management plan to hit schools this term
• CONFIRMED: Premier to press for Order in Council removal on UK trip
• Fraser slams RDA over sunken vessels in SCB harbour
• Our people are bombarded on the blogs — Premier
• COMMENTARY: The one sure road leading to a changed country
• Premier comes under fire over recent non-Belongers hired by gov’t
• No early elections, Premier says
• $20M price tag for planned roadworks, SFC told
• At last! Teachers get funds for additional resources
• Bad mindedness! Fraser scolds selfish scholarship recipients
• Gov’t should put fisheries building elsewhere
• Beware! COVID and flu are still here
• Greeter Service resumes! BVITB says ‘staffing issue’ caused absence
• BVIslanders vastly outnumbered among RVIPF officers
• Elmore Stoutt shares big dreams for ESHS
• Should gov’t dip into Social Security fund to secure re-election?
• Top newsmakers of 2022
• Over $100K saved on printing, Premier says
• Hope emerges as ESHS rises from the ruins
• Fahie celebrated for role in ESHS project
• Many people reluctant to part with a ‘lil $25’
• New details on New Year’s Eve shooting
• Give us the facilities! Next Usain Bolt could come from VG
• VG’s poor sewerage state not far from EE/LL — Flax-Charles
• Domestic violence is BVI’s most reported crime
• Getting projects done ‘like pulling teeth’ — Maduro-Caines
• Empty Tourist Board booth at STT airport lambasted
• Plans to clamp down on vehicles with loud speakers
• Education Minister elated at ESHS re-opening
• Walwyn’s big wish for 2023
• Meet the BVI’s first baby born in 2023
• God will save us from Order in Council — Malone
• Work begins on historic renewable energy plant on Anegada
• Remove Sister Islands Coordination from Deputy Governor’s Office
• Premier’s New Year’s message for 2023
• House of Assembly prorogued
• PHOTOS: Foxy’s Old Year’s Night Party
• 28-yr-old charged for possession of weed
• Prosecutors send hundreds of video clips to Fahie and co-accused
• RVIPF seize 11,000 kilos of cocaine in 2022
• Another Recovery & Development Agency needed?
• Unheeded calls! Trade Director to resign over low staff levels, SFC told
• House of Assembly repairs to be completed by February
• Gov’t purchases heavy-duty machine for road works
• FRASER: Stop misusing BVIAA development fund!
• ‘Classic Modern’ look wins W/E Ferry terminal design poll after tie
• Finance Ministry staff gets bonus cash for exceptional service
• Cabinet moves to publish tender waiver details
• $2.4M allocated to help the most vulnerable in 2023
• PHOTO OF THE DAY: A Rotary ride for Christmas
• Cabinet confirms ASPS to be demolished and rebuilt
• Everybody’s afraid of independence
• Fraser suggests BVI has widespread inferiority complex
• Critical gov’t staff sent on vacation together — Flax-Charles
• Nyron Erickson denied bail after 5th attempt
• New budget can’t solve all your problems, says Penn
• 25-yr-old charged for snatching gold chain, pulling knife
• Constitutional Review Commission welcomes referendum
• Turnbull, Malone clash in House of Assembly
• Admin Complex repairs taking too long — Premier
• Standing Finance Committee an exercise in futility — Flax-Charles
• Let us never be ungrateful for our bountiful blessings — Premier
• Not a merry Christmas! Fraser says community suffering
• More funding needed for rehab programmes at HMP
• Man arrested for gunfire during altercation
• Vanterpool blasts locals who treat tourists badly
• Turnbull highlights those who tried to ‘sacrifice’ BVI
• History will praise National Unity Gov’t — Penn
• Smith spreads good will with ham and turkey donations in D1
• Let the chips fall! Premier welcomes debate on referendum
• Fraser slams ‘wing clipping’ of lawmakers
• I never expected so much hatred — Premier Wheatley
• Some recipients not deserving of farmer’s grants — Premier
• Rymer rebuts Flax-Charles! $2M was well-spent on VG property
• Investors are knocking at our door!
• Crab antics! Vanterpool blasts supermarket critics
• BVIPA posts job ad for managing director
• $2M lost? Legislator laments wasted gov’t funds
• Let my people go! Vanterpool pleads for BVI’s ‘freedom’
• Turnbull blasts authorities who are targeting fishers
• Cruise passengers should pay environmental levy — Flax-Charles
• Budget won’t have impact on residents in need — Smith
• Penn ashamed at absence of Trellis Bay visitor centre
• Fishers not benefitting from law that was passed for them
• BVI to hold referendum on whether to legalise same-sex marriage
• Lawmakers to debate budget today
• Be careful! Constitutional upgrades can be costly
• New OneMart opens in Lower Estate
• BVIPA without a managing director for nearly 9 months
• Complaints Commission needs more power
• HOA made a big mistake not adopting my suggestions — Malone
• Expat views on constitution shouldn’t be turned away
• Pascha Stoutt charged for historical financial irregularities at BVI Post
• People aren’t equipped to discuss BVI’s future — Wheatley
• Dr Pickering should ‘fall back’ in re-election quest — Cindy Rosan
• They’re saying we’re slow! Premier praises RDA on ESHS work
• Refrain from polluting ponds — Natural Resources Minister
• New report shows issues Carib’n needs to address in 2023
• Fraser concerned over absence of senior citizen programmes
• Time to improve poorly designed road networks
• The last thing we need is another Breach of Trust charge
• Rosan to announce election intentions by year end
• BVIslanders are the ones giving top cop posts to expats — Matthews
• East End Marina reopens after fatal shooting
• Sewerage repairs no longer an excuse to delay EE/LL road fixes
• People think we benefit financially as a UK territory
• Governors trying to ‘claw back’ power since 2007 constitution
• Unlikely that illegal guns coming through regular ports — Matthews
• CRC can’t make Belongers eligible for office without residents’ say-so
• Gov’t gets $900K grant for water quality improvement
• Drugs transported from Tortola to St Kitts in toothpaste tubes
• TRC renews licenses of telecoms providers
• Governor yields, assents to Register of Interests Act with conditions
• Former top cop recalls how mistrust divided police force
• Premier reiterates call for Governor to be stripped of some powers
• ‘Nonsense’ to think police can just solve shootings — Matthews
• Premier Wheatley never ‘won’ his district decisively — Skelton Cline
• Police launch probe into shooting in East End
• BVI women not uplifting each other — Penn-Lettsome
• Students urged to promote BVI while studying abroad
• UK may not accept all changes we want in constitution — CRC Chair
• Those who arrested Sebastien perverted the couse of justice
• Political parties penniless! Long campaigns unlikely — Skelton Cline
• BVI still in dialogue with other airlines — Rymer
• I have a clean accountability record, says Deputy Governor
• Term limits not necessary for all leaders — Skelton
• Taxi and tour operators’ fares increase
• CRC Chairman disputes ‘bad timing’ tag for current review
• Gov’t signs MOU with CARICOM for increased border security
• BVI man gets 9-year sentence in US after multimillion cocaine bust
• Local Airbnbs urged to prepare for increased visitor arrivals
• Residents frustrated over wait times at Road Town Ferry Dock
• DPP appeals dismissal of perjury case against cop
• Gov’t looking to streamline airport visitor experience
• Labour Tribunal Chair to be in place by January — Turnbull
• Skelton Cline praises Pier Park built under his watch
• Woman arrested for pulling firearm during nightclub altercation
• Fahie and co-accused get July trial date
• I’ve never heard of people being fired for criticising leaders
• ‘That sun has set’ — Skelton Cline on Fraser’s re-election prospect
• What did previous governments do with the money? Premier asks
• Constitutional review meetings are better without media
• Lack of will prevented BVI from landing bigger jets in the past
• ‘Indigenous Virgin Islander’ may be a problematic term
• Gov’t to build another complex to accommodate workers
• Perjury case against indicted police officer dismissed
• We don’t want to sell our soul to borrow — Premier
• VG is one of the world’s top destinations — Forbes Magazine
• VG father charged after fighting his daughter
• Gov’t to introduce fair tenancy laws — Premier
• No gov’t concessions or minimum seat guarantees in AA airlift deal
• Financial services sector praised for boosting tourism locally
• Don’t underestimate the BVI’s diplomacy
• BVI to see smoother roads by the time American lands
• UPDATE: Minor taken into custody following fatal stabbing on VG
• American Airlines to fly direct to BVI starting June 2023
• Not an easy time! Premier shares bleak economic outlook
• Skelton Cline calls for national debates ahead of election
• Gov’t takes steps to improve tax collection
• Declare war! Parsons questions govt’s spending on roads
• Over $5M spent on road patching since 2019
• Fraser slammed for opposing Parson’s ‘land seizure’ pitch
• Deputy Governor shuts down rumours of public sector cuts
• Smith cleared to do business with gov’t! New contract not yet in effect
• Local wages and salaries climbed 5% in 2021
• $700K set aside for immigration detention centre — Premier
• Total visitor arrivals expected to reach 541K by year’s end
• Premier promises Music Fest return for 2023
• BVI’s economic growth could reach 3.5% by end of 2022 — Premier
• Too expensive to get to Anegada!
• Government is not responsible for all roads
• Police release identity of missing boaters
• Premier announces $399M budget for 2023
• Delays by US Prosecution humbug Fahie’s trial
• Premier refutes Pickering’s claim about dad’s ‘unfinished’ work
• VG pushed too far! Wheatley vexed by sister island’s banking situation
• Local businesses frustrated by frequent holidays in BVI
• Rocked! Malone hints at his “friend and brother” who retired
• Former Premier Fahie requests further postponement of trial
• Lobster Fest serves up 10 years of crustacean goodness
• Too many strip clubs! Christian Council scolded over liquor license
• BVI observes 1949 Great March amid political turbulence
• Legislators blast financial services sector for last-minute measures
• Pedestrian killed in vehicular crash on Tortola
• One rescued, two missing from boating accident days ago
• PHOTOS: TPP comes alive with food, fun and fungi!
• ‘God is the only judge’ — Andrew Fahie pens farewell letter
• ‘Sheep to the slaughter!’ Fraser slams local banks for mistreatment
• Why no scrutiny of banks in money transfers?
• Hospital housing 20 patients who should have been discharged
• BVIHSA actively working on compensation issues
• Embattled former Premier Andrew Fahie resigns and retires
• Resignation Letter from former Premier Andrew Fahie
• NDP throws full support behind Walwyn in wake of his arrest
• New Assistant and Deputy Commissioners sworn in, appointed
• Governor’s Office assessing impact of EU Court ruling
• Statement by NDP on the recent arrest of Myron Walwyn
• Diplomacy critical in helping BVI navigate UK relations
• Be careful with antibiotics, Health Ministry warns
• BVI has a leadership challenge, says Skelton Cline
• Nightclubs can function next to churches — Fraser
• Pastor Skelton Cline urges Christians to get involved in politics
• Wheatley warns of potential cost burdens in liquor license revamp
• EU Court rules against beneficial ownership register
• Online forum may generate more interest in constitutional review
• Gov’t hoping to create over 100 jobs this festive season
• Territorial At-Large seats treated like a stepchild, says Malone
• BVI losing youths after they complete overseas studies
• Gov’t seeking to lay pipes above ground
• Elected leaders didn’t implement damaging charter boating rules
• BVI cyclist makes history at PanAm Masters Cycling Championship
• Gov’t assures Joe’s Hill homes not for investment buyers
• Should residents have power to remove leaders before an election?
• UPDATE: Smith awaiting go-ahead from AG before returning to work
• Trial date set for trio as former Ports boss pleads not guilty
• Former BVI prosecutor writes letter to Governor in Walwyn’s defense
• Pickering promises first-class youth centres for VG if elected
• UK to send final shipment of COVID vaccines to BVI
• Man succumbs to injuries sustained in utility pole incident on Tortola
• Next constitution should give protection to ‘indigenous BVIslanders’ — Willock
• Big plans coming for local charter boating industry
• Government’s Liquor Licences Act could result in more noise
• BVI dropped the ball in preparing for independence
• Fraser says constitution review should have been further along
• Fahie and Kadeem Maynard plead not guilty to racketeering charge
• Penn says projects mismanaged at BVIHSA; declines outside help
• Gov’t would have to ignore public backlash to fight diabetes
• BVI Marine Association optimistic about govt’s new boating policy
• BVI must see foreign investors as ‘friends’ — Dr Pickering
• Rymer calls for Alcoholics Anonymous for BVI
• Police record upsurge in vehicular theft
• BVI pulling health professionals from Cuba, Philippines and Ghana
• Premier clarifies: Foreign water taxis restricted to drop-offs at ports
• Budget Day set for November 29!
• Other OTs would have more interest in constitutional review
• Trio accused of Snoopy’s murder acquitted
• USVI would have retaliated if BVI’s charter boating polices remained
• Stop referring to us as the ‘BVI’, says Opposition Leader
• Mixed reviews from charter industry on new gov’t policy
• Fahie and co to appear in court this week for racketeering charges
• Willock defends the many thousands wasted on aborted lawsuits
• Virgin Islanders allowing foreign cultures to dominate their own
• 5 illegals detained for possession of explosives! Boat captain charged
• BVI and Caribbean urged to invest in services for diabetics
• BVI scraps trade licences, work permits for foreign charters
• Non-locals invited! Constitutional Review doesn’t exclude anyone
• Can sittings be canceled for unexplained ‘unforeseen circumstances’?
• Framework agreement timeline meant to ’hang’ BVI, Smith says
• Youths being engaged in constitutional reform
• Turnbull to meet with UK OT Minister at climate conference
• No completion date for Carrot Bay revetment project
• Local social media influencers needed to explain BVI’s key issues
• Stop spreading false information on public platforms — former Speaker
• Chief Justice lauds BVI’s launch of e-litigation portal
• No leads after $20K reward in EE double-murder — Premier
• Report the side effects of your medication
• New indictment hits Fahie and Maynard with racketeering charges
• Global fuel crisis pushes BVIEC to sign short term contracts with SOL
• Investors ready! Gov’t eager to start airport runway extension — Rymer
• Smith questions motives of Dr Pickering’s political ‘reset’ attempt
• Virgin Islanders could end up with a constitution they don’t like
• Two charged for separate incidents involving minors
• Should BVI create special residency programme for expat teachers?
• BVI makes moves to fully revive yachting sector
• Attorney baffled at Smith being ‘assigned’ as D1 Rep
• No national plan in place to manage school maintenance
• Tenders Board needs to ensure gov’t gets value for money
• Smith Shocked! Says Walwyn may have jeopardised pending case
• Betteto Frett loses multi-million dollar suit vs FirstBank
• Rotary raises $45k to expand BVI Blood Bank
• Gov’t plans to ‘go hard’ to complete agenda before elections
• HOA decides on residency certificates for jury pool expansion
• UK agency to provide report on making BVI waters safer
• Unity Gov’t honeymoon over? Fraser promises to ‘heat things up’
• BVI’s first ‘special education’ policy coming soon
• Cindy Rosan and Tola Radio mend fences
• BVI at brink of abyss, Dr Pickering warns
• ‘We are small but mighty’! Charity Rymer speaks in UK parliament
• I’m not that stupid! Pickering says he won’t run as independent
• Gov’t shouldn’t be re-elected with dysfunctional incinerator
• HOA Speaker saved Fahie’s seat from being vacated — Fraser
• Are more high profile arrests on the horizon?
• Bureaucrats will run circles around National Unity Gov’t
• Native BVIslander Angela Burnett Penn cops international award
• Legislators were never going to remove Fahie — Dr Pickering
• New contract process cumbersome, slowing down execution of projects
• Not an easy road for Unity Gov’t — Mitch
• Burden I carry for BVI has cost me tremendously — Skelton Cline
• BVI’s rising crime a symptom of deeper faults
• Diseases emerging locally because BVI has ‘fallen off’ track
• Man ordered to pay $106K for pit bull attack on pregnant woman
• Flow introduces new flat rate roaming plans with more data and free incoming calls
• Education Ministry seeks to reduce need for fundraisers in schools
• BVI needs a new political party — Skelton Cline
• Rymer to push for BVIEC subsidy extension if oil prices remain high
• DPP’s office accuses Walwyn of attempting to sway potential jurors
• Former Education Minister Myron Walwyn arrested and charged
• Statement by Myron Walwyn on being charged with Breach of Trust
• Teachers feel threatened and underpaid — Education Minister
• Employment and training programme coming for Belongers
• Get Set! Cruise arrivals expected to surge
• BVI’s infrastructure won’t accommodate ‘mass tourism’
• Gov’t awaiting costs before tearing down ASPS — Rymer
• Be vigilant! Burglaries on the rise
• By-election to replace Fahie not likely, Premier confirms
• I’m not divisive and have never heard that I was — Willock
• I love press freedom, not click-bait journalism — Premier
• Lots of progress made in D7 under my tenure — Dr Wheatley
• Police offering $20K reward in double murder probe
• Constitutional Review Commission to host public consultations
• Cabinet declines RDA’s 3-year extension request, orders wind-up plans
• NDP will be ready when Premier calls the election — Minister Penn
• Still circulating? Police discover counterfeit cash in West End
• ESHS redevelopment project nearing completion — de Castro
• Gov’t has not given up hope on tackling crime — Premier
• BVI already feeling impacts new UK PM! OT Minister visit cancelled
• Premier equates constitutional suspension with slavery
• Gov’t workers in fear because of recent arrest of public officers
• Reject crime, says outraged Premier who was at scene of double-murder
• I have no sympathy for gov’t, says Fraser on continued tender waivers
• Gov’t wants journalists to send questions before press conference
• Heavy rains flood roadways
• Increase allowances for seniors, retirees, says Labour Minister
• Gov’t should take Ellis Thomas Downs by force — Eileene Parsons
• ‘Many people want me to run’! Willock might contest next election
• Major airlines show interest in the BVI
• Smith blasts legislators for constant lateness! Calls for penalties
• BVIPA’s Miami-based office now dissolved
• UK should withdraw Order In Council without delay — OECS
• Smith now serving as First District Rep — Malone
• Gov’t leaders hail late Registrar General Stephanie Benn
• Malone doubles down on claims that Unity Gov’t formation is a coup
• $350K approved to help BVI, eastern Caribbean increase airlift
• Jackie Vanterpool appointed as one of two Deputy Commissioners
• Truss must reverse UK Order in Council before leaving — Malone
• Rishi Sunak to become UK’s first British-Asian PM
• Uncertain times! Governor could be recalled tomorrow — Dr Pickering
• Child injured! Many more could’ve died in double murder incident
• Nat’l Unity Gov’t is a courageous political move — USVI Governor
• Premier decries East End double murder
• Too many exemptions and disqualifications for jurors — Fraser
• Two unresponsive and 2 injured in East End shooting
• Lorna Stevens charged with breach of trust by a public officer
• Premier keen on pushing agro-trade in OECS
• Ongoing political turbulence in UK could shake BVI
• No existing laws to prevent container homes in BVI
• Public invited to comment on Jury bill after outcry from legislators
• Dr Pickering having ‘quiet talks’ with potential candidates
• Should small businesses be compensated for staff on jury duty?
• Liz Truss resigns as UK Prime Minister
• Premature to remove Order in Council but Premier welcome to try
• Don’t compare Police Commissioner to ‘rogue’ public officer — Governor
• Willock was removed for being too antagonistic — Malone
• Are women not worthy of national recognition in BVI?
• UK places extra scrutiny on government’s tender waiver habits
• Should BVI isolate jurors from internet access, public interaction?
• Container homes shouldn’t be allowed in BVI!
• BVI should establish jury pool board — Fraser
• Juryless trials not being instituted in new legislation, public assured
• I’ve lost confidence in the Governor
• Malone claims closeness to Fahie led to his removal from Cabinet
• Committee established to name national heores
• BVI falling behind? USVI named fastest growing tourist destination
• All of the BVI’s failings were under the Governor — Malone
• New Assistant and Deputy Commissioner to be announced soon
• 75 firearms seized since the start of the year
• UK’s threat of partial suspension meant ‘total suspension’ for BVI
• HM Prison to now get CCTV surveillance
• ESHS student charged after knife incident with schoolmate
• ‘Complexity’ blamed for missed law enforcement reform deadlines
• New leaders aren’t the answer to BVI’s political problems — Pickering
• One report shouldn’t damn the BVI — Walwyn
• Not the time for partisanship or gangster summits — Skelton Cline
• Be careful! UK can still suspend our constitution
• Flow supports WIN BVI with internet connectivity for vulnerable families
• Premier to seek removal of UK Order in Council next month
• Public Service Compensation Review is an election bait
• Najan Christopher’s arrest shows hypocrisy in the system — Henry
• BVI continues to avoid EU blacklist
• COI’s approach to focus on ministerial level ‘too myopic’
• Rogue public officer should be an elected leader — Skelton Cline
• Reform difficulties not due to lack of cooperation — Stoutt-Igwe
• I don’t plan to campaign against anyone, Premier says
• Financial services professionals urged to speak up now
• Governor has made an ‘honest effort’ in COI reforms — Premier
• Public Sector Compensation Review to be completed in 9 months
• ‘Rogue’ public officer arrested and charged five months later
• DEA probing gov’t official? No comment on internal matter, says Gov’s Office
• Premier insists access to HOA’s register of interests is unrestricted
• Constitutional Review Commission, COI Unit to set up shop in RT
• Politicking may have damaged BVI in COI — Walwyn
• It’s their job! Premier says reforms are public servants’ work
• Former Postmaster General arrested on suspicion of theft
• Still no reviewer appointed for Belongership reform
• Just under one million dollars spent on COI reforms so far
• UK should abandon concept of suspending constitutions
• Gov’t to hire bush cutters year round
• VI cannot do reform by force
• Premier claps back at governor’s criticisms outlined in quarterly review
• HMP neglected for years! Security very poor, prison review finds
• Premier certain that persons still gambling in BVI
• COI conflated ‘self-determination’ and ‘good governance’ — Walwyn
• ‘Things taken out of context in COI’, says former Speaker
• Overseas groups meet with local fishers to help build capacity
• Health concerns force closure Alexandrina Maduro Primary
• Several reform reviewers report difficulty accessing documents
• VIP government’s hostility towards UK was unwarranted — Walwyn
• $97K contract inked to dismantle makeshift ESHS structure in Pasea
• UK wants COI reforms done before elections — Shaina Smith-Archer
• Cancer Society seeing more support from organisations
• Gov’t still unjustifiably using tender waivers for contracts, UK told
• Belongership applications increase as gov’t halts unlawful policy
• Too hard to do business in BVI! Slow permit processing burden people
• Money was there for public service increments, Walwyn insists
• Work ongoing for visitor facilities, Premier says
• Body of missing woman found!
• Employers burdened! If gov’t wants jurors it should pay their salaries
• No decision yet on contesting upcoming elections, says Walwyn
• Big mistake! Gov’t shouldn’t have accepted COI recommendations
• Hung jury, mistrial can result from dishonest jurors — HC Registrar
• A moving message | Father of missing woman keeping hope alive
• 6-year-old dies in boat accident! Search underway for missing woman
• ‘I authorise DEA operations in the BVI’, Governor admits
• Premier hints BVIEC subsidy may end soon, urges go-green route
• BVI has outlived the Westminster system — Skelton Cline
• HOA boosts agency to help fight money laundering
• Persons reportedly injured, missing from boating accident in West End
• Christian Council appeals court’s judgement in same-sex marriage case
• The system failed our children — Education Minister
• ‘HOA not a rubber stamp’, Premier says on reform committee
• Premier addresses victimisation concerns at BVIEC
• Local cyclist Darel Christopher Jr completes Road World Champs
• ‘Vexing common practice’! Gov’t shuffles, defers scheduled Q&As
• Premier unfazed by Pickering’s switch to At-Large candidacy
• Premier still clueless about status of gov’t spending with COI
• Decision whether to extend RDA’s mandate on Cabinet agenda
• Some deadlines missed, but good progress on COI reforms — Premier
• BVI may not accept Wheatley or Penn as Premier at next polls — CSC
• Suspension ineffective? Ministry revisiting school disciplinary policy
• Abraham out? BVIEC announces vacancy of GM post
• Malone blunted again in calls for parallel COI report from Cox
• ESHS reconstruction project to wrap up very soon — Premier
• RVIPF release names of BVI’s 8 most wanted men
• Public officials engage in sargassum management workshop
• Premier embarrassed, insists security beefed up at Castle Maria
• ‘Legal issues’ stalls National Tourism Plan
• Time to review At-Large system — Premier
• I’m not forced! Premier rebuts ‘Order in Council’ critics
• Gov’t seeking over $50M to continue recovery projects
• UPDATE: One of five charged for last week’s guns find
• Gov’t still working on improved airlift to BVI for visitors
• BVITB upheaval! Strike threats amid insurance debacle
• I will fix it! Premier unhappy about EE/LL road woes
• Fahie’s HOA seat may hinge on BVI’s proximity to next elections
• MOU to be signed between BVI and USVI for boaters
• Culture, Festivals & Fairs portfolio moved to Premier’s Office
• Anomalies found in lease! Track owners seek 1500% rent increase
• Police record another upsurge of ‘mentally ill assailants’
• Dr Pickering shifts gear! To contest next election as At-Large candidate
• Court declines AG’s delay request in same-sex marriage case
• Why Hickinbottom and not me? Malone laments HOA snub
• Some of our own people have no good intentions for us — Fraser
• Successive gov’ts dropped the ball after 2007 constitutional review
• Man accused of wounding stepdaughter with machete named
• Three arrested trafficking ‘suspected cocaine’ near VG
• Health Ministry plans workshop on depression
• Wheatley against constitutional review with Order in Council looming
• HOA declines to support Malone’s proposals for constitutional review
• No judge should decide our same-sex marriage law
• Premier leads delegation to Inter-VI Council Meeting in USVI
• HOA should be responsible for Constitutional Review Commission
• Police recover spent shells from East End shooting
• Vincentian allegedly injures wife, stepchildren with machete and car
• Republic Bank to go paperless by November 1
• New policies to govern NPOs in BVI
• BVI must do all it can to protect its ‘cash cow’ — Wheatley
• Walkers law firm sponsors local cyclist Darel Christopher Jr
• Fraser concerned sister islands excluded on statutory boards
• HOA pays tribute to the late Cyril Lewis Walters
• ‘I had much more to live for’, cancer survivor says
• Endless potential! Even HLSCC could have classes at new JVD facility
• Statutory board members should be elected — Fligelstone Davies
• Cabinet moves to continue interim policy for MOE grants
• Jasen Penn confirmed as DDM director
• No major damage reported after passage of Hurricane Fiona
• Athletics Association plans high-calibre meet in BVI for next year
• Labour Minister pushing local labour for JVD school construction
• Gay couple’s destination wedding on Necker raises eyebrows
• Delma Maduro appointed Chairman of new Tourist Board
• Fiona now a hurricane!
• Airports to close today until Tropical Storm Fiona passes
• Ferry companies to reduce schedule for next few weeks
• Theodore Burke to chair BVIAA after Lake, Sylvester’s terms expire
• Gov’t gifts Kyron McMaster $38K for his track exploits this season
• Gov’t refutes Thomas family’s reported account of racetrack issue
• Cabinet approves new BVI Ports Authority board
• Tropical Storm Fiona forecast to pass over the BVI this weekend
• Smith suggests moving horse racing events to Anegada
• Gov’t establishes review committee for marine admin policy
• Humane Society seeks temporary shelter for pets during TS Fiona
• Too soon to determine increase or decrease in registered voters
• Illegal immigrants captured last week escape
• Prosecutors share more details with Fahie and Maynards‘ attorneys
• Fun day to replace Sunday’s horse racing event amid public ban
• ‘Sensitive’ dress code required for mourning Queen, public officers told
• Pier Park launches digital publication
• Students recycle nearly half-million drink bottles and cans this summer
• Optimistic start to new school year
• Eyesore! Wheatley blasts VG Yacht Harbour for deplorable state
• Residents to get 3 months of BVIEC fuel surcharge subsidies
• New policy for selling Non-Belonger Land Holding properties
• Fraser promises AC fix at Ebenezer Thomas Primary by end of week
• Everything at RDA transparent and above board — McMaster
• Premier in Cayman for tourism event then off to UK for funeral
• Wheatley calls on Governor to probe non-performing Crown leases
• Don’t become political enemies! CSC ‘repents’ for role in divisiveness
• Concerns raised about rise in early onset of Alzheimer’s in BVI
• Cops open follow-up probe into missing 12yo who was later found
• BVI proclaims King Charles III as its monarch
• 7 illegal immigrants detained on Great Thatch
• BVI holds gun salute for the Queen
• Ban on gov’t halts horse races, other events at Ellis Thomas Down
• Police Officer loses ‘non-promotion’ lawsuit against Commissioner
• BVI’s anthem, protocols among changes in wake of Queen’s passing
• Premier to visit UK to offer condolences to royal family
• Governor announces plans to mark Queen’s passing
• Condolence book to be opened at Gov’t House For Queen Elizabeth
• UPDATE: Queen Elizabeth II dies at age 96
• CGB Baptist to house Enis Adams students as school undergoes fixes
• Government moves to address disposal of Crown Land Policy
• Territory failed to adequately prepare for Irma’s magnitude
• Gov’t committed to climate change — Turnbull
• Review of social assistance benefits welcomed
• Liz Truss is Britain’s new Prime Minister
• Chief Justice Pereira should be recruited as next Premier — CSC
• Good emerging from the horrors of Hurricane Irma at Island Services
• Paraquita Bay farmlands have been managed very poorly — Premier
• Governor lauds DDM for proactive, collaborative approach post-Irma
• Virgin Islanders urged to apply for Chevening Scholarship
• Male-female duo charged for gun and ammo! Only woman gets bail
• Premier reflects on infrastructural recovery on Irma’s 5th anniversary
• Walwyn weighs in on BVIEC fuel surcharge debate
• RDA can explain why its projects are so expensive — Premier
• BVI forecast to still feel lingering effects of Tropical Storm Earl
• No further discussions on ROI Act between gov’t and Governor
• BVIHSA pushing HPV vaccine for children
• National Parks Trust launches two-year Climate Change Project
• Monel Nickie becomes first female District Officer for VG
• Not pure talk! Tangible progress made for farmers, Premier says
• CARPHA helping BVI build vector management capacity
• Post Office opens in Cane Garden Bay
• RVIPF in joint patrols with JTF to minimise illegal activities
• COMMENTARY: Public confidence and elections
• Police stop-and-search yields more cash drugs
• Fifth anniversary of Irma to see gov’t reflect on BVI’s progress
• One charged in relation to Purcell stabbing incident
• Gov’t ramping up education efforts on agriculture
• We welcome expats but must treat locals well! Premier notes pay gap
• ‘I stay in my lane!’ Premier says he didn’t sanction Customs boss’ leave
• Labour Tribunal hearings on hold till new chairman appointed
• Premier attending African Caribbean Trade Forum in Barbados
• ZBVI awards General Knowledge Quiz winners and participants
• Two charged with gun, ammo, and drug possession
• Labour Department to get a Deputy Commissioner
• Unrealistic revenues will no longer be included in future budgets
• BVIEC should explain why electricity cost is so high – Premier
• Premier disagrees he is blindly siding with Governor on issues
• BVIHSA concerned about decline in child vaccination rates locally
• JVD Primary has been left behind for a long time, says Turnbull
• Large CO2-emitting countries must help small states with climate change
• Turnbull clueless on abuse of office allegations against him
• Walwyn pushes back on govt’s ‘free’ Toad Hall Estate acquisition
• Unite BVI to absorb full repair costs for Enis Adams, Francis Lettsome
• COI Implementation Unit being headed by Hadassah Ward
• National Unity Government not a coup, Premier defends
• HOA pays tribute as Maduro-Caines mourns husband’s passing
• One hospitalised after stabbing in Purcell
• Gov’t likely to dissolve Miami-based BVIPA LLC
• Round pegs in square holes at Labour! Some people need to be moved
• Premier promises to make teachers a priority
• Gov’t may not spend any money to acquire Toad Hall Estate
• Food Security & Sustainability Act receives royal assent
• Short-term fixes announced for housing displaced students
• Relief coming for BVIEC’s residential customers — Premier
• UPDATE: Woman killed in lone-vehicular crash in Cane Garden Bay
• Gov’t eyes private-public partnership to address BVI’s HR concerns
• Gov’t not opposed to general election
• Measures being taken to beef up Castle Maria security
• Labour shake-up will put systems and people in place for change
• ESHS won’t be ready for start of new school year in September
• Sweeping campaign changes coming with amended Elections Act
• CRC to make recommendations on how to hold gov’t accountable
• Gov’t enters into 3-year lease to house court at Joe’s Hill
• Some want to see gov’t members fighting — Premier
• Former Children Protective Services boss charged with child cruelty
• Quality Construction awarded $4M JVD Primary School contract
• SSB starts home-buyers selection process for Joe’s Hill Manor
• Premier to look into reports of lack of medical equipment at AO Shirley
• BVI needs proper detention centre — Assistant Commissioner of Police
• BVI Immigration launches passport control kiosks at Beef Island airport
• BVI must pay greater attention to renewable energy — Vanterpool
• Jahnai Pickering charged for possession of criminal proceeds
• Justice Floyd leaving BVI to take up post in Dominica
• Political party system has failed BVI — Skelton Cline
• ‘RVIPF needs to rebuild trust’, says Acting Assistant Commissioner
• BVIFA awaiting FIFA funding for Greenland stadium stands
• Our people don’t trust us to take them to independence — Malone
• All-woman BVI delegation attends C’wealth Parliamentary Conference
• UK could ‘come up’ with reason to deny BVI an election — CSC
• Coach wants BVI team to put up a fight at CONCACAF U17 Qualifiers
• Proposed Water Authority must be independent without going rogue
• Approach to infrastructure shouldn’t change with new gov’t
• Over 700 children benefit from D9 back-to-school initiative
• UPDATE: Escaped Guyanese detainee found
• BVI needs proper water, sewerage infrastructure to develop tourism
• One in custody following boat chase by BVI and US authorities
• High cost to live! $100 now only gets you one bag at the store — Smith
• Rymer will turn Water & Sewerage around, Premier assures
• McMaster defends NACAC crown with championship record
• BVI needs to reset standard for political leaders — Skelton Cline
• ‘Untold corruption’, ‘drug-pushing officials’ not reflected in COI report
• Trio appointed to lead review in three areas of COI concern
• Customs Commissioner Wade Smith placed on administrative leave
• Parsons slams ‘wukkin up’, vulgarity in festival parade
• Local man slapped with 11-year sentence for 2020 VG robbery
• DDM advises residents to look into renter’s insurance
• Jeremiah Frett confirmed as Financial Secretary
• Be vigilant! 8 suspected cases of HFMD reported locally
• Carrot Bay man charged for prohibited weapon and ammo
• Turnbull issues apology and moves to reinstate Climate Change board
• BVIEC fearless, will even turn off the Premier — Dr Wheatley
• Sometimes we take quite a bit of abuse — Flax-Charles
• Penn tours Bermuda to understand its waste treatment system
• Fraser concerned about senior citizen programme funding
• Accused cocaine traffickers denied bail! Faces up 10 years if convicted
• ‘Out of control’ statutory bodies must give value for money — Premier
• Gov’t must consider getting fuel from other suppliers
• Recall! Env’t Health Division warns public of contaminated Capri Sun
• BVI’s water production will always need subsidy — Penn
• Premier says costs for COI reforms are ‘evolving’
• Premier Wheatley in Bahamas at regional heads of gov’t meeting
• BVI may have missed opportunity to bag UK’s loan guarantee offer
• BVI being punished for its success — Flax-Charles
• Branching out? F&FC considering new ideas for future festivals
• Gov’t testing new digital system to gather info for the SDD
• Premier insists gov’t very serious about sports
• Two charged following cocaine bust of over 400 kilos
• Gov’t operations the main concern emerging from COI community meetings
• Many benefits to be accrued from positive UK relationship – Premier
• Anegada solar project faces roadblocks overall cost inflates
• RVPF’s increased oversight of ports improves security
• Gov’t in ongoing talks about statutory boards, Premier says
• Draft terms of constitutional review sent to HOA for debate
• Police recover over 400 kilos of cocaine near Cooper Island
• Counterfeit cash circulating locally, police warns
• Governor takes second COVID-19 vaccine booster
• UNICEF leading review on BVI’s welfare benefits and grants
• Governor’s first COI quarterly review to be published September
• Decision on whether to rebuild ASPS yet to be made
• Reform progress was key topic of talks with BVI All-Party Group
• Premier proud of BVI’s recovery progress since Irma
• Premier hoping for greater relationship with USVI
• Premier refutes that gov’t doesn’t give Athletics Association funding
• Premier to address long lines with local banking association
• Premier still committed to creating Freedom of Information law
• Changing prison culture necessary to stem violence among inmates
• BVI must not become a ‘gun violence’ territory, Governor says
• Governor open to talks about withdrawing UK’s Order In Council
• Jose Almestica charged with Deverson Williams’ murder
• ‘Restrictive’ language in amended ROI Act a concern for governor
• By-election may not happen after Fahie misses third House sitting
• Speed bumps! Premier says COI Implementation Unit delayed
• Free festival a possibility but the $$ must come from somewhere
• Premier hopeful A/C at Sports Complex installed by October
• New bill for WSD doesn’t have much independence — Fraser
• Regressive 7% tax led residents to other ways of transferring $$
• UPDATE: Erickson would not receive fair trial in USA, lawyers argued
• ‘Financially challenged’ NHI expected to undergo reforms soon
• ESHS ‘still on track’ to reopen for September, Premier insists
• Public meetings coming to discuss residency, Belongership
• New funding areas coming for govt’s money services tax
• Premier defers asking OT Minister to remove Order In Council
• Park entry tickets, marine conservation permits go digital
• Reporting structure being set up for Complaints Commissioner
• Eleven graduate as EMTs through HLSCC and BVIHSA initiative
• McMaster successfully defends title at Commonwealth Games
• Voter registration deadline set for September 5
• PHOTOS: Good fun and laughter at eventful Carrot Bay Cultural Day
• UPDATE: One dead, another charged in separate shootings
• UK’s House of Commons willing to assist in Register of Interests fix
• Magistrate’s Court moving to rented facilities
• Doing remote business helped grow financial services during pandemic
• Public servants praised for vast work done to roll out COI reforms
• Solar-powered crosswalk signs to be installed in Road Town
• ‘Let us work with UK as partners’, Vanterpool now urges
• ‘Xmas in July’ a success and helping to improve tourism off-season
• Reviewer identified for govt’s good governance policies — Premier
• Sheila Braithwaite appointed to review statutory board posts
• BVI women’s basketball players show grit in the face of defeat
• Vehicle crashes near Noel Lloyd park in bizarre accident
• PHOTOS: Pulsating performances mark festival’s Int’l Reggae Night
• COME ON VENEZUELA wins feature event at August Tuesday Races
• COMMENTARY: Time to stop blaming Andrew!
• PHOTOS: Big turnout for the return of August Monday Parade
• ASPS pupils to be dispersed to multiple alternative schools
• AG finalising draft document for jury pool expansion
• PHOTOS: Hundreds turn out for Rise & Shine Tramp after hiatus
• Premier draws on shared heritage in Emancipation message
• Mr & Miss Junior BVI and Prince & Princess for 2022 crowned
• PHOTOS: Ramon G successfully defends his Soca Monarch title
• Witnesses of Saturday morning shooting asked to come forward
• BVI Food Fair offering a piece of local culture
• VI not a safe haven for shell companies — BVI Finance boss
• Money laundering scheme targeting banks & hotels, FIA warns
• Christian Council loses appeal bid in same-sex marriage case
• OneMart store opens in the east! Persons hope bad inflation will dip
• Residents march through RT in recognition of VI’s emancipation
• Promised remittance tax reduction may be delayed
• Big prizes for TRC’s scavenger hunt winners at World Telecoms Day
• One charged as police continue to probe VG burglaries
• BVI athletes arrive at Commonwealth Games! Premier visits
• Premier optimistic about July deadline for COI audit recommendation
• Establish Indigenous Virgin Islander category and seek reparations
• Romance tourism market in bloom again, Premier says
• ‘I don’t know nothing about that’, says Heritage on Rosan lawsuit
• PHOTOS: Festival opens! Two honoured for longstanding contribution
• Cindy Rosan files lawsuit against Heritage and Tola Radio
• We are too comfortable blaming everyone else — Malone
• HLSCC’s accreditation reaffirmed
• Over $400M of Russian-affiliated assets frozen in BVI
• $65M CDB loan spent! Gov’t now seeks funding elsewhere
• COI found no smoking gun so witch hunts should be avoided
• UK All-Party Parliamentary Group ‘hugely’ important
• Fingerprints, phone data, CCTV used to link duo to Butler murder
• Premier away on official visit in UK
• Premier says VI regional relationship is strong
• Back to the polls! WE Ferry terminal going to public for review
• Anti-Price Gouging Task Force was not effective, says Finance Minister
• Olympians to get stipend for sports tourism
• Newly crowned Miss BVI wants to spread awareness on sexual assault
• Int’l community tightening screws on local businesses — Fraser
• Belongership is a privilege not a right — Premier
• Three illegal immigrants escape custody
• ‘Police in Paradise’ video to be raised at Nat’l Security Council
• 7% remittance tax to be reduced to 3.5%
• ‘Good progress’ being made with direct US flights initiative
• Reduction on import taxes extended for three months
• Jareena Penn crowned Miss BVI 2022
• Arien Fahie captured and charged for murder of Corey Bulter
• By-election will be triggered once Fahie vacates his seat — Premier
• 20-year residency requirement for Belongership eligibility cut in half!
• Fahie lauded for role in Frenchman’s Cay Bridge reconstruction
• BVI’s financial services will surpass 2019’s pre-pandemic performance
• Local lawyer contracted for review of ministerial and Cabinet powers
• Withers Law was not required to draft parallel COI report — Premier
• Education Ministry still exploring options for ASPS students
• Penn encourages applications for public assistance
• BVI All-Party Group re-established to represent VI in UK parliament
• Skeletal remains identified as that of missing man Walter Todman
• EE man gets six months for gun used in attempted abduction
• I want my Brexit! Vanterpool, Willock want ties cut with UK
• Cane Garden Bay Wastewater Plant commissioned
• The powers of our governor is part of a system oblivious to BVIslanders
• Lost at sea? Search underway for two boaters missing since Sunday
• Can gov’t ministers steal land? Wheatley suggests it’s not possible
• Minister De Castro endorses new education strategy for OECS
• ‘Puppets’! Vanterpool blasts gov’t ministers then retracts
• I don’t want to defend nonsense anymore — Premier Wheatley
• Tough questions are needed to advance BVI — Wheatley
• Constitutional review team holds first meeting
• Chalwell Estate man charged with smuggling immigrants
• Denied! Speaker not granting Fahie leave to be absent from HOA
• New Procurement Act has slowed the speed of work completion
• BVI doing constitutional review with gun to its head!
• Only two House members wanted me sacked as Speaker — Willock
• Gov’t establishes education grants review panel
• 19 illegal immigrants captured! BVI resident arrested for smuggling
• Hamstring injury cuts McMaster’s World Champs short
• Passengers from last night’s capsized vessel are safe, says VISAR
• People afraid to start campaigning for elections — Vanterpool
• Gov’t decides to ‘bring back’ old Register of Interest Act with tweaks
• We’re being treated like dogs by the UK, Smith protests
• Reverend Turnbull says festival deviating from intended purpose
• Fraser says penalties in withdrawn ROI bill ‘unconstitutional’
• McMaster advances to semi-finals at World Championships
• Vanterpool backs Parsons’ stance on definition of a Virgin Islander
• Legislator calls for debate on COI reforms
• Vanterpool defends Dr Smith, Walwyn over plane and wall probes
• BVI needs to define purpose of work permit exemptions — Premier
• ‘Sham of a story’ that one or two legislators caused HOA to recess
• Fraser bemoans poor state of VI’s mental health system
• Negative COVID test no longer required upon entry into BVI
• Outraged! Civil Service Association calls for ROI Act to be ‘shelved’
• Premier hopes coalition gov’t lasts beyond next election
• Two new COVID Omicron variants found in BVI
• Relationship with UK was strained under previous regime — Premier
• Over 70 gov’t and statutory board reps trained ahead 2023 evaluation
• Christian Council pens complaint about proposed same-sex marriage
• Voting public needs to be more vocal about concerns — Dr Samuel
• Penn tackles recurring issue of late payments to hospital staff
• BVI financial services sector lauded as most successful in C’bean
• Prior failed BVI extraditions cited in denying Kadeem Maynard bail
• Local businesses must be main drivers of BVI’s economic progress
• Tramp, parade, water sports return this year! No calypso competition
• Hospital CEO expresses concern over mental health of staff
• Panam Sports pledges to build swimming pool in BVI
• Public misperception about NHI and costs to deliver patient care
• Only coronations for Miss BVI and Mr & Miss Junior BVI this year
• Gov’t to put no more than $2.2M on assistance grants transfer to SDD
• ‘Festival suffers from underfunding’ — Festival Committee
• BVIOC names 19-member Commonwealth Games team
• Speaker declines to comment on Fahie’s Notice of Absence
• Conflict, hostility should be avoided between BVI and UK
• Gov’t seeking bids to rebuild Eslyn Henley Richiez Learning Centre
• Premier to discuss increasing fiscal space with UK for road projects
• No single stakeholder group speaks for everyone in BVI — Governor
• Still no Withers Law report on COI! Malone concerned
• Judge tosses video evidence coming from house where Erickson fled
• Why the rush? Malone questions haste in pushing COI reforms
• Residents, visitors advised to keep away from eastern Anegada beach
• Bill introduced in UK to legalise same-sex marriage in British OTs
• Premier thanks UN Secretary General at CARICOM conference
• Boris Johnson resigns
• Cancer Society responds amid NHI’s changes to screenings policy
• Campaign finance law already here and we don’t know — Vanterpool
• Unstable! Malone concerned over UK fracas, possible interim gov’t
• Rankin denies governing BVI with ‘heavy hand’
• BVI bags medals at inaugural Caribbean Games
• McMaster, DeFreitas to represent BVI At World Champs this month
• Arien Fahie wanted for questioning in relation to Corey Butler murder
• BVI too small for division; focus on elections — Dr Pickering
• Gov’t assessing possibility of forming district councils
• New transparency act may discourage persons from serving on boards
• Gov’t to organise local stranding network after mass whale deaths
• Governor declines to say if CRC pick wants UK rule
• Gov’t to establish COI Implementation Unit by July 15
• Parsons’ VI Day comments spark heated heritage debate
• Cost to fund this year’s COI reforms to be provided by mid-July
• Wheatley says its hard to balance jobs as Premier and District Rep
• Governor says missed deadline on ROI bill not of great concern
• Matter for Speaker if former Premier is excused from HOA
• Not true! BVITB was not consulted about ‘Police in Paradise’ video
• Education Minister to give update on Althea Scatliffe closure
• Gov’t will honour AC contract with accused businessman
• Gov’t committed to rooting out ‘possibility’ of corruption
• Jose Almestica stabbed during prison altercation
• Dozens of whales found dead on Anegada
• ‘Police in Paradise’ video producers had consulted BVITB — Governor
• 16 members of Constitutional Review Commission Named!
• Vanterpool says new ROI Act should not apply to current legislators
• HOA recesses abruptly amidst appeal over bill’s ‘deadline’ thrust
• New Register of Interest Act will extend to others in public life
• New education grant system will be superior to old one — Premier
• Fahie sends notice of absence to HOA Speaker
• Gov’t to take action to recuperate grants acquired fraudulently
• Finance Minister seeks to cut BVI’s over-reliance on financial services
• Funding COI reforms ‘difficult’; belt tightening needed — Premier
• Premier agrees with Sir Gary on route to self-governance
• BVI Finance launches content series on local financial services industry
• Organisers have high expectations as Emancipation festivities return
• Damage control! BVITB monitoring int’l response to viral police video
• Palm Grove contract rescinded because of issues with parties involved
• Premier looking to revive zoning strategy interrupted by hurricanes
• Enough blame to go around but let’s seek to fix BVI’s problems
• Local activists demand Police Commissioner’s resignation
• Police seize four oversized bikes on Tortola
• Subsidy the only remedy for rising electrical costs — Premier
• Gov’t assessing equipment needs at VG medical centre
• My brother and I keep it professional, says Premier
• Inappropriate! Governor to address ‘Police in Paradise’ video — Premier
• I’ll be inquiring! Penn ‘appalled’ at RVIPF recruitment video gone awry
• Kelvin Thomas hit with 3 charges in relation to ESHS wall project
• Commissioner apologises for graphic RVIPF video in circulation
• Last cheques to HOA grant recipients before SDD takes over
• DDM warns public to monitor two Tropical Waves now in the Atlantic
• Fahie hasn’t asked to join HOA remotely! Public debate continues
• PREMIER: Transparency criticisms on COI reform meetings ‘ridiculous’
• Discussion needed to balance concerns on issuing Belongership
• Why gov’t is having public meetings on COI reforms after UK approval
• Trade Commission to be a ‘one-stop shop’ business operators
• Premier says government will not pay Willock’s fees
• Trade license fee increases won’t come in effect till 2024
• Man charged for Corey Butler’s murder!
• Cabinet waives tender process for Premier’s Special Advisers
• Don’t penalise employees for employers’ tax failings — Fraser
• Premier encourages ESHS graduates to join HLSCC and public service
• Bad East End/Long Look roads the butt of jokes — Penn
• Cabinet rescinds Palm Grove contract to Meridian Construction
• BVIOC announces team for Caribbean Games
• People say we’re lazy but it’s the working conditions — Fraser
• Churches must do more than pray to help reduce crime — Bishop
• Former Myett’s employees win $96K judgment over 2017 dismissal
• Gov’t chided for underfunding repairs to D3’s sewerage plant
• Support small businesses, big ones don’t bank here — Smith
• Rymer pledges support to improve telecoms in BVI
• BVI’s latest murder victim confirmed to be Corey Butler
• New trade license fees too steep! Businesses, economy will suffer
• Fahie seeks extension on filing deadline in drug case
• Skelton Cline criticises gov’t for media-restricted public meetings
• Mask mandate still in place for certain gov’t offices
• Man shot dead near Flemming Street
• Public concerns about space at ESHS but RDA says campus is roomy
• Penn urges rethink on how gov’t does business with public
• Many feel England should ‘step in’ — Eileene Parsons
• Progress of ESHS redevelopment project ahead of schedule — RDA
• Malone offers support to Health Ministry from Opposition if asked
• They need to thank me for mobile phone expansion in BVI— Fraser
• US businessman found with gun at airport fined $50K
• Steven Spencer wins BVI Junior Chef Showdown
• Trade license fees to see massive increases under new Business Act
• Businesses setting up shop in wrong places with poor zoning
• Former Labour Minister berates ‘trade license hoarders’
• We think ministerial posts are ours, but they’re not — Penn
• Premier pledges help to OTs seeking UN sustainable development support
• Althea Scatliffe school building closed because of structural issues
• EE man charged with attempted robbery, cultivating cannabis
• Why is Shaqhoi’s autopsy taking so long? Fireman’s family seeks answers
• Don’t allow predatory businesses to destroy economic climate — Penn
• Be careful! Our laws must not discourage people from doing business
• Travesty! Fraser pleads for reopening of SCB community centre
• I didn’t resign from government out of bitterness — Malone
• Business Licensing Act to make BVI more attractive for trade
• Former Premier signs extradition waiver ahead of trial
• Fahie ‘sent word’ to Malone that he was OK
• Malone undecided on whether to contest next general election
• UK will still suspend BVI’s constitution, Malone predicts
• Malone won’t say if BVI has corruption
• Malone resigns from Unity Gov’t to join parliamentary Opposition
• Premier and top cop having talks about RVIPF salary increments
• Statutory boards review to look at political interference
• $15K up for grabs at InKnowvation: Small Business Fridays
• More rooms needed for thousands coming for return of Xmas in July
• Have some respect for me, says Fraser to gov’t ministers
• Desha Skelton of ESHS cops BVI Junior Ambassador title
• Resignation rumours false! I will serve to full term — Vanterpool
• WANTED: Police accuse Erick Rabsatt of murder
• NHI responds to claims that it has stopped covering certain drugs
• Fraser rips into BVI’s effluent-filled streets! Says USVI does better
• Re-register! New tax system being rolled out next February
• Fast-tracked Belongership scheme gets one-year audit deadline
• Masks no longer mandated in public or private spaces
• Fahie now released on bail, sources say
• RVIPF: 7 of eight serious collisions this year are scooter related
• Skelton Cline audits given December deadline
• Local boat captain nabbed in $3M Florida drug bust
• ‘Admin delays’ why May welfare cheques not issued to seniors
• Cost of elevator work at Admin Complex was lower than estimated
• Cabinet expected to fully cooperate with post-COI audits, probes
• Local businessman files to fund Fahie’s bail
• Premier slams website for publishing draft UK-BVI reform proposals
• Gov’t contracts above $100K to now be vetted by Governor
• Was Malone left out of UK/BVI negotiations?
• UK still willing to assist despite BVI’s ‘ineligibility’ for financial aid
• Government will not forget recovery from Irma and Maria
• Premier seeks to mend relationship between gov’t and governor
• Governor mum on ‘Government Official 1’ investigation
• Fahie’s arrest impacted tourism, financial services — Premier
• Elections on! COI recommendations roll-out binding on any future gov’t
• UK open to offering financial help to carry out post-COI reforms
• Cut out NHI abuse, Penn warns
• Public Service inadequacies can’t be blamed on Governor — Rankin
• UK decides not to partially suspend BVI constitution
• SOL steps in to offer No. 2 diesel fuel to BVIEC
• Deficit funds for ESHS project now coming from $31M SAP
• VG residents asked for more time for gov’t to outfit Medical Centre
• Residents urged to be more conscious of food they consume
• ‘Pay close attention’ to updates on proposed constitution suspension
• No briefing from consumer task force yet — Premier
• Public service cuts ahead? Governor says change inevitable
• Giving Anegada its own District Rep possible in constitution review
• Laws should be followed on Belongership, Governor says
• National Tourism Plan on hold
• Dominican Republic minister shot dead in office
• Existing constitutional structure insufficient at tackling abuses
• BVI has done well in tackling money laundering — Premier
• Appointing Contractor General still a priority
• UK spent under £3 million for COI
• Bishop: Gov gravely mistaken that ‘wider public’ supports UK takeover
• Governor pushes back on OECS, CARICOM’s ‘colonialism’ claims
• Government’s ganja bill further stalled amid UK/BVI COI talks
• PHOTOS: Over 300 civil servants awarded at Queen’s celebrations
• Nat’l Unity Gov’t does not mean the end of political parties — Premier
• Gov’t to start public meetings about COI proposals on June 20
• Fraser concerned about Governor’s unpaid $44K COI bill
• Small anti-UK rule protests not representative of wider public — Governor
• More criminal investigations likely, Governor warns
• Premier urges preparation as busy hurricane season forecasted
• Queen honours BVI Humane Society’s shelter manager with MBE
• Opposition pushes for public loan forgiveness from National Bank
• Advocacy programme launched for public officials
• Fahie set for July trial date, court filing shows
• HOA to make funds available for COI’s recommended audits
• ESHS donor prefers to remain anonymous, Premier says
• Gov’t suspends contract with firm hired to ‘rebuild’ BVI’s reputation
• Campaign donations shouldn’t be linked to future favours — Premier
• The only sustainable fix! Reservoir being finalised for Paraquita farms
• Properly constructed landfill being proposed
• Legislative changes being mulled for statutory boards
• Diversifying tourism is a priority for the Premier
• Junior Tourism Week launches with news of 3 youth competitions
• Fahie still being paid as D1 Rep but should focus on his case — Premier
• Belonger status has been dealt with hatefully, immaturely — Premier
• ‘Changes’ coming at Labour Ministry; people to be ‘shifted’
• Premier not saying if gov’t will help Willock with fees till he reads HOA report
• No ‘$80K contract’ but Digicel hired in GIS TV venture
• National Unity Government to review 7% remittance tax
• Health Minister says gov’t monitoring int’l monkeypox outbreak
• Revenues collected not enough to fund government’s priorities
• Over $8M spent on govt’s COI defence
• Intruders using blowtorches at PWP dumpsite after hours
• Over $1.6M in rent concessions offered to TPP tenants since 2020
• Former Premier Fahie instructed us to file injunction against COI
• Five Acts left without assent across gov’ts! Four under Fahie’s watch
• UPDATE: Willock usurped AG! Committee says he must pay fees
• Corine George-Massicote sworn in as new Speaker of HOA
• No analysis or audit! Over $1.3M spent on transportation assistance
• COI lacked facilities for financial probe, Sir Gary
• My crops are dying! Paraquita Bay farmer says water woes never fixed
• Past political experiences prepared me to be Premier
• Years outstanding! Police demand payment of increments, allowances
• COI report calls for wholesale review of BVI’s welfare systems
• False reporting a concern! Premier denies issuing $80K media contract
• Elected officials will no longer be responsible for social assistance grants
• Walwyn insists COI conclusions on ESHS wall are unfounded
• Gov’t moving forward with high school project — Premier
• Fahie granted $1M bail after failed appeal by US prosecutors
• Three vehicles collide on highway
• Airports Authority Board and SSB will be dissolved
• Gov’t proposes shared responsibility with governor to implement COI recommendations
• COI: Comprehensive review of residency, Belonger status needed
• Prison undermanned! Half of HMP’s senior managers on suspension
• Inland Revenue extends property tax amnesty to February 2023
• Sports may soon be placed as its own line item in territory’s budget
• Bike found! Fireman’s burial halted as suspicion of foul play arises
• Steps must be taken to protect statutory boards, Sir Gary warns
• COI Report: Former FS was in conflict-of-interest spot with BVIA project
• Audit finds COVID-19 church grants inflated by over 600%
• Gov’t plans to make Self-Governance Assessment Report public
• Finance Minister to assess Custom duties reduction
• Fire burns at hillside above Pockwood Pond waste facility
• Have you seen this escaped detainee?
• A return from UK takeover will be hard without constitutional reform
• Timing of VIP’s good governance initiatives not a coincidence
• Adaejah Hodge looks to end season on a high at World Championships
• COI finds that factors outside public interest occurred with ESHS wall
• Athletics Association VP calls for more recognition of track coaches
• Commissioner declines to state RVIPF’s involvement in Fahie probe
• Wheatley to check if former Premier Fahie still getting paid
• Premier hopes UK will respond to government’s proposals within days
• Premier won’t preempt criminal investigations into gov’t
• DDM warns residents to brace for fresh wave of Saharan dust
• Local female footballers call for BVIFA to do better
• No secrecy! Skelton Cline calls for transparency in VI-UK negotiations
• Election reform among priorities of new government’s agenda
• Govt’s affairs will be reprioritised; projects stopped — Dr Wheatley
• BVI Special Envoy thanks region for support amid threat of UK rule
• LETTER: BVI needs a Fiscal Control Board, one person can’t be all-powerful
• Final phase of Fish Bay Road Rehabilitation Project underway
• Willock’s legal fees to remain unresolved till new Speaker appointed
• Despite denials, Fahie knew about VINPP concerns, COI finds
• BVIPA’s company in Miami just an outreach location; probe continues
• Ministerial advisors will continue for new gov’t — Premier Wheatley
• Premier says he needs permission to reveal ESHS’ anonymous donors
• Premier: Gov’t members just weren’t confident in Willock
• BVI hosts familiarisation trips for int’l journalists, travel advisors
• We’re unbothered about ‘Gov’t Official 1’, willing to help US — Dr Wheatley
• Gov’t planning meeting with D1 residents to decide way forward
• Former Premier deemed a ‘severe flight risk’ — US prosecutors
• No time for the blame game — Premier Wheatley
• Decision about an election up to the UK
• Disappointing! BVIEC did not heed our warnings, says Delta
• Fahie’s arrest has not impacted Sea Trade Conference success
• PS Morton on leave as probe on Premier’s Office happens
• COI slams AG for accusing former Registrar of Interests of criminality
• $1M contract to install elevator at Admin Complex
• BVI continues sanctions on Russia in display of commitment to UK
• Unelected officials can’t make decisions for the people — Premier
• Top Priority wins contract without waiver or retroactive approval
• Governor orders criminal investigations into government
• Fahie and company officially indicted by US Grand Jury
• 151 active COVID-19 cases currently in the territory
• COI: Suspicious that BVIPA instantly fires lawyer who flagged Patsy Lake rental
• BVI governance very poor at elected public official level — Sir Gary
• COI Report: Gov’t ignored guidelines for procuring private office spaces
• Premier submits proposal to UK on COI recommendations
• UK has no interest in direct rule — Skelton Cline
• BVIPA Chairman resigns after MD’s alleged drug entanglement
• Fahie files motion to dismiss US Attorney’s appeal against bail
• COI report: Vet all Customs and Immigration officers urgently!
• Willock removed to usher in fresh start — Premier Wheatley
• Current gov’t structure still gives Premier’s Office too much power
• Walwyn urges new dispensation in wake of COI report
• Court convicts Tarik Aaron for possession of 27 kilos of cocaine
• BVIEC: We’re not hiding info on our partnership with Delta Petroleum
• Second protest against direct UK rule planned for tomorrow
• Absolute abhorrence! Dr Smith blasts Fahie’s alleged actions
• Airbnb lists BVI as a viable destination for ‘digital nomads’
• ‘My legacy must never be tied with suggestions of criminality’
• Former VIP gov’t legislators welcome their new responsibilities
• UWI Vice Chancellor calls for UK to keep its hands off BVI
• COI Report: Consider doing criminal probe against Premier’s Office
• Increase jury pool by adding long-term residents, COI report says
• Former Opposition legislators determined to bring change to new portfolios
• Unity gov’t will not neglect the people’s needs — Wheatley
• COI: BVI should review its law enforcement systems
• COI recommends full audit of all major gov’t contracts in last 3 years
• Fahie’s bail offer on hold pending US prosecutor’s appeal
• Despite new gov’t, no final decision made on COI recommendations
• Best for the job! Fraser now the leader of a one-man Opposition
• Vanterpool ‘prepared to confess’ things that weren’t done right
• Fraser was shadow orchestrator of new cross-party gov’t
• BVI leaders attacked lone voices in the wilderness — Flax Charles
• Dr Wheatley sworn in as Premier! New cross-party gov’t also installed
• UPDATE: Motion to remove Andrew Fahie as Premier passes in HOA
• Oops! Trailer tips over in Road Town
• Less than 24 hours: Gunmen rob VG club | Four mowed down on Tortola
• Gov’t legislators dispel ‘reckless rumours’ after proposed demotion
• COI report urges full audit, criminal investigation for EZ gov’t contract
• Why me? Skelton Cline questions being ‘targeted’ by COI
• Opposition proposed 9 principles to execute COI recommendations
• OT Minister concludes visit to BVI! Plans now to update UK Foreign Sec
• Premier Fahie could be released on $500K bail, US judge indicates
• Rogue gov’t staff blamed for Fahie’s diplomatic immunity support
• New cross-party National Unity Gov’t being proposed to Governor
• US Attorney’s Office rejects Fahie’s claim to Diplomatic Immunity
• This was egregious! Skelton Cline slams Premier’s alleged corruption
• Meetings with UK’s OT Minister were productive, promising
• Turks and Caicos legislators support BVI’s call for no ‘UK direct rule’
• People shocked but happy that Willock resigned
• Minister Rymer distances himself from disgraced Premier
• ‘I was the sacrificial lamb’ — Willock on resignation
• ‘Unity’ gov’t on the horizon? Acting Premier to make statement later
• Willock resigns as Speaker!
• COI Report: HOA grant distribution scheme legally arbitrary, unlawful
• Premier could face life in prison if convicted of trafficking charges
• Vox Pop: How do residents feel about Premier’s arrest?
• Protestors demand public meeting with UK Overseas Territories Minister
• Cindy explains absence at ‘No UK rule’ protest
• Fahie files for release from US custody citing diplomatic immunity
• Lake to UK: ‘Fix your problems before coming to us’
• COI Report: Skelton Cline’s contracts were false!
• PHOTO OF THE DAY: Sitting in solidarity against direct UK rule
• Residents say governor’s statement on corruption hypocritical
• ‘UK wants our resources’, COI lawyer for legislators warns
• ‘BVI has to move on’, Fraser says
• Opposition denounces Premier’s alleged actions, urges gov’t to follow suit
• Bishop Cline organises protest against UK direct rule
• Vehicular crash happens outside hospital in Road Town
• VIP seeks Fahie’s resignation! Party backs Wheatley for premiership
• Premier Fahie appears in Miami court
• Fahie breaks the internet while BVI gov’t seeks to avert UK direct rule
• COI findings: High likely serious dishonesty took place in gov’t
• Flow’s new retail store in VG to deliver ‘elevated experience’ for customers
• Suspension! COI recommends BVI gov’t stand down for two years!
• We’re all shocked and embarrassed — Opposition Leader
• ‘He’s a crook sometimes’! Ports boss allegedly led Premier in drug plot
• Fake drug busts, re-election funding alleged in Fahie’s trafficking plot
• Son of Ports boss depicted as mastermind in alleged drug deal
• Emergency meeting called after Fahie’s arrest
• Premier detained in US on drug and money laundering charges
• Premier seeks to reduce social inequities among SIDS
• Use UK’s Freedom of Information law to request release of COI report
• Gov’t hopes volume imports cushion losses from Customs tax cuts
• Concerned citizens to pen petition for governor to release COI report
• TRC to host public hearing on Digicel’s licence renewal application
• American held at airport with loaded gun
• Privatise hospital, airport and gaming commission — Skelton Cline
• PR campaign to push ESHS project’s supplementary funding delayed
• Major technological upgrades coming for Finance Ministry
• Fraser does about-turn on COI! Now says Inquiry’s premise was faulty
• BVI and Bahamas collaborate for climate change mitigation
• Manhunt underway! Nearly a dozen illegal immigrants captured in D9
• Unsustainable! Pension scheme fix may take two years
• Virgin Gorda Yacht Club and Village Cay Marina to be redeveloped
• $15M from SSB’s $40M grant spent on economic stimulus
• I’m no dictator! I unified the Opposition — Premier
• COI findings are simply recommendations, Premier assures
• Speaker expresses discontent with governor’s handling of COI report
• We didn’t have any time to put out bid for $750K PR contract — Fahie
• Fahie rejects claims that gov’t misusing gov’t $$ for campaigning
• Price gouging task force not yet operational
• Premier leads delegation to SeaTrade Summit in Florida
• More needs to be done for BVI’s athletes, Premier admits
• No COI recommendation should be implemented without public input
• BVIAA staff to be reimbursed the 25% pay cut taken since pandemic
• Blatant disrespect! Skelton Cline rejects June release of COI report
• Gov’t issues $750K no-bid contract to rebuild and promote BVI brand
• BVI has 95 active COVID-19 cases, four hospitalisations
• No guns turned in during firearm amnesty period
• PHOTOS: Twenty new officers join RVIPF’s ranks
• Governor projects making COI report public in June
• Food security legislation passes through HOA! Now awaits assent
• Penn: USVI welcoming charters as BVI creates PR firestorm in industry
• Road Town sewerage upgrade expected to commence in early May
• $1.2M COI legal defence top-up for future gov’ts as well — Premier
• It’s not that we don’t have the $$ for WE Ferry Terminal project
• WSD being a nuisance no reason to make it statutory body — Fraser
• Athletes need sponsorship for 2022 world senior, junior champs
• Unelected bureaucrats running the BVI — Julian Fraser
• Gov’t making it seem as if we’re negligent in our districts — Penn
• VG Fest an overwhelming success! Plans begin for emancipation
• Local CARIFTA contingent returns home to celebrations
• ‘Maintain confidence gov’t can control economy’, residents told
• BVI legislators ‘taken to task’ about Russian oligarchs during UK visit
• BVI should resist any COI recommendation for a caretaker gov’t
• Gov’t has made petty contract system almost non-existent — Penn
• BVI finishes 3rd at CARIFTA; Hodge wins Austin Sealy Award
• Hard to see whistleblowers being fearful of coming forward — Fahie
• Adaejah Hodge locks in third gold at CARIFTA Games!
• Wheatley asks for second term to continue D9’s development
• Adaejah Hodge cops second gold medal and is favourite for a third
• Integrity Commission to be functional soon — Premier Fahie
• Premier on ESHS contingency funding: ‘I don’t think about that’
• Stunning run! BVI’s Adaejah Hodge wins gold at CARIFTA Games
• Gov’t proposes mobile incinerator to fix BVI’s solid waste problem
• Maliciousness! Premier blasts critics of govt’s SSB funding request
• Premier boasts about favourable economic rating from regional body
• Too much focus on negativity in the territory — Smith
• Gov’t slashes import duty on cement and propane by 50%
• Andy Morrell’s urine sample taken after boat crash reportedly missing
• Port Authority increases adding to BVI’s inflation — Penn
• Eileene Parsons: ‘People forget, Premier called for COI’
• Gov’t warned not to punish a district because its rep is in Opposition
• Gov’t relaxes mask mandate and quarantine requirements
• Patrice Roberts and R City to headline return of VG Easter Fest
• Businessman charged with manslaughter for 2021 boating accident
• Fraser, Turnbull and Penn open to forming coalition to unseat VIP
• Skelton Cline blasts Opposition Leader for welcoming COI report
• Penn alarmed! Gov’t seeking over $38M heading into elections
• Be wary of COI recommendations, Governor has the power to enforce
• BVI has legal dictatorship — Fraser
• Captain Owen G Harrigan Visitor Centre official opens in VG
• Penn hopes COI report is catalyst for ‘proper stewardship’ of BVI’s resources
• Electricity rate reduction being discussed
• ‘Use athletics to better your future’, local CARIFTA athletes told
• Fahie responds to BVI Love criticism
• VIP blaming us for their record of incompetence — Opposition Leader
• Fahie calls for nat’l prayer, fasting to tackle BVI’s pressing issues
• We can go into the reserves for ESHS if donors don’t come — Fahie
• BVI partners with UNDP to establish local office
• Premier Fahie: Gov’t not obligated to disclose business meetings
• e-Gov’t initiative coming in five months to enhance gov’t services
• Premier says no progress made in talks with SSB to fund gov’t projects
• Extensive verification process for ESHS redevelopment project donors
• BVI to send largest team of athletes to 49th CARIFTA Games
• Persona non grata? Dr Pickering not on NDP’s table — Penn
• ESHS redevelopment not an election gimmick — Premier
• Gov’t designates 45 acres of Anegada land for agriculture
• Tourism players not included in govt’s conversations — Flax-Brutus
• Penn claims gov’t is using excuses to hide incompetence
• BVI urged to brace for busy hurricane season
• BVI has tools to be self-sufficient, says int’l governance expert
• Lesson learnt! Pickering announces D7 candidacy for next election
• Anonymous donor gave $4M for ESHS project before Premier’s appeal to businesses
• Dr Pickering zeros in on issues affecting BVI youths
• Penn insists: Evidence is there! Fahie requested SSB grant, not loan
• Shipment delay halts fix to sewerage issue in Pasea
• ‘BVI Love’ slogan a dud? Former BVITB boss slams new catchphrase
• ‘The confused one went purple’! Wheatley takes dig at Pickering
• Nothing can be done to justify taking away BVI’s autonomy
• Complainants requesting court cases to be discontinued a trend
• Fahie agrees COI report should be reviewed before releasing to public
• Governor receives COI report! Says he’ll review before publicising
• BVI’s arrival experience should not be so painful!
• Electricity fuel surcharge should have been govt’s relief measure
• BVI’s Reserve Fund will take a hit from VIP gov’t, Penn warns
• Trio freed in Daway murder trial to consider taking legal action
• More action must be taken to prevent child abuse locally
• Justice served! Defence attorneys happy for win
• Trio accused of killing Trumayne ‘Passion’ Daway freed
• Tender waived as govt’s COI law firm to get top-up of up to $1.2M
• Fahie charges businesses to donate to ESHS $11M Redevelopment
• Gov’t gives Top Priority new tender waiver for security transport
• No motive found! Defence attorney pokes holes in Crown’s case
• Advancement in education a sign BVI locals can control own affairs
• TRC to hold public hearing on adoption of amendments to Unitary Licences
• Premier blasts critics saying BVI’s success not ‘through legal means’
• Out of ‘Hollywood’! McMaster gets permanent gig as RDA’s CEO
• Premier accused of dodging BVICCHA, promises to hold talks
• Over $11M worth of contracts signed for ESHS redevelopment
• Smith calls for increased pension for teachers
• Poultry production to become major revenue earner for Anegada?
• Good feedback from banks on Stamp Duty amendment — Fahie
• No need to change BVI’s US currency if independent
• No timeline for lifting COVID restrictions, measures — Premier
• Moving vendors directly off Long Bay Beach shoreline might stimulate economic activity
• Young locals encouraged to look at agriculture as ‘viable career path’
• Duo found with $805K in BVI waters found guilty! $$ forfeited to Crown
• Referendum not needed for BVI to get independence — Governance expert
• Much fear-mongering by independence critics — Skelton Cline
• New online permit system to address previous shortcomings
• Judge rules for Daway’s phone records not to be entered into evidence
• ‘Balance’ sought after for Long Bay Beach development
• Direct flights from US mainland to BVI expected soon — Premier
• Fines among measures being pursued against price gouging
• Businesses won’t like me if I raise the minimum wage now
• Fee waiver being sought for persons seeking multiple extensions
• No substantive talks held between Premier and UK OT Minister on COI
• Two-week gun amnesty initiative to begin April 4
• Dr Wheatley calls for support of Farmers and Fishers Week 2022
• Winner of ESHS Redevelopment bid to be announced this week
• Escaping Immigration detainees now a nat’l security issue — Fahie
• Premier declines to offer reprieve on remittance tax
• Integrity Commission, Contractor General posts to be filled in weeks
• Premier says gov’t spent roughly $5M on COI so far
• Retired civil servants enlisted to assist with work permit backlog
• All Customs duties reduced to 5%! Oil import tax slashed by 50%
• Customs boss hits back at detractors for ‘misrepresentation’
• People can’t take unimplemented legislation to pay bills — Penn
• Cops search accused woman’s house without warrant, court hears
• Gov’t criticised for poor diversity in revenue-generating schemes
• Smith says charter companies are serial offenders
• Inmate reportedly stabbed at HMP
• WSD Director calls for more efforts to identify and revive water sources
• Malone blasts Penn’s ‘negativity’ on govt’s fishing, farmer grants
• Witnesses testify about vehicles allegedly used in Passion’s murder
• Gov’t not seeking to make revenue from fines — Premier
• UK gifts Fire and Rescue Service with 16 defibrillators
• Penn calls for better crime strategy
• Maliciously misunderstood! Gov’t not waging war with businesses
• Rafael Harrigan’s fingerprint found on getaway vehicle, court hears
• RVIPF: Sunday’s supermarket shooting was a murder attempt
• BVI, UK hold bilateral talks! Premier praises response to Ukraine war
• Penn trying to manipulate persons on agri funding — Dr Wheatley
• Resident: Why no public outcry from Premier after Hodge’s death?
• Man found dead at Greenland Playfield
• Agri Minister hoping for successful Farmers’ and Fishers’ Week
• Soundbites without strategy! Penn bangs Premier on rising prices
• Shipping Registry seeks powers to ticket non-compliant boaters
• Emotional testimony from Passion’s family as trial continues
• Moorings VP unable to explain reports of undocumented workers
• Labour task force established to address work permit backlog
• DPP files appeal against ‘no-case’ decision in Prevost, Power trial
• Reprehensible Act! Two arrested in parking lot shooting
• Customs was under COI pressure; integrity questioned — Premier
• Scooter rider dies in Monday morning accident
• Supply chain challenges, paperwork stymied Moorings’ compliance
• Customs’ current crackdown on vessels will not affect Spring Regatta
• Althea Scatliffe wins Inter-Primary School Track & Field Championship
• Police investigating Sunday evening shooting at Bobby’s
• Police seeks help to locate injured man
• UK Overseas Territory Minister currently in the BVI
• ‘Unavoidable’! Tender waived for over $1.3M in immigration detention and related services
• Undocumented workers, tampering discovered at Moorings — Smith
• Fat Hog’s Bay man pleads not guilty to having intent to supply weed
• COVID under control, revisit entry protocols — Walwyn
• World’s oldest rum distillery sponsors 49th BVI Spring Regatta
• Pharmaceutical Services Dept to host workshop on medication errors
• Customs detains over 100 vessels at the Moorings for non-compliance
• Get GPS! Careless boaters at fault for fish trap problems — Premier
• Fraser questions thoroughness of govt’s Stamp Duty waiver legislation
• Jaspert should have consulted me about allegations, Premier suggests
• Culture has transformative developmental powers — Wheatley
• We’ve done more and we deserve more — Deputy Premier
• Stamp duty waiver on construction not because I’m building new home
• Fishing industry left for dead by NDP after 2017 hurricanes — Fahie
• Premier says festival will be properly financed this year
• Penn suggests gov’t crackdown on price gouging just a ‘smokescreen’
• Gov’t will still implement publicly accessible registers of beneficial ownership
• ‘Justice For Jaimez’ Committee to host vigil to protest gun violence
• Premier mum about government’s current COI legal fees
• Govt’s response to price gouging ‘woefully inadequate’ — Walwyn
• HLSCC and TAG sign MOU for auto mechanics training, job placement
• STT businessman accused of having criminal proceeds denied bail
• ‘They never want anything good in District One’ — Premier
• Three Immigration detainees recaptured
• Work permit renewal backlog to be cleared within a month — Premier
• Gov’t establishes task force to police against price gouging
• Premier still pushing for allowance for retired legislators
• Govt’s committee gets extension to decide on Willock’s legal fees
• New OneMart opens in Baughers Bay
• Premier hopes for thorough investigation into Frandie’s death
• Government in dialogue with SSB for loans to fund projects
• BVI and USVI agree to reciprocal certification for commercial vessels
• Fahie rubbishes claims that only $50K budgeted for farming
• Penn suggests USDA certification for BVI agricultural produce
• Legislator wants food security bill to address overfishing in BVI
• It’s a lie! Premier refutes squandering $40M SSB grant
• We want the UK to be a partner in eradication of colonialism
• Gov’t should facilitate first-time land owners to build their homes
• Reservoir and wells among fixes for Paraquita Bay water woes
• Fraser to grill Premier on Pier Park tenant evictions, rent abatement
• I refuse to be fired a 4th time! Malone vows fix for EE/LL sewerage
• Fahie accuses Penn of misleading public for political gains
• ‘Opposition Leader should be ashamed to talk about agriculture’
• Contract signed! Another family to benefit from housing assistance
• BVI experiencing the most difficult times since slavery — Dr Wheatley
• Stressful! Teachers need someone else in classroom to offer support
• Penn challenges gov’t to take better care of Iris O’Neal Medical Centre
• No one ‘forced’ me to pass good governance laws, I’m a big guy
• Gov’t broke relationship with UK, says Penn
• Wheatley wants schools to give more recognition to women
• Why the rush? Only God knows election date, says Premier
• Farmers need market square back! Gov’t criticised for inaction
• Education Institute’s success will depend on ministry’s policies
• Vanterpool seeks HOA exemption for leasing office to gov’t
• Maduro-Caines switched sides to get things done — Fahie
• They misrepresent me as a dictator — Premier Fahie
• New sea defence wall will preserve Carrot Bay’s marine ecosystem
• VIP’s unconventional approach helped conquer COVID — Flax-Charles
• Carrot Bay residents call for flexibility in sea defence plans
• Staff shortage causes delays at DMV! Department pushes for fixes
• Trinidadian faces five gun charges; denied bail
• You’re forgiven! Cabinet approves amnesty for property tax interest
• Gov’t now seeking Climate Change Trust Fund board nominees
• Scholarships being offered for local students to study in Asia
• Sergeant charged with perverting the course of justice gets bail
• BVIHSA waives COVID test payment for visitors of hospital patients
• Gov’t seeking to reduce BVI’s over-reliance on cash transactions
• Cabinet relaxes COVID-19 protocols
• Have you seen this wanted immigrant?
• Police still probing Almestica! Detention order on $541K extended
• Beef Island Airport to become regional hub — Tourism Minister
• Cabinet to award contract for BVITB’s tourism plan soon
• New registration requirements for all designated non-financial businesses and professions
• Police operation yields cash, drugs, guns, arrests
• Police sergeant arrested for questionable testimony in court
• ‘I smashed car windows out of frustration’
• Three arrested in connection to Jaquan Thomas’ murder
• Would-be deportee escapes custody at airport
• Festival grounds entrance/exit to get upgrades for parking
• Premier says miscommunication at play in EAC rift with gov’t
• Everything run by locals runs exceptionally well — Skelton Cline
• Rymer calls for road users to be cautious amid latest road fatality
• BVI to participate in regional mangrove symposium
• BVI adopts UK’s sanctions on Russia for attacking Ukraine
• Scooter rider unresponsive after two-vehicle crash
• Customs ordered to defend 2019 boat seizure after drug bust
• Gov’t can’t continue to run capital projects from recurrent spending
• Over $200M needed to upgrade, rehabilitate BVI’s infrastructure
• Premier promises to help bridge gap between media and gov’t
• Works on Carrot Bay sea defence expected to begin in April
• TRC to postpone public hearing on adoption of amendments to unitary licence
• Embarrassing! Appeals made for Trellis Bay entry port facility
• Injustice for gov’t ministers to hire friends as Political Advisors
• ‘Buckle up’! Ukraine-Russia conflict expected to impact BVI
• No set timeline to move! Other projects must get priority over HOA
• Premier does not regret rejecting UK’s $426M loan guarantee offer
• Premier calls for community-based solution to crime
• Police release the name of BVI’s second murder victim for 2022
• They’re talking but we know things too, Premier warns
• New BVIAA boss laying foundation to improve local airports
• Gov’t actively searching for BVI’s first Contractor General
• No clear plan! Penn chides gov’t for BVI’s poor infrastructure
• All we get mostly is criticism
• Man fatally shot in Huntums Ghut Thursday night
• BVI to get Voter Registration and Election Management System
• Premier refutes Penn’s ‘no money’ claims on WE ferry terminal
• EE/LL sewerage project a major priority for us — Deputy Premier
• New scholarship policy will not apply to existing awardees
• Malone hits out at ‘wilful’ VIP detractors
• Shameful! HOA still held in gym, says Skelton Cline
• Police record another rise in incidents with the mentally ill
• Billion-dollar budget barely keeps BVI’s lights on — Deputy Premier
• Employers deliberately making job requirements hard for BVIslanders
• Education Minister justifies move to house students near Foxy’s Bar
• ‘VIP all the way!’ Rymer dispels rumours of jumping ship
• More funding will be available with revised scholarship policy
• Senior cops getting special training in investigative strategies
• CDB predicts GDP growth in borrowing nations like BVI
• Labour boss chided for vague response to resident’s concerns
• Just optics! Money not there for WE Ferry Terminal project — Penn
• UK supplies BVI with more Pfizer and 500 paediatric vaccines
• Two more families benefit from Housing Recovery Assistance
• Opposition Leader maintains that VIP only riding NDP’s loans
• Body found near Oil Nut Bay identified as J’can resort worker
• Big plans for after-school programmes this year
• Media worker charged in relation to forgery
• Unfair for persons to be punished for Labour Dept’s inefficiencies
• Huge spinoff expected from West End Ferry Terminal development
• Non-communicable diseases among BVI’s top 5 killers
• RDA will have awarded $60M in contracts by end of this summer
• Ecosystems accounts partnership producing results
• Body found near Oil Nut Bay
• HLSCC to offer FinTech courses starting next month
• Customs issues $40K fine to misleading charter agent
• RDA confident locals can win bid to build ultra-modern ferry terminal
• Gov’t ministers apologise for VG dump fire
• Vanterpool Admin Building officially handed back over to gov’t
• Longer wait times expected as W&SD rolls out new billing system
• Murder accused Alcedo Tyson granted bail after a decade in custody
• New ferry routes approved between USVI and sister islands
• How landfill fires will be prevented as all BVI’s garbage now gets buried
• Labour Department not capturing unemployment data
• ‘West End ferry dock designs reflect BVI people’, RDA boss contends
• Over 20 COVID deaths since new year! Toll now at 62 persons
• Deputy Premier condemns ‘deceitful power-seeking strategy’
• New Cyril B Romney statue unveiled at pier park
• SSB conducts third unemployment insurance review in two years
• Labour Dep’t head puzzled about mandatory migration review
• Health Minister fumes at incinerator contractor’s lapses
• Locals express concerns over ‘lack of BVI identity’ in ferry dock designs
• Smith calls for greater public involvement in WE dock project
• Fahie challenged to reinstate board 3 years after forcing disbandment
• Early morning fire wrecks Pockwood Pond waste facility
• Gov’t monitoring reports that BVI being demoted to EU Grey List
• Only one Labour Inspector for Tortola
• Recommendations from agri stakeholders meeting taken seriously
• Police targets uninsured vehicles
• Premier requests weekly meetings with UK for marijuana legislation
• Multiyear work permits for expats bad for locals — Labour Commish
• Distraught mother pleads for help to find missing 20-y-o son
• Nurses sickout called off pending instant and future fixes from gov’t
• Three of 5 teacher demands met already
• Minister denies Agriculture Dept’s VG staff paid for doing nothing
• ‘I wasn’t trying to hide anything’, says Premier on BVIHSA matter
• Althea Scatliffe classroom roof fixed! More work will be done
• Faulty online system the major factor behind work permit backlog
• Premier: No link between my home contractor and Frenchman’s bridge
• Labour ‘begging’ Governor’s Group to assign them more workers
• Education review coming this year
• NHI has fundamental problem, says Social Security Minister
• American music mogul P Diddy spotted in the BVI
• Three more COVID-related deaths recorded
• Middle-aged man charged for having sex with minor
• Yale University celebrates BVIslander for Black History Month
• New airline to start operating in BVI in another 6 to 7 months — Premier
• HM Customs makes $61K drug find in coal shipment
• Premier encourages residents to power homes with solar energy
• Pickering takes fall for failure to expand airport under NDP gov’t
• Gov’t made embarrassing gamble by declining UK’s loan guarantee
• Hilda Stoutt passes at 84 | Son remembers his mom
• Public Health Unit promoting improved wellness and fun for 2022
• Penn accused of ‘pulling down’ Sports Complex AC contractor
• Dr Pickering noncommittal on contesting next election
• Wheatley promises Labour fix after stakeholders’ meeting tomorrow
• BVIHSA Director says hospital has ‘full nurse coverage’ for days now
• Gov’t lacks ‘wherewithal’ to fix Ellis Thomas Downs — Fraser
• ‘They are lying!’ Hospital worker says over 20 nurses on strike
• BVI’s COVID death toll climbs to 58
• Elderly visitor dies after falling overboard vessel near Peter Island
• NHI not meeting financial demands of BVIHSA
• Food Security bill to tackle water, funding and land use problems
• No-case submission filed for attorney’s unregistered dogs case
• Env’t Levy funds not being misused in absence of Climate Change board
• Unvaccinated persons, slow uptake in Pfizer boosters a concern
• Gov’t still working on permanent fix to Road Reef sewerage issue
• Public input needed on revised VI Scholarship Programme Policy
• BVIAA staff misses social security contributions for months, SFC hears
• BVIHSA board to address operational issues this week
• New WE Ferry Dock will be ‘organic and futuristic’! Works start July
• Halls of Justice Project in final stage of development — Premier
• RVIPF Marks Safer Internet Day
• Conflicting reports! Health Minister says hospital nurses not on strike
• First phase of CGB Treatment Plant construction nears completion
• BVHSA audit report reveals abuse of power, unauthorised pay raises
• ‘I hold the people responsible’ — Fraser on government’s failings
• Gov’t focused on scoresheet, not people’s issues
• Prospect Reef rehabilitation stalled because of legal concerns
• VIP gov’t ministers are placeholders — Opposition Leader
• Fraser mum on ‘unimportant’ special committee for Willock
• Gov’t launches electric shuttles for RT’s Park & Ride initiative
• ‘I stand by my statement on BVIHSA situation’, says Fahie after leak
• Undue hardship! Opposition Leader slams long wait for work permits
• Premier will call snap election before August — Fraser
• Pockwood Pond incinerator scrubber not coming — Fraser
• LEAKED LETTER: Premier reportedly orders dismissal of BVIHSA officials
• Tourist drowns at Devil’s Bay Beach
• Vessels operating illegally while charter companies evade taxes
• Exorbitant costs! NHI blasts private facilities for high copay fees
• Magistrate’s Court restricts media’s access to hearings
• What happens if employers don’t submit SSB contributions?
• Gov’t should consider affordable housing development — Wheatley
• Food security bill finally to be introduced in HOA
• Construction on new Frenchman’s Cay bridge to begin mid-February
• SSB should not be managing Joe’s Hill project — Deputy Premier
• SFC Report: Labour Minister pleads with gov’t to help seniors!
• Paraquita Bay land Management Committee established
• BVI’s COVID-19 death toll surpasses 50 with two more fatalities
• Wheatley wants to honour O’Neals by constructing new building on VG
• Gov’t handed keys to renovated Flax Admin Building on VG
• Premier not worried about impending COI report
• Robust economy to blame for sluggish Labour Department — Premier
• Duo captured after fleeing vessel with illegal migrants
• Accountant General changed to ‘speed up’ audited financial statements
• Premier on Willock’s legal bill: I don’t control the HOA!
• Murder victim identified as Jaquan Thomas
• Police finds man ‘unresponsive’ after West End shooting
• BVIHSA using local data to drive vaccination campaign
• No Virgin Islander applied for BVIAA Managing Director position
• ‘NHI under financial distress’, says Deputy Director
• Social Security Board defaulters rack up near-$15M debt
• Local charter company rebounds in time to celebrate 10th anniversary
• Cuban health brigade helped mask staff shortages – Health Minister
• Government hosts Prayer Breakfast on leadership
• Complaints Commission faced issues addressing complaints last year
• Prison understaffed, locals difficult to recruit – Superintendent Guy Hill
• BVI will not do away with COVID protocols like the UK
• Most complaints to top cop are about pesky scooters ‘by far’
• $400K insurance payout for Fishing Complex should be used to rebuild
• Golden gems revealed to be the latest COVID-19 fatalities
• BVI Red Cross implores public to become blood donors
• Accused Towers arsonist allegedly issued threat beforehand
• Election Watch: Major questions surround Penn’s leadership skills
• Ludicrous! 20 Labour Department staff servicing 20,000 workers
• Trial date set for trio accused of assisting 28 illegal immigrants
• New waste management laws coming to reduce litter
• Two more COVID-19 deaths as cases continue to fall
• Kurt Menal appointed new Managing Director of BVIAA
• COI’s short time frame designed to overwhelm system — Malone
• Legislator concerned about limited police on sister islands
• 2022 SFC Report: No permanent location to house Customs fleet
• Gov’t enters accommodation agreement after DPP‘s security complaint
• Fireman accuses police of dishonesty, targeting him
• BVI reclaims award for best offshore financial services
• BVIEC still recovering from the 2017 hurricanes
• Not appropriate! Gov’t declines previous ‘prefab’ plans for ESHS
• Foreclosures coming! Fraser wants National Bank debt forgiven
• BVI Post partnering with DHL to deliver express mail
• PWC wins $302K public service reclassification contract
• I didn’t escape, I was released and abused upon recapture — Rabsatt
• Businessman Clarence Thomas has died
• No idea whether postponed census will happen this year
• COVID scare! 23 prison officers, several inmates ‘down’ — Malone
• HM Customs intercepts $34K marijuana shipment from US
• We need our people to come back home — Health Minister
• 13 teachers trained to deliver distance learning
• COVID self-testing kits to be used on students returning to school
• Nothing has changed! Fraser bemoans HOA’s decades of stagnation
• Flax-Charles corrects pastor for prayer’s lack of gender neutrality
• RDA confident in finishing new ESHS buildings for September
• At least 5 laws, legislative changes coming to improve security, justice
• Education Minister withdraws ‘rubbish’ remarks against Mitch
• Veteran legislators against governor delivering Throne Speech
• Three-hour fire fight! Car, wooden structure destroyed in VG blaze
• Labour Department’s ‘locals first’ policy rightly delaying work permits
• It vexes me gov’t appoints foreigner as new airport MD — Skelton Cline
• New Emergency Call Handling bill to be introduced to HOA
• Financial services sector to get boost from several new legislations
• COMMENTARY: The age of COVID and a more digitally-driven era
• Fire blazes on Virgin Gorda!
• Big plans to develop education, sports and culture laws this year
• Police recapture escapee Kurt Rabsatt
• Five more deaths reported in three days as COVID cases plummet
• St Vincent approved to export medical marijuana as UK delays BVI
• Even virtual court hearings being impacted by COVID
• All face-to-face schooling to return by end of January
• PCR tests can show positive result up to 3 months after clearing COVID
• CMO recommends surgical, KN95 and N95 masks over cloth masks
• Who will pay? COVID isolation benefits a matter for Social Security
• Hidden parties a major problem for COVID Task Force — Lionel Michael
• Some of our decisions at start of pandemic weren’t the best — Fahie
• Update your business continuity plans, DDM warns
• We are one emergency away from bankruptcy!
• Successful Painkiller Cup held at the weekend
• Advisory Committee created to help distribute land on Salt Island
• Government looking to implement COVID testing regime in schools
• Sluggish delivery of COVID release letters causing deep frustration
• BVI’s current COVID cases are milder than those in first outbreak
• Use other people’s money to expand airport — Skelton Cline
• Gov’t didn’t select contractor for Sports Complex AC project
• BVI records 2 more COVID-related casualties! Death toll now at 42
• Operating hours at Anegada airport amended due to COVID
• Drop the old politics, use CDB-approved plan for ESHS — Walwyn
• Multiple retirements, resignations, interdictions hit RVIPF’s manpower
• Security guard charged for assault on bar worker
• Gov’t calls stakeholders meeting as COVID cases hover near 1400 mark
• BVIPA launches Pilot Port Education Programme for students
• Four students to spend a day with the governor
• This online nonsense doesn’t work! Skelton Cline blasts e-learning
• ‘I built that pier, not McMaster’ — Skelton Cline
• Digital justice here to stay — Chief Justice Janice Pereira
• RVIPF plans to do more to publicise posters of wanted persons
• Underhill appointed as first director of HLSCC’s Education Institute
• Search for contractors to rebuild ESHS senior block commences
• CMO advocates UK’s 10-day COVID isolation vs CDC’s 5-day period
• BVI trio facing life in prison in the USVI for 667 kilos of cocaine
• ‘Beef up your staff’, Malone tells Environmental Health Department
• Rapidly spreading! Over 200 new COVID cases in less than 72 hours
• BVI poised to continue economic relationship with Asian region
• RVIPF: Erick Rabsatt wanted in connection with murder
• Court hearings move online, prison visits suspended amid COVID surge
• Over 100 healthcare diagnosed with COVID amid rising case surge
• RVIPF creates special team to review old murder cases
• Road Town needs a community centre — Vanterpool
• Ten CCTV cameras installed on Virgin Gorda
• Premier defends government’s handling of Airports Authority
• Jose Almestica and 3 others slapped with major gun and drug charges
• Trade license renewals halted as active COVID cases near 1000
• Finance Ministry seeking security firm to transport gov’t funds
• Public comments sought on Nat’l Sustainable Development Plan
• Premier: Why are we looking outside for saviours?
• Customs hosting symposium for charter operators/companies
• Gov’t not doing things to get rid of marine industry — Premier
• Persons finding legal loopholes to circumvent our laws
• Lewis expects busy December period for cruises to carry into 2022
• Gov’t says COI’s reason for 3-month delay is ‘puzzling’
• Scooters seized, riders ticketed in end-of-year police operation
• EZ Shipping contract not my idea! I only facilitated barges — Premier
• RVIPF seek help to identify owners, dogs involved in attack on VG
• Airport operating hours slashed as COVID impacts staff
• Top cop’s 2021 review: Charges laid for 5 of 9 murders in last 2 years
• Who is the BVI developing for with all these work permits?
• BVIEC office only accepting cheque payments amid office closures
• Elected officials everywhere need protection from themselves
• COMMENTARY: New Year’s resolutions by the people
• COI extended by another three months
• First phase of ESHS redevelopment completed ahead of schedule
• John’s Hole man slapped with 14-year sentence for store robbery
• What’s the BVI’s electricity cost compared to the region and world?
• Some gov’t supporters angry RDA contracts went to non-supporters
• Vincy handyman gets 9 months for assaulting ex who refused sex
• BVI records 40th COVID-related death
• Not one of us got anything from any grants — Premier
• Schools going online for new term as COVID-19 spike continues
• CDC ranks BVI as having low level of COVID-19 amid spike
• Premier calls for togetherness to achieve BVI’s 2022 goals
• PAW BVI founder gets British Empire Medal from the Queen
• BVI welcomes New Year’s Day baby
• Large events like Old Year’s Night Party will be closely monitored
• Cruise with COVID guests cancels call to USVI hours after leaving BVI
• TRC updating licensing terms as telecoms providers seek renewal
• Over 80 new positive COVID cases reported overnight!
• I’m not against persons coming to work in the BVI — Wheatley
• Opposition Leader denies being on quest for power
• Banco Popular becomes the primary bank for gov’t
• HOA members volunteering to get tested amid COVID surge
• Freedom of Information Act among new legislation promised for 2022
• Gov’t schedules a time of praise and prayer for New Year’s
• Opposition members are masters of damaging reputation — Premier
• Lies causing granny and grandpa to blame us for shortage in funds
• Have you seen these men?
• BVIPA workers to get increments, compensation for reduced pay
• First staging of JVD Fish & Fungi Frenzy postponed
• Moving online, removing red tape may curb corruption in public office
• STUDY: AstraZeneca booster dose significantly neutralises Omicron
• Gov’t minister blasts motorcyclists, enablers for terrorising BVI
• Deputy Premier accused of being government’s ‘attack dog-in-chief’
• Over 100 more cases in 4 days! BVI now has clusters, 256 active cases
• Who will check integrity of Integrity Commissioners?
• Pfizer will become BVI’s vaccine of choice in the new year
• Register of Interests Act is flawed and toothless
• Cabinet approves extension to complete Sustainable Development Plan
• Rising COVID numbers aboard ships prompt cruise cancellations
• Maximum fees for maritime offences being doubled
• Delta variant behind COVID spike in BVI
• Don’t ‘nickel and dime’ tourists with cruising permits — Penn
• Premier and Deputy Premier test positive for COVID
• Premier refutes giving contractor extra $300K for sports complex AC
• Cabinet waives tender on $500K contract for gov’t payment gateway
• Public Service General Orders need to be revised
• Drakes Traders donates $5K to FSN to support abuse victims
• Premier thankful for UN resolution on decolonisation
• East End police brings Christmas to the community
• Our governors wrongfully using powers of assent as ‘veto’
• Scatliffe-Boynes to start as SSB’s permanent director next month
• Where was your voice when NDP labelled as corrupt? Penn asks
• Health Ministry enters phase II of Pfizer vaccine rollout
• There’s been a breakdown in trust of public officials
• Fahie Clan wins TPP Family Feud, donates $1K to Cancer Society
• BVI and its people aren’t the ‘wholesale bandits’, gov’t told
• ‘Antagonistic’ NDP challenged to name one good-governance law it passed
• Proposed Integrity Commission shouldn’t have unfettered power
• BVI one of two OTs operating without deficit budget
• Gov’t and UN extend partnership agreement to 2023
• InterCaribbean sorry for flight delays
• Deputy Speaker upset at ‘missing in action’ Opposition members
• Deputy Premier ashamed of complaining to past governor
• Over 130 vessels flagged as potentially operating illegally in BVI
• BVI athletes return home after successful NACAC championship
• Public officials shouldn’t be accountable for some relatives’ interests
• Theodolph Faulkner Admin Building restored and ready
• Police seek help in recapturing escaped prisoner
• Gov’t publishes ‘ecosystem accounts’
• Break the cycle! Prisoners shouldn’t feel Balo better than outside
• Technical issues not contributing to higher electricity bills — BVIEC boss
• A year later! Contractor still owed $106K for visitor centre — Penn
• 60+ additional parking spaces coming to TPP in time for Xmas
• Who’s fooling who? Nothing will happen with airport — Vanterpool
• First commercial flight lands in VG since airport’s reopening
• BVI economy will collapse without expat labour — Opposition Leader
• $217K in contracts signed for police station and sports arena works
• No more hiding non-Belonger lands, Wheatley promises
• I didn’t take BiWater to Cabinet all those years ago — Fraser
• BVI’s active COVID cases climb to 90
• RVIPF: Video footage, witness statements key to murder probe
• Nearly 5K doses of Pfizer arrive! Rollout starts Friday
• Over $220K worth of solar contracts awarded
• Empty title! Sharie calls for more authority in Junior Minister role
• Old VG Clinic building to become a dialysis centre
• TPP’s 3 Days of Xmas jam-packed with events and excitement
• Two new centenarians in the territory
• Opposition should focus on govt’s strategy, not financing — Premier
• Gov’t secures $2M CDB loan for local commerce, entrepreneurship
• Over $500K and counting! HOA has spent more on litigation than AG
• Red flag! Turnbull cites low morale, overworked staff at BVIAA
• Shamal Smith knew he ran errands for a wanted man, court hears
• Premier shirks debate on private sector’s ‘job-for-jab’ mandate
• Strong support for public officer after paralysing accident
• Low-wage gov’t worker paid $5.5K monthly for prison escapee’s rent
• 77 active! Significant rise in COVID cases in last several days
• Two siblings charged with harbouring
• No two-tiered justice! If police can stop me, they can search visitors
• Constitutional review talks not aligned to COI report — Premier
• Premier declines to rate VIP’s performance, says voters will
• There’s potential in cultural tourism
• Premier’s Christmas Extravaganza slated for Saturday
• 2 HOA members came in direct contact with COVID exposed staff
• Premier denies pushing EZ shipping contract
• BVI’s marine industry not unheard or left without support — Premier
• DPP tried to restrict media access in Almestica, Smith court cases
• Budget debate moves online amid reports of positive COVID case
• Not inferior! Local contractors can tackle big projects
• Another COVID-19 death as cases in the BVI continue to rise
• Police process scene of club shooting for hours
• Investigation launched into this morning’s fatal nightclub shooting
• Direct flights between VG and San Juan starting December 17
• Only first-time property owners to get stamp duty waiver after Dec 31
• Outstanding employee reports delay some increment payments
• Baltimore Security wins $586K contract for ESHS campuses
• Woman accused of harbouring escapee facing double the penalty
• Deputy Premier wants sports complex renamed
• DPP: Contraband found at escapee’s apartment the largest in BVI history
• $786K contract signed for a/c system for sports complex
• Identity of accident victim released
• High priority! Consultants sought for airport ‘route development’
• BVI should not wait for UK or COI to start constitutional review
• Scooter rider dies in West End collision last night
• First solar-powered strong motion sensor installed in BVI
• Inaugural ‘Floatilla of Lights Parade’ a go for the weekend
• BVI Red Cross spreads Xmas Cheer at primary schools
• Inmate who escaped during hurricane recaptured after 4 years
• Local attorney calls for review of disciplinary methods in schools
• Wheatley apologises for comments about giving status to rapist
• Mould remediation works at BVI schools have not been abandoned
• Police uncover several guns, drugs, wads of cash at local apartment
• VIP government not about talk and no action
• Funders looking for bankable eco-projects — Wheatley
• Principal advised teacher to wash child’s mouth with detergent, court told
• Gov’t exploring Bermuda’s model for a local coast guard — Premier
• Man sentenced to five months for indecently assault co-worker
• Don’t allow outside investors to seize ‘green’ opportunities
• The BVI must guard its name and reputation
• Ultra-cold Pfizer vaccine storage unit arrives in the BVI
• Man charged in fatal heist has till mid-February to find attorney
• BVI’s national security begins with discipline in the home
• Another fire erupts at Pockwood Pond landfill site
• Vendors hail Christmas in the City a success as crowds flock event
• Who will fix our electric cars and green energy equipment?
• CLARIFICATION: BVI News did not author Richardson’s letter to editor
• Bitter End Yacht Club brings overwater bungalows to BVI
• 19 certified in five areas by Disability Service Department
• Why is McMaster still acting as RDA CEO nearly two years on?
• COVID-19 cases at ESHS does not signal an outbreak
• UK direct rule would be an inhumane act
• No recent dialogue with marijuana investor
• ‘No Derelicts Left Behind’ campaign in full swing
• Public officials pledge thousands to ESHS from personal businesses
• Ground broken for construction of new ESHS buildings
• COVID virus reaches ESHS’s senior school! Classes return online
• Booster shots for COVID-19 expected in BVI next week
• BVI’s high prevalence of domestic violence court cases bittersweet
• Constitutional reform talks not to give gov’t more power
• Special focus on special education
• COVID affects bank’s services, salary payments
• Labour Minister looking to create employment register
• Refurbishing of Anegada Community Centre progressing well
• No ‘clear-cut corruption’ coming from COI evidence — Premier
• We’re a tourism haven, not a tax haven — Premier
• 39 active cases in BVI! Tortola has the lion’s share
• Three men accused of assisting 28 illegal immigrants
• Rihanna named national hero as Barbados severs ties with Britain
• Working committees in UK & BVI set up to move ganja bill forward
• Woman who miscarried details alleged physical abuse from ex
• Not BVI DNA! Some locals sit and expect to get jobs — Premier
• New statutory body being explored for Anegada land distribution
• New focus on cultural education in BVI
• Programme coming to upskill locals to reduce importing workers
• COVID cases cause halt in all face-to-face classes at ESHS junior school
• Immigration bottleneck ‘a good problem to have’ — Premier
• Plans to build detention centre as illegal immigrants break the bank
• PHOTOS: Major success! Lobster Fest ‘makes money’ for Anegada
• Another tender waiver: Top Priority bags $327K contract for ESHS
• BVI passengers stuck on aircraft after arriving at ‘closed’ airport
• Police officer charged with indecent assault
• Threat of COVID-19 will not stop Lobster Fest
• Deciding Belongership should stay with local gov’t, Premier tells UK
• Cane Garden Bay Police Station reopens
• Is the governor answerable to BVI residents? Rankin says yes
• Fines, license suspensions coming for illegal bulk waste dumping
• VG man sent to Partnership for Peace after attacking pregnant wife
• Don’t blame UK for BVI’s failings in public service — Governor
• OneMart honours local non-profits during 35th anniversary celebration
• Residents warned about Antimicrobial Resistance
• ‘Confrontational relationship with Premier did not prompt COI’
• Unconstitutional for gov’t to block Governor’s Office from using GIS
• No enforcement to remove petrol company from unlawful land use
• Strong comeback expected for Lobster Fest this year
• BVI to be assessed on anti-money laundering policies
• Governor rubbishes Speaker’s claims about Consolidated Fund
• Tertiary education encouraged as more local employers hire outside
• Careless persons can’t hold BVI economy hostage — Premier
• Tradewind Aviation looking to be more visible in BVI
• Over a dozen social homes to be constructed in 2022
• Anegada airport certified for night flights after simulation exercise
• Test flight lands in VG to mark reopening of Taddy Bay Airport
• Immigration detainees escape custody again
• Turnbull calls for VIP government’s removal
• Premier blasts former governor for ‘irresponsible’ drug claims
• $7M to be pumped into 4 priority areas to transform public service
• Culture Department to launch book on 1949 March
• Positive COVID cases at recent mass gatherings
• UK Telegraph sensationalised story about ‘independence referendum’
• BVI should look better considering the $1.6B given to each gov’t
• PHOTOS: Scores of residents re-enact the Great March of 1949
• Safe Haven partners with local entities for outreach programme
• COMMENTARY: History reveals the need for strong oversight
• Man injured in shooting incident Friday evening
• Mark your construction tools, police advise
• Another vessel busted for illegal entry into BVI waters
• Bougainvillea successfully performs BVI’s first open heart surgery
• AG chided for delayed release of unredacted transcripts
• Virgin Islander represents BVI at Prince William’s reception
• Speaker ‘not interested’ in appealing High Court judgement
• Gov’t to upgrade mangrove nursery to mangrove bank
• Silk Legal now cleared for final written submissions to COI
• Christmas in the City set for December 3 and 4 at new location
• Negative COVID result required 48 hours before visitors’ arrival
• LETTER TO EDITOR: Government sinking BVI’s charter boat industry
• Local expert appointed as efforts made to revamp Civil Aviation
• Flow customers get a chance to win big this Xmas
• Carrot Bay man accused of badly beating girlfriend gets bail
• Government’s marijuana legislation delayed but not denied — Premier
• Job fair coming to reboot govt’s ‘1000 jobs’ programme
• Malone hoping for 75% vaccination in BVI by first quarter of 2022
• Work ongoing with RDA for Beef Island airport extension
• Financial Services Institute to be renamed in Dr Mathavious’ honour
• Tips to stymie scammers amid target on BVI residents
• NHI going back to Labour Ministry for 2022
• Prisoner officer and cop say they’re not guilty
• Speaker says governor threatening to dip into Consolidated Fund
• ‘Stop videoing and taking photos! Call for help’, residents told
• High Court judge’s ruling on payment was flawed — Willock
• Charter vessel seized after being operated without license or permits
• ‘Massive increase’ in local fish and meats, says supermarket owner
• Sewerage issue at Road Reef Marina fixed
• $406K taken from money transfer tax revenues to fund scholarships
• COMMENTARY: BVI a global laughing stock
• Trade license revenues surpass $1M
• Fire chief hoping to get all firefighters certified as EMTs
• Three daily int’l ferry trips as tourism bookings increase
• Gaming Commission Board to be in place by January 1 — Premier
• Premier lays wreath at UK’s remembrance service
• UPDATE: Banco only suspending Saturday drive-thru services
• JTF ensuring boaters complying with Customs, Immigration laws
• Premier announces stay on port fee increases for 2022
• COVID vaccine boosters slated for implementation in BVI next year
• $408K budgeted for East End Harbour Development
• Gov’t targets youth development, introduces Asian scholarship
• Teacher Education Institute coming next year — Premier Fahie
• $8.5M allocated for infrastructural upgrades to public schools
• Finance Minister announces $397M budget for 2022
• COI to reopen oral hearings for one day! Governor to return
• Government’s COI attorney responds to flak
• Toxic! Our politics has become our religion — Pastor Skelton Cline
• Voting against exempting Willock didn’t take courage
• Minimal disruption expected with Fish Bay roadworks — Contractor
• Stronger legislation needed to combat climate change
• Office of Gender Affairs calls for protection of women, kids in BVI
• Premier to announce 2022 budget tomorrow
• PHOTO OF THE DAY: Over 5K visitors from two ships
• Minister accosted about why Public Works cutting bush
• Central location for domestic ferry schedules being worked on — BVITB
• Change of culture needed to improve nautical safety locally
• COMMENTARY: How far does the Speaker’s authority really go?
• Calls in UK parliament for BVI govt’s COI lawyer to be investigated
• Duo allegedly found with gun gets bail
• Calls for Speaker’s resignation ahead of another planned protest
• BVI builds damage assessment capacity with new UNDP deal
• BVIPA reaches out to industry stakeholders to boost operations
• Funds likely in this week’s budget for education fixes — Dr Wheatley
• I want a BVI of no lawlessness — Flax-Charles
• Daycare centres warned as Hand, Foot, Mouth Disease cases climb
• Police sergeant granted bail for unlawful possession of ammunition
• Wheatley on Willock court ruling: ‘Not everything in law is objective’
• All smiles for Pier Park operators as cruise visitors flock stores
• Decades ago BVI marched on UK; our people now marching on us
• Local solar tech grads to be at forefront of Microgrid Project
• Some media houses don’t engender atmosphere of truth — Dr Wheatley
• DeCastro challenged by discrepancies in Speaker’s actions
• COMMENTARY: The tyrant’s last stand
• I will not oppose the court’s ruling, Willock must pay — Vanterpool
• Govt’s committee for Willock matter a usurpation of the court?
• Police Sergeant charged for illegal bullets, breach of trust
• Rosan-Jones to sue VINO for offensive cartoon
• UK approves first COVID antiviral pill for use
• Premier’s three-man committee for Speaker gets HOA green light
• Penn moves counter-motion to Premier’s effort to absolve Speaker
• Two charged after police uncover ‘hidden’ gun, bullets in vehicle
• Vincentian who overstayed for two years fined and to be deported
• Penn denounces Premier’s proposed committee for Willock
• My blood ran cold! Flax-Charles horrified at disturbing VINO cartoon
• Premier ambushes Turnbull over ‘Belongership to rapist’ comments
• Cabinet accused of meddling with HOA lawyers
• Missing defendants can still be prosecuted
• Premier moves to form committee to decide on Willock’s legal fees
• I’ve never used my powers to block legislation — Premier
• Give education budgetary priority, gov’t told
• Rise in in-person financial services operations to boost economy
• I wasn’t against BVI’s largest drug bust — Premier Fahie
• More partnership needed to develop local creatives
• Active search for missing snorkeler discontinued
• Face-to-face classes suspended after ceiling collapses at ASPS
• ‘Born-here degree’ doesn’t give right to contracts — Malone
• Minor bump but Fahie forges ahead with Speaker’s exemption bid
• Nanny Cay opens new hotel wing
• ‘The people will not back down’, says protest organiser
• Prison escapee recaptured
• Classroom ceiling collapses at Althea Scatliffe Primary
• Protestors march on HOA ahead of debate on Willock’s legal fees
• HOA wasn’t consulted when Willock told its lawyers to file injunction
• UK won’t outrightly tell BVI to cut public service but they’ve hinted it
• Gov’t will fulfil all the demands of teachers
• I won’t be threatened by ‘next election’ — Premier
• No Speaker could prevent me from being in the HOA
• Active manhunt still underway for prison escapee
• COMMENTARY: Permanent governance watchdog BVI’s last hope
• Teachers Union meets with minister to discuss issues
• Fahie questions Penn’s conflicting earnings in 2013 FSC contract
• School closed! ‘High volume’ of Althea Scatliffe teachers absent
• Online petition: Hundreds sign for Willock to foot injunction legal fees
• Slow first month of cruise season but stakeholders hopeful for Nov
• Premier denies making multiple trips to complain to former gov
• Gov’t failed to meet demands so senior school teachers join sickout
• Gov’t wants HOA to exempt Speaker from paying legal fees
• ‘Our teachers are frustrated! Treat us as priority’ — BVI Teachers Union
• Govt’s COVID stimulus monies were misguided, says Opposition Leader
• Governor’s Group waived 6 of 10 tender processes over two yrs
• Rider pleads guilty after pointing unlicensed gun at police
• Jaspert can’t recall pressuring Premier to sign UK loan guarantee
• Three found guilty of illegal gun possession in 5-year-old case
• Teachers at ESHS junior campus reportedly stage sickout
• Cleaning underway! Mould forces return of online classes for seniors
• Colombian drug lord’s capture hoped to reduce trafficking to BVI
• Skelton Cline rails against claims of drug links to BVI high officials
• Continued overflow of sewerage at Road Reef a health, financial risk
• Land & Marine Estate Policy a solution to Anegada’s land issues
• Search underway for missing snorkeler visiting BVI
• Jaspert denies wilfully obstructing distribution of Crown land to locals
• Gov’t ministers support proposal to give Anegada its own district rep
• I was shocked Premier tried to take over Public Service Transformation
• Drug offender accuses RVIPF of police brutality
• BVI waited too long to reopen and now its hurting us — Penn
• Haitians escape custody on Tortola
• Police issue 70 tickets, lay 25 charges in traffic crackdown on VG
• Businesses urged to localise their workforce
• Put warning labels on our food packages — BVI Cancer Society boss
• Auditor General defends strong allegations on Premier’s Office
• Study: Vaccinated pregnant women pass COVID antibodies to babies
• Too much Anegada land on the market — Vincent Wheatley
• Small business is big business! Flow business launched in the BVI
• Pressure forced gov’t to give stimulus $$ directly to residents
• Evidence gathering stage of COI now concluded
• COI: Fahie gov’t split 60% of all major contracts into smaller ones
• ‘Abusive’ | Premier details former governor’s alleged animus
• Labour’s promised online payment system coming ‘early next year’
• Man gets more bail after visiting woman he allegedly beat earlier
• COMMENTARY: Close ‘talk shop’ and open real convo about BVI’s future
• Security guard allegedly stores 172 bricks of cocaine for friend
• Gov’t giving residency to former felon wasn’t a ‘cut and dry decision’
• Top gov’t officials’ link to criminal gangs helped prompt COI — Jaspert
• Webster signals at new stimulus audit gov’t might not want seen
• Gov’t funding for public service training steadily declining
• K&C Construction awarded over $800K in gov’t contracts since 2021
• COI should not be an impediment — Premier
• Several persons being questioned after ‘large’ cocaine seizure in EE
• Governor Rankin open to having Premier chair Cabinet, COI hears
• No constitutional breach in not assenting to Disaster Mgmt Act
• Police facing problems serving court summonses
• Wheatley calls for kindness
• Brother of prominent businessman held on drug suspicion
• Police release man held after fatal boat crash
• Premier’s Office had breakdown to properly manage public purse?
• No obligation to include ministry’s ‘verbose’ comments in audit reports
• Cruise passengers chose not to shop at the Pier Park — Lewis
• Premier not seeking to justify corruption — Sir Geoffrey
• 18 local special needs students certified
• Food security bill revised and going to HOA soon
• Auditor General debunks narrative that Premier Office’s cooperated
• Water & Sewerage Department to become a statutory body
• UPDATE: Newly-crowned Miss BVI to use platform to build solidarity
• COMMENTARY: Politicians saying ‘them vs us’ is not good governance
• One dead, one arrested, and three hospitalised following boat crash
• Curfew order revoked! Cabinet relaxes event gathering protocols
• DPP: ‘Shorty’ Daly’s murder was a contract killing
• ‘Skelton Cline worked for his money’, says Premier
• What was govt’s rush for $10M land investment deal? COI grills minister
• Gov’t land ownership policy for locals not as straightforward
• Local firm awarded $550K Huntum’s Ghut Economic Zone contract
• $113K being spent to improve internet, data services at RVIPF
• Sea Cow’s Bay man fined for drugs! To be tried for escaping custody
• Despite his contract, CSC was a Political Advisor in my mind
• Four charged for murder from fatal shooting of Matthew Daly
• First-day gloom for TPP businesses, craft vendors in cruise reopening
• Taxi operators still grateful despite ‘slow’ start to cruise season
• Gov’t agency or rich entity to blame for Pandora Papers leak
• Premier strives to ‘clear BVI’s good name’ at COI hearing
• East End police removing derelicts along roadways
• Why rush to audit stimulus? Premier suggests collusion
• Officers charged in fatal prison stabbing gets bail
• Suicides likely averted with COVID grant $$ to churches — Premier
• Government won’t sacrifice people’s safety during cruise season
• Several communities across BVI told to brace for scheduled outage
• Police say they caught burglar in the act
• My ministry but Ralph O’Neal had final say in CSC’s contract — Fahie
• ‘Disorderly’ fireman fined after curfew breach, assaulting police
• No gov’t could survive this COI and its terms — Premier
• Digital COVID certificate platform officially launched
• Almost 90% occupancy! Demand still high for Pier Park tenancy
• VG resident gets new home under housing recovery initiative
• RVIPF community officers make their mark
• Auditor General blocked because Premier’s PS felt audit was too early
• Big plans for sister islands airports! Night flights to Anegada coming
• Bi-weekly PCR tests for taximen transporting cruise visitors
• We did ‘superficial assessments’ for farmers, Premier’s PS tells COI
• Travellers coming to BVI more prepared to vaccinate than us here
• Lions Club, BVI Nat’l Culinary Team partner in ‘Taste & Serve BVI’ fundraiser
• In due time! BVI eyeing half-billion dollars ahead of cruise season
• Skelton Cline paid before contract signed? COI probes
• CARPHA samples show 13 persons with Mu and Delta variants in BVI
• Accused curfew breacher says cops are ‘unfair’ when enforcing the law
• Tender waived for Top Priority contract to transport $$ to bank
• Gov’t enters $147K deal to assist special needs students
• Premier: Gov’t was not excessively lax, generous with stimulus grants
• Teen among four arrested in connection to recent break-ins
• Discourteous! Unanswered email prompts further hiccups, says COI
• FS says Skelton Cline’s contract should’ve been clearer
• ‘Deport me’, St Lucian tells Court
• Autland wins $1.7M contract for Fish Bay road rehabilitation
• Teachers to receive discounts at local businesses
• 60-year-old sentenced to 11 months in prison
• Three police officers honoured for bravery
• AG vetting gov’t contracts since error gifts CSC thousands in extra $
• FS Frett says Skelton Cline put forward over $5M in initiatives
• BVICCHA struggles to stay afloat as revenue sinks to ‘all-time low’
• More int’l ferry trips daily as operators see uptick in bookings
• Pastor: I don’t support strip clubs but they have a right to legally exist
• COI responds to AG’s concerns about ‘Belongership hearing’
• Gov’t ‘tone deaf’ in defending Belongership consideration for rapist
• Extensive int’l coverage as two new villas open on Moskito Island
• Rising fees! Penn accuses gov’t of mismanaging $$ while feeding egos
• Knowing procurement rules wasn’t part of my cruise pier consultancy
• Sister island ports will reopen for int’l vessels
• UPDATE: Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram back up
• COI displaying a double standard, Premier suggests
• I’m not willing to give any evidence on private contract with gov’t
• ‘All we could do was hug and cry!’ Premier visits Letty’s family in Florida
• Data leak: Monarch uses BVI firm to secretly buy US property
• HLSCC to commence agricultural training courses in November
• Cruise pier project’s tender process didn’t lack transparency — Dr Smith
• COMMENTARY: The road to good governance runs through external oversight
• UPDATE: Body believed to be Letty’s missing granddaughter found
• No viable AstraZeneca vaccines available
• Speaker exposed! Judge unravels farcical accusations
• Overdue taxes will be deducted for gov’t contractors in bad standing
• Cabinet defers tourist bubble plan as new cruise season looms
• Low scores on cultural test unlikely to prevent Belongership — Penn
• Taxi & Livery being given greater powers; to become ‘body corporate’
• Letty delivers impassioned plea for missing granddaughter in US
• Speaker ordered to pay legal fees for ‘unreasonable’ court action
• AG: Gov’t didn’t grant Belongership to convicts! COI mislead the public
• Yates Construction director upset at Health Ministry’s treatment
• Gov’t expected to engage consultant on ideal population goals
• Digicel issues region-wide COVID vaccine mandate for its employees
• Local athletes need sponsorship from corporate BVI
• ‘More gov’t planning, less prayer the remedy to BVI’s ails’ — Analyst
• Two prison guards and cop charged in relation to fatal HMP stabbing
• More Mu and Delta COVID variants discovered in BVI
• Willock declines to boot judge from court case despite accusations
• Gov’t considered convicted rapist for Belongership on humanitarian grounds — Wheatley
• Government’s hidden Belongership policy deemed unlawful by COI
• Sports Minister pledges enhanced support to local athletes
• Wheatley’s appointment as Special Envoy extended to December 2022
• Police renew calls for compliance of curfew order
• I don’t believe BVI will be an OT for much longer — Jr Trade Minister
• Gov’t to roll out digital vaccine verification database next week
• Erections reported among vaccine side-effects locally — Massiah
• Vanterpool denies sidelining former PS during cruise pier project
• Premier leads delegation to Miami for Seatrade Cruise Global event
• We dropped the ball by not tendering airport project — Neil Smith
• ‘I placed too much trust in my deputy, Wendell Gaskin’ — Former FS
• Premier mystified at claims that Ports being privatised with merger
• Concern | Large number of persons in barracks-style accommodation
• Roughly 50% of BVI’s population now vaccinated
• COMMENTARY: COI the watchdog that guarantees good behaviour
• DDM: Hurricane Sam ‘very low threat’ to BVI but keep monitoring
• No job losses with BVI’s air and seaports merger — Premier
• Is BVI prepared for gambling law’s pitfalls? It will create loan sharks
• School wall project has scarred me! An overhanging cloud on business
• 19 illegal immigrants held on Virgin Gorda
• COMMENTARY: Dialogues about BVI as a ‘young democracy’
• Don’t be ungrateful! Premier slams those who disregard govt’s efforts
• Gov’t to pay out $4M for 2017 salary increments this year
• Teachers to get $300 stipend from government’s adjustment budget
• Deputy Premier scolds Opposition Leader for power grab attempts
• Youth parliamentarians to debate if coalition gov’t is best for BVI
• Speaker accuses High Court judge of interfering with Legislature
• Frustrated! Pussers employees seek attorney for severance pay owed
• Smith back with another gov’t contract as COI probes the last
• Fully vaccinated travellers exempt from entry portal effective Oct 1
• Gov’t to defer good standing certificate payments for one year
• We have no intention of doing a snap election — Premier
• Education Minister chided for doing ‘media blitz’ amid poor state of schools
• Walwyn denies having cost overrun talks as ESHS wall was being built
• Mandatory COVID testing for detainees due to non-cooperation
• Water & Sewerage to crack down on delinquent customers next month
• COMMENTARY: COI a shock to ‘highly entitled’ Virgin Islanders
• COVID vaccine nasal sprays aim to ‘shut door’ on virus
• Foreigners must be fully vaccinated to enter US starting November
• Police rescue behavioural ward escapee from waters in RT
• COI eroding electorate’s confidence in government
• Wheatley denies being overtly penal to work permit holders
• There is nobody for a gov’t minister to complain to — Fraser
• Over 200 BVI residents get COVID jab from USVI
• Flow equips Leonora Delville Primary students for back-to-school
• Nightclubs now allowed to reopen if all staff, patrons fully vaccinated
• Willock says AG misled the court
• Premier gives COI conflicting reasons for board members’ removal
• Labour expected to roll back Good Standing Certificate requirements
• COI grilled our Premier like a common criminal
• Tropical waves lurk in the Atlantic as peak of hurricane season nears
• Road Town Health Centre closed until further notice
• Premier banking on restored CCTV to identify indiscriminate dumpers
• JTF’s weekend operation targeting illegal residents sees success
• Minister moves to fix woeful JVD Primary issues following protest
• Opposition Leader Marlon Penn says he is ready for Premiership
• Embarrassing! Josiah’s Bay beach without working restroom for years
• Five inmates now charged for murder after fatal prison stabbing
• No evidence gov’t pressed AG about sacking statutory board members
• Institutional knowledge not lost in axing all board members — Premier
• New joint intelligence team being established
• COMMENTARY: COI pulling curtain on 30 years of incompetence, waste
• Operators told to get livery permit this weekend ahead of cruise rush
• New CCTV project powered by Flow promises increased safety for BVI communities
• Willock refusing to pay $77K legal fees for failed court injunction
• BVI ranked as second best place to visit in the Caribbean
• BVI entry portal woes: ‘We can’t be guessing who is in our country’
• BVI’s elected officials not getting any R-E-S-P-E-C-T; says Wheatley
• Premier back before the COI today
• 39 kilos of substance believed to be cocaine found at cargo facility
• Maduro-Caines lambasts employers for removing unvaxxed workers
• ‘Stop demonising consultancies’, Opposition legislator told
• Call out the culprits! Persons put on blast for poor disposal of derelicts
• BVI Post’s money order service with US being discontinued
• Grade 11 students at BVI SDA School to isolate
• Hospital’s maintenance staff members ordered into quarantine
• Make Setting Point official port of entry, sluggish public officers told
• Govt in talks with UK to make Pfizer, Moderna accessible in BVI
• Premier, Deputy blast Opposition Leader for ‘political games’
• Gov’t not selling out BVI to foreign investors — Junior Trade Minister
• Not everyone will get a pay raise after public service salary review
• COVID-19’s Mu variant discovered in the BVI
• Auditors ambushed by criticisms months after giving COI evidence
• AG’s team makes belated request to redact public COI documents
• Gov’t buys small fleet of electric shuttle buses for Park & Ride
• 19-year-old charged for having sex with underaged girl
• Someone’s lying! Penn says gov’t contradictory on cruise MOU
• SSB seeking new chairman
• More licks come with honesty in gov’t — Premier
• Health Minister defends appointing personal employee to BVIHSA board
• Forget concerns about the bubble, we don’t use the beaches anyway
• Premier didn’t follow law in removing Climate Change board members?
• Concerns raised about rise in student absenteeism and dropouts
• Isabella Morris Primary structure unsound so it will be demolished
• Protracted delays in gov’t affidavit submissions continue to plague COI
• Slow to comply? Deadline for stimulus grant feedback extended
• RVIPF assists in multi-agency cocaine seizure
• Ludicrous! Premier denies signing MOU to allow cruise ships back
• BVI could’ve lost over $10M if govt’ didn’t act to resume cruises
• Gov’t now considering even steeper fines for fake COVID results
• COMMENTARY: COI brings the most unpredictable time in BVI politics
• LETTER TO EDITOR: No need for COI attorneys to be called to BVI Bar
• Politics in TRC blocked my telecoms improvement efforts as minister
• Fraser scolds Health Minister for flippant remarks in HOA
• After 3yrs gov’t approves $269K pay for BVI prisoners’ stay in St Lucia
• $183K contract awarded for new social home in Anegada
• Speaker withdraws injunction; now taking legal action against AG
• Bogus vaccination cards, COVID test results filtering into BVI
• Bad practice? Only select travellers to BVI given tracking bracelet, app
• COI participants should avoid speaking so they don’t tie up themselves
• US plans to require foreign visitors to be vaccinated
• UK donates 2,000 more vaccines to BVI
• Decision time! Thursday deadline looms for BVI cruise resumption
• Active COVID cases double in one week! Case count now at 50
• Eyesore! Taxi driver says BVI landscape not ready for tourists
• Six to vie for Miss BVI crown on October 17
• Nat’l squad gather in UK for football training camp
• Willock’s “abusive language” threatens to derail COI injunction — High Court
• No lack of trust in my ministers avoiding the press — Premier
• Governor should’ve voiced concerns on marijuana bill before it passed
• Increased vehicle break-ins and farm thefts
• COMMENTARY: The economics of vaccination
• AG says COI attorneys should be admitted to practise law in BVI
• Businesses have the right to make their own vaccine rules — Premier
• Premier avoids giving support for Willock’s COI injunction push
• Talks being held to automate, improve troublous BVI entry portal
• Criminals created as consequence of govt’s ‘good standing’ policy
• Trying school year ahead so inspire each other, educators told
• Give Jeanette the full-time job, says Fraser! Premier withholds support
• Cabinet revises criteria to apply for Work Permit Exemption
• Nine illegal Haitians flee to BVI after assassination, earthquake
• $208K approved for temporary sewerage treatment system at CGB
• First person ticketed $10K for breaching quarantine
• All witnesses to attend in-person hearings as COI resumes
• Governor defends having Deputy chair Cabinet instead of Premier
• Gov’t threatens weekly ‘fact sheet’ in face of mounting criticism
• Premier fires back at criticism that all his gov’t does are ‘photo ops’
• BVI Public Library going automated with electronic database
• Firm ‘independence’ stance needed for my support in next election
• NDP allegedly misappropriated $10.5M of roadwork $$ — Premier
• Gov’t seeks to find out how much produce farmers are growing in BVI
• CTL donates a 25-tonne AC unit to hospital’s outdoor testing hub
• BVIPA seeks to rehabilitate Gun Creek terminal by February 2022
• COI pressing on despite Willock’s attempts to bench its attorneys
• Things that could’ve been avoided are on your hands, Opposition told
• Opposition deceiving constituents, toying with my life — Premier
• Randale Hanley charged for gun, 3 counts of assaulting cops
• Gov’t urgently needs rapid test agents for seaports territory-wide
• COMMENTARY: The COI is only a test
• Full Opposition absence for HOA! Gov’t was two hours late, says Penn
• BVI locals being treated as ‘field negroes’
• Stop sending our tourists to St Thomas, government told
• Vanterpool voices disapproval for new RT double-lane traffic system
• COVID testing services at Althea Scatliffe ‘suspended indefinitely’
• BVI and UN sign historic Country Implementation Plan
• Unvaccinated BVIHSA staff must now undergo COVID tests biweekly
• Biker pulls gun on cops following accident on dual carriageway
• Fearless to fire! All boards should resign when new gov’t gets elected
• More Opposition complaints about Speaker’s reported bias
• BVI banks need to take more risks to encourage investment locally
• Stop labelling our young people as drug dealers
• Our fees pale in comparison to cost of UK takeover — Silk Legal
• Minister scolded for overgrown bushes! Blames staffing issues
• Delta variant likely still lurking in BVI — Health Minister
• HireBVI targets 50 needy families for this year’s back-to-school drive
• Procedure for returning VI digital textbooks
• Speaker files court injunction against COI legal team
• I’m mad! $1M ferry terminal contract should be for locals
• Legitimate workers only! Too many expats working ‘off the grid’ in BVI
• Publication of 2020 Cabinet decisions interrupted by 2021 COI
• BVIHSA introduces QR code for faster COVID tests and results
• Thorough investigation needed for bills not given governor’s assent
• Efforts being made to properly regularise local fishers and farmers
• Wheatley defends $1M sum allotted to education sector from SSB grant
• 14 new officers sworn in to RVIPF
• COMMENTARY: If women make up 50% of BVI, the leadership should reflect it
• Muffling the nuisance! A dozen more bikes seized, nine charged
• Conflict? BVIHSA doctors offering similar services in private capacity
• BVIAA racks up $2M debt in less than 5 months
• Health Officials confirm that COVID Delta variant was in BVI!
• Reduced bookings leads to less daily ferry trips from now to October
• Single COVID case in schools unlikely to lead to a shutdown
• Dalan Vanterpool and partners donate book to HLSCC graduates
• Tropical Storm Watch for BVI discontinued
• Death toll from Haiti’s powerful earthquake exceeds 300
• Penn says HOA ‘compromised’ as Speaker flip-flops on naming vendors
• $1M contract for German firm to design, manage WE Terminal works
• COI should go on despite COVID! BVI and UK situations not the same
• NAGICO gets $238K contract to insure admin complex up to $25M
• BVI placed under Tropical Storm Watch!
• Social Security Board awards two nursing scholarships
• Unavailable meds a cause for increase in mental health incidents
• BVITB meeting over 300 high profile travel advisors to promote BVI
• What happens if a school is exposed to the COVID-19 virus?
• Turnbull tries again to get details on Premier’s tourism strategy
• No lip service! Teachers’ concerns being addressed
• RVIPF officer charged in domestic assault incident
• New buildings to be constructed at ESHS by early 2022
• Strictly no phones! Only laptops, tablets allowed as learning aids
• Threats, injury, damage! Incidents with mentally ill persons rising
• Paradox? Residents trusted to stay quarantined but can’t drive themselves home
• Tropical wave showing some signs of development
• All schools to reopen for face-to-face classes come September
• If we can carry news to COI, we can sit on a jury — Premier
• Why do work permit applicants need good-standing certificates?
• BVI seeing more cruise cancellations
• Two of BVI’s COVID deaths were partially vaccinated
• BVI sitting just outside a looming tropical cyclone’s cone
• Delta variant in BVI only a matter of time and deaths could have tripled
• Residents to get education update tomorrow
• Lockdowns and closures can’t continue — Dr Georges
• Premier who’s gotten death threats condemns attack on SVG PM
• Nearly 700 vials of vaccines rubbished!
• New curfew order as restricted businesses allowed to now reopen
• Gov’t needs expertise outside public service
• We can’t just give salary increases and isolate other areas
• Deadline given for COVID grant recipients’ to say how they spent $$
• 37 now dead from COVID in the BVI
• St Vincent Prime Minister bloodied after hit on the head during protest
• No problem with terminology in BVI’s ‘exemption’ laws — Fraser
• Many other security bids, but Neville Smith had one of the lowest
• HEOC to advise Cabinet on protocol adjustments today
• Trucking company contracted to haul JVD’s waste for next 3 years
• Police arrest riders found with illegal bike engines
• First 35 travel to USVI to get alternative COVID vaccine
• Wheatley ‘rejects notion of UK takeover’ as COI exposes BVI ‘flaws’
• My heart bleeds for the sister islands — Opposition Leader
• Rymer decries non-compliance with protocols
• 5-yr contract issued to fix Customs system after misuse claims
• McMaster now the 8th fastest 400m hurdler of all time
• VIP met a depleted public service with low morale — Premier
• Gov’t exploring new airlift, accommodation options
• Better compensation needed for frontline workers — Penn
• COMMENTARY: Back to our roots
• BVI-USVI Vaccination Bubble initiative officially launched
• McMaster wins again! Qualifies for Olympic final
• Historic! Chantel Malone jumps into the Olympic finals
• Police sergeant charged for drug possession with intent to supply
• BVIPA deducting ‘quarantine time’ from staff’s vacation allotment
• New BVIHSA chair expected to use US connections to improve hospital
• Ambiguity enshrouds HOA debate in Neville Smith’s exemption
• Cabinet to send stimulus audits to HOA despite ‘accuracy concerns’
• McMaster cruises to victory in first round of 400m hurdles at Olympics
• Smith seeks retroactive exemption for months-old gov’t contracts
• Premier has habit of hiring ‘political’ consultants for party
• Pfizer touts 3rd vaccine dose as BVI eyes getting that brand from USVI
• Former USVI gubernatorial candidate lands BVIHSA chairmanship
• Gov’t awards 52 students scholarships to study abroad
• BVI opening registration to get alternative vaccines in USVI
• Premier rubbishes claims that gov’t “doing nothing”, denies cronyism
• Burial Protocols: Only immediate family allowed during viewing
• Still no assent for Whistleblower, Contractor General Acts — Premier
• FIA bemoans cooperation issues between law enforcement agencies
• BVI’s COVID-19 death toll climbs to 31! Active cases reduced to 584
• Paradox! Fahie blames past gov’ts for needing political advisors
• Full statement from Premier on decision to hire political advisers
• Hospital staff seek counselling after high rate of COVID deaths — CEO
• Rapid COVID tests start at major ports of entry locally
• Challenging times but hospital not underfunded — Premier
• Inadequate funding hindering BVI’s Financial Investigation Agency
• Outrageous! Penn calls on gov’t to rescind ‘political advisers decision’
• Untrue! Gov’t political advisers will not collectively earn $1M yearly
• We’re ungrateful! The BVI has too many gov’t critics — Patsy Lake
• Nearly half of local businesses back employee vaccination requirement
• No COVID variants of concern found in BVI — Chief Medical Officer
• $390K contract signed for asphalt works on 6 road projects
• Two more deaths even as BVI sees decline in COVID cases
• OLYMPICS: BVI athletes touch down in Tokyo
• Real-world data shows AstraZeneca effective against Delta variant
• Gov’t waives tender process to introduce Political Adviser post
• Nearly $600K slated for demolition works at Admin Complex
• Cruise ship visit can’t be blamed for COVID outbreak in BVI — Malone
• Police charge second man from January’s 200 kilo cocaine find
• Customs courier system riddled with deficiencies, audit finds
• Gov’t concerned: Public officers working weekends to facilitate COI
• Public Health Act empowers me to pick COVID testing sites — Malone
• RDA awards $83K contract to repair fence at Anegada Recreational Grounds
• Burial protocols to be released soon
• Police contend with disobedient domino players, curfew breakers
• Late test results causes missed flights! Health Minister apologises
• Airport Authority head chided for incomplete COI submissions
• Arrest them! USVI border breaches should not be tolerated
• Officials soon to say if delta variant is in BVI
• Half-dozen more COVID deaths recorded!
• Medicure refutes Health Ministry’s statements on COVID-19 testing
• It’s not right! COI should’ve paused hearings amid COVID upsurge
• BVI experiences widespread power outage Tuesday morning
• Flow gives customers more options to pay bills
• Seabourn returns to BVI this week but passengers can’t come ashore
• HOA Clerk reportedly told not to dictate how legislators use funds
• Guests only! Hotels exempted from ‘no in-house dining’ policy
• Outrage! Crafts Alive without electricity for months, vendor says
• Premier denies impropriety in barge contract, stimulus grants
• Premier bemoans double standards with use of age-old COI law
• Nearly 800 new COVID vaxxers recorded from drive-thru campaign
• RVIPF returning to full complement
• BVI’s COVID death toll up to 17
• Over 400 take jab on day 1 of COVID vaccination drive-thru
• Cars queue for drive-thru vaccines as BVI sees 13 COVID deaths
• Former Deputy FS denies not cooperating with audits
• USVI governor wants to help BVI despite cries to “get even”
• COI commissioner: I have made no findings!
• Regular accountability needed for Prospect Reef operations — Audit
• BVI’s main hospital the only authorised COVID testing facility
• Four deaths over two days! BVI’s COVID casualties now at 8
• USVI tightens COVID screening for persons travelling from BVI
• Retirees too! BVIHSA urgently needs COVID response medical staff
• Fraser denies conflict of interest in brothers’ role in SCB project
• 4-year gap to form Audit Advisory Committee raises questions
• BVI reports 5th and 6th COVID related deaths
• BVI Airways partners were decent people — Former FS Neil Smith
• COMMENTARY: We must not help COVID-19 kill us
• Governor extends COI by six months!
• Gov’t was over-ambitious in stimulus distribution — FS
• CSC mulls calling another gangster’s summit as COVID surge mobs BVI
• $247K to furnish Finance Ministry
• COVID surge affects operations of 5 more gov’t departments
• Penn offers prayerful support amidst overarching sense of loss
• BVI records fourth COVID-related death
• Government launches online work permit system
• Willock complains to UK’s OT Minister about COI commissioner
• Logistician needed to help gov’t with testing, vaccination strategies
• Opposition Leader lobbies for more businesses to be allowed to open
• Celebrity Summit cancels berth in wake of COVID spike
• No disconnect between govt’s Belonger policy and the law — Dr Smith
• EDITORIAL: COI’s belated attempts to admit its attorneys to BVI bar undermines the Inquiry?
• Businesses demand COVID test before employees come to work
• Trade Department offering services remotely amid COVID spike
• Local Magistracy recommences operations today
• BVI begins 21 days of fasting, prayer today amid major COVID surge
• Third COVID death in BVI confirmed
• Premier Fahie calls for peace in embattled Haiti
• Guy Hill appointed as new Prison Superintendent
• Gov’t defies COI’s costly file-request protocol in heated exchange
• HOA member pays district office rent with COVID assistance grant $$
• BVI’s youth population driving COVID-19 upsurge — health officials
• Have you seen this escaped detainee?
• Field hospital set up at Sports Complex, ‘drive-thru’ tests coming
• Health officials confirm another COVID-related death
• Curfew tightened! BVI now has community spread as cases hit 821
• Increased reports of businesses threatening unvaccinated workers
• COI continuing despite massive COVID spike impacting gov’t
• Internal Audit: Govt’s SME COVID grant initiative failed expectations
• 2011 VIP gov’t ‘grossly abused power’ in granting status — audit
• BVIHSA denounces ‘malicious WhatsApp message’ gone viral
• BVI’s active COVID cases now nearing 700
• Premier ‘heartened’ by CARICOM’s support for gov’t amid COI
• CARICOM ‘in solidarity’ with BVI if gov’t suspends COI cooperation
• Will businesses ordered closed get gov’t compensation?
• Lockdown unlikely to address COVID problem
• My claim of a 2nd COVID death may have been premature — Malone
• Haiti President Jovenel Moïse assassinated!
• RVIPF adjusts its admin office services
• Bi-monthly tests for public officers! Business restrictions return
• Disregarding procurement rules a troubling culture within BVI gov’ts
• He’s OK! McMaster falls in Diamond League Meet ahead of Olympics
• Opposition Leader wants oversight of public service given a minister
• COI dismisses Willock’s claims of vindication
• Nightly curfew back on as BVI’s active COVID cases surge to 480
• COMMENTARY: Examining BVI culture amidst Immigration pressures
• Vanterpool explains hiring CSC and selecting cruise pier developer
• Summer programmes postponed as COVID cases balloon to 273
• Another case at local preschool! All staff and students quarantined
• Culture Minister’s message on Virgin Islands Day celebration
• Final call! Today the last available day to get first dose of vaccine
• One more person dies from COVID in BVI! Active cases climb to 150
• Complaints Commissioner raises impartiality concerns about COI
• BVIHSA reduces visitation, testing all patients/staff amid COVID climb
• Elsa develops into a hurricane!
• COI tarnishing my reputation — Skelton Cline
• Preschool closes as cases detected among paediatric population
• Multiplying fast! BVI’s active COVID cases rocket to 91!
• Festive mood as BVI receives first cruise ship in over a year
• No exclusive access! Nat’l Parks Trust ordered to reopen Baths to all
• No exclusive access! Nat’l Parks Trust ordered to reopen Baths to all
• COI publishing stimulus audit report online despite objections
• COI publishing stimulus audit report online despite objections
• Tropical Storm Elsa to pass south of BVI!
• Tropical Storm Elsa to pass south of BVI!
• COVID closes Ministry of Natural Resources, Labour & Immigration
• The Baths closed to residents from 9am to 2pm on cruise ship days
• The Baths closed to residents from 9am to 2pm on cruise ship days
• BVI’s active COVID cases spike to 49
• ‘Unearthed evidence shows I didn’t violate Register of Interests Act’
• Premier goes on the defensive amid damning audit reports
• Rymer replies: Private and public roads can be built at the same time
• Positive case results in court closure
• Two weather systems form! One showing signs of development
• Persons who attended Bregado Flax graduation told to isolate
• BVI’s active COVID-19 cases spike to 13!
• Gov’t inflates stimulus $$ to fishers, farmers! Most not registered
• Premier’s Office deliberately attempts to block audit, COI told
• Willock’s post-hurricane claims to COI “pure fabrication” — Matthews
• OneMart’s unvaccinated staff sent into quarantine
• Alert: Public Health Unit contact-tracing for possible COVID exposure
• Penn calls for law allowing removal of non-performing elected reps
• ‘Not my role’, says Fahie on making Skelton Cline’s contract public
• Governor’s statement puts assent of Whistleblower Act in doubt
• Officer rotation critical to avoid corruption in Customs — Smith
• Tourist Board to develop hospitality rating system this year
• UPDATE: First cruise ship to return July 1
• UPDATE: Chauvin sentenced to 22.5 years for killing George Floyd
• Serious concerns raised about BVI’s jury laws
• Limited intel sharing, distrust across law enforcement agencies
• DPP not consulted when legislative amendments done to criminal laws
• BVI moved to UK’s Green List for travel
• Who’s required to apply for home quarantine
• Republic group announces US$200M in support of climate finance goals
• Top cop concerned about some officers’ honesty, business conflicts
• DPP’s Office, judges need proper security support — Scatliffe-Esprit
• Former governor openly undermined sitting gov’t, COI told
• CXC inks deal with US university to have CAPE qualifications recognised
• de Castro donates to East End seniors
• Inconclusive! No evidence anyone involved in tied-up man’s death
• Governor: ‘Undue political influence eroding public service confidence’
• Fraser says COI is constructive, offers support
• AG questions budgetary limitations, expresses recruitment frustration
• Cop accused of indecent assault
• Former Premier joins urgent calls for public vaccination
• UK should’ve helped BVI with its ‘stillborn’ Register of Interests
• Gov’t backs two citizens taking legal action against UK
• Cabinet’s tender waivers depart from Finance Management Act — Governor
• No assent! Disaster Management Act ‘infringes’ my duties — Gov
• Cops target loud-muffler scooters! Six charged, four bikes detained
• Vanterpool didn’t file any interest declarations for roughly six years
• Speaker’s companies ‘engaged’ gov’t twice to offer security services
• Gov’t borrows from Republic Bank to pay off ‘restrictive’ Banco loan
• BVIPA offering refund to those who’ve already paid increased fees
• Redaction requests force delay in COI governance hearing
• Willock breaches Register of Interests Act but claims otherwise
• Immigration did not direct mother to separate from child
• Premier laments “alarming” atmosphere developing in BVI
• Penn refutes having ‘disregard’ in serial delinquency to declare interests
• Document leak was not from Governor’s Office, Sir Gary finds
• CDB: Increasing competitiveness a way to drive growth amid COVID
• Disaster Management Council to review hurricane readiness today
• Female cop interdicted for obstruction
• Nine arrests but still no charges after fatal prison stabbing
• Sir Gary calls for investigation as gov’t statement to COI leaks
• Repeat offender! ‘I have no excuse for ignorance of the law’ — Fraser
• Smith says 2019 HOA exemption sought was to avoid corrupt label
• Tourist Board rebrands BVI Staycation programme
• Labour now making regular visits to sister islands
• House Speaker opts to skip second scheduled COI appearance
• COI: System for HOA’s Register of Interests not working very well
• COVID scare forces cruise cancellation — Premier
• Infant in airport separation reportedly reunited with mother
• Tourism boost! Premier says bookings on the rise
• Three additional seaports reopen for fully-vaccinated int’l traffic
• de Castro suggests need for legislative campaign-finance fixes
• Top jobs in Health Ministry being advertised
• Gov’t used template for Register of Interest responses to COI
• Willock chided for COI absence, criticises Commissioner Gary
• Ritter-Freeman appointed to represent governor on RDA board
• Time is running out! Residents have till July 3 to get first dose of vaccine
• Former top cop urged bids for radar platforms after EZ’s barge offer
• Malone promises to probe reported ‘airport child separation’ incident
• Protestors get greater support in second motorcade
• BVI seeing surge in fish poisoning
• 27 naturalised as BVI citizens
• Outrageous! Infant separated from mother at airport — Skelton Cline
• Past and present HOA members to appear before COI next week
• Millions allotted to boost BVI’s justice system
• Duty-free renewable energy products for the next 2 years
• Davies halts duties to commence special policy assignment for gov’t
• No test or quarantine for fully vaccinated travellers upon arrival
• Gov’t moves to amend gambling law to facilitate online betting
• Fireman accused of rape
• Wheatley warns of emerging mental health crisis in the BVI
• BVI may be victim of its own success in COVID-19 fight
• No knowledge of alleged decision mandating teachers to take vaccine
• Domestic ferry operations return to RT dock starting Sunday
• PHOTO OF THE DAY: Official dive!
• BVI might limit the number of each nationality allowed in the territory
• Gov’t halts quest for special health insurance plan for HOA
• CSC blasts Florida for banning ships from asking for vaccination proof
• BVI deserves more mature leadership — Skelton Cline
• COI not going well; it’s too disruptive to my ministry
• The Opposition is lying about involvement in HOA insurance plan
• Over $1M worth of requests for help as COVID strangles economy
• Wheatley shocked HOA insurance plan public since it wasn’t finalised
• Urgent fix needed in education! Past minister ‘extremely concerned’
• Sir Gary favours publicising HOA members’ Register of Interests
• Insurance a necessary cost in business and life
• Proposed Insurance for HOA members an ‘overkill’
• Premier, Customs boss grilled on origin of proposal for barge services
• Another aircraft detained for breaking Customs laws
• Nat’l Parks Trust enforcing entry requirements at The Baths
• All HOA members cooperating with COI despite ‘misleading reports’
• National Championships this weekend!
• Florida-based cruise association backs BVI reopening, endorses gov’t
• Gov’t attorney in COI flayed over data sharing accusation
• Premier, Skelton Cline denounce divisive political memes
• Cabinet confirms Maynard as BVIPA’s official Managing Director
• Woman falls from cliff on Tortola
• Gov’t reluctant to submit Cabinet audio to COI
• COI seeks deadline extension to report findings
• Witness in Purcell murder put in protection after PI makes contact
• Potter and King appointed as school principals
• Prison visits halted!
• Gov’t moving towards COVID rapid tests — Health Minister
• HM Customs launches intensive repossession drive
• Gov’t actively seeks members for boards, commissions
• Economic Advisory Committee just concerned businesspersons
• D7 garden initiative shows BVI’s vision for food security
• Concerns raised about public confidence in COI
• Ex-con claims prison guards allow select inmates to slip in and out
• Skelton Cline defends ‘Heritage’ in radio debacle
• Former Police Commissioner did not favour radar barges — Premier
• First live-stream COI hearing to happen tomorrow
• 2 guards put on ‘administrative leave’ after prison stabbing — NSC
• Deeply concerned! Governor calls NSC meeting about prison stabbing
• Irregularities discovered in Skelton Cline’s contract with gov’t
• Blacks dying from COVID in higher numbers, health officials warn
• More women taking up top roles in public service! Hodge joins ranks
• New top cop tackles domestic violence! To seek help from UK
• Four inmates were stabbed! Deceased victim identified
• BVI mourns passing of Peter Haycraft
• UPDATE: Police confirm inmate’s death after ‘prison incident’
• Asian restaurant in Road Town ordered to cease operations
• Health officials probe causal factors of COVID surge at RT Ferry Dock
• Additional daily ferry to operate to and from USVI starting June 1
• Persons seeking to mislead others about ESHS reconstruction project
• UPDATE: Father stabbed by son now in stable condition
• Consultations on new Police Act start Monday
• Police investigating 1am shooting in Fort Hill | Spent shells recovered
• Don’t delay! Stimulus recipients told to inform how $$ were spent
• No plans to adopt CDC’s ‘no mask’ guideline for fully vaccinated in BVI
• Three med schools hoped for
• ‘Pilot run’ expected for proposed cruise bubble areas
• Joes Hill homes shall not remain vacant — Social Security Minister
• Anegada, JVD getting 24-hour doctor four days weekly
• ‘Unprecedented’ disrespect in public discourse troubles Premier
• COI quizzes Skelton Cline on gov’t contracts and qualifications
• BVI’s medical school likely before end of year
• Police installing nearly 200 CCTV cameras! New recruits start in July
• Public distrust of RVIPF leads top cop to open direct line to himself
• Investment firm based in BVI sponsors territory’s Olympic team
• ‘Fix it or we will!’ Bishop Cline blasts gov’t on entry restrictions
• Expats regularised as Belongers now buying land, building homes
• Airport employee fined for accepting undeclared goods
• We have fallen in love with negativity in the BVI
• BVI saved hundreds of millions per day with barges — Premier
• We acted with integrity when issuing farming, fishing grants
• Heavy rains drench BVI Sunday! Only slight chance of showers today
• Gov’t granted full participation in COI
• Ferry passenger limit increases to 130 per day starting May 27
• It’s the AG who’s requested private hearings for COI — Sir Gary
• No impropriety in raising elected officials’ retirement package
• Gov’t exploring private sector anti-vaxxer layoffs
• USVI and BVI officials meet today to discuss ferry passenger limits
• Cabinet long approved allocations but Joint Task Force still not paid
• Anegada Appreciation Boat Ride postponed due to COVID concerns
• Gov’t legal fees for COI capped at $5M
• Security Policy Advisor sought amid recent spike in serious crime
• Penn concerned farmers, fishers grants not under subject ministry
• Local yacht captain fined for falsifying documents
• Seniors treated to Fun Day in the First District
• Decision to increase the cost of electricity reversed
• No Thanks! Legislators decline AG’s legal services in COI
• STUDY: Over 95% of Britons develop antibodies after 1 dose of vaccine
• Ministry of Education & Agriculture gets two Permanent Secretaries
• Government’s ‘internal review’ not a conflict, COI finds
• Public pound offers solution for territory’s strays
• Cost of electricity to increase with new wharfage fee on fuel — BVIEC
• BVIPA: Ferry operator at fault for Saturday’s fiasco! Probe launched
• Patsy Lake fails in bid to avoid COI!
• RT ferry terminal fiasco an int’l embarrassment
• Premier confirms: $2M paid in VG land acquisition for Port Authority
• Police seize 5 scooters, lay 37 charges in weekend operation
• Live stream hearings coming after gov’t fixes ‘disclosure deficiencies’
• BVI’s seaport operations marred by complaints
• BVIPA purchases marine vessel for $230K
• Over 7K visitors enter through Beef Island Airport since December
• Summer Sizzle returns in July
• TRC launches annual video competition
• UK gov’t charity marathon spans the globe in 24 hours
• Gov’t defeats BVI Airways in arbitration! Dr Smith ‘feels vindicated’
• COI expresses concern about gov’ts ‘parallel’ internal review
• Cruise passenger ‘bubble areas’ being considered for tourists
• Young local sprinter Adaejah Hodge conquers the world!
• Definition of ‘explosives’ broadened to boost crime fighting efforts
• Gov’t rakes in over $74M in revenues for early 2021
• BVI’s active COVID cases now at 38
• Farmers, fishers get $6.1M stimulus! Premier notes food security threat
• Faulty transformer leaves Anegada without water! 24-hr fix promised
• Red flag! Leaked farmers and fisherfolk stimulus lists inaccurate
• Too many ineffectual laws being made, Fraser suggests
• Customised FinTech course being launched in BVI
• VISAR teaches youngsters lifesaving sea safety
• Be warned! BVIEC can now disconnect you remotely
• No thresholds required to seize drug $$ under new Trafficking Act
• Over $2M collected from gov’t money transfer tax so far
• More schools needed! Wheatley announces Junior High plans
• VIP gov’t revising its manifesto
• Several job ads for educators raise questions about teacher shortage
• Increased reports of leaked private photos and videos — RVIPF
• Local company signs $299K contract to repair EE/LL Community Centre
• Public consultation on controversial Police Act postponed
• Fahie condemns bogus euro-news article targeting BVI’s reputation
• VIDEO: Kyron McMaster sets new nat’l record as Olympics approach
• Shift system for ESHS senior students back on from today
• Cruelty! My dogs were murdered
• Assessment to be made on any unused vaccines after May 31
• Command Room of Fire Services’ HQ being renovated
• Quarantine for unvaccinated travellers increase from 4 to 7 days
• New legislation offers OECS judges improved retirement packages
• Men are sexually harassed too — Flax-Charles
• Paraquita Bay Farmers get 24/7 water supply! WSD workers praised
• Police offering penalty-free vehicular tint checks today
• Flow, BTC sign on as platinum co-sponsors for Carib’n Girls Technocreativity Hackathon
• Assent should be withheld for Bill that censors media
• Cable & Wireless Calls for More Girls in ICT
• Malone’s ‘fake’ move
• COI requests AG’s submissions on transcript of hearing
• PENN: Gov’t misrepresenting projected profits from cannabis bill
• Foolish crimes for a few dollars
• NAGICO, Rotary partner to donate wheelchairs to BVIPA
• Two more charged in connection to robbery-homicide! 7 now implicated
• About-turn? Cabinet to now consider mandatory vaccination
• CIBC First Carib’n donates $10K to Public Health for COVID response
• BVI doesn’t print money, says Fahie on requests for more stimulus
• Stop misleading the public! I’m not the only director of Pier Park
• Contractor General legislation to act as watchdog
• Details of COI hearings should not be publicised, Sir Gary warns
• Gov’t not disclosing tourism strategy ’cause it doesn’t have one
• BVIPA’s staff pay cuts were across the board under NDP — Pickering
• Former Ports boss predicts 6% price increase on consumer goods
• BVI’s COVID-19 cases spike to 24
• BVI seeing increase in dog attacks! Ferocious incidents reported
• Female teen charged in connection to robbery-homicide incident
• ESHS shift system postponed suddenly and indefinitely
• Premier denies role in COVID Port cuts; says over $480K saved
• Persons still living in emergency shelter now nearly 4 years later
• Tourist Board hires PR firm in bid to expand into European market
• Consultations on Whistleblower, Contractor General laws start today
• Two men and a woman jointly charged for illegal gun
• Cause of death of body found floating near VC still undetermined
• Wheatley issues warning after group of locals made redundant
• BVI to set up help desk at USVI seaport as number of arrivals grow
• Catherine Pickering was found in ‘great agony’
• Rise in retirements causes change in demographic of public service
• DPP: Accused Paraquita Bay killers seen on camera with gun and cash
• Body found in waters near Village Cay
• Ronnie Skelton appointed as Chairman of RDA board
• Malone defends offering lunches for jabs as BVI surpasses 10K vaccinations
• Gov’t negotiating telecoms companies’ licenses
• VG resort makes renowned travel magazine’s 2021 ‘It List’
• Software to be introduced to manage BVI’s recreational facilities
• Two men charged with murder-robbery; woman charged for aiding
• State all your business with gov’t! COI writes to Skelton Cline
• People committing crimes due to their circumstances
• Gov’t withholding tourism strategy to maintain competitive advantage
• No sharing at school, students told
• Gov’t contracts British company to provide special training to RVIPF
• Over 300 persons in the BVI now fully vaccinated against COVID
• Gov’t orders ‘internal review’ of local governance
• UK reportedly waiting on COI outcome before deciding on drug bill
• Amount spent on COVID close to BVI’s annual budget
• Health Ministry investigating increase in gastroenteritis locally
• West End man charged with six counts of incest
• COI hearings start next Monday
• Carib’n country asks for BVI’s unwanted COVID vaccines
• Firms should stop favouring expat lawyers over local ones
• Leaders aren’t doing enough to encourage public to take vaccine
• Fully vaccinated local day-trippers won’t be required to quarantine
• Family seeks help for teen accident victim needing surgery after amputation
• CAPS is yielding big dividends and doing what it’s suppose to
• Pump attendant fed robbers information to pull off fatal heist
• Gov’t announces costs, policies for Work In Paradise Programme
• Gov’t ministers not being truthful with answers in HOA — Turnbull
• Stamp of success! Over 600 benefit from Stamp Duty waiver
• Nearly $3M for support from Cuban medical brigade
• Concerning! Premier responds to residents opposed to helping SVG
• Nearly 1,800 derelict vehicles driven out of the BVI since 2021
• ‘Put up or shut up’, accusers told with introduction of integrity Bill
• One man charged following Sunday’s robbery-homicide
• 162 persons employed under ‘1000 Jobs’ initiative so far
• Here’s what the BVIPA earned from warm layups
• Crime linked to vehicles, more traffic enforcement needed
• Gov’t offering special visa waiver to boost tourism
• Don’t depend on the police, let’s do our own collab to fight crime
• Over 1700 lost their jobs since March! Most work permit holders
• The stats are in! See how much the BVI earned from tourism in 2020
• Four in custody in connection to Sunday’s robbery-homicide
• Bad relationship with Governor Jaspert led to COI
• We’re compliant! Gov’t submits nearly 4K documents to COI already
• Oversaturated USVI waters could benefit the BVI
• Policy coming to fast-track select trade licenses within 3 days
• Police release name of BVI’s latest murder victim
• Sworn in! New top cop takes aim at serious and organised crime
• Businesses in good standing will pay less to import goods
• UPDATE: Woman shot in Sunday’s armed robbery dies
• Premier wants drag racing stadium on Beef Island if gov’t wins the land
• Hold banks accountable just like politicians
• More businesses granting incentives to those who vaccinate
• Water demand expected to increase
• The fight continues! Coral disease found at 33 dive sites in BVI
• Woman injured in Paraquita Bay shooting on Sunday
• Young man sustains broken leg in bike crash
• Beauty supply employees robbed at gunpoint
• Rotary telethon raises nearly $100K for St Vincent
• BVI companies donate over 36K bottles of water to St Vincent
• Flow supports relief efforts to send supplies to SVG
• Asthmatics warned to prepare for respiratory irritants from volcano
• A number of employers are stealing from the gov’t
• Big increase in construction projects to bring boost to economy
• 17 int’l passengers enter on Day 1 of seaport reopening
• Gov’t to send barge, desalination plant to SVG
• 13 months sooner! Joe’s Hill Manor to be completed next year
• Policy being developed for BVI to house evacuees from St Vincent
• Full-week, face-to-face classes starts April 19
• Courier Distribution Centre coming to better inspect imports
• Premier: What stimulus package is gov’t giving? ‘A strong economy’
• Commissioner opts out of saying if he’s bought property in BVI
• After a year, the BVI’s seaport finally reopens for int’l travel
• Farewell Commissioner Mick!
• Whale entangled in BVI waters freed
• Residents invited to send relief items to SVG
• Customs: Fake gov’t cheques, drugs imported through courier service
• Premier confident battered marine sector will rebound ‘extremely well’
• Reduced trade fees not necessary for young entrepreneurs
• St Vincent’s volcanic emissions could reach BVI if wind shifts
• $45M in cocaine! Accused drug runner denied bail
• How volcanos can affect BVI & why we should sympathise with SVG
• Maduro-Caines fires back at ferry operators
• BVIFSC introduces Code of Conduct for insurers
• BVI’s Rotary group hosting telethon to raise $50K for St Vincent
• BVI gets UK grant to assess COVID’s impact on protected species
• 24-year-old charged in connection with West End drug bust
• Local operators resist new ferry approved by BVIPA
• Gov’t expected to detail how the BVI will assist St Vincent
• 13M women lost jobs in Latin America, Carib’n due to COVID
• Customs seize container of big bikes imported in the BVI
• LIAT suspends services due to volcanic activity
• Virgin Gorda holds vigil for Petr Kellner
• One in custody after major drug incident in West End!
• BVI observes period of national mourning for Prince Philip
• BVI will fully reopen in June, says Premier
• PHOTO OF THE DAY: Volcanic lightning over SVG
• Sister islanders will be facilitated when domestic travel starts at TPP
• It’s better to return our COVID vaccines than to let them expire
• Dr Wheatley hoped to have more educators vaccinated already
• The Queen’s husband dies at 99
• Red Alert! Pray for St Vincent
• One hospitalised after shooting in Belle Vue
• BVIPA postpones upcoming May 2021 fee increases to next year
• BVI’s active COVID cases now at 20
• At last! Gov’t lifts land-based curfew in the BVI
• St Vincent’s La Soufriere volcano could erupt in hours or days!
• One in 3 suffers anxiety, other mental illness after COVID
• Premier cleared to exit isolation after testing negative for COVID
• Trade Commission will facilitate certain Labour and SSB services
• Teachers urged to vaccinate to ‘save this generation’ of students
• COMMENTARY: Covering up other problems with vaccines and taxes
• ‘I can only apologise’ — Top cop clarifies ‘unexplained wealth’ statement
• Some who were laid off because of COVID now committing crimes
• Health issue preventing Flax-Charles from taking vaccine now
• Gov’t considering lifting curfews indefinitely
• Trade Commission to clamp down on businesses that tamper with measurements
• Handover process starts! New top cop to be sworn in April 19
• COI team returns and more are coming
• Tomorrow’s HOA suspended as precaution after suspect funeral
• Sister islands might struggle if domestic ferries reroute to TPP
• COVID vaccines will be ready for minors by September
• Over 150 persons fined for flouting COVID-19 protocols
• CIBC FirstCaribbean named BVI’s ‘bank of the year’ for 2020
• BVI cases not alarming but new Carib’n strains warrant vigilance
• COVID cases climb to 18
• Gov’t promises ‘more amicable way forward’ regarding Port fees
• ‘Go Live’ of new information system delaying COVID results
• Statistics Act to be revised to require ‘mandatory compliance’
• BVI COVID response a model for Eastern Carib’n
• Mass testing ahead! Gov’t heightens restrictions amid rise in cases
• Legislators in COVID isolation
• Big move! BVI shares business info to help countries collect tax
• Only one round trip ferry per day when seaports reopen to int’l traffic
• Banco opening on weekends!
• VINO publishes another racially charged cartoon of governor
• BVI, Eastern Carib’n countries to benefit from EU-funded projects
• Travellers must now cover cost of transportation upon arrival in BVI
• Having problems with RDA? You can now lodge a complaint
• WHO Report: COVID likely transmitted to people from animal
• Calls for more vaccination centres territory-wide
• Wasted resources! Gov’t needs to centralise its technology strategy
• Gov’t having public consultations on Sustainable Development Plan
• ‘Internal review’ launched amid reports of COVID test hiccup
• Health Ministry contact tracing as funeral home temporarily closes
• Vanterpool to pay severance to Pusser’s employees
• Long wait for COVID results frustrating some travellers?
• Increased fees will help BVIPA to meet int’l standards
• Gov’t launches youth centre to engage young people territory-wide
• Mark Vanterpool buys Pusser’s
• Gov’t seeks to eradicate “fronting” in the business community!
• Most of the BVI’s hillside ‘big houses’ came through hard work
• Gov’t to introduce overnight quarantine if vaccinations increase
• Czech Billionaire with strong ties to VG dies in helicopter crash
• Flow introduces faster internet speeds
• BVI looking to expand into ‘expedition cruising’
• Teen arrested for burglary, damaging business cameras
• COVID Alert! Isolate if you attended SCB funeral on Saturday
• Malone qualifies for 2021 Olympics!
• Gov’t spending $24K to modernise Labour laws
• Aggressive campaign coming to ramp up vaccination
• After frustrated cries, Paraquita Bay water woes being addressed
• Local police officer called to the Bar of England and Wales
• Guyanese woman held at airport with over $10K
• Woman alleges she was beaten by brother-sister duo
• Cruise tourists prefer to interact with vaccinated persons
• What’s delaying police investigations?
• CDB says private sector needs greater role in COVID recovery
• Persons exempted from travel ban must quarantine for full 14 days
• BVI Finance named Best Provider Int’l Financial Services for 2021
• Gov’t grants fee reduction, deadline extension to charter boaters
• Commissioner confirms Rodney Simmonds was murdered
• Inmate hospitalised after being beaten by other prisoners
• Passport kiosks to arrive at airport in about two months
• Gov’t prepares for seaport reopening with simulation exercise
• Carib’n tourist arrivals could see 20% increase in 2021
• Labour suspends applications for work permit exemptions
• COI team returning next week as they consider holding hearings
• Police needs power to nab those with unexplained wealth
• Gov’t expects modest economic recovery in 12 to 18 months
• Gov’t awards Cable & Wireless contract to install fibre network
• Police need power to hold suspects longer than a day
• Cruise pier reopening in June!
• Gov’t outsources legal services as Boynes appeals murder conviction
• BVI ranked the most competitive financial services centre in region
• BVI’s border restrictions cause stockpile of drugs for police to find
• Cops taking DNA ‘by force’ will not be aggressive! It’s a key capability
• Governor looking to invite UK police to assist RVIPF
• More people coming forward to assist with Fish Bay murder
• Highest CDC warning on BVI’s closest neighbours, gateways
• Jamaican man nabbed on gun and Immigration charges
• Don’t be alarmed to see increased presence of armed officers
• Make up your mind and get vaccinated, consider the economy
• Online bloggers are killing BVI’s reputation
• Agriculture service station returning to VG
• Fish Bay murder victim was Vincentian, two arrested
• Urgent action needed to address surge in crime
• Residents want heightened police presence following daylight murder
• Commissioner chided for publicly discussing Security Council matters
• Over 6,000 vaccinated to date, mostly frontline workers
• Flood-prone Ballast Bay road to be repaired before hurricane season
• UPDATE: Fish Bay gunshot victim confirmed dead
• Teen charged for 2019 truck crash that killed rider
• COI appoints solicitors experienced in organised crime, inquiries
• BVIPA merging with Airports Authority
• Get informed! Nat’l security council already has crime plan, Smith told
• Gov’t to construct performing arts centre this year
• Caribbean tourism declines by 65%
• Major event in April to highlight local farmers and fishers
• Senior citizen arrested for assaulting cashier
• Yacht cruisers speak! Here’s why they’re avoiding BVI
• Some persons received pre-election residency without applying?
• Hillside tanks promised for Paraquita Bay farms
• It’s dangerous! Bikers warned about ignoring road closure signs
• BVI’s very own environmental Atlas now ready for distribution
• Smith charges Commissioner to present crime plan in 2 weeks
• BVIPA moving forward with fee increases in ‘phased approach’
• Premier outlines slew of plans gov’t has for BVI this year
• Police searching for boss who fought employee over cash owed
• Gov’t approves extra $$ for officers securing marine borders
• Study pushes BVI to change vaccine dose interval from 6 to 12 weeks
• Water & Sewerage pays $22M more than it earns yearly
• Gov’t awards stimulus cheques to 67% of applicants so far
• Boaters asked to desist from dumping waste near shoreline
• No more delays! Employers instructed to pay severance
• Steps being taken to reduce social distancing in classrooms
• Boats have now left the BVI for ‘bluer waters’
• BVI named biggest enabler of global corporate tax abuse
• Let’s consider facilitating overseas nationals in voting remotely
• Parents urged to stop bashing teachers online
• RVIPF rolls out crime-mapping technology
• UPDATE: Bill that allows persons to do business with gov’t anywhere passes
• Cry for trade! Not all our children have to be doctors and lawyers
• Here’s why the Premier is wary about revealing gov’t plans
• Shipping registry to become statutory body, economic pillar
• Crooks target tools! Police report spike in theft of these items
• 18 duffle bags of cocaine! Taximan now charged
• UK has no moral authority to be our watchdogs
• Shipping Registry advancing despite ‘serious decline’ in business
• Don’t group us! Take individual responsibility for COI
• Rush to pass dozens of Bills delays questions tabled since December
• Willock, Governor Rankin discuss issue of assenting to bills
• A few border breaches doesn’t define success of Customs officers
• Two charged as police seize gun, cocaine in separate searches
• Cabinet grants Belongership to 27 persons! Another 36 get residency
• New shipments confirmed so vaccinations resume this month!
• More business shut-downs possible with continued seaports closure
• Fake social accounts of politicians used to scam residents for $$
• Leaving issues unchecked contributed to COI
• Govt’s IRU not part of COI! Attorney General asked to correct falsehood
• Whistleblowers will be penalised for baseless reports
• Sebastian’s to be prosecuted for flouting COVID protocols
• Employers allegedly pressuring workers to take COVID vaccine?
• At least 500 a day! Roughly 15% of population now vaccinated
• Local EMTs being equipped to better serve Spanish community
• Survey to learn needs of sister islands extended to month-end
• No new COVID vaccinations till next shipment arrives!
• Acting Deputy Prison Superintendent arrested, charged
• Gov’t ‘removing legal barriers’ so COI can access privileged info easily
• Face-to-face learning possible when teachers, parents get vaccinated
• On time, on budget! Premier lauds local contractors
• $332K contract signed to renovate sections of Fire Services’ HQ
• Most countries are marketing! How will you reboot tourism, Premier?
• ‘Natural tension’ always existed between BVI and UK
• Economic hardship can be as deadly as COVID
• Travel Magazine: BVI one of the safest destinations regarding COVID
• H.L. Stoutt honoured on 26th anniversary year of his passing
• Over $500K in contracts to construct 3 new social homes
• Financial Services Institute offers accounting scholarship to BVIslanders
• Not giving notice about COI placed BVI economy, families at risk
• Nearly $12k per day for barges to assist with border security
• Overseas Territories also concerned about COI in BVI — CARICOM
• Police shut down West End event with gathering of over 175 persons
• Funds earmarked to make Constitutional Review a reality
• Domestic ferries rerouting to TPP when seaport reopens to int’l traffic
• BVI Spring Regatta cancelled for 2021!
• Police launch ‘Clean The Streets’ operation to stem firearm crimes
• Premier, Malone among group dubbed Unsung Heroes of pandemic
• Dr Pickering says COVID vaccines are a weapon for BVI
• Youth Parliament to debate ‘self-determination’ in first sitting
• Further delays in reopening seaports reflects poorly on BVI
• RT ferry terminal reopening now pushed to mid-April
• ‘Premier lodged police complaint against me’, Rosan-Jones claims
• Upbeat! VG businessman talks tourism on the sister island
• Premier takes COVID-19 vaccine!
• UN group launches blueprint to tackle global tax abuse
• Over 6% of BVI’s population vaccinated so far
• Gov’t’s unprecedented hostility towards UK concerning — Penn
• How can frontline workers refuse COVID vaccines?
• Virgin Islands Trade Commission to take business to another level
• UPDATE: Field fire destroys over 100 bales of recyclables and aluminium
• EU updates tax haven blacklist, BVI not named
• Penn calls for gov’t to provide another COVID-19 stimulus package
• Governor aims to give police extra resources to probe recent murders
• Nearly half of BVI’s 16 vaccination centres to be ready this week
• Reckless driver arrested after engaging cops in vehicular chase
• Residents urged to increase quake, tsunami response at Caribe Wave
• Four injured in vehicular accident on VG
• Why is UK inviting volunteers to be infected with the coronavirus?
• Inquiry Response Unit established to cooperate with COI
• Gov’t moves to strengthen anti-money laundering, terrorism laws
• Gov’t grants White Bay developer hotel aid for the next 10 years
• Two hospitalised after freak accident at DMV
• Roughly $300K to repair the East End Community Centre
• Police release name of body found bound in Sea Cows Bay waters
• UPDATE: Body seen floating in Sea Cow’s Bay found tied up
• Public waits! Will Premier keep promise and vaccinate this week?
• Reward for whistleblowers? Cabinet moving swiftly to implement Bill
• Amnesty coming for those who owe property tax
• RVIPF sees record crime-detection rate in 2020! Gun seizures triple
• Immigration officers get new uniform design
• Online registration for COVID vaccine temporarily suspended
• Century House Montessori School students top BVILOVE Poetry Contest
• Correspondence show that residents fear giving info to COI
• 1400+ registered for COVID vaccine, crowds overwhelm vaccination centres
• Here’s how this local contractor started winning bids and contracts
• Employers to get pay-out under 1000 jobs in 1000 days programme
• COI reassures public officers of option send info directly despite gov’t policy
• Wall of Fame coming to honour sporting icons
• Commission of Inquiry undermines our human rights, says CSC
• New NEOC building to set blueprint for region to follow!
• Man arrested after sending death threats to his child’s mother
• Sister islands to be the first to access e-government services
• Pilot who dies in USVI helicopter crash a major friend to Anegada
• Gov’t contracts not awarded based on the island you live
• RDA awards four contracts valued over $429K
• Outcome of BVI’s COI is fixed with one UK judge — Former TCI Premier
• Saba Rock Resort commences job fair today!
• Joint primary school curriculum coming for BVI, other EC states
• Gov’t in talks with banks to restore special lines for sister island residents
• Only minors and pregnant women not verified for COVID vaccine
• Tourist Board to host virtual event showcasing BVI local attractions
• Where’s the rest? Omitting last 10 months of Cabinet decisions a major concern
• Some work permit holders not eligible for renewals
• Local Olympians focused and training ahead of July 2021 Games
• Mother arrested for assaulting ex’s partner! Allegedly causes collision
• Vaccinated persons still required to quarantine when entering the BVI
• Gov’t to spend extra $1M to establish and run Rescue Coordination Centre
• Another business quits early amid insufficient tourist arrivals
• Man arrested this week for ‘machete slap’ assault
• Seasoned int’l judge the new head of Criminal Division in BVI Courts
• Free wellness fair at Pier Park today
• Bob Hodge killed at home, motor vehicle allegedly stolen
• Partial nighttime curfew continues
• First 10 receive COVID vaccine in BVI today
• Recent special needs graduates haven’t integrated well in society
• COMMENTARY: Good governance – a will to change
• Sugar Works Museum to be further developed this year
• COVID vaccines not mandatory for healthcare workers
• Lots of more than just memory-loss to detect Alzheimer in early stages
• UK’s new policy: Up to 10 years in jail for falsifying travel history
• RVIPF: One murder, 2 ‘unexplained deaths’ in first two months of 2021
• Police confirm Bob Hodge as the victim of Tuesday night’s killing
• Gov’t to resume publicising Cabinet decisions for greater transparency
• 90% of RDA’s total $23M in contracts awarded to locals
• Steps being taken to insert more of VI history in schools
• New school bus donated to local special needs school
• Man reportedly killed on Tortola Tuesday night
• Salaries of all public officers to be reviewed
• WHO: It’s unlikely coronavirus pandemic started in Chinese lab
• BVI’s financial secrecy score worsens in the last two years
• Will you take the COVID-19 vaccine?
• $57K raised during VISAR’s Winter Wonderland Christmas event
• North Sound Admin Building sees completion! Handing-over today
• Police recover gun during routine traffic stop
• Nanny Cay attracts new business by circumventing seaport closure
• Vareen Vanterpool-Nibbs appointed Registrar for BVI High Court
• UK to cover medical bills for any side effects of AstraZeneca vaccine
• We should back the Premier as he fights colonialsm
• Stop manufacturing untruthful stories about others — Walwyn
• Deadline to pay Severance to laid off employees further extended
• Cluster of tremors near BVI on Saturday morning
• Bodies found in different locations! Police release names of deceased
• UPDATE: Second dead man found at crime scene
• Royal Caribbean vessels leaving but will return for warm lay-ups
• OPINION: Truth, reconciliation and the Commission of Inquiry
• Residents cooperative, identified issues for COI to place focus
• Dr Dawson hired as consultant for Ministry of Education & Agriculture
• Gov’t aiming to vaccinate entire population
• Premier prophesies biblical relationship with new governor, pledges support
• COVID-19 vaccines arrive in the territory!
• Put aside partisan views, push back against UK’s colonial apparatus
• Impromptu tests for travelling public causing technical errors
• Have the people lost confidence in the gov’t?
• BVI is one of top two best places to visit in Carib’n
• He’s dangerous, Savage wanted for gun-related incidents — RVIPF
• Bidders invited for social home projects on Tortola and Anegada
• Ports Authority ‘reviewing’ fee increase amid public backlash
• BVI hotels earn top mentions from US travel magazine
• Educators speak! Uninvolved parents, bad internet hurting hybrid learning
• ‘High demand from youth’ leads to extension of Stamp Duty waiver
• ‘Most fires at dumpsites deliberate’ — Malone shares video proof
• US Embassy in Barbados cancels all nonimmigrant visa appointments indefinitely
• Gov’t aims to quantify the social impact of COVID-19 in BVI
• All breachers of COVID protocols will be ticketed, RVIPF warns
• Freeze the fees! BVICCHA says new Port charges “unacceptable”
• COI not about gov’t corruption! More to it than meets the eye
• Works to build permanent facility at West End dock to start soon
• Jordanian jailed after assaulting cop on VG
• Balloon satellite makes its way into BVI waters
• New infectious skin disease emerges in Haiti
• We received numerous complaints about Jaspert too
• Plans for HLSCC to provide online schooling to overseas students
• ‘Don’t take us for granted’, Speaker warns Governor Rankin
• Sir Gary visiting sister islands for 1-on-1 meetings with residents today
• Premier promises to reintroduce controversial Police Act
• Hooded gunmen rob Sea Cow’s Bay businesses
• Governor Rankin reiterates full support for Commission of Inquiry
• Local companies win $9.8M contract to construct new DDM HQ
• Businesses angered as Port Authority hikes shipping fees
• One charged in connection to last week’s cocaine bust
• Register for inoculation! Vaccines to arrive next Thursday
• John Rankin to be sworn in as Governor today
• 16-yr-old charged for offensive weapon
• BVI announces travel ban on South Africa, Brazil
• Wheatley clarifies Premier’s claim of BVI losing $70M in investments
• Dr Georges — From past student to HLSCC President
• We politicians called this damage on ourselves — Walwyn
• Tourism boost: BVI Spring Regatta set for March
• AG’s residence to undergo $300K rehabilitation works
• COVID testing times gets boost with new extraction machine
• 10 officers receive BVI’s first Meritorious Service medal
• Premier’s claim that NDP lost $70M from SSB totally false!
• Senior educator predicts resignations on the horizon
• Six people hurt in random attacks since January
• BVI stands ready to assist Vincentians as volcanic activity continues
• Pay your bills or be disconnected
• NDP gov’t lost $70M from SSB that was never disclosed — Premier
• Brexit Blows: EU pressured to add BVI to tax haven blacklist
• COI was exactly the kind of reason stimulus cheques were delayed
• Hybrid learning isn’t working for some students — Education Chief
• Jaspert’s approach to COI irresponsible and damaging
• Cindy Cuts Deep! Where’s Access To Information Act?
• Persons travelling to BVI for court must quarantine 14 days
• 47 high-income countries hog COVID-19 vaccine
• Here’s what can happen in BVI after the Commission of Inquiry
• Amid negative int’l press, Jaspert tries to salvage BVI’s reputation
• New charge and evidence further delays $30M cocaine case
• Premier had requested to join governor at COI press conference
• How the COI will balance confidentiality with fairness to accused figures
• BVI’s historic Commission of Inquiry now officially underway
• See who will pay for COI and government-retained law firm
• NDP and VIP scandals will resurface under Commission of Inquiry
• Quitos calls it quits for rest of tourist season
• All persons travelling to US must now be tested and quarantined
• Police officer interdicted for ‘criminal offences’
• BVI gov’t seeks international legal representation for Commission
• One charged in connection to Tuesday’s drug bust!
• Commission of Inquiry ‘attack’ equals to 9/11, Irma, historic crises?
• Who is the Commissioner of Inquiry?
• First-ever EMT training hosted in the BVI
• Man allegedly assaults cops who refused to return seized motorcycle
• Nine new COVID cases recorded in the BVI
• Who will pay for the Commission of Inquiry?
• Police seized over 150 kilos of cocaine! One arrested
• $40M SSB grant channelled to political cronies? COI to investigate
• Gov’t deflects, ignores allegations instead of addressing them — Penn
• Why do you oppose truth? Governor asks detractors
• National Parks Trust receives $19K COVID-19 grant
• Nothing to hide! Premier calls for Commission of Inquiry to broadcast live
• Your administration will come an end — Rosan-Jones speaks out
• 3-month grace period for residents behind on monthly water payments
• “Deliberate delays” by elected leaders also triggered Commission of Inquiry
• UK fully backs Governor Jaspert’s Commission of Inquiry
• Commission of Inquiry should investigate the NDP’s ‘Big 3’
• BFEC saves hundreds in a month with renewable energy system
• New Police Commissioner to take office in April
• Governor’s proposed Commission of Inquiry sidesteps due process
• Governor orders Commission of Inquiry to investigate BVI gov’t
• There’s more to UK pulling funding from RDA than just an ‘expiry date’
• Cabinet’s post-meeting statements halted for months
• Is Governor Jaspert complying with 14-day quarantine protocol?
• Man accused of wounding bar attendant granted bail
• BVI needs a COVID czar | Is gov’t aware of damage being caused?
• Woman arrested after hitting ex with hammer
• Governor’s Office allegedly gets reduced access to gov’t website
• New work permit system to go fully online before month end
• Classroom cameras to be installed to assist with hybrid learning
• Hit-and-run? Bicycle rider gets head injuries after crash with scooter
• New governor John Rankin arrives in BVI
• BVI, other EC Supreme Court members should consider Judge-Alone Criminal Trials
• Disaster Management Bill rides to Governor’s Office for assent
• Mandatory 4-day quarantine period will need to be revisited!
• Don’t focus on mistakes, have confidence in our people to lead
• It’s sharing your info! Accept new Whatsapp policies or be banned
• Local lab can now test 500+ samples for COVID-19 daily
• Despite COVID, local financial services firms make major deals in 2020
• False! UK didn’t change funding agreement for RDA
• 8K vaccines coming! Healthcare and law enforcement first priority
• BVIEC receives CDB funding to strengthen renewable energy infrastructure
• UK’s expectations regarding BVI’s cannabis-related Bill still unclear
• Smith calls for a ministry exclusively for sports
• Premier urges parents to push young men to aspire!
• Kenneth Baker promoted to Managing Director/CEO of BVIFSC
• UK pulling out of funding RDA
• OPINION: Why don’t we trust our elected reps?
• Gov’t gives BVI’s 4 Olympic athletes $25K each for Tokyo 2021
• $75K grant from UK to fight deadly coral disease in BVI
• Cop who was shot on VG last year discharged following investigations
• The first of two cruise ships arrives in BVI for warm lay-ups
• No ‘community spread’ of COVID-19 in the BVI
• Gov’t to introduce inspections of all aircraft at local airports
• Elected leaders were rendered “useless” after 2017 hurricanes
• The Moorings extends operations to USVI
• BVIEC’s GM appointed Chairman of CARILEC
• Trump suspended from Twitter, Facebook after violent protests
• BVI places travel ban on DR as country’s COVID cases pass 40K
• Restaurants, bars, nightclubs disregarding health protocols
• Health Ministry reports that 6 residents test positive for COVID
• Premier unfazed by ‘bloggers’ on online news sites
• Companies, residents to cash in on derelict vehicles
• Tourist Board signs incentive deal with evoJets
• Improved and publicly accessible disaster plan needed for BVI
• Possible COVID exposure if you were at an Old Year’s party on VG
• VIP has done more for D3 in 2 years than the NDP did in 8 years
• Baba Aziz’s nationality cost him the Attorney General position
• Public servants were reluctant to follow gov’t when COVID first hit
• I won’t overwhelm myself with multiple portfolios — Premier
• New Acting SSB Director announced days after Director abruptly resigns
• UN’s $350K grant to help most vulnerable in BVI
• Governor’s statement on publicly accessible registers misleading
• Premier’s Office shouldn’t take on disaster management now
• First batch of COVID vaccines arrive in Cayman
• Banco Popular donates portable ventilators, N95 masks
• Undercover racism in the BVI being used to divide and conquer
• Fraser calls for new committee to ensure gov’t projects are executed
• Deferred again! RT Ferry Dock won’t reopen to int’l traffic till March
• The most-read stories of 2020
• BVI lab unable to test for new COVID strain
• Locals refuse housing assist, favour grants over low-interest loans
• Couples celebrate BVI’s Christmas Day and New Year’s Day babies
• COVID vaccine to be made available to residents in February
• BVI loses access to EU funding
• It’s now official! No more free trade, travel for BVI as Brexit takes effect
• Gov’t to establish revenue committee on advice of new FS
• Silence your bikes or gov’t will!
• De Castro gets advisor, committee to devise tourism plan by year’s end
• BVIFA signs 3-year MOU with HLSCC
• What classes will be like for new school term on January 4
• Smith points to staff shortage, worker fatigue at Health Services
• BVI imposes travel ban on UK over new COVID strain
• Demand good governance even if it means being called ‘anti-BVI’
• Active holiday season for Fire & Rescue Service
• BVI Red Cross certifies 17 under Home Care programme
• Gov’t to host praise, thanksgiving service on New Year’s Day
• La Soufriere volcanic activity causes concern among Vincentians in BVI
• UN says Carib’n coral reefs could die by end of the century
• Our financial services industry lost biggest deal in its history
• After 4 years, USVI men freed of firearm charges in BVI
• Red Cross screens over 8K locals for prostate cancer; more ahead
• CTL customers give generously
• Imported COVID cases prove stringent measures were necessary
• Present airport expansion plan will destroy natural resources, business
• Third lane in Road Town will ready for use today
• LIAT to operate scheduled flights to BVI five days per week
• Shuttle success! Nearly 150 taxis transporting over 200 people daily
• BVIFA partners with int’l coaching body for high-level online courses
• Gov’t approves additional help to transport arriving tourists
• Businesses told to brace for surprise inspections by Labour
• Sharie De Castro spreads cheer to 175 kids on Christmas Eve
• Christmas surprise! Digicel gifts 10 customers with $1K each
• Police charge man found with over 60 small bags of weed
• Nearly 50% of arrivals so far are tourists
• Increased fines, jail time for harbouring illegal immigrants
• Holiday Message: Enjoy Christmas but still adhere to COVID protocols
• Schools effect special measures to prevent cheating in online exams
• OPINION: Time to jail those who break out of quarantine
• The days of neglecting the sister islands are over — Premier
• BVIPA announces holiday schedule, extends hours for cargo clearance
• BVI now has 14 active COVID cases
• Court sentences boat captain caught with nearly $1M
• Man charged for allegedly beating grandfather
• De Castro represents BVI in virtual Commonwealth Youth Parliament
• BVI monitoring new COVID strain, no UK travel ban so far
• Fahie promises to have Integrity legislation by first quarter of 2021
• Gov’t told to ensure JVD residents get the jobs at new Dog Hole Jetty
• Quarantine escapee still on the run, public’s help needed
• How many tourists have visited BVI since December 1?
• LIAT to resume flights to BVI on December 31
• Search on for Dom Rep citizen who escaped quarantine
• JVD residents get new building that allows for on-island bill payments
• Local basketball sensation smashes US college records! Rated 11th best
• Nephew assaults aunt’s ex-lover after relationship goes sour
• New strain of COVID in UK triggers global panic
• It’s best to adhere to UK new law on company registers — Governor
• Hurricane home repairs to start from January with 30+ signed
• All-BVI deck crew was always a goal — local American Airlines pilot
• American serves 4 months for breaching quarantine in Cayman
• 16-yr-old male charged for sex underaged girl
• Special waivers for locals, residents returning without tests results
• Airport Customs finds weed in FedEx package
• COVID cases climb to 11, fines increase
• Nine certified in coaching programme
• UK national selected as new Police Commissioner
• COVID vaccines to arrive late January
• Cops need to be more assertive in clamping down on illegal scooters
• Residents urged to report travellers who leave quarantine
• Funds allocated to have beach restroom facility at Brewers Bay
• 52-yr-old charged with raping a minor
• Man charged with attempted murder after incident with babymother
• Disrespectful behaviour should not be rewarded
• Positive COVID violators frustrate Premier into pushing for $20K fines
• Unfair! Appoint long-serving public servants to top posts full-time
• Non-Belonger homeowners can now stay up to 10 months
• Active COVID-19 cases climb
• Gov’t says no one is employed at Prospect Reef, employee denies
• UK’s says general public should access companies’ info! BVI resists
• Firing Rosan-Jones proof governor right about victimisation in gov’t?
• JVD suffers as contractor hijacks Water & Sewerage employees
• Investors dropping out as cannabis legislation gets red tape from UK
• CIBC FirstCaribbean puts on Christmas paint competition
• We don’t want BVI to be a burden to UK! Britain invites negotiations
• Glitches with BVI Gateway Portal frustrating some travellers
• Water & Sewerage workers ‘underpaid and overworked’
• Additional mooring sites added for persons quarantining on boats
• USVI’s relaxed travel protocols linked to their rising COVID cases
• You’re not being billed for the grace period, Water & Sewerage promises
• BVI now has 3 active COVID-19 cases
• Over 360 illegal water connections discovered!
• Recent drug seizure affecting assent to Drugs Amendment Act
• Interviewing process commences for the BVI’s next top cop
• Old Gov’t House Museum reopen to the public
• Governor’s full statement on Cannabis Licensing Act
• Governor explains lack of assent Cannabis Licensing Act
• COVID results delayed because BVI Health Services is short-staffed
• City to investigate reported stench in Village Cay area
• VISAR receives $174K to purchase new vessel, support operations
• Handling COVID without UK’s help is something to be proud of
• Another COVID-19 case found
• Two men survive gun attack in recent VG incident
• Last-minute seaport decision will reflect poorly on BVI and its brand
• Does BVI have storage space, equipment for promised vaccines?
• Choppy waters ahead! Additional mooring sites coming for vessels
• Don’t hug each other this Christmas, says WHO
• Islanders FC pull off 3-1 win for eighth National League title
• Capturing certain turtles is illegal, public warned
• Spike in gun crimes! A number of illegal firearms in BVI — Police
• Reports of quarantine breaches might see fines increasing to $5K
• Premier should have bodyguards just like for Governor, Chief Justice
• Seaports will remain closed to int’l traffic till late January 2021
• Law needed to override the ‘unelected’ governor — Speaker
• Tourist tests positive on Day 4 in the BVI
• Man found with nearly $200K arrested
• Vanterpool calls for better treatment of white locals
• Let’s save our money and borrow to run the economy
• Gov’t seeks fix for spontaneous dump fires! Home collections pause
• Int’l eyes watch amid delayed assent to medical cannabis bill
• Governor pushing for legislation to investigate persons with ‘unexplained wealth’
• Big day: UN strikes cannabis from list of ‘most dangerous drugs’
• Allegations reported by governor are reckless, damaging — Premier
• LETTER TO EDITOR: The animosity between Governor and Premier
• Another policeman charged in largest drug bust in BVI history!
• Celebration to mark 70 years since restoration of BVI legislature
• No transparency on gov’t spending, intimidation, victimisation being investigated
• Nearly 200 visitors in 2 days! No positive COVID cases so far
• Airport taxis equipped with logging system for contact tracing
• More officers needed to keep Joint Task Force going
• Police arrest men travelling to VG with over $13K
• New members elected for top positions in Athletics Association
• Dozens of visitors arriving! Plenty activity on first 2 days of reopening
• Penn says pay increase coming for Immigration officers
• Travellers could pay up to $1000 for breaching local COVID protocols
• US citizens plead guilty, fined $1K for entering BVI illegally
• UK marine specialists to train local law enforcement officers next year
• BVI Athletics Association to host elections today
• Digicel, RTW contributes $4K of food items to FSN
• World AIDS DAY: Protect those with HIV/AIDS amid COVID fight
• We’re ready! BVI’s tourism industry officially opens today
• No 10% payout if ‘1K Jobs’ workers not employed for full 12 months
• BVI spared wrath of the most active hurricane season
• Students encouraged to join ‘We Recycle’ competition
• And the Governor’s Commendation Award goes to …
• PM Boris Johnson says UK is ‘absolutely committed’ to OTs
• VG properties getting booked ahead tomorrow’s reopening to visitors
• USVI captures alleged kingpin linked to BVI’s recent cocaine bust
• Opening weekend of Ice Skating Rink a smashing success
• US citizens claim unfair, unsanitary detention in BVI! DPP denies it
• Two injured during shooting on VG
• Returning resident tests positive for COVID-19
• BVI now has facility that tests for autism! NHI backs milestone
• Here’s the UK’s present position on giving money to BVI, other OTs
• They tried to take power from our gov’t when COVID hit
• Premier shares discontent with UK, other OTS
• 30% of all donations to RDA comes from UK and private sector
• New border security equipment coming to HM Customs
• Rumours about McMaster killing results in new murder attempt
• BVI excluded from LIAT’s temporary list of fly destinations
• Businesses threaten to leave BVI amid stringent COVID protocols
• Barely surviving! Resident gets runaround waiting for new permit
• Woman charged with theft claims she stole to buy food
• HOA going paperless using new technology
• UPDATE: Body washed ashore believed to be VG resident
• Don’t let tourists dictate our health protocols, hospitality industry told
• How did Glenford Young come to perish in lone scooter crash?
• UK Minister for OTs resigns amid British gov’t cuts to overseas aid
• Prison time could worsen these 2 women’s health condition
• November 24 should be declared an official holiday
• Having reps in British parliament could help the BVI
• Red Cross giving food vouchers to the vulnerable this Christmas
• UK pre-orders 350 million vaccines for Oxford University! BVI to benefit
• Night of Museum, School’s Family Feud added to Xmas at TPP event
• RiteWay to reopen Harbour Market Store in Soper’s Hole next month
• Final-year law student imprisoned for 2015 white-collar offences
• Gov’t can’t hire more people right now so start your own businesses
• VG man gets split five-year sentences for 2 guns
• It’s ready! Residents, visitors can now book trips via BVI Gateway
• EU states cause more tax loss than those they blacklisted
• COVID spikes in in-transit countries! BVI’s chances of being affected rise
• REPORT: BVI responsible for 3.8% of global tax loss
• $450K deal signed for recovery works to RVIPF marine base
• Public campaign needed to raise political consciousness of locals
• UK national nabbed for forging Customs document
• Utility disconnections anger residents
• ‘Now is the perfect time to sail in the BVI’ | Local charter readies
• OECS taking Consumer Protection tips from Jamaica
• Labour and Immigration’s merged system to come online by December 1
• Orders flowing in as Pfizer’s COVID vaccine passes final stage
• Traffic to be disrupted in Great Mountain due to major works
• Scrub ready to reopen! Guests have the whole island to themselves
• Xmas on DeCastro Street now ‘Christmas in the City’ at new venue
• Gov’t constructing new facility to house RT police station and HQ
• Slight drop in $$ budgeted for education, agriculture
• CANCELLED: COVID hits first cruise line to return to Carib’n waters
• Wellbeing of public officers to be addressed
• Where is govt’s promised online portal for tourists?
• Experts may be hired to conduct internal investigations at RVIPF
• Police officers are not punching bags — Commissioner
• US embassy in Barbados resumes processing of certain visas
• Tourist Board hosting scaled-down ‘BVI Food Fete’ this year
• No compromise! Gov’t will start hammering internet providers 2021
• COVID knocks down government revenue nearly 7%
• National rugby player in need of heart surgery
• CDC says BVI is ‘moderately risky’ despite COVID absence
• Dr Richard Georges appointed the BVI’s first Poet Laureate
• JVD terminal reopening for int’l, domestic passengers by year’s end
• Local financial services is still very busy and active despite COVID
• Millions spent for public officers to work remotely
• We haven’t been invited to any reopening discussion — BVICCHA
• Sustainable farming the way forward for BVI, says local farmer
• Local school poised to have the first net-billing metering system in BVI
• Rider dies in Sunday morning crash on VG
• $$ earned from registering companies dips by 15%
• Gov’t attracting investors by offering residency
• BVI not corrupt! Premier calls for retraction of ‘irresponsible’ claim
• BVIPA workers will return to regular pay as of December
• Proposals submitted for solar farms in Cox Heath on Tortola
• Mega-ship pier and luxury hotel to be constructed at Pier Park
• Gov’t announces $402M budget for 2021! Sum less than 2020
• Fahie details $158M improvement plan for Beef Island Airport
• Should elected gov’t take charge of National Security portfolio?
• Nat’l Security Council considering to get more help from UK
• Some Customs, Immigration officers frustrated not knowing whereabouts of UK naval ship
• Amid COVID, how will gov’t fuel 2021 budget?
• Special list of persons exempted from mandatory quarantine
• Accused policeman may not be safe in prison if denied bail, court hears
• Visitors will not be turned away if they test positive on arrival
• Corruption exists in BVI and major crimes might be going undetected
• Gov’t reduces cost of COVID accessories for all travellers
• Record-breaking run earns Katrina Lindsay 2nd in local race series
• UPDATE: Cop arrested in largest drug bust in BVI history!
• We first need to calculate the cost of independence
• Gov’t won’t budge! Four-day quarantine for visitors remains
• Compromised infrastructures linked to mould in schools
• First cruise line sets sail in Caribbean waters since March
• Two of 3 Venezuelans fined, given 7-year sentences for drugs, gun
• COVID vaccine developed and is 90% effective!
• BVI to feel effects of Tropical Storm Eta for the next four days
• Aspiring citizens should be required to take a written test
• Lay-off period extended by another 3 months
• Random video check-ins part of GPS technology to be used on visitors
• Turtle conservation project launched to combat threats discovered in BVI
• Police make major drug bust during late-night operation
• Trump loses US presidential elections! Joe Biden elected
• Everton McMaster the latest murder victim in BVI
• One dead after fatal shooting on Tortola
• COVID is loud but Dengue silently sweeping the EC
• Flow offers free internet upgrades to connected schools
• Speaker brings attention to bills stuck at Governor’s office
• I am now a ‘statesman’, I advise both sides — Vanterpool
• Gov’t looking at abolishing jury for some High Court trials
• New Waste Management Bill coming
• Immigration, Custom officials to get powers to fine illegal migrants
• New anti-corruption law coming to govern public spending
• Large expat workforce needed for unemployment insurance scheme
• Wheatley working to give non-Belonger homeowners more stay
• Plans to expand OneMart to East End, USVI, other countries
• Curfew reduced to 3 hours daily!
• USVI, Turks named among top destinations for Americans
• ‘Freak accident’ causes power outage in section of Sea Cows Bay
• REPORT: Territory’s GDP to decline 13 to 17 percent this year
• Jaspert to deliver last Throne Speech on Thursday
• BVI considering programme to attract longer-stay tourists
• Gov’t may have to drop another round of stimulus
• Penn: Gov’t owes small businesses, contractors lots of $$
• Even more millions misused for EE sewerage project than we thought
• 65-y-o dies as COVID climbs in USVI
• Penn appointed Chief Immigration Officer after long stint of acting
• Penn told to hop off gov’t’s back!
• Over 40 petty contracts to be issued for East End sewerage project
• Financial services providers given extension on operating outside BVI
• BVI to receive COVID-19 vaccines from the UK
• St Lucia, Martinique back under lockdown as COVID spikes
• Man hospitalised after being stabbed in bar Sunday night
• LIAT flies for the first time since April
• Businesses will go bankrupt if lay-off period isn’t extended
• US fisherman allowed to go home after four months in BVI prison
• East End rap artiste making strides with debut single ‘Lighters Up’
• 26 become BVI citizens! More to join
• Fewer expats, less remittance, less taxes for government
• Reparations: How can The Queen’s subjects ask her for an apology?
• JVD still unaware as Premier fails to give promised answers
• USVI newspaper tells visitors not to visit BVI
• 12-year-old makes history! Swims from St Lucia to Martinique
• More families seeking help! FSN requesting donations
• Premier wrong to blame tourists for booking ahead of protocols — Penn
• Govt’s travel protocols ‘impractical’ and an ‘overkill’
• Vanterpool has undergone Police Commissioner training
• Opposition backs call for protest against gov’t for tourism protocols
• BVI doesn’t have the most stringent toursim protocols
• Top cop post should be based on competence not local status
• Difficult for gov’t to accept full responsibility for cancellations
• Hundreds of bookings cancelled since BVI’s reopening protocols
• Expected visitors to rack up extra $$ for COVID-related accessories
• GPS tracking tech to eliminate quarantine security fees
• 90-minute delay between flights will help manage tourist arrivals
• Idle rider ‘aimlessly’ discharges gun through Carrot Bay
• FirstBank reports cybersecurity breach! Services minimally affected
• Visitors won’t be able to roam freely immediately after quarantine
• False-positive dengue results prove to be COVID-19 in some cases
• Tourism businesses must be course-certified before reopening
• Border closure helped to save lives — Premier
• Online portal: Visitors must apply for BVI Gateway Certificate to enter
• BVI moving to adopt ‘CARICOM Standards for Teaching Profession’ to improve education system
• Police record a rise in serious assaults across BVI
• Chikungunya also present in BVI! Suspected dengue cases over 100
• Pandemic to paradise: This OT has found a way to revive tourism
• Republic Bank beefs up security following recent account breaches
• Respect gov’t so gov’t can respect you
• UPDATE: St Thomas Bay beach now safe for swimming
• UPDATE: BVI back to zero COVID-19 cases
• Cannabis orders pouring in!
• JVD school to relocate to the hillside
• Visitor 4-day quarantine is the best option yet
• ‘Lay-off period should end after December 1’, employers plead
• More residents volunteering information to police
• Seaports to open on December 8
• Foxy’s ‘Old Year’s Night’ party unlikely to happen this year
• All schools now permitted to allow face-to-face classes but in phases
• Fraudulent activity reported on Republic Bank/Scotia accounts
• Businesses open but schools closed? How come?
• The Pope is wrong — Bishop John Cline
• Nat’l Marine Park to be established on Anegada and other areas
• 50% of RVIPF went in isolation after last month’s COVID spike
• Pope Francis endorses civil unions for same-sex couples
• Face-to-face classes at VISTS off to a great start! Others to reopen soon
• Jury acquits man whose relative gives him forged cheque to cash
• Gov’t to host community on JVD amid outcry from residents
• Over 20 locals officially sworn in as youth parliamentarians
• Guns at large! Fireman, accused robbery accomplices denied bail
• Is crime spiralling in the BVI because of COVID-19?
• BVI schools send multiple complaints to CXC after 2020 exams
• BVI edges closer to CARICOM | Independence on the horizon?
• Customs officer to spend 2 months in prison for failure to pay fine
• Six students selected as winners of territorial essay competition
• Local man comes clean about burglarising grocery store in March
• Gov’t, Opposition legislators donate over $12K to D5 Economic Zone
• EU grants Caribbean countries 3 million euros to secure COVID vaccine
• CXC has changes to address complaints about 2020 exams
• Digicel investing half-million to improve internet speeds in BVI
• Over $2.3M in contracts awarded to two local firms for rehab works
• UPDATE: Minor released but 3 adults charged for armed robbery
• Protocols for air travel to be released by next Thursday
• St Vincent creates history by setting up a Consular Office in BVI
• BVI avoided $57 million deficit
• Greater investment in higher education needed in the region
• Thousands of TCI workers languish as gov’t fights private resort
• Man pleads guilty to August burglary in Road Town
• Gunman also tried to shoot George Burrows’ sons, court hears
• 24-yr-old charged for illegal firearm
• Hard to catch a ride! Motorists reluctant to offer rides since COVID
• UK gives $257k towards BVI rebuilding
• US deems 5 Eastern Caribbean countries safe for travel
• Good job Dr Mathavious!
• Man now charged for George Burrows murder
• Gov’t to set up ‘Economic Zone’ in District 5
• No mixed mingling in bars/clubs! Barriers required for exotic dancers
• Law now being drafted to restrict older vehicles
• Murder suspects released
• 50 locals get best-practice training to access regional small grants
• Four arrested in connection to BVI’s 2020 murders
• Backyard fires will be put out once reported
• Pregnant woman involved in major drug and gun bust fined $1K
• Premier defends COVID measures: ‘Can’t make money if you’re dead!’
• No entry for attorney! Trial for $30M cocaine bust delayed again
• 1000 residents to get free certified training in tourism
• REPORT: Latin America, C’bean the hardest region hit by COVID-19
• One Venezuelan claims gun, another admits he’s the drug dealer
• Owners should be mandated to maintain their buildings in RT
• BVIPA refuses to divulge purchase price of Chateau property on VG
• Curfews will continue until we learn to practice safe measures
• Gov’t has no intention to cut civil service
• First bars, nightclubs likely start to reopening later this week
• BVIPA acquires Chateau land on VG to expand port facility
• BVI losing revenue waiting on governor to assent cannabis law
• UK has weaponised ‘accountability’ to cripple, exert influence over BVI
• Potential travel bubble? BVI discussing return of cruise ships
• It can’t work! Employers want to fire expats without pay
• High demand for tenancy at Pier Park
• Thieves raid businesses on Virgin Gorda
• Ice-skating rink coming to the BVI next month
• 500 businesses will receive stimulus cheques by weekend
• 59 dengue cases for 2020 and rising! Mosquito hotspots in East
• There will be designated places to anchor — Wheatley after criticism
• Premier unphased by petition from business community
• Bars, nightclubs to reopen! Curfew shortens to midnight as BVI reports no active COVID cases
• I had it for protection! Hazel sentence to 5 years for illegal gun
• 5.1 magnitude earthquake rattles sections of BVI
• Visitors will have to test twice and quarantine for ‘short period’
• Only Beef Island airport will reopen to visitors on December 1
• $100,000 allocated to retrain tourism workers
• RVIPF’s recent stop-and-search operations yielding positive results
• COVID pushes Planning Department into ‘revolutionary’ e-services
• Anguilla, Barbados added to EU blacklist as BVI enjoys months of being struck off
• RTW energises local essential workers with Lucozade donations
• Not a flight risk! Teen on gun charge granted bail
• Active COVID-19 cases down to one
• Premier says BVI economy performing within expectations
• Gov’t to meet with tourism stakeholders to discuss reopening
• Complete digital processing of trade licenses coming in 2021
• Local mangrove nursery conducts first transfer of seedlings
• Two Venezuelans fined $1K for overstaying! To be deported
• Disappointing! Businesses, hoteliers say gov’t rejected their reopening plan
• $16K for new Skelton Cline consultancy? What for?
• Governor endorses BVI as ‘responsible’ amid FinCen scandal
• Flamingos hatch on Tortola for the first time in over 70 years
• Four new appointments at HLSCC
• Police arrest two men, seize two firearms
• Businesses asked to be patient! Stimulus cheques coming soon
• Premier eyes independence?
• Willock warns new AG he will seek independent legal advice in future
• Parents could be charged for kids without face coverings
• Men told to test for breast cancer! BVI has had male diagnoses
• Trump tests positive for COVID-19
• COURT: Pregnant woman among Venezuelans charged for gun, drugs
• Over 5,000 being treated for hypertension locally
• Opposition disassociates from Premier’s ‘derogative’ letter to UK
• Don’t Fear! Unemployment Insurance coming next year!
• HOA seemingly an extension to the Premier’s Office — Fraser
• UK backs Governor Jaspert’s position on reparations
• Small craft warning in effect as BVI expects inclement weather
• Gov’t extends curfew for 7 more days!
• They’re trying to make slaves out of our people
• Premier threatens to report governor’s ‘act of aggression’ to UN
• Six charged! Police say 112 blocks of cocaine were seized
• Penn alleges he was ‘attacked’ by gov’t consultants
• More gov’t communication needed! Premier responds
• 37% of BVI’s COVID cases showed no symptoms
• Raw sewerage continues to flow through Road Reef!
• Locals may soon have to pay to use National Parks Trust facilities
• Maintain the protocols! 3% of COVID cases came from restaurants
• BVI, small islands told to harness the sea for economic growth
• Retired nurses should be allowed to practise if they wish
• Sixty-seven recoveries and 3 active COVID cases
• China company could have COVID-19 vaccine by early next year
• Concerns raised ahead of December 1 tourism reopening date
• CXC RESULTS: More students pass English than Maths
• Jaspert brings back John Duncan memories
• Cayman’s same-sex law takes effect, raises questions for BVI
• Second local Attorney General to be sworn in Thursday
• Gun, drugs, and cash seized in Sunday morning police operation
• Governor overrides Premier, invites British Navy to patrol BVI waters
• Gathering sizes increased to a maximum of 50 and 100 persons
• Careful! The wealthy could misuse stamp duty waiver
• Is the UK national anthem really necessary?
• Request ‘good standing’ certificates a month before permit renewals
• Amendments coming to register and license nurses locally
• Wheatley commended! Gov’t reappoints Higher Education chairman hired under NDP
• FinCen Files: BVI named in global financial scandal
• BVI under new 7-day curfew from 8pm to 5am
• 43% of applicants paid unemployment benefits! Over 2K outstanding claims remain
• Scholarships for next school year now available online
• Republic Bank, Rotary Club donate laptops to students
• Brace for increase in lumber, plywood prices
• NHI seeing reduction in claims
• Young persons encouraged to get on voters list
• PREMIER: Other supermarkets got COVID contracts from gov’t too
• Banks need to do better!
• Ministry tackles $2M in outstanding invoices! Some span a decade
• Hospital receives full accreditation from international body
• Premier commits to ‘publicly accessible registers’ despite reservations
• Jamal Smith appointed chairman of Labour Tribunal
• Preparation needed! Tech being used to manage COVID spread when tourism reopens
• 2 of Vanterpool’s companies doing business with gov’t for over $860K
• BVI to be made a no-anchoring jurisdiction
• BVI enjoys big recovery rate over last few days
• Illegal dumping will hurt tourism
• Flow moving VG operations strictly online
• BVI reopening for tourism on December 1!
• Walwyn calls for ‘comprehensive plan’ for schools’ reopening
• Gov’t expanding the Baths with acquisition of Toad Hall Estate
• $84K worth of dormant accounts at Nat’l Bank could now go to gov’t
• No new topics for first two weeks of school
• Loan-to-Own programme implemented on computer devices for students
• Premier inspires: This will be the best school year ever!
• Second family ‘tied up’, robbed by gunmen
• Physical schools reopening on a phased basis
• Family ‘tied up’ by gunmen who invade home on Virgin Gorda
• Lack of trust in local leaders hindering quest for independence
• BVIPA rebrands as plans advance to reopen to visitors ‘very soon’
• BVI could pay 7 to 9 million to rehabilitate VG airport runway
• We’re being watched by British secret service — Elroy Turnbull
• VG business owner awarded $100K contract for works on VG arena
• Visitation, other services resume at hospital and clinics
• Local company awarded i$744K contract to rehabilitate Hope Hill, Sabbath Hill roads
• CSC’s contract with gov’t extended! Says 2 major projects underway
• Property owners will be prosecuted for unsanitary living conditions
• SVG told to wait for confirmation before linking COVID cases to BVI
• Babies, small children, teens, and elderly among BVI’s COVID cases
• Customs receives new specialised vehicles
• BVI baller becomes first local to play in English Football Youth Cup
• Bermuda’s governor to replace Jaspert in 2021
• Three new positive COVID-19 cases and 3 new recoveries
• Curfew hours reduced as salons, barbershops permitted to reopen
• Gov’t contemplating whether to pay unemployment benefits beyond three months
• Joint Task Force gets GPS, life vests, binoculars to fight at sea
• Premier decries recent murders, police have no leads yet
• BVI re-elected to serve as vice-chair of regional body
• Anguilla confident of COVID aid from UK as BVI scrapes for similar favour
• UPDATE: Body of ‘sudden death’ victim identified as St Vincent nat’l
• PHOTO OF THE DAY: Bumper-to-bumper rush!
• Top accounting firms to mentor 10 foodservice businesses who received UNDP grant
• Difficult decision on whether to extend layoff period after Oct 31
• BVI’s labour needs to be assessed so locals can be trained to fill gaps
• Janice Rymer to exit Labour Commissioner post
• Local bars, restaurants suffer 61 to 100% decline since pandemic
• Task Force being established to ‘flush out’ persons living and working illegally
• D4 businesses receive biggest portion of govt’s $6.5M grants
• UK urged to pressure BVI and other OTs to revive COVID-hit economy
• Challenge keeping officers motivated since COVID seeped into RVIPF
• Numerous disputes to Labour Department since COVID-19
• Empty cruise ships berthing in BVI ‘a beacon of hope’ for our economy
• Approximately 50% decline in backyard burning since new curfew
• Malone skeptical about SVG’s new cases reportedly linked to BVI
• Empty cruise ships granted access to BVI ports
• Two new cases and 7 recoveries! More businesses can now operate
• 19 Years after 9/11, COVID-19 poses similar threat to travel industry
• Over a thousand applications approved for $6.5M small business grants
• Where’s the Cannabis Licensing Act?
• Tourism is BVI’s ‘bread and butter’, let’s reopen October — Sam Henry
• Public Works finally commence road repairs in East but met by noncompliant motorists
• Challenges for ministry finding balanced learning system for preschoolers during COVID crisis
• Over 40 gov’t workers reassigned to Social Distancing Task Force
• Child contracts COVID-19 as BVI records 64th positive case
• BVI joins region in COVID-19 talks
• UPDATE: BVI records second murder for 2020! Victim identified
• Two more systems being monitored in the Atlantic, one likely to reach northeast Caribbean
• Teachers must have ‘office hours’ | Some schools require students to wear uniforms online
• Govt’s economic plan should be made a public document — Walwyn
• Venezuelans held in Sunday raid and now awaiting deportation
• Unite BVI offering zero-interest loans to businesses and start-ups
• Rescheduling of FIFA World Cup Qualifiers to benefit BVI nat’l team
• Private sector workers answer call to patch deplorable east end road
• Small business owner to gov’t: ‘We need a chance to survive too!’
• Last-minute decision to homeschool children not an option, parents told
• Education Ministry places focus on equity in learning for students
• CSC calls for governor to apologise for ‘reparation’ comments
• Junior Minister launches back-to-school essay competition
• ‘Spike’ in activity noted in Atlantic! Four systems being monitored
• BVI receives more than $1.4M worth in medical supplies from UK
• Gov’t not making a decision on public registers could hurt BVI
• Warning! Counterfeit hand sanitisers being sold on the market
• Online students have daily attendance requirements! Weekly printed material for non-online kids
• Man fined over $3K after racking up several charges in 2017 traffic stop
• More than 100 new samples tested over weekend return negative
• Vocational trade progamme among several plans for this school year
• Two males detained after being captured at sea
• Gov’t has plan for BVI despite persons claiming otherwise! Full reopening was slated for November
• New school year starts today! Online learning the safest option — Education Minister
• Spend your gov’t stimulus cheques wisely, residents told — Wheatley
• Residents urged to remain prepared as BVI recognises third anniversary of Irma
• Two more held for illegal entry! Claim they got approval from ‘local agent’
• Gov’t extends contracts to use hotels as quarantine facilities
• 16 new COVID-19 cases in BVI! Second testing site commissioned
• Premier expects huge decline in COVID-19 cases by October
• Too long now! Give businesses their stimulus — Opposition Leader
• Penn calls on gov’t to ‘reveal the real state of the BVI’s economy’
• Locals invited to apply for Chevening Scholarship to pursue UK Master’s degree
• BVI’s first murder victim for 2020 remembered as a loving community man
• Father of 12 charged with illegal entry to quarantine pending bail decision
• US authorities seize $27M bound for neighbouring USVI
• Premier debunks claims gov’t paying barges $17K per day for border security assistance
• Missing in action! Unexplained absence from Vanterpool at Opposition events
• UPDATE: Police identify man in Wednesday night’s fatal shooting
• Education Ministry receives 56 electronic tablets to help facilitate virtual learning
• New species of clam shrimp discovered in 390-million-year-old fossils in USVI
• Two weather disturbances being monitored in the Atlantic
• Businesses now asked to register online to facilitate re-entry of work permit employees
• CDC flags the British Virgin Islands
• Non-locals engaged in smuggling will be deported, all offenders will be ‘vigorously sought after’
• Local arrested for illegal entry as infected police stations reopen
• BVI transitions into ‘Orange Alert’ phase of tackling COVID-19
• Stigmatisation on Alzheimer’s a major concern — Malone
• Authorities estimate nearly 1,500 undocumented COVID cases in BVI
• Stricter curfew begins Wednesday | Gov’t cracking down on non-compliance of protocols
• Nyron Erickson facing the possibility of extradition to US
• ‘Do we lockdown every time we have increased COVID cases?’
• Increased community screening delaying COVID results for persons intending to travel
• Existing problems on sister islands should get fixed before giving them exclusive representation
• Activity heightens at stores, gas stations and roadways as Cabinet mulls full-on lockdown
• Local legislators want immediate lockdown! Cabinet to decide today
• Customs, Immigration apprehend persons trying to illegally enter BVI by sea over weekend
• Gov’t suspending hirings to ensure no public officer loses their job
• Gov’t will go bankrupt if new streams of revenue not generated
• Stop it! Residents told to cease ‘hostility’ towards COVID patients and rumoured associates
• Nyron Erickson now in police custody
• Two police stations close as cops among 16 new cases recorded in BVI this weekend
• New businesses approved to operate! Gov’t limits beach hours and gathering sizes
• Gov’t denies local manufacturing company from making, installing hurricane shutters during curfew
• Nine new COVID-19 cases recorded! BVI now has 26 active cases
• Gov’t has shut us out as COVID spreads to our districts — Penn, Fraser
• Language barrier causing difficulty for local health professionals working with Cuban medical team
• Recent patrons of select bars and nightclubs urged to come forward for COVID testing
• Agriculture & Fisheries Marketing Authority to be established to manage local sector
• Premier dismisses claims that he and Governor are in a ‘fight’
• Park & Ride shuttle service temporarily suspended
• Border patrol officers, frontline workers to get monthly COVID-19 allowance — Premier
• Constituents’ requests for financial aid is in excess of $2M in D2 and D8
• Choose! Get salary increments now or keep your jobs, gov’t workers told
• CSC calls for a VI gangster’s summit! Seeks ‘influencers’ to encourage halt in smuggling trade
• Smugglers recently intercepted and barred from entry
• Local ferry operators could be prosecuted for offering to go shopping on USVI for BVI residents
• We won’t be pressured! Premier says accepting UK military assistance a last resort
• Probed launched into whether law enforcers involved in recent cross-border smuggling
• BVI suspending airline for policy breach was to ‘send a strong message’
• Nearly 100 test negative for COVID-19 in BVI’s latest batch
• Online-only classes for first term of the new school year as students among current COVID cases
• Cabinet debated ‘long & hard’ over a full lockdown | Public service to operate mostly remotely
• Malone warns against ‘fake news’ following Monday’s panic shopping
• BVI now classified as having ‘clusters’ of COVID cases! Territory to enter partial lockdown
• COVID screening exercises to be conducted in select communities across BVI this week
• Official date for new school year delayed due to rise in COVID cases
• Hours of delay for govt’s COVID update leads to online backlash
• Shoppers flock supermarkets amid rumours of another BVI lockdown
• Health officials in isolation awaiting COVID-19 tests after being exposed to cop suspected of having virus
• BVI, USVI strengthens links to enhance border security amid increase in smuggling
• Malone still leaping towards Olympic dreams despite mental impact from COVID-19
• Rehabilitation works to be conducted at Virgin Gorda airport
• Programme launched to provide psychosocial support amid crises
• COMMENTARY: The Constitution – A Means to an End
• Nine new COVID cases detected between Anegada and Tortola! Curfew reinstated
• Tropical Storm warning issued over BVI as TS Laura approaches
• Health Minister expected to bring COVID-19 update later today
• ManJack Creamery resumes operations after Labour controversy
• CDC rating BVI has low risk for travel is because of govt’s strong leadership
• Letters from both Labour and Health ministers needed for early re-entry — CIO
• Gaming & Betting Control Act now law!
• Serious emergencies only! Persons turning up at hospital will be screened
• Health officials, private security deployed to home of Patient 12
• Another weather system forms and could pass ‘very close’ to BVI as tropical storm this weekend
• A booming fishing sector! Anegada fisherfolk seeing higher demand for seafood since COVID-19
• Online system to be implemented for work permit holders re-entering
• Labour Minister to employers: If you find one bad local, move on to the next, and the next
• Local recording artistes making waves on int’l music streaming platform with new single
• 12th COVID case detected! ‘Aggressive contact tracing’ underway as case not imported
• Warning! Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease reported in BVI
• Gov’t will limit the time work permits holders can stay if businesses don’t start hiring locals!
• Too much red tape! Govt’s business grants not being released because accounting officers fear ‘going jail’
• Over 400 visitors, work permit holders left the territory so far
• 32 awarded gov’t scholarships for the first time in three years
• BVI supports regional cooperation across wider C’bean
• Private vessels, ferries to operate under curfew for next two weeks!
• Shelter managers receive psychosocial, mental health support
• Beauty shops experiencing slow periods as COVID-19 takes toll
• Number of persons terminated from jobs quadruples since May
• Many businesses not following COVID protocols, fresh concerns raised about noisy bikers
• A second lockdown could cripple the BVI’s economy — Premier
• Two more test positive positive for COVID-19! Total recorded cases now at 11
• Patient #9 recovers! 600 complete quarantine since borders reopened
• 15yo Virgin Gorda resident wins 4th annual Gen Y Factor competition
• Cost for gov’t quarantine free for all returnees up till September 30
• Point system being used to determine how much $$ each business gets from gov’t grants
• BVIHSA’s lab infrastructure being upgraded to meet COVID demands
• Keeping the sport alive | Moonlight Bandit wins BVI’s first horse race since COVID-19
• Gov’t allowing entry of work permit holders and other persons on Sept 1
• BVI no longer under curfew!
• Right fit! Clive McCoy takes over as Director of Tourist Board
• Minister says it’s a challenge to get BVI businesses to hire locals
• Gov’t also looking to assist larger companies — Flax-Charles
• Owners with multiple businesses can apply for more than one stimulus grants — Trade Director
• Residents with credited accounts on LIAT asked to submit claims by August 15
• Tropical Storm Josephine develops
• Two Belongers arrested for illegal entry, RVIPF reports
• Banning entry of work permit exempt persons places BVI’s social infrastructure on ‘brink of disaster’
• Prominent local doctor endorses COVID-19 antibody testing for BVI
• Broken main leads to water disruption in several Tortola communities
• HMP creating in-house hospital ward for minor medical needs
• Grandstands at AO Shirley grounds nearly complete!
• UK naval ships to conduct hurricane response exercise in BVI in days
• Tropical depression may upgrade today, affect BVI Saturday
• Well in excess of $8K for gov’t quarantine if expats allowed entry
• Nearly 400 small businesses already registered for govt’s economic stimulus grant
• Cuban medical team commence duties | BVI now reopening borders with ‘greater sense of confidence’
• Week of church services being held at prison for inmate rehabilitation
• Bye-bye plywood! Local design company inks $2M million for exterior works to Admin Complex
• Local creamery closes after Labour Department denies them hiring non-local living in BVI for 19 years
• Do work permit holders have grounds to sue gov’t for entry ban?
• Two barred from entry at Beef Island Airport
• Gov’t creates policy framework to benefit local contractors during times of public emergency
• Augustine to re-contest for presidency of Athletics Association
• CDC says BVI low-risk for COVID-19 but its connecting hubs are ‘high’
• Ban on re-entry of work permit holders is because most don’t want to pay for quarantine — Premier
• Increased global demand for laptops delaying BVI’s shipment for 500 devices
• BVIEC stands by comment that no local companies bid on Anegada project
• Wade Smith back as Customs Commissioner!
• ‘Our people need jobs’ | Premier talks plans to boost construction industry
• Dr Wheatley sworn in as the BVI’s official Deputy Premier
• Youngsters told to become BVI’s ‘cultural bearers’ as territory hosts Food Fair
• Blended learning, shift system proposed for tentative Sept 21 school reopening date
• Junior Peters’ death ruled an accident | Funeral this Saturday
• ESHS has first drive-in graduation | 59% graduates with honours
• Remove it from law! Acquisition of land by ‘prescription’ legal robbery
• Wheatley sends support to BVI’s Lebanese community following major explosion in Middle East
• No proper planning! Penn criticises gov’t for indefinite ban on returning work permit holders
• BVI resident still stranded abroad as gov’t places indefinite block on returning permit holders
• Wheatley braces for backlash from those who wanted regular festival
• HOA approves supplementary estimates to reflect BVI’s revenue loss from COVID-19
• BVI economy showing signs of bouncing back — Premier Fahie
• Sugar Boys win BVIFA Festival Cup!
• Walwyn concerned about order to close all schools since latest COVID case in isolation
• JVD family living in horrid ‘caveman’ conditions with no gov’t help
• Sistah Joyce criticizes gov’t for not patronising Calypso event
• Turnbull develops food voucher initiative to benefit needy constituents
• New court guidelines: Tougher penalties guaranteed for carrying gun near churches, schools
• Thousands log into Monday night’s Virtual Festival Soca Showcase
• Police, Environ’l Health Officers now have powers to fine persons and business for COVID offences
• Work permit holders, exemption holders barred from entering indefinitely
• COVID a reminder of the reason for the season! Emancipation had evolved into ‘misrepresentation’
• Bria Smith to reign as Miss BVI until 2021
• BVI hosts virtual Gospel Explosion
• BVI records 9th positive COVID case
• Via Donovan-Hodge wins first-ever Festival Poetry Slam competition
• BVIFA Men’s and Women’s Festival Cup kicks off this weekend
• Food fair postponed to August 7 as a precaution
• ‘Who has the guts to march on HOA?’ Prolonged curfew vexes Rosan-Jones
• Limited tourism could resume in September — Immigration Minister
• Can local politicians capably lead an autonomous BVI?
• Premiers should be responsible for a disaster response, not governors
• Midnight curfew remains
• Attorney General should be a politically appointed HOA member
• Jamaican man charged in connection to July burglaries
• Remain vigilant! Premier says BVI was ‘spared from serious damage’ as flash floods drench PR
• Why is it ok for UK to break from EU but not for BVI to break from UK?
• Ghut-cleaning will no longer be seasonal but will be done year-long
• All clear! Tropical Storm Isaias passes with no major damage! BVI remains under storm warning
• Premier wants governor’s powers to override certain decisions removed from constitution
• Sections of BVI experiencing power outage! Centre of storm passes
• Final storm-preparedness rush! Businesses batten down, heavy traffic in RT
• NEOC activated | Airports, Public Service to close early
• JVD and Anegada each need individual representatives
• Strike it from the constitution! Governors should not be able to dip into govt’s treasury — Premier
• Constitutional Review Youth Subcommittee being proposed by Deputy Speaker
• Premier claims UK was harder on BVI following 2018 ‘public registers’ protest
• Vanterpool calls for term limits for elected officials
• BVI under Tropical Storm Warning!
• Fraser proposes for BVI to have two parliamentary Houses as part of constitutional review
• Independence is ‘very dangerous’! BVI just wants more autonomy
• Gov’t to request UN’s Special Committee on Decolonisation to assist with constitutional review
• BVI’s first major regatta for 2020 slated for October
• National League football competition resumes
• Creque says BVIEC was untruthful about no locals bidding for Anegada solar project
• Start preparations! High chance weather disturbance develops into tropical storm — DDM
• COVID-19 has pushed back timeline for medical school’s opening
• No more congestion! Fresh tweaks to RT traffic-turnaround yielding positive results
• LIAT devises plan to ‘reorganise’ as opposed to liquidating | Plans to fly in two to three months
• LETTER TO EDITOR: Banning right-hand drive vehicles won’t solve BVI’s road safety issues
• Premier hoping for strengthened relations! Cuban medical team starts quarantine at Sugar Mill
• Thieves target RiteWay
• JVD cleared! Gov’t revokes 24-hour lockdown
• Dean confirmed as BVIPA’s Acting Managing Director following premature announcement
• ‘Immunity clause’ sought to place liability on RVIPF, not individual officers acting under orders
• RDA reports spike in interest for projects from local contractors
• Truckers losing jobs as DMV seeks to clear backlog of requests for driver’s license upgrades
• PHOTO OF THE DAY: ‘Mask Movement’
• Mighty Commendation! Flax-Headley says farewell to ASPS after serving 10 years as Principal
• No COVID symptoms observed so far! Over 160 tested on JVD in 2 days
• No charges after alleged drug find! Ferry captain and crew released pending further investigation
• Money transfer tax too high and bad for business! Residents sending less frequently in smaller amounts
• RVIPF will be cracking down on jaywalking
• Economic response for MSMEs launched | $6.5M ready for struggling businesses
• Permits will now be required to possess endangered plants and animals in BVI
• Medical team departs for Jost Van Dyke to test all its residents
• Work permit renewal policies relaxed! Several businesses owe ‘large sums’ in back taxes
• Humane Society burglarised! Masked crook caught on camera
• Public invited to St George’s Emancipation Lunch
• 22-member Cuban medical team to arrive in the BVI on Thursday
• Festival agenda revealed | No ‘wuking up’ or parade this year as most events to be held virtually
• TRC owes gov’t $23M! Telecoms regulator has left millions uncollected over 13 years
• Plans advancing to introduce law that penalises persons who don’t comply to COVID measures
• Pure untruths! Premier debunks claims that he was exposed to COVID patient’s family while on JVD
• Lockdown a precaution! No known outbreak on JVD | Heightened security and food to be provided
• High number of requests from expats seeking govt’s help to repatriate! Flights could start today
• Legislators fail Bill! Controversial Police Act to now be deliberated in special committee before returning
• Jost Van Dyke on COVID lockdown!
• Flax-Brutus lands major post at Leverick Bay Resort
• Market Square being revamped
• DPP breaks silence after ongoing case involving US fisherman gains international attention
• HOA Speaker hospitalised!
• BVI now seeking 20,000 additional COVID-19 test kits — Malone
• Unemployment rates in D7 believed to be highest among all districts
• Local author illustrates history of BVI with colouring book series for adults and kids
• HLSCC has had no budget cuts in spite of COVID-19
• BVIEC subsidizing Anegada’s electricity ‘several hundreds of thousands’ yearly
• Local health team deployed as passenger who travelled to St Vincent from BVI tests postive
• Power52 awarded contract to develop renewable energy project on Anegada | No set start date
• Hispanic woman sentenced to four months for illegal entry, fined $1K
• Appeal made for government to raise the BVI’s minimum wage
• Youngster selling cupcakes from 13 now among culinary students graduating HLSCC
• Premier writes banks asking them to further relax policies due to prolonged impacts of COVID-19
• Five advance to Gen Y Factor ‘Battle of the Schools’ finals
• Midnight curfew extends to July 30
• Travel magazine survey lists VG, JVD, Tortola among top-25 C’bean islands for 2020 before COVID-19
• Appointment only! Her Majesty’s Prison resumes visitations
• Two charged in connection to harbouring wanted man
• Illegal activity at Gorda Peak Nat’l Park results in temporary closure
• BVI remains on ‘white lists’ of two global economic superpowers despite COVID-19 setbacks
• Trinidadian charged with illegal entry claims he was searching for missing kin
• 6th District residents request over $247K for COVID assistance so far
• Gov’t evaluating the number of unemployed expats before issuing departure deadline — Wheatley
• Financial Services Institute offering all summer, fall classes online only
• ‘It costing me!’| Accused burglar blasts court for constantly putting off his case while he is on remand
• US gov’t rescinds policy to send home foreign college students taking online-only classes
• Dominican Republic woman charged with illegal entry | Claims she sneaked in for medical reasons
• Gov’t would ‘consider’ assisting unemployed expats to return home
• Nearly $2M paid out to over 1200 applicants of unemployment relief
• Second night-time ban on scooters yield positive results, says minister
• COMMENTARY: Will UK make amends for slavery, colonialism in BVI?
• Longstanding water woes in Windy Hill, Coppermine now being fixed
• BVI gifted 1000 Chromebooks in less than 1000 days since 2017 hurricanes
• No visible ‘turnaround’ as traffic builds up in parts of Road Town
• Discussions on Halls of Justice get underway
• $9M owed to NHI from its contributors including gov’t
• Mounting local concerns about refunds as LIAT faces closure
• RVIPF detecting a presence of schemes, online scams in the BVI
• TPP extends rent cuts! New businesses apply as some tenants drop out since COVID-19
• Staff at elderly homes to be tested for COVID-19
• Serious concerns! New Police Act proposing to give cops ‘immunity’ when operating under a warrant
• Effective Immediately! Minister announces new requirements needed to renew work permits
• Police can’t yet say if Peters was murdered | Concerns raised about RVIPF’s previous search efforts
• Three years later | Loose Mongoose re-opens in Trellis Bay
• InterCaribbean announces flights to BVI starting July 20
• HLSCC to assist students told to leave USA if colleges go online-only
• TPP to launch all-day new moon event next Saturday
• Autland company wins 4th RDA contract in three months! Combined value now nears $5M
• Public told: Graduation ceremonies are ‘invitation only’ this year
• Businesses could face fines and closure for not enforcing social distancing, mask policies — Premier
• Full scholarships available for locals to pursue studies in medicinal cannabis — Dr Wheatley
• Project for new NEOC building still at procurement stage over a year later
• Cabinet extends contract to use Paradise Suites as detention facility
• Man wanted in connection to rifle seizure still at large months later
• First-ever local appointed to Governance Committee of regional sporting federation NACAC
• Tourism industry training on Virgin Gorda
• ‘Bad smell’ led to the discovery of missing man | Grief grips family
• NFL players already interested! Medicinal cannabis will boost medical tourism locally — Wheatley
• Another acquittal! Aaron freed in case about $804K cash find
• Gov’t introducing recycling programme to local schools
• Rift between inmates lands in court
• Deadline extended | Farmers, fisherfolk now have till July 10 to apply for gov’t assistance
• UN study says tourism-rich small island states like BVI could see massive GDP fallout from COVID
• Waste facility needed on VG! COVID further delays arrival of scrubber
• One-year project! Consultancy services now being sought for WE ferry terminal development
• Now is the time for Caribbean to establish protocols to facilitate inter-regional travel — Walwyn
• Former school teacher fined $4K in 6-year-old drug case
• BVIHSA providing pre-travel COVID-19 testing service for a fee
• Slow start but govt’s conditional shuttle service gaining momentum
• BVI among countries exempted from UK’s travel quarantine list
• Find investor to manage LIAT | Survival of airline vital to region’s economy — Walwyn
• Positive Behaviour Management gets strong feedback from local school
• Body of missing man found
• Gov’t updating 20-year old healthcare legislation
• BVI in ‘heightened discussions’ with two airlines to fill the void of LIAT
• Over $40M yearly! NHI could bankrupt gov’t if not fixed
• Dominican Republic preacher accused of attempted burglary
• Turnbull pledges to work with gov’t to help recoup roughly $100M in taxes owed
• ‘I will search until I find him’ | Residents rally behind brother of missing landscaper
• Accused smuggler claims engine trouble caused him to drift in BVI waters, court hears
• Education Ministry launches campaign to reward well-behaved students
• Beach hours extended! Midnight curfew remains for another 14 days
• BVI residents warned to beware of pyramid schemes in the territory
• National Bank offering locals 100% loan financing on land for up to 15 years
• We need to learn from botched BVI Airways deal, says Governor
• John Samuel appointed Director of Virgin Islands Shipping Registry
• Local coaches receive $100K from PanAm Sports Organisation
• Doctor/former legislator advises gov’t to test everyone for COVID-19
• Only fair! Gov’t introduces legislation to expunge criminal records of past cannabis users
• Neil shouldn’t carry all the blame! Pickering defends former FS about BVI Airways
• Most riders not complying night-time ban on bikes | RVIPF struggles to apprehend offenders
• 2020 list of emergency shelters still not finalised one month into hurricane season
• UK supports BVI’s constitutional review | Jaspert in favour of debate on powers of governor
• DMV to resume ‘full’ operations by July 13
• New category of tax to be introduced in BVI
• Renewed calls for gender-neutral language in HOA policies as ‘he’ reference peeves legislator
• LIAT ‘considering airline’s closure’ | Staff will be paid the millions owed
• Carrot Bay man reported missing
• ‘Opposition wants to see if they could micromanage gov’t’ — Fahie
• ‘Food security should be our priority now’ — Turnbull on medical marijuana initiative
• Tropical wave develops in the eastern Atlantic
• UPDATE: Two returnees suspected of having COVID-19 test negative
• 10 illegal immigrants caught and detained!
• Drakes Traders Ltd donates over 4k KN95 masks to Health Ministry
• BVI should consider releasing, expunging criminal records of persons convicted for cannabis
• Over 100 returning residents complete mandatory 14-day quarantine so far
• Night-time ban on bikes extended as Premier reports spike in motorcycle crashes
• $60K earmarked for independent investigators hired in BVIA probe
• Speaker’s security company awarded gov’t contract | HOA approves exemption
• Full investigation underway into previous govt’s outstanding bills dating back to 2014
• Brace for second surge of Saharan dust, DDM warns! Some residents report allergic reactions
• Accepting applications | 10 foodservice businesses to benefit from grants
• Imprisonment up to 15 years and hefty fines listed in Cannabis Licensing Bill
• Every senior gov’t post must be held by a local under new constitution
• Cabinet approves re-opening of daycares, preschools, summer programmes
• Gov’t discovers a way to extend airport runway longer and millions cheaper than NDP’s proposal
• Coronavirus tests performed on 13 corpses returns negative
• Petty contract system being revised after coming under fire from UK
• Kevin Smith resigning as Digicel’s CEO
• Gov’t spending $290K to ‘improve’ airport terminal by November 30
• CLARIFICATION: Willock not author of message criticising public about cartoon; he just forwarded it
• Cannabis Licensing Authority among the plans to regulate sector
• Dental industry granted pioneer status! Service providers can now import equipment duty-free
• Revised recovery plan approved! More projects available for local contractors
• Channel some $$ from seized and forfeited assets to sister islands
• Free shuttles to 41 locations! Park & Ride takes effect June 30
• Police HQ now redesigned to provide enhanced security, command capability
• BVI projected to make a yearly minimum of $30M in marijuana exports
• Poorly-laid pipes now costing $2M to fix! Problem ignored since ‘it wasn’t a good look at election time’
• It wouldn’t be right to reprimand governor since HOA is also guilty
• SSB invests over $18M in local real estate in the last decade
• $2M from TRC’s revenue collection earmarked for East End/Long Look sewerage project
• Blanket of Saharan dust affects BVI! Illness, visibility concerns raised
• 6,000 workers apply for unemployment benefits in BVI! $176K paid out so far
• Local restaurants still experiencing big decline in dine-in traffic
• Locals recount being racially profiled and harassed by US police
• Nearly $190 million in gov’t coffers
• Hundreds march in Black Lives Matter protest in Road Town
• Court grants $200K bail to one of two men caught at sea with $800K
• $2.3M budgeted for 250 gov’t quarantine rooms! Different criteria for work permit holders
• Revenue collected by BVIFSC drops by $10.8M so far — Premier
• Liquor Licensing Board to be established! Cameras, security will be required to sell alcohol
• Cabinet discussing the possibility of summer schools amid concerns about online classes
• REPORT: Late funding caused VG Festival Committee to pay performers out of pocket
• CDB donates $25K to furnish local shelters with protective equipment
• Businessman allegedly found with coke and guns gets $150K bail
• Natural disaster vulnerability assessment to be conducted on VG
• Curfew now starts at midnight, beaches open till 7 pm, mass gatherings rise for select groups
• COVID-19 pushes more local hospitality businesses to join BVI Staycation programme
• UK denies the BVI’s recent request grants
• Ex-con recently released for attempted murder now nabbed on major drug charges
• BVI joining Black Lives Matter movement
• Gov’t introducing an official BVI lottery — Premier
• Govt’s wire-transfer tax generating big bucks so far | Premier projects over $1.7M by year’s end
• Gov’t wins BVI Airways case against its former attorney, Lester Hyman
• No proper analysis| Penn opposes gambling legislation
• Advance Passenger & Information Act passed in HOA
• Sporting activities allowed to resume under specific protocols
• COMMENTARY: BVI and Black Lives Matter
• Woman found with gun gets police bail while man nabbed for cannabis cultivation kept in custody
• Pastor opposes gambling legislation ahead of HOA debates
• Neighbourhood Watch, more street lights coming to stymie crime on VG
• CCT suspends future advertising with VINO for controversial cartoon
• Craft Alive vendors getting 6-month rent moratorium as village readies to reopen
• More police presence in RT to assist with new traffic turnaround
• VINO’s cartoon, Skelton Cline’s remarks ‘disturbing and grossly offensive’ — Governor
• RDA wants more participation from local contractors
• News site’s ‘distasteful’ cartoon of governor sparks public outrage
• Well-known contractor encourages hiring locals on projects after ‘pleasant surprise’
• Local car rental businesses experiencing major declines
• Are emancipation festivities happening this year? Committee to make recommendation to minister
• BVIEC refutes media reports that USVI power company illegally shipped items to BVI after Irma
• Consumer Protection Act passes! Penn now wants ‘fair trade’ legislation for small businesses
• Layoff period temporarily extended to 7 months! Severance must be paid if jobs not restored by Oct 31
• Special provisions made for work permit holders trapped abroad with expired entry permits
• BVIEC and local cable company resolve pole-sharing dispute
• No pomp and parade this year | Queen’s birthday celebration to be observed with private ceremony
• Carnel Clyne resigns as Festival Committee Chairman
• Constitutional Review Commission being established
• Kelvin Hodge appointed BVIPA Chairman
• Smoking in shared private spaces and the law | RVIPF’s limits to act
• Gov’t targets over 300 illegal bikes for licensing | Stiffer motorcycle penalties to come
• RDA targets new magistrate’s court, restoration of water infrastructure in Long Bush, Lower Estate
• Dr Robert Mathavious retiring as head of FSC after almost 20 years
• Businessman injured in Fish Bay | Police launch probe
• North Sound Foundation gifts Chromebooks, laptops to VG schools
• Investigations into the ESHS wall project complete! Matter given to DPP
• How affordable are masks in BVI? Some local stores double the prices
• Two dozen bars, nightclubs breach health protocols after reopening
• Focus on COVID-19 delayed BVI Airways report from reaching HOA on time — Governor
• Education Minister asked to consider relocating flood-prone JVD Primary
• Independent experts hired to assist RVIPF in BVI Airways investigation
• No aid for those behind on social contributions | Penn urges gov’t to still assist ineligible persons
• Locals should lose their jobs last if lay-offs are happening — Wheatley
• BVI’s first nanotech and solar-powered library opens on JVD
• PENN: Wheatley’s remarks ‘borderline defamatory’ and ‘unbecoming’
• False! Premier dispels rumours that quarantined returnees are reintegrating with public
• UNDP injecting $40K into 10 local restaurants
• New traffic turnaround in Road Town takes effect Sunday
• Smith calls for active policing and enforcement of Consumer Protection Act
• No cooperation from Russell Harrigan during the audit of BVI Airways deal — Auditor General
• Republic Bank says opening branch on Virgin Gorda ‘not off the table’
• Gov’t will monitor the use of grants to fisherfolk and farmers
• Trade Department to be replaced by a statutory body
• Wheatley pledges $20K for the installation of CCTV cameras on VG
• COMMENTARY: Non-alignment the way ahead
• Public appeal for quarantine security officers as 498 persons now registered to return
• House votes ‘not’ to reprimand Governor Jaspert! Only two supported Fraser-led motion
• PSA on the BVIPA’s gate-checking process
• Existing protocols poses roadblocks for specialist doctors who frequent the BVI
• TPP paying over $500K in dividends, offering major rent cuts to tenants
• Auditor General’s report indicates that former FS Neil Smith acted negligently in BVI Airways deal
• No major immediate changes | Republic Bank to honour Scotia’s AA miles, pension benefits packages
• No bail! VG man accused of breaking curfew, intimidating woman with loaded gun
• Select categories of riders exempt from policy banning bikes after 5pm
• Gov’t rebrands local charitable fund to target donations from US
• BVIEC amnesty capped at $80 for domestic customers and $150 for small businesses
• Motion to reprimand governor delayed by a legal review of the matter
• Mostly private security hired to monitor returning nationals under self quarantine
• Accounting company’s advice against BVI Airways deal was omitted from documents to Cabinet
• Bikes to be banned after 5pm!
• Help restock FSN’s pantry! Local charities partner for a food drive
• System for re-entry worked well on Day one | 17 more to land on Day 2
• Curfew shortens to 10pm | All business now allowed to open
• First batch of returning residents arrives today!
• ‘Pass!’ Premier mum on the motion to ‘reprimand’ governor
• Gov’t working on long-term Unemployment Benefits Scheme
• Wheatley slams Opposition for criticising SSB’s $40M grant for economic stimulus
• It’s cheaper to provide security for returnees than to shut down economy again — Premier
• Firefighters contain apartment building blaze in 14 minutes
• 23 now certified to lead health improvement programme this month
• Study finds that SSB’s $40M grant to gov’t will not affect its sustainability — Premier
• Republic Bank officially takes over!
• HLSCC signs 3-year agreement with BVITB to train tourism workers
• Emergency shelters must not have maximum occupancy this season
• More tweaks being made before roll-out of new traffic route in RT
• Minister recommends ‘harsh penalties’ for blatantly bad-behaving online students
• Red Cross, DDM inks MOU to strengthen disaster response locally
• Schools to reopen for select categories of students
• UPDATE: BVIPA retracts announcement of Dean Fahie as Acting Managing Director
• Nearly 300 locals registered for re-entry so far | What happens when they land?
• Curfew, beach hours relaxed | Hotels, gyms can now reopen
• 100+ vehicles allowed to discharge after 2 months | Shippers slapped with storage penalties
• VG dump fire sparks renewed call to move away from open burning
• Police investigation prompted after gunshot victim turns up at hospital
• Major fire at Virgin Gorda dump
• Residents disappointed with no mention of a more relaxed curfew
• Gov’t to develop Energy Transition Plan
• Premier delivers $62.9M COVID-19 Economic Response Plan
• Territorial song to replace nat’l anthem at Olympic events
• $3.9M to be equally shared among district reps as ‘quick response’ for needy residents
• Government petitions UK
• Motion moved to have Governor reprimanded for violating Audit Act
• Contract signed for Joe’s Hill Manor development after 3-year delay
• ‘Full criminal investigation’ launched into BVI Airways deal
• Tropical wave affecting BVI
• BVIAA runs COVID-19 drill ahead of controlled re-entry of locals
• Major global law firm opens office in the BVI
• Education authorities warn that impacts of COVID-19 can negatively affect child learning, behaviour
• Second, third readings of Consumer Protection Bill comes on the eve of 2020 hurricane season
• Businessman, doctor, technician found with rifles and kilos of cocaine in Tortola apartments
• PENN: Govt’s $800K home garbage collection initiative is ‘reckless spending and grossly flawed’
• Local doctor concerned about constant reuse of disposable masks
• More relaxed curfew for BVI possibly ahead — Deputy Premier
• Low COVID-19 cases put BVI ‘ahead of the pack’ for when global tourism resumes
• This year’s Summer Sizzle postponed
• Local tests indicate that the BVI is coronavirus-free!
• BVITB appoints Rhodni Skelton as Acting Director of Tourism
• Relax curfew closer to midnight! Penn accuses gov’t of ‘hindering businesses from making profit’
• $10K pledged to private schools on Virgin Gorda
• Go fund Kawa! Scooter accident victim requires thousands to treat major head injury abroad
• Cuban medical team to arrive in a month’s time — Premier
• Gov’t inviting residential property owners to accommodate returning nationals
• Road and slopes in Ballast Bay, Baughers Bay areas to be rehabilitated
• More medical supplies arrive from the UK
• COMMENTARY: Recovery from COVID will be different from Irma
• Bail denied | VG man allegedly wounds relative, escapes police custody
• Working on the frontline | A BVI doctor’s account of dealing with COVID-19
• BVITB to hire crisis management consultant to safely reboot tourism
• Population census postponed indefinitely | Online survey option being considered
• Considerations being made to acquire new shelters as 2020 season looms
• Mrs BVI Pageant put off till next year
• Former BVI First Lady Edris O’Neal dies
• COMMENTARY: A corona fund
• Tambu Frett imprisoned and fined $14K for smuggling incident
• Governor Jaspert ‘disappointed’ that classified information prematurely released to public
• BVITB paid off Flax-Brutus | Premier requests ‘full report’
• Locals trapped abroad must fill out registration form for ‘controlled re-entry’
• False! Govt’s economic stimulus plan not hindered by Effective Financial Management agreement
• Restaurants now allowed to reopen for dine-in services
• One person per 64 square-feet! Gatherings of up to 50 persons now allowed
• Gov’t offering 3-month amnesty on electricity bills to ‘needy’ consumers
• Curfew extended for another 14 days; longer beach hours coming
• Sharon served well, her expertise will be missed — Penn
• Landlords should not be made to suspend rent payments for COVID
• ‘One wrong move means shutting down and restarting again’
• Laws being updated to establish a statutory body, marketplace for agriculture and fisheries
• HOA can now have virtual sessions
• No wait! BVITB decides for Flax-Brutus’ resignation to take immediate effect!
• Incriminating phone records go unchallenged; Tambu Frett declines to testify
• Unconstitutional, unconscionable for gov’t to refuse entry to citizens for this long
• Be realistic! Even if BVI is ready to reopen for visitors, the world isn’t
• No correlation! Gov’t has not met criteria of an ‘economic stimulus’
• Opposition dismissed! Details on Phase 2 of govt’s economic stimulus plan to be released month-end
• CCT on Virgin Gorda burglarized
• Caretaker of Pitbulls who attacked woman fined over $2K
• Victims of crime can’t discontinue a case, only the DPP can — Scatliffe-Esprit
• BVIPA cuts work hours of staff as COVID-19 puts a ‘strain on revenue’
• More gov’t support needed for ‘indigenous farming’ than greenhouses
• Digicel conducting ‘refinancing activities’ to reduce debt
• Baths, Devil’s Bay will reopen soon after enhancements — Wheatley
• Eight clinics reopen territory-wide
• Implement unemployment benefits and work-for-pay programmes for the jobless — Penn
• Penn pitches September reopening for hotels | BVI has geographical edge to manage COVID, he says
• Opposition proposes plan for small business in absence of govt’s economic stimulus
• Resident gets new home under govt’s housing programme
• Wheatley confident BVI will perform well in confirmed July sitting of CXC
• Local recycling company collects 117 tonnes of waste in 2 months
• Gov’t shaves $2.6M contract down to $1M for admin complex repairs
• Visitation restrictions at Dr D Orlando Smith hospital relaxed
• Body found Saturday identified as Ruel Fahie
• Scatliffe-Esprit now the first local to be appointed DPP
• COMMENTARY: Coronavirus and the seven stages of grief
• Virgin Islander selected as the new Attorney General | Premier elated
• ‘Time to move on’ | Flax-Brutus resigning as BVITB Director
• Liat implements COVID precautions as it waits to resume operations
• Skelton Cline appeals to gov’t to increase church gatherings by 30
• Slew of curfew offences will spike BVI’s crime rate and may affect tourism when it returns
• Work permit renewals commence Monday following reported backlog
• Hope and Sabbath Hill to undergo rehabilitation, slope stabilization | Project open for tender
• BVI records eighth confirmed COVID-19 case
• Successful fundraiser positions Norwegian to stay afloat for 18 months of voyage suspensions
• Has the BVIPA been overreaching in the exercise its powers?
• UK gifts BVI with lifesaving equipment, testing kits
• Gov’t not yet decided on repatriation flights for locals stuck abroad
• 30 WhatsApp chats about Frett’s alleged ‘smuggling operation’ | Roughly $1K per trip, court hears
• Body found in Threadfall apartment
• Gov’t getting BVI ready ahead of upcoming hurricane season
• Dr Smith says altering mufflers on motorbikes can cause ‘serious hearing loss’
• Health Minister removes mask for public address | Premier stops reporter from doing same in Q&A
• Gov’t asking banks to extend loan moratorium period to one year
• Any concerns surrounding BVI’s COVID-19 fatality ‘will be addressed’
• Gov’t will recoup waived stamp duty if Belongers sell property to a non-local before 7 years — Premier
• Premier: ‘I have not shunned the media’
• Man says he led chase with police because he had ‘weed’ | Granted $20K bail
• Failure to adhere to Beach Monitoring Task Force may result in further closures — Wheatley
• Cargo facilities return to regular hours, ferry ports adjust schedule
• 19-year-old BVI woman shot and killed in Puerto Rico
• BVIPA drafts ‘pandemic plan’ to replace normal operations at ports
• COVID-19 Survey targets residents | Aims to reduce community spread of virus
• Open to tender | Little Dix Hill Road to be rehabilitated
• Local contractors urged to attend RDA’s capacity-building workshops
• 35 more businesses approved for reopening
• Steady turnout as money transfer agencies reopen for the first time since lockdown and new tax
• Over 100 vehicles stuck in costly storage as BVIPA blocks local company’s shipments
• Marijuana reportedly found! Two charged and in custody following ‘road chase’ on Saturday
• Researchers predict ‘above average’ hurricane season | Governor tells residents to start preparing
• Two popular VG beaches to remain closed | No animals allowed at any beach
• Stamp duty waived for future local landowners
• Infinite Solutions awarded $138K gov’t contract to source 500 laptops for local students
• COMMENTARY: A new world of restricted travel
• Beaches to reopen for a limited time daily and under strict conditions
• 13 more tests return negative for COVID-19 | Only two cases still active in the BVI
• Gov’t workers to be placed on rotated schedules as public service operates longer
• Wheatley enters ‘verbal’ agreement with Tortola construction firms to employ VG residents
• Sophisticated metering system being installed to better monitor BVI’s water usage
• Court denies attorney’s attempt to quash escalation of smuggling case against Tambu Frett
• USVI’s donation to RVIPF linked to recent Inter-Virgin Islands Committee discussions
• Acting RDA CEO tasked to employ strict conditions when issuing public contracts
• RDA inks $2.5M-contract for the restoration of water infrastructure in First District
• Norwegian says it may go out of business! BVI in danger of losing millions in recurrent revenue
• Unapproved businesses told to ‘start getting ready to reopen’
• Malone’s appointment as Deputy Premier extended
• 7% wire transfer tax now law | Non-compliant agencies will be penalised
• Governor: ‘Necessary evacuations take precedence over any curfew’
• Burden lifted! Former manager at telecoms company freed of theft charge after 2 years
• BVI classified as having ‘sporadic’ level of exposure to COVID-19
• USVI Police donate body armour, protective kits to RVIPF
• Gov’t launches Customer Service Care Centre for BVI
• Tour business loses thousands since COVID-19 but most customers promise return — Gumption
• Persons laid off in ‘improper manner’ told to report matter to Labour Department
• Local farming network rolls out initiative to boost food production! Volunteers learn craft
• Third public contract for repair works on VG signed within days
• New 7pm to 6am curfew will start Sunday — Premier
• One new COVID-19 case confirmed | BVI’s total climbs to 7
• ICWI drives customers to digital channels
• Local author wins top Caribbean literary award
• Food security now the priority but medical marijuana initiative still coming — Dr Wheatley
• Government’s free water delivery extended to June
• BVI Hands-Free initiative assists over 300 persons so far
• Duo found with firearm granted bail | One claims to be hitchhiker, court hears
• No penalties for visitors with expired landing permits | Those persons to get priority this week
• ‘Money transfer services will reopen after economy mushrooms’
• Labour Department not accepting or issuing certain new work permit applications till July 31
• RDA to issue 19 contracts, inject $40M in projects territory-wide
• 1300 local jobs, 77 businesses affected by COVID-19 pandemic
• Adjustments to be made to the RT traffic reform following simulation
• Two repair contracts signed | Construction works to commence on VG in weeks
• COMMENTARY: Corona, regionalisation and self-sufficient markets
• Another delay | Tambu Frett’s matter escalates to a special hearing
• Gov’t minister projects COVID-19 vaccine two months earlier than expert’s projection
• BVI ranks 5th in OECS for number of COVID-19 tests done per capita
• Premier complains to UK after governor withholds BVI Airways report for over 10 weeks
• Wheatley reports ‘backlog’ at Labour Department since lockdown
• Proposed gambling bill could boost local tourism through horse racing
• Magistrate chides lawyer for being ‘unprepared’ for court
• 27 additional samples test negative for COVID-19, nine more pending
• App created for residents to stand in virtual queues to access goods and services
• Systems in place to monitor public officers working remotely from home
• Regional govt’s urged continue immunization for other diseases despite COVID-19 pandemic
• Gov’t reintroducing voucher programme to feed needy post-lockdown
• Gov’t now accepting payments through remote processing
• Over a dozen more business categories now approved to reopen
• Laptops for lease | Education Minister unveils plans to facilitate e-learning locally
• Beach ban a crowd-control issue | RVIPF lacks manpower to effectively patrol — Wheatley
• Charter company offers reduced rates for residents to commute between Anegada and Beef Island
• SURVEY: Majority of residents’ income earnings heavily affected by COVID-19
• Loaded firearm found in vehicle | Two men arrested
• Marathon reels in over $10K for charities!
• ‘Bobby’s owner will have his day in court’ | Top cop says RVIPF getting backlash over businessman’s arrest
• Wheatley pumping monthly district budget into agriculture for Virgin Gorda and Anegada
• Harneys lays off a number of its BVI staff members
• Public safety risk! Some unauthorised businesses reportedly reopened — Premier
• Over 250 businesses inspected and approved for operation so far
• Economy to be assessed after first two weeks of internal reopening
• PHOTOS: Day 1 of the BVI’s ‘new regular’
• Demand greater than supply! COVID-19 crisis causes boom in local agriculture sector
• Gov’t will seek COVID-19 medical supplies from non-US sources in the future
• ‘This is hard but your turn will come soon enough’, Premier tells grounded businesses
• Violators of free food initiative to be dealt with after investigations
• BVIAA seeks company to manage new VIP airport lounge
• COMMENTARY: Seven years of famine
• Kittitian woman found dead in Purcell Estate | Police launch probe
• Charter boat chefs walking a marathon aboard their vessels to raise funds for FSN
• Internal reopening of territory starts Monday | Curfew will be relaxed for 7 hours daily
• Another COVID-19 case confirmed in the BVI! Total now at six
• Six banks in BVI answer Premier’s call to offer moratoriums to clients affected by COVID-19
• Preparing for reopening | Public Officers undergo COVID-19 training
• Phone records indicate Frett may be part of a recurrent smuggling operation, court hears
• SURVEY: Alternative working arrangements a popular option for local companies since COVID-19
• Counselling to be provided for students psychologically affected by COVID-19
• Bi-monthly reports on economic stimulus package will be mandated
• Packed supermarket parking lots and relatively active Tortola streets during lockdown on Thursday
• USVI man fined and imprisoned for illegally entering BVI, breaking curfew
• Well over 100 curfew breaches since the BVI’s lockdown
• Residents ordering free groceries multiple times from the same household
• Virtual training for secondary school educators to start today
• Man who was allegedly found with items to ‘commit burglary’ remanded
• ‘Uniformed’ essential workers now allowed supermarket access
• Online graduation likely if COVID-19 continues to affect BVI — Wheatley
• Taxi operators seek to offer services in other areas as COVID-19 crashes tourism livelihood
• BVI to begin exporting fish to the region
• BVI ready for CXC e-testing as other countries in region reject proposal
• BVI launches ‘Airmid’ app for diagnosed, suspected or quarantined COVID-19 cases
• Still waiting for food
• BVI manufacturers answer demand for masks | Creates locally-made, reusable product
• No telling where BVI would be if gov’t didn’t pass two budgets in 2019 — Fahie
• No bail! Accused store robber’s fingerprints allegedly found at crime scene
• BVI not using any COVID-19 treatment on positive cases
• Man jailed after breaking curfew to purchase marijuana
• Trinidadian fined after pleading guilty to overstaying
• Call the police! ‘Strange’ woman running grocery scam on VG
• Branson offers Necker Island as collateral for £500M loan bailout from UK gov’t
• Gov’t allocates $2.8M to HEOC for food delivery and garbage collection during curfew
• Taxing already-taxed money | Gov’t faces strong opposition for proposed 7% fee on $$ leaving BVI
• Essential workers must reapply for digital curfew passes
• Tazing incidents can’t be overlooked | Minister calls for police to exercise greater discretion
• BVI records its fifth confirmed case of COVID-19
• Online shopping dilemma! Days before some residents receive deliveries
• Extended curfew will run for 7 days! Residents can only access basic supplies via home deliveries
• Police will investigate any criminally false info about dead COVID patient — Governor
• Nearly 2 dozen additional samples being tested! Some persons living in dead woman’s building flee
• 7% tax on all $$ leaving the BVI via money transfers
• Gov’t extending territory-wide lockdown because of COVID-19 patient’s death
• Three arrested in connection to last month’s robbery and burglary
• UPDATE: Authorities discussing BVI’s way forward following territory’s first COVID-19 death
• COMMENTARY: The age of corona
• Police officer shot on Virgin Gorda | RVIPF launch probe
• Joint task force! 34 Customs, Immigration workers sworn in as auxiliary officers
• Fahie administration accused of flouting VI Constitution with treatment of curfew orders
• Residents dishonestly obtain food, vouchers! Premier says they wore disguises and leveraged votes
• Hairdressers, barbers added to govt’s ‘critical businesses’ list after Premier receives backlash
• Local supermarkets distance from newest reported COVID-19 patient
• Local telecoms providers offer concessions for online education
• Motorists must wait till DMV’s April 27 reopening to renew expired vehicle documents
• Another person in the BVI tests positive for COVID-19
• Schools to operate using ‘phased approach’ | Limited face-to-face classes may happen later on
• US releases BVI’s shipment of COVID-19 protective gear
• Gov’t issues appeal! Wants to lease hotels as isolation facilities for returning residents
• Gov’t wants UK to relax Financial Management policy so BVI can adequately fund COVID-19 relief
• I will reinstate a 24-hr lockdown if safety protocols are not followed, Premier warns
• All schools to remain closed in the BVI
• COVID-19 patient app to be launched | Screening area being created at hospital
• No entry for locals until June 2! Access only allowed via Beef Island airport
• Home delivery system in place! ‘District restrictions’ coming after lockdown lifts
• BVI now nearing a 100% recovery rate for COVID | Two official negative retests, one unofficial
• Governor declares six hotel rooms to be used as a ‘prison’
• Durante organizes initiative to help needy residents pay rent, utilities
• High response from residents in need of food supplies
• RTW partners with Social Development, FSN and Red Cross to assist vulnerable residents
• Man arrested and charged in connection to Pusser’s burglary
• BVI to enter ‘soft curfew’ next week | Borders will reopen to residents in a month
• BVIHSA establishes home delivery system for residents seeking to fill medical prescriptions
• Visitors opting to postpone instead of cancel vacations in BVI
• Surge in COVID-19 cases expected in the Caribbean within a month
• Stop it! Backyard burning a potential gateway for COVID-19
• Calypsonian was to use cancelled competition to promote legalizing marijuana locally
• Pussers Restaurant in Road Town burglarized
• Non-essential persons prohibited from visiting fire stations
• Response Team on VG assisting residents — Wheatley
• ‘This year’s VG Fest would have been epic!’ Patrice Roberts was among lineup — Organiser
• BVI seeks UK’s help to retrieve shipment of COVID-19 protective gear seized by US
• COMMENTARY: Corona and the exposure of horrific leadership
• BVI unofficially records two COVID-19 recoveries
• Persons who work this Easter must still be paid ‘holiday wage’, employers told
• ‘Advanced Passenger Information’ legislation being introduced
• Local beautician shares industry tips to help residents cope with COVID-19 depression
• Residents asked to donate blood urgently! Contact RVIPF before leaving home
• Work permit holders prohibited from entering the BVI for 30 days
• PHOTOS: Public spaces since the COVID-19 curfew
• Ministry addressing the needs of homeless and socially vulnerable during lockdown
• Local musician hosts online praise parties to uplift homebound residents
• CDB acquiring $3M in COVID-19 protective equipment for borrowing member countries
• BVI flags 38 countries! Limited entry allowed to compliant crew members of ships, aircraft
• RVIPF rolls out new measures to ward off COVID-19 | Things the public should know
• No tolerance! Premier alerted to pockets of domestic abuse locally
• ‘Medical staff vigilant but uneasy in COVID-19 crisis’
• Local youths encouraged to ‘be creative’ on social media during lockdown
• PHOTO OF THE DAY: ‘Essentially homeless’
• EU pumps $8.6M to help BVI and other CARPHA member countries fight COVID-19
• Court defers sentencing, orders men to be quarantined
• First phase of economic stimulus package heads to Cabinet this week
• Fire Department reports rise in backyard burning since curfew
• Gov’t working on special waste management strategy for the BVI
• USVI man smuggled into territory to spend lockdown with pregnant girlfriend, court hears
• British PM in Intensive Care Unit as COVID-19 symptoms ‘worsen’
• Good news! 17 coronavirus tests return with negative results
• Police confirm at least one death on Tortola
• How are residents coping during lockdown?
• Gov’t asked to pay what they owe to small businesses affected by COVID-19
• Education Ministry assessing if students have the tools to access online classrooms from home
• Rotary and SSB partners to donate $50K to FSN
• Two arrested for illegal entry, local charged with ‘smuggling’
• ‘Supermarket lines worse than after 2017 hurricanes’
• COMMENTARY: The coronavirus and seven lean years
• COVID-19 Prevention: Tips to follow when entering your home
• Employers using COVID-19 as excuse to cut staff should be held accountable
• Gov’t was forced to allow entry of locals coming from COVID-19 flagged countries
• Port Purcell cargo facility allowed to open Friday and Saturday
• BVIOC pledges continued support to local athletes following postponement of Olympic Games
• Supermarkets now allowed to open until 9 pm as Thursday shoppers overwhelm stores
• Not exempted | Cuban doctors will be quarantined upon arrival
• LIST: Robbed VG bank among businesses opening this Thursday to Saturday
• Premier appeals to landlords, telecoms providers to show compassion during COVID-19
• Residents facing hardships to benefit from groceries from FSN — Premier
• Nine more persons tested for COVID-19 and awaiting results
• Shop for 14-days! BVI going on complete lockdown in 3 days
• CTL boss speaks unity, food sustainability and worker security
• Landlords shouldn’t be allowed to evict tenants who can’t pay rent due to COVID-19 — Walwyn
• Epidemiology Report: COVID-19 could infect 89% of BVI population in three months if left unchecked
• 143 persons in quarantine to be ‘guarded’ 24/7 — Premier
• ‘We’re not out of the woods yet’ | Residents to access more pickup and deliver services
• Anegada Renewable Project could cost up to $6M, BVIEC evaluating 5 bidders
• ‘Overwhelming’ response as work to assist fisherfolk and farmers starts
• New 14-day curfew to take effect on Thursday
• BVI students to benefit from free online study programme
• Gov’t funds transportation costs for VG dialysis patients during curfew
• House of Assembly to meet remotely due to COVID-19 threat
• Bank of Asia donates over 10K medical items to fight COVID-19
• Premier to regional leaders: ‘Limitless’ opportunities exist for trade at this time
• UK awaiting OTs plan to reduce economic impact of virus before offering help
• Domestic violence more probable during curfew, Gender Affairs Office calls for peace
• Main Street grocery store burglarised during curfew
• UPDATE: BVI confirms third imported coronavirus case | Patient has ‘mild symptoms’
• At least eight arrested for breaking curfew
• CXC ‘modifies’ exam process due to COVID-19 | Exam dates pushed
• Cuban doctors invited to help BVI in COVID-19 fight — Premier
• Businesses urged to establish ‘pandemic leave’ employment package for workers
• Gov’t to host Regional Trade & Commerce Symposium online
• ‘The Minister gave me permission’, says Cline after curfew arrest
• Leaving to dispose garbage and walking pets prohibited during lockdown
• Imprisonment or thousands in fines for persons who breach new quarantine law
• New legislation passed to ensure continuity of financial services during any major disaster
• COMMENTARY: Corona recession or depression
• Gov’t seeking funding from UK to assist residents left unemployed by COVID-19
• One arrested for breaking curfew
• Police Commissioner under quarantine after travel through US
• ‘Essential services’ list: Who is allowed to go to work during lockdown?
• Isolation Unit for COVID-19 cases in place at hospital
• Gov’t seeking $100M Earthquake Catastrophe Insurance coverage for BVI
• Hospital visits now only available to Obstetric and Paediatric patients
• UK Prime Minister tests positive for coronavirus
• Don’t smuggle people into the BVI, Premier warns
• Queues of shoppers flock supermarkets ahead of six-day lockdown
• Not everybody that feels sick will be tested, persons must have specific symptoms — Premier
• Gov’t negotiating with banks about loan payments of affected residents
• Don’t stigmatise persons for getting tested for COVID-19
• Stores told to implement measures to prevent crowding | Gov’t makes shopping suggestions
• Territorial curfew in effect for in the BVI!
• 117 quarantined locally, 9 awaiting test results for COVID-19
• BVI confirms first two cases of coronavirus
• Prince Charles tests positive for coronavirus
• Dangerous bend! Residents call for road markings along Gene Hill
• Economic stimulus packages coming to aid residents impacted by COVID-19
• Full lockdown coming | Gov’t to close borders to outgoing traffic too
• Emergency HOA sitting being held to strengthen quarantine and curfew laws
• PHOTO OF THE DAY: ‘This one is about country!’
• Police investigating Tuesday-evening armed robbery on Tortola
• UPDATE: Crash victim in fatal traffic accident identified
• Business owners could be fined, jailed for disobeying curfew
• Public Health England to assist BVI in fight against COVID-19
• CIBC offers special financial assistance to clients affected by COVID-19
• COVID-19 and your national parks
• Cops forbidden from taking vacation leave outside the BVI
• RTW rewarding employees with bonuses for COVID-19 response
• Over $12M released to Health Ministry for COVID-19 fight
• Residents urged to conserve water
• Jury trials being temporarily halted
• Local businesses placed under curfew
• Decision to close local ports was tough but necessary | Even Premier’s daughters affected
• Judge dismisses major pollution case in High Court
• Medical clearance needed if you travelled recently, public officers told
• Man placed on probation bond for escaping prison 7 years ago
• BVI closing all local ports of entry for 14 days
• Cabinet approves $2M to stimulate local food production
• COMMENTARY: Stimulus won’t work
• UPDATE: Arrests made following armed bank robbery on VG
• Royal Navy ship to visit the BVI
• Public officers entitled to ‘pandemic leave’ to care for children
• Free water access for all Water & Sewage customers for 30 days
• Gov’t extending layoff period
• Magistrate’s Court commences social distancing practises
• RTW ready and here for the BVI
• Telecoms companies implement new measures in response to COVID-19 threat
• Educators to be trained in alternative learning platforms as schools undergo closure
• BVIHSA roll out new hospital policies amid COVID-19 threat
• UK Minister promises medical supplies, support
• 2020 Caribe Wave Exercise excluding evacuation component to prevent mass gathering
• Gov’t restricts visits to prison and residential establishments
• Select travellers banned! Social gatherings now limited to 30 persons
• All local schools closing for 14 days starting Thursday
• Penn calls for Internet Exchange Point to manage heavier online traffic from COVID-19 response
• Diamond Pump Station undergoing repairs following motor damage
• Governor calls for a behavioural change locally amid pandemic
• BVI to lose millions because of Spring Regatta postponement
• Opposition calls for gov’t to create Hardship Fund amid COVID-19 pandemic
• Ready to respond despite possible $$ downturn
• COVID-19 cases in the Caribbean nearing 100 mark
• Opposition calls on gov’t to close all schools for 30 to 60 days
• Local supermarkets increase sanitary measures; says there’s no need for panic-buying
• Venezuelan dies after falling from local cineplex
• Businesses should consider operating from home if possible
• BVI restricts travel from WHO’s list of ‘special interest countries’
• BVI turns to UK for ‘suitably-equipped ship’ to quarantine potential COVID-19 cases
• Police investigate Friday night robbery report at RiteWay
• COMMENTARY: Corona, economics and fear
• Neighbouring USVI confirms first case of COVID-19
• Premier declares 30-day ban on all cruise ships; local festivals postponed
• HLSCC extends Spring Break period; college prepares online learning measures
• COVID-19 hotline, testing equipment now available in BVI
• Nanny Cay eyes more land-based tourism with 13 additional rooms
• LIAT issues special travel advisory, waives flight change and cancellation fees
• Rewarding year | Honour and dignity restored to HOA, says Willock
• Dr Carolyn O’Neal-Morton appointed PS in Premier’s Office
• COVID-19 cases increase in the Caribbean
• Cedar School dethrones ESHS to win 2020 debate competition
• ‘I wouldn’t last in prison’ | Ugandan begs for mercy ahead of sentencing
• Youth parliament training begins ahead of end-of-month relaunch
• Jamaican man pleads guilty to wounding US chef
• Sickly PR man reportedly denied phone call, medication and shower since in local custody
• New York Times ranks BVI as #2 best place to visit this year
• Modern agriculture and fisheries complexes to be established across BVI
• Temperature testing to be added to screening process at local ports of entry
• African reportedly caught at airport with $23K concealed in shoe and pants
• Puerto Rican allegedly held with $39K at airport
• Reaching Out Foundation launches fundraiser series to support local schools
• Jamaica confirms first imported case of the Coronavirus
• Restoration project at recreational grounds halted to facilitate bigger plans
• First-ever student Junior Minister of Education to be introduced in BVI
• Land swap: Plans underway to switch Magistrate’s Court with special needs school
• Ministry implementing Education Advisory Board and Special Education Committee
• Police Week continues with career expo this month
• Deadly coral disease nearing the BVI waters
• COMMENTARY: The economic fallout from corona
• Proposed gambling law: Commission to oversee gaming sector, issue licenses
• Calypso competition returning to VG Easter Fest this year
• Stiff penalties for persons caught in breach of govt’s proposed gambling laws
• DDM, Health Ministry instructed to revisit emergency shelter responsibilities
• Alzheimer’s Association partners with Unite BVI to host ‘Dementia Friends’ this month
• Trial for $30M cocaine bust delayed | Prosecutors not ready
• BVI establishes coronavirus reponse team | Results confirm no cases of COVID-19 locally
• Josiah’s Bay woman found guilty for using vehicle to break man’s ankle
• Agricultural science to be reintroduced at HLSCC — Wheatley
• New TRC heads advised to hire attorney to address internet issues, if necessary
• $65K contract signed for phase one of repairs to Old Gov’t House Museum
• First phase of BVI’s new border management system to be installed in weeks
• Nat’l Emergency Operations Centre being activated amid increased coronavirus reports regionally
• Gov’t acquires new asphalt plant
• Inter-Primary Schools Championship kicks off today
• Chinnery’s appeal of 2016 firearm conviction dismissed
• Test results for suspected coronavirus carrier delayed
• Gov’t awaiting decision from US court regarding former attorney in BVI Airways case
• Gov’t considering to impose fees to use public restrooms at select beaches
• Merchant Shipping Act getting 21 changes | Includes drunk seafarer policy, mandatory insurance
• Leases and contracts to restore thriving local agriculture sector to be signed
• Remembering HL Stoutt, a man of vision and strong leadership
• High Court to get power to enforce debt payments by imposing on a debtor’s assets
• BVI ordering equipment to test for coronavirus itself
• COMMENTARY: Coronavirus – the joker in the pack
• Increase in boats berthing in the BVI | Gov’t concerned about long-term residency on vessels
• 61-year-old man found dead at Gene Hill
• Labour Ministry introducing Skilled Workers Amnesty Programme this year
• Premier optimistic BVI will still receive UK loan guarantee
• Falsely circulating photo of alleged coronavirus carrier is why BVI needs Cyber Crime amendment
• Lewis, Wattley appointed new heads of TRC Board | Tasked to fix BVI’s internet issues
• No confirmed coronavirus case | Suspected person quarantined pending further tests — Premier
• Anthony McMaster appointed Acting RDA boss after ‘rigorous review’
• Health Ministry now ensuring ‘enhanced screening’ after cruise ship denied entry into BVI
• Suspected case of coronavirus in BVI | Local health officials thrust into ’emergency meeting’
• Taxi & Livery Commission inspectors to get more powers, JJ Parsons appointed director
• National Tourism Plan under review, says Premier
• Work on JVD Ferry Dock to resume in March, project to cost over $250K
• Territory-wide protected areas expanding — Wheatley
• Gov’t names persons who were BVI Airways shareholders! Some are BVI residents
• ‘VIP gov’t will never silence media’, says Premier after controversial Cybercrime law amendment
• Gov’t owes over $5M in unpaid vouchers — Premier
• Don’t quit your job when starting a business, banker advises
• Premier refutes Governor’s claim that gov’t not supporting RDA
• BVI Airways planes found! Reportedly sold twice since 2017
• Overhaul of faulty East End, CGB sewerage systems to begin this year
• High Surf Advisory in effect till Thursday as BVI experiences ‘shower activity’
• Tourist Board introducing Wireless Network Strategic Plan in BVI
• Over 200 persons approved for housing assistance to date
• Premier assures the safety of BVI offices in coronavirus-hit China
• Sea Cows Bay water woes to end soon — Utilities Minister
• BVI Financial Accounting Reporting System to receive ‘Country by Country Reporting’
• Additional school year in public high schools no longer mandatory
• Ban on night flights to Anegada airport being lifted
• Improvements to road network forging ahead — Rymer
• Man fined for assaulting family member at VG restaurant
• Canadian visitor dies while vacationing in BVI
• Man dies in quad bike accident near OneMart, identified as Kehinda Frett
• COMMENTARY: C’bbean countries autonomous of the UK and EU are a model for OTs to follow
• Closed season | Illegal to harvest certain fish species now, public told
• 56-year single-engine aircraft ban lifted at VG airport as new airline expresses interest to operate
• At long last! Nurse Iris O’Neal Medical Centre opens on VG, to commence operations next week
• Gov’t implementing Deposit Insurance Policy to protect insured residents
• DMV hosting event for riders to get licensed, registered
• Man charged for 2016 murder, remanded to HMP
• ‘Today’s a bit strange’ | Maduro-Caines marks first time in HOA as a VIP gov’t member
• Man files lawsuit after losing land because of ‘faulty’ drug case
• Fraser to seek update on BVI Airways and NDP’s reported pre-election contracts
• DEBATE: Should gov’t tax money sent abroad and is free tertiary education a burden to taxpayers?
• Rotary Club donates $50K to BVIHSA for new medical centre on VG
• BVI signs CARICOM agreement to establish medical schools
• Gov’t now has access to satellite imagery remote sensing technology
• ‘Powerful’ landlord threatens to get accused tenant deported, court hears
• EU Update: BVI recognised as a tax-compliant jurisdiction
• Cash found among drugs aboard fisherman’s vessel forfeited to Crown
• Local healthcare facilities collaborating as preparative measure for Coronavirus
• New legislation and statutory body coming to boost BVI agriculture
• Territory putting earthquake and tsunami measures in place
• Franklin Walters is the new chair of VG Easter Festival subcommittee
• 5 more athletes qualify for nat’l team for 2020 CARIFTA Games
• David Archer is Acting Governor
• Prison to implement modern security system, increase surveillance
• Strengthening ties | BVI supports 49th Agriculture Fest in St Croix
• Local nurse wins SUV in BVI Red Cross fundraiser
• Social commentator appointed to head govt’s scholarship committee
• Freak accident at popular food store
• COMMENTARY: The safest destination
• Royal Knights and Under the Tree draw first blood in 2020 T20 cricket competition
• Shawn Henry suing for false imprisonment and malicious prosecution
• Gov’t to implement code of conduct laws for public officials
• Police officer suing commissioner for not promoting him
• Gen-Y Factor auditions kick off next month; $10K prize this year
• BVI can save roughly $80M over 5 years if residents, businesses adopt greener practices
• Police were searching for gun when they allegedly found drugs, court hears
• Controversial Computer Misuse & Cybercrime Act now law
• New BVI Now app launched | Promises to put BVI above the competition
• Virtual CXC workshops to be possibly implemented in BVI
• Police issues arrest warrant for West End resident
• State-of-the-art imaging suite now at territory’s main hospital
• Entrepreneurial school to be established in the BVI
• New conditions to be added to trade licenses of int’l investors — Premier
• Financial hardships plague D9 residents; eat into district’s budget
• Thirty locals land jobs at newly-opened Petrus Plaza via govt’s employment programme
• Court ruling | Foxy files complaint against wife and daughter
• CGB sewerage stench ‘unbearable’ | Forces community meeting to premature end
• VGROC radio returning! Signalling from other stations reportedly poor on parts of VG
• BVI’s role in marine sustainability highlight at the UN
• Belmont Association adopts Leonora Delville Primary! Gifts school with $13K!
• Great Mountain road to undergo repairs
• I am responsible for all UK funding — Governor
• Six years after, Penn expected to be appointed more permanently as Chief Immigration Officer
• Ministry unaware of any ‘other incidents’ of student mistreatment
• Albanians fined! BVI was not their final destination, court hears
• Ministry praises school counsellors
• COMMENTARY: Brexit, nationalism, and globalism
• Govt gets maritime equipment to conduct marine surveys
• Little Dix Bay reports increased local, int’l interest in resort
• Language barrier thwarts court proceedings for accused Albanians
• All still not well, refurbished schools in need of better furniture, etc — Turnbull
• New In-Transit Lounge will lower chances of illegal immigrants entering undetected — BVIAA
• Venezuelan fined $1K for illegal entry
• Six trained to improve quality of pre-hospital services in BVI
• Propane tanks contributing to PWP fires, gov’t exploring safer disposal measures
• BVI, USVI representatives to meet monthly to further negotiations between territories
• No deterrence! Fines for riders not wearing helmet too low — Fraser
• Utility companies excavating roads but still neglect to repair
• Seeking $25K | Crash victim in critical condition at hospital as he turns 30
• Governor delays govt’s Cyber Crime amendment due to concerns with freedom of speech and press
• Increased reports of teachers mistreating students following ‘detergent incident’ — Turnbull
• Costly concern | Cattle a ‘menace’ to Spooner’s Estate residents
• Gov’t requests associate membership with CARIFORUM to continue EU relations
• Two contracts signed for road works on Jost Van Dyke
• Inter-Virgin Islands Council meeting convenes today! Political leaders share vision
• Telephone Services Management Unit not paid for major additional duties since 2017
• Incinerator’s critical scrubber device coming by end of March
• Gov’t asks UK to create a Sustainable Development Fund for OTs amid Brexit
• Negative label! Fraser wants the ‘Elevator Hill’ renamed
• Family of slain youngster appeals for public help locate killer
• Still no answers regarding gov’t contracts despite multiple questions, letters to Premier
• BVIAA to make roughly $130K to $156K yearly with new In-Transit Lounge
• Local hospitality worker seeks to raise $200K as she battles cancer
• No need for panic | Personal hygiene an effective tool to combat coronavirus
• Tortola’s COURAGE & HONOUR wins feature horse race on Sunday
• One dead, another seriously injured in two separate Tortola accidents
• COMMENTARY: Brexit is simple English tribalism
• Horseracing back on this Sunday with seven races!
• MOU signed to give territorial rescue team specialised training, $261K in equipment
• Study finds that Sea Cows Bay is ‘vulnerable’, residents urged to establish committee to take action
• Hospital ready | Health screening for Coronavirus in place at ports
• Local companies awarded contracts for repairs to AO Shirley Grounds
• BFEC defeat ESHS in debates; ESHS advance as highest scoring loser
• Gov’t approves more $$ to pay legal costs for economic substance legislation
• Manhunt on for possibly ‘armed and dangerous’ Kevin Tyson — RVIPF
• Mangrove nursery to be established at HLSCC
• Cabinet increases stipend for BVIPA, BVITB board members
• New In-Transit Lounge coming to Beef Island Airport
• Man fined $8,500 for cocaine and cannabis
• Gov’t grants permission for 39 commercial moorings to be installed at Peter Island
• Flow moving flagship store to Romasco Plaza
• Health Minister activates Quarantine Authority as precaution against Coronavirus
• Incinerator repaired! Will operate in 12-hour shifts starting today
• Fraser urges residents to sue gov’t over environmental issues
• Health Ministry restoring BVI’s ‘Pandemic Influenza Plan’ in anticipation of coronavirus
• BVIPA seeking new Managing Director | Samuel acting in post
• Cargo and passengers to be separated on entry at VG Yacht Harbour
• Sub-committee for VG Easter Fest in pipeline | Festival starts April 11
• Several dozens of deadly weapons, drugs, phones infiltrated into HMP
• Permission needed to operate! RT seeing increase in ‘pop-up shops’
• Cedar and Claudia Creque advance to semi-finals of school debates
• Legislation to benefit nurses and midwives promised for the BVI
• Immigration and health officials meeting to discuss measures to guard against Coronavirus
• Mixed results | New kiosks reveal generally satisfied travellers at airport
• Penn-led PAC promises to probe VIP gov’t and past NDP spending
• A local was ‘never intended’ to head RDA — Turnbull
• Premier open to discussions with other legislators willing to switch
• Three local junior athletes qualify for 2020 CARIFTA Games
• COMMENTARY: Victimisation in politics
• Kobe Bryant dies in helicopter crash
• CCTV cameras to finally return to bolster local policing
• Premier takes time off, Malone is Acting Premier
• Govt’s medical marijuana initiative all ‘hype with no substance’ — Opposition
• Water & Sewerage employee accused of stealing over $42K from department
• Political victimisation even more prevalent in the BVI, Penn claims
• Anti-doping education programme being rolled out for local athletes
• RDA CEO’s resignation will have serious implications for the BVI
• From Facebook to TV | Cindy Rosan-Jones to host talk show
• Maduro-Caines’ switch to VIP was ‘clever’ but it doesn’t dictate my political future
• Gov’t signs MOU for solar technician training
• CXC creating electronic testing platform | Quicker results promised
• Rymer plans large-scale clean-up for 5th District
• Faulty unit behind widespread blackouts on Wednesday
• Gov’t workers told to focus on revenue generation this year
• Delinquent fathers to be barred from travelling under upcoming child-support legislation — Premier
• Porn videos of young girls with older men in BVI is alarming, support group needed
• BVI participating in CXC’s 5-year strategic planning
• Adverse weather not affiliated with tropical cyclone activity, says DDM
• More jobs coming as gov’t signs ‘redevelopment’ deal with Peter Island
• ‘Community effort’ hailed as the way to effectively combat local health issues
• Public told to remove containers from BVI Fishing Complex by January 31
• ‘I am truly disappointed’: Maduro-Caines’ decision was unexpected and without consultation — Penn
• Premier defends his govt’s proposed ‘high’ penalties in BVI’s Cyber Crime Amendment Bill
• Reservoir repaired and running water returns to First District
• Funding UK gives to governor should be included in BVI’s budget
• UPDATE: Alvera Maduro-Caines joins the VIP! Fahie is a productive leader
• VG ferry dock closed due to bad weather | Marine advisories in effect
• Prison educator takes on role of mom, sister, confidant to dispirited inmates
• Recently-refurbished basketball court in West End vandalised
• Jevone Demming of VG loses appeal in attempted murder case
• RVIPF exploring technology as a way to arrest motorbike problem
• 2020 BVI Spring Regatta already sparking global interest
• COMMENTARY: Meghan, Brexit, and change
• Lack of resources could set back outstanding financial audits further
• Waive taxes for USVI visitors coming for Sunday’s horse races
• Former Attorney General urges local lawyers to volunteer more
• Understaffed! Youth Affairs Department without key officers for roughly 4 years
• Enumerators needed for 2020 Population & Housing Census
• Man who assaults, threatens to rape ex-lover jailed for a year
• Unsafe for police to ‘chase’ bikers! Reckless riders being prosecuted
• ‘Earthquake swarm’ leaves researchers puzzled and DDM on ‘high alert’
• Execution style murder! Norford allegedly used post-Irma prison break to kill victim
• Community meetings coming to Ninth District this month
• Gov’t to give 100 locals land to cultivate medical marijuana
• St Kitts man charged for 2017 murder, allegedly seen leaving victim’s home after killing
• Gov’t never gave RDA a full chance so I sympathise with CEO’s decision to resign — Governor
• Fisherfolk urged to exercise safety during hazardous sea conditions
• Regional body to overhaul legal Code of Ethics for BVI and all member countries
• Cabinet to host meeting on another sister island
• Paul Bayly resigns as CEO of RDA
• Gov’t receives marine survey data from UK programme
• DDM receiving increased requests for earthquake education sessions from local private sector
• Fahie encourages district reps to implement afterschool programme
• Anonymous donor commits to rebuilding Isabella Morris Primary
• Sanitation officers lodge complaints about continued improper dumping
• Prison to revamp poultry business | Farming a route to rehabilitation
• Over 600 acres at Beef Island to be developed — Premier
• BVI still negotiating with UK over £300 million loan guarantee offer
• Virgin Gorda airport reopens after second closure in months
• 2020 Population and Housing Census confirmed to start in June
• Even more tremors rock Puerto Rico/BVI region
• Warning in effect! Hazardous sea conditions forecast for BVI
• New Law Year to open in January for the first time
• Remaining 2016 increments to be paid by February 28 — Archer Jr
• Magistrate’s brother granted $50K bail for gun-related charges
• Fees to host events at local community centres reinstated
• Gov’t granted extension to store derelict items at Pockwood Pond
• France blacklists BVI as a non-cooperative tax haven
• Tiffany Scatliffe-Esprit appointed Acting DPP
• Bail denied | Hodge’s second gun charge in 2 years; was already on bail
• Gov’t to create Revolving Fund for young entrepreneurs
• Rhodni Skelton appointed Acting Director of Tourist Board
• COMMENTARY: Is a war coming since US kills Iran’s military leader?
• eVisa border system to be installed at local ports of entry next week
• Rosewood Little Dix Bay reopens on VG with many new features
• Alleged gunman racks up 5 charges in connection to weekend shooting
• BVI disaster-prone so follow building code and insure properties
• Stakeholder meetings commence for roll-out of e-Government laws
• VG airport closed again! Another fire truck malfunction in 5 months
• Second major earthquake rocks PR this morning, tremor felt in BVI
• ‘Up to govt to ultimately establish a housing estate for the homeless’
• Park & Ride shuttle to become a permanent service in Road Town
• $100K to clear garbage site in Paraquita Bay
• Nat’l Parks Trust receives int’l award for local conservation efforts
• VISAR appoints new Executive Creative Director and Operations Manager
• ‘Residents refuse to participate!’ Statistics Office raises concern ahead 2020 population census
• Beef Island airport to undergo upgrades to enhance passenger experience, increase revenue
• Dramatic increase in applications for construction and development in 2019
• Tourist Board should utilise local athletes to further promote the BVI
• Police probe January 3 shooting that left one person injured
• One dead another hospitalised following boating accident off Guana Island
• PHOTO OF THE DAY: Cruise ‘double dock’
• RVIPF cops replaced Premier’s bodyguards after undergoing ‘close protection’ training
• $3M to repair road between Slaney and Duff’s Bottom
• Gov’t has ‘not entered the marijuana business’, we’re only involved in the sale — Malone
• 95% complete! Full repairs to incinerator delayed by death and holidays
• BVIPA introduces new booking system to enhance operations
• No jury trials for months now! Fraser says non-Belongers should not become jurors
• Gov’t pledges full financial support to local athletes participating in Summer Olympic Games
• Opposition legislator reports decline in registered vessels locally
• Patrons flock Foxy’s Old Year’s Celebration to ring in new year
• Gov’t will be involved in selling of medicinal marijuana products too
• RVIPF reports a drop in crime and increase in crime detection for 2019
• BVIPA sees 37% boost in revenue this year
• New Police Act to address challenges in relation to policing crime locally
• Unbearable assault! Unemployed drag racers a nightly nuisance to residents — Lorna Smith
• Premier spreads Christmas cheer at hospital
• Water & Sewerage is a ‘disaster’, turn it into a statutory body — Vanterpool
• Harrigan-Scott receives BVI Athletics Lifetime Achievement Award
• Contracts valued a combined $1.7M awarded to two companies for rehabilitation of Admin Complex
• COMMENTARY: Brexit and a new ‘special relationship’
• Governor’s Office requesting up to $80K from gov’t for new vehicle
• Customer Service Touch Terminals installed at two local ports of entry
• Other OT’s offer better pay to gov’t lawyers than BVI — Scatliffe-Esprit
• Heavy rains disrupt Boxing Day Races; event pushed to January 19
• C&W Foundation, Miss World Organisation donates $25K to ESHS
• HLSCC to benefit from $1.7 million in gov’t subsidies
• From disaster comes decor | Craft Alive vendor creates Christmas decorations with mango seeds
• A vehicle for Christmas! East End resident the grand prize winner of RVIPF raffle
• SFC meetings not what it used to be — Fraser
• Two caught at sea with $500K, accused men deny knowledge of cash
• Reports of inappropriate exposure! Parents told to monitor children’s use of smart devices
• Gov’t allocates initial $3.4 million to Land Bank initiative
• LIAT resumes direct flights between BVI and Barbados
• Canadian visitor dies during ‘marine incident’ on VG, police probe
• Still grieving | Fresh public appeal from mother 4 years after son’s pre-Christmas murder
• Rise in complaints from inmates | Complaints Commissioner calls for Human Rights body
• First-ever large commercial plane lands on Beef Island
• Increase in criminal cases | ODPP in search of six prosecutors
• Turnbull calls for government to do more for local Cadet Corps
• First public building in JVD named after local
• COMMENTARY: Life, Death, and Christmas
• Unite BVI and gov’t partner to donate $300K to HLSCC marine programme
• Local pensioners concerned over recent bank purchases
• Millions being spent yet RDA is not operating as it should, says Fraser
• Works on fire substations across the BVI progressing
• FRASER: Some expat gov’t employees aggrieved! Still no permanent status after 20 years
• Pre-Xmas cleanup | Bins for bulky waste to be positioned territory-wide
• Change the archaic laws! Too easy to ‘legally steal’ someone’s property in BVI — Fraser
• Donald Trump is impeached! Now faces trial in US Senate
• Tourist Board receives $3.5M for product enhancement; creates Director of Projects post
• Cabinet officially approves larger bikes for BVI, only gov’t-authorised dealers can import
• No information forthcoming on consultancy contracts issue by gov’t — Opposition
• Walwyn against WSD becoming a statutory body
• Major water leaks detected in Sea Cow’s Bay area; over 250 gallons being wasted per minute
• Final rotation | I embrace the opportunities as Deputy Premier, says Malone
• Too soon! Expats accessing NHI after one month in the BVI is ‘wrong’ — Fraser
• Underperforming gov’t workers not being disciplined! New persons being hired to fill void
• Control panel for incinerator installed! Electrical works in final stages
• Another ‘goalpost shift’? Int’l community forces new changes to BVI Business Companies Act
• Painful | Another Christmas and many still in damaged homes, offices — Governor
• Teen charged in Huntums Ghut shooting, denied bail
• ‘Rookie move, Mr Speaker!’ Opposition questions 10-minute rush to close budget debate during their absence
• Give gov’t employees extra $50K to invest, encourage early retirement — Vanterpool
• More than 1,500 awarded certificates of residency, Belongership
• Fraser bats for the HoA to become a statutory body
• Premier: Revenue from financial services drops $30 million this year!
• Politicians should not be giving $$ to constituents | Give funds to Social Development for disbursement — Vanterpool
• Attorney General’s contract might not be extended in 2020, new AG could be BVIslander
• False claims! Gov’t is not developing a national cryptocurrency for BVI — Premier’s Office
• COMMENTARY: The Thrift Paradox
• Plans for Foxy’s Old Year’s Night party underway
• Budget debate kicks off today, only one Opposition member present for start
• Fake news! My tenure as Deputy Premier ended, Malone to be sworn in next — Wheatley
• Gunman escapes minimum 10-yr sentence for 2016 shooting because of ‘mental challenges’
• Young and gifted | 11-year-old pens children’s book to join fraternity of BVI authors
• Major savings on subsidy costs expected for BVIEC with Anegada Renewable Energy Project
• Governor deports fake visa holder
• It’s official! Gov’t signs agreement with Airbnb for Hotel Accommodation Tax
• Youngster fined $5K for burglarizing animal shelter
• BVI now seeing a decline in Hand-Foot-and-Mouth disease cases
• Farewell Honourable RT O’Neal!
• Gov’t and NHI stand to save millions if more kidney transplants are conducted in the BVI
• Huge int’l interest shown BVIEC’s Anegada Hybrid Renewable Energy Project
• Major trial ahead | At least 16 Crown witnesses to give evidence in ‘$30M cocaine haul’ case
• BVI to undertake 18-month programme to detect and control disease outbreaks
• Man fined over $5K for cocaine, gets suspended sentence
• Major cryptocurrency moves! Gov’t reportedly to develop a national digital currency for BVI
• Mega-yacht owners to receive duty-free fuel purchases — Premier
• Walwyn in the courtroom! Represents client in criminal damage case
• RTW employees, Northwest company runs to raise support for Diabetes Association
• NHI urged to consider implementing a kidney transplant policy for BVI
• Christmas on DeCastro Street may have to relocate again — City Manager
• Calls made in HOA for park, permanent public holiday, and documentary project of RT O’Neal
• New High Court appointment | Justice Ann-Marie Smith reassigned to Antigua
• 2020 Olympic Games tickets now available online for BVI residents
• Lying in state | Members of the public pay respect to late legislator
• Beautiful and historic | Son gifts dad with organ in BVI’s first-ever kidney transplant
• Xmas on DeCastro Street reels in largest-ever vendor turnout | Event attracts cruise visitors
• Scotiabank BVI bank sold for $120M to T&T company
• Miss BVI wows Miss Universe pageant in a dress inspired by territory’s national tree
• COMMENTARY: End of hurricane season brings reflection on BVI external response to Irma
• COMMENTARY: What happens after Britain leaves the European Union
• 100K persons expected at TPP’s 3rd annual 12 Days of Christmas event
• Former Trade Minister: Timing of junior minister swap ‘very unusual’ | Portfolio requires continuity
• ‘Lawyers here need discipline!’ Accused drug offender raises concern about legal costs in BVI
• Gov’t rolling out ‘Park and Ride’ initiative in RT to ease traffic congestion during Xmas
• Roughly 23 truckers down to participate in BVI’s first-ever Truck Show
• Mrs BVI stands a good chance at making top 5 in Mrs Globe pageant
• Well-known taximan shot during armed home robbery
• Local police officer charged with indecent assault on minor
• Full transportation organised for residents across BVI to attend state funeral of RT O’Neal
• Each sister island should have a separate District Representative — Fraser
• Jamaican granted bail after allegedly wounding man with knife, claims self-defence
• Numerous proposals | BVI could become a financial technology hub
• Premier promises to rebuild Prospect Reef before his current term in office ends
• Full access to recreational grounds to resume after complete restoration in 2020
• Ralph T O’Neal to be buried on VG following closed-casket funeral, motorcade
• Residents advised not to consume Romaine lettuce in light of E coli outbreak
• Water & Sewerage Department rolling out digital meters
• Cabinet waives tender process to award Skelton Cline new gov’t consultancy contract
• Red Cross donates 800 items to help fight mosquito-borne diseases in BVI
• BVI inks contract for top-notch border management and e-Visa system
• Locally-owned cultural museum reopens after being thrashed by 2017 hurricanes
• Tree of Hands to resume Santa parade, hand delivery of Christmas gifts to local children
• Improved transportation service around Anegada promised for next year’s Lobster Fest
• Proceeds from Lobster Fest shuttle being donated to school on Anegada
• BVI calls for review of procurement policies to help small-island states after disasters
• December 11 declared as a special public holiday for Ralph O’Neal’s state funeral
• A Virgin Islands treasury note (Part A)
• Digicel appoints new CEO
• Climate Change Trust Fund Act to be amended to allow BVI more access to int’l funding
• Independent Airport Police Service to be established, BVIAA seeking applicants for job
• Premier promises to commence reconstruction of two sister islands schools next year
• BVIAA to VI Airlink: We have to ease burden on the treasury
• Historic! Brathwaite the first BVI queen to ever make top-40 in Miss World pageant
• Humane Society amasses $71K in donations for new shelter after one month
• ‘My duty to BVI transcends any office’ | Flax-Charles embraces change in portfolios
• SOL’s hurricane-hit Wickhams Cay service station to reopen shortly
• BVI eyes hosting OECS’ senior athletic championship next year
• Online condolence book being created to honour late legislator RT O’Neal
• BVI Athletic Association plans to field big team for 2020 CARIFTA Games
• DeCastro attends UK seminar as Trade Minister the same day she’s reassigned to Tourism role
• Man granted bail after allegedly molesting minor
• Flax-Charles’ tourism expertise will bolster the trade and business portfolio, Fahie claims
• Miss and Mrs BVI depart territory for respective international pageants
• Over 45 vendors showing interest in 21st staging of Christmas on deCastro Street
• Two injured after reportedly being mowed down in Road Town
• UPDATE: Premier confirms that Flax-Charles reassigned! Swaps portfolios with deCastro
• Costly | No home for our birds at Beef Island Airport, says VI Airlink
• BVI budgets getting bigger but service deliver less and less — Fraser
• Education Minister requests UNESCO’s assistance for further teacher training in BVI
• The Great March of 1949 the catalyst for the BVI’s development
• Legislator urges women to stand against discrimination, violence in BVI
• Employment growth! 2019 income tax revenue ‘surpasses expectations’ and reels in $51.8M
• Sensitisation programmes on witness anonymity legislation to be implemented
• Gov’t making moves to transform BVI into hub for financial technology
• BVICCHA to meet with gov’t for Business Solutions Forum
• COMMENTARY: UK and OTs | Toward soft colonialism or modern partnership?
• COMMENTARY: US and UK leaders’ xenophobia and race-hate has spiralled
• South African fined $1K for illegal stay
• Gov’t to implement ‘no import tax’ policy for hybrid vehicles and clean energy systems
• Tourist Board gets budget increase | BVI targets Canada, Scandinavia as tourism markets
• Premier praises IBC Act for catapulting BVI in financial services
• Historical plantation site on VG to receive facelift
• Digicel giving away $60K in cash and prizes this Christmas
• Supa Cop threatens to report lawyer for ‘disrupting court’; dispute cause adjournment
• Drag racing to become an official sport in the BVI, gov’t to begin search for designated area
• Gov’t plans to provide emergency airlift for visitors ahead of hurricanes
• BVI’s GDP projected to grow by one to three percent at the end of 2019, 2020 — Premier
• State funeral for Ralph T O’Neal scheduled for December 11
• Financial Assistance Programme promised for local fisherfolk
• Increased reports of gastroenteritis, residents urged to employ preventative practices
• Seven locals honoured during launch of Virgin Islands Communal Association
• Gov’t swaps land with HLSCC to ‘facilitate establishment of medical marijuana industry’
• NHI scheme to be restructured! Current system ‘in threat of failure’, says Premier
• Flow pushes to complete fixed-line service restoration by 2021
• Gov’t commissions review of designs for modern library in Road Town
• BVI visas to go on sale, Premier announces
• Premier announces $414M budget for 2020
• Gov’t enters 6 more lease agreements, to spend $500K on relocation costs
• Man accused of burglarizing home two nights in a row | Alleged intruder wins bail argument
• Inmates sometimes allowed to leave penitentiary for special visits
• 23 special waste bins to placed across BVI to collect ‘white waste’
• New tropical storm forms in Atlantic, weather system not expected to impact BVI
• Budget day today!
• Turnbull calls for gender-sensitive language to be reflected in HOA policies, constitution
• Woman charged for allegedly spending $20K erroneously deposited to bank account
• Gov’t to revise Student Code of Conduct policy to ‘build character’ of youths
• Resident urged to discontinue practices that harm marine local environment
• CTL offering pre-Black Friday sale, accompanying free ferry for VG residents
• COMMENTARY: The BVI’s 70-year journey on the path of self-determination
• COMMENTARY: The one percent
• PHOTOS: Culture Week Grand Food Fair
• Flow announces faster, cheaper prices for internet following meeting with Premier
• Gov’t to introduce legislation for the ‘production and sale’ of medical marijuana
• Anti-harassment legislation promised for visitors
• Untrue! Gov’t dismisses accusations made in relation to BVIEC board
• Rymer bats for more $$ | Says monthly $10K allocation for district assistance insufficient
• Dr Ricardo Wheatley is the new Director of BVI House Asia
• Vanterpool criticises gov’t for allowing BVIEC to function nearly 8 months without board
• Gov’t introducing legislation to accommodate, regulate gambling and betting in the BVI
• Reported complaints that some gov’t statutory boards victimising staff, VIP blamed
• Concerned | No need to fully evacuate admin complex for repairs, why is it taking 5 years?
• Agriculture department partners with police to clamp down on wandering animals
• ‘I’m not convinced Freedom of Information Act will make a difference’ — Fraser
• Opposition accuses VIP gov’t of nepotism, cronyism since taking office
• Gov’t grants Belonger status, certificates of residence to 400 expat applicants
• Gov’t to partner with BVIEC to train youths in installation of renewable energy systems
• Govt waives tender process to issue $190K contract for Admin Complex mould remediation
• VG man fined $1,000 for assaulting woman
• All flags lowered | Premier declares territorial period of mourning until RT O’Neal funeral
• Rush to get all derelict vehicles out the territory by December 31
• Premier promises improvements to BVI’s building legislation
• A territory mourns | Late Premier described as true statesman, legend
• Shift in inmates behaviours seen with non-punitive disciplinary action — HMP boss
• Emergency response agencies to conduct mass rescue exercises in BVI this week
• Former Premier Ralph T O’Neal has died at 85
• Landfill fire likely to be extinguished by nightfall, says minister
• Faster processing of development applications promised under new Planning Authority board
• Taste of Tortola gets flavourful reviews as patrons flock event
• BVI grants Bahamas’ request for BVIEC workers to extend time and continue assistance
• Relief! VG residents switch to Banco Popular following institution’s recent opening on island
• BVI honours retired Royal Air Force serviceman for Remembrance Day
• Road to El Dorado passes through apprenticeships and a stint in trade school
• BVI Spring Regatta adds ‘Performance Cruising’ class to 2020 festival
• Soon-to-be-opened Petrus Plaza to provide nearly 60 local jobs
• HLSCC graduates now ‘guaranteed acceptance’ into American university under MOU
• PENN: I will lead an active Public Accounts Committee when formed
• Gourmet Soiree pulls crowd | Proceeds go to top tourism students
• Culture Week turns 25 | Major activities planned
• Leasing Cutlass Tower for 3 and 5 years to facilitate Admin Complex repairs is necessary
• At long last, banking back on VG! Premier gives ‘99% guarantee’ services will expand to 5 days
• Over 5K signatures | Tourism authorities mum on anti-dolphin attraction petition
• Residents urged to get Influenza vaccination as PAHO forecasts possible pandemic
• Skelton Cline against temporary housing being built 2 years after hurricanes, criticises RDA
• Nearly 9 months after elections and PAC still not formed
• Court finds Prince guilty of possession of criminal proceeds in drug case
• Senior gov’t managers being trained in trade negotiation techniques
• Pediatric Wing receives bed linen donation
• Eight officers undergo 6-week course in close protection skills | Trained to int’l standard
• Over 14 months without wages has been ‘tough’, says Prospect Reef security guard
• Premier dodges commitment on pre-election promise to give PAC more powers
• New policy: Hand-foot-and-mouth disease must now be reported to health authorities
• Main Hospital to be assessed in February 2020 | Not an easy process, says administrators
• BVIAA receives new high jump bed from local company after 2 years of doing without
• Chronic disease the leading cause of deaths in the BVI
• Residents should be able to seek recourse from public service, not ‘white house on the hill’
• Hold gov’t accountable for the yet-to-be-delivered Freedom of Information Act
• First-ever Agri-Health & Wellness Expo being held in BVI
• Premier’s Office relocating | Paying $1.2M over 5 years to rent spaces at Cutlass Tower
• Trump, Brexit, and the working class
• Report on BVI Airways audit to be made public ‘shortly’, says governor
• Cocaine found on VG values over $30M, court hears | Local men granted $500K bail
• Nearly 60 confirmed cases of Hand-foot-and-mouth disease in BVI; one rare adolescent case
• BVI joins regional collaborative effort to rid Caribbean of sargassum nuisance
• Closure needed | RVIPF appeals for public’s help to solve murder, attempted murder cases
• Changing sign at hospital predicted to cost over $100K, old sign to remain a while longer
• Health agencies to hold meetings on Hand-foot-and-mouth disease outbreak in territory
• BVIPA to expand Port Purcell’s bulkhead to accommodate larger cargo vessels
• Local becomes first to represent an OT as delegate in Int’l Leadership Programme
• Hurricane-ravaged hotel being sold | Tamarind Club on the market for $750K
• Humane Society seeking $500K in donations to build new animal shelter
• Two locals among four charged in connection to major cocaine bust on VG
• Gov’t to develop waste management strategy, CCTV being considered as part of plan
• VG airport runway to be finally paved, BVIAA wants weight bearing capacity to last 20 years
• BVI to pioneer smart emergency shelter standards regionally, says PAHO representative
• Autism centre rebuilds to service over 30 clients weekly
• EU gives BVI €2M grant to rehabilitate local emergency shelters
• Wolff Parkinson White Syndrome now curable locally – Dr Heskith Vanterpool
• Horseracing track to be repaired in ‘phased manner’ over two years — Premier
• Preliminary Report: 2019 festival saw $300K budget increase to pay inherited debts
• Four arrested as cops make second major cocaine seizure on VG in two weeks
• Rider in deadly crash was not wearing helmet | Police urge others to protect their heads
• BVI under high surf warning, beachgoers advised to keep away from sea
• Truck driver involved in fatal crash in police custody and facing charges
• Gov’t pumps over $18K to rebuild landmark on eastern Tortola — Premier
• Private hospital owner accuses ‘mercenaries’ of diverting patients from Bougainvillea Clinic
• Poor practices by residents said to be the cause of sewerage issue in East End
• Trump, Brexit and a new world order
• Innovative Business Lab to be established in BVI by 2020
• Fresh appeal for proper road safety practises made on the heels of traffic fatality
• Digicel sponsors food fete
• Concerning | Infectious Hand-foot-and-mouth disease hits over 10 daycares locally
• Health Ministry recalls ranitidine medications, drugs said to contain cancer-causing chemical
• Court case thrown out after cop overlaps travel plans with trial dates
• Continuity of gov’t plan being created for major post-disaster events
• RVIPF confirms crash fatality | Victim identified as 20-year-old Ryan Adams
• Two held with nearly $1M on vessel at WE dock | Duo denies knowledge of money, court hears
• $105K earmarked for bush cutting | 32 contracts to be issued shortly, says Premier
• Plans to rebuild Frenchman’s Cay bridge moves a step further with soil study
• Coastal revetment projects to be undertaken to restore coastal defences on Tortola
• Delores Christopher to be honoured at local culture event
• Mobile desalination plant to be installed as short-term fix to water woes in Third District
• Promise delayed, not denied: Prospect Reef workers will be paid ‘in few weeks’ — Premier
• Control panel needed to operate PWP incinerator to be shipped by month-end, says minister
• Taximan granted $30K bail after allegedly fracturing man’s jaw
• Vanterpool resigns as HLSCC President | Minister dismisses claims of bullying
• BOSSs receives third amendment for 2019 to further prevent being blacklisted
• New VIP gov’t spends over $300K on travel expenses so far, NDP racks up $6.8M
• Foxy’s Old Year’s Night event to potentially feature on CNN, business operational again
• Gov’t moves to rename Central Admin Complex in honour of Ralph O’Neal
• Law enforcers seize large quantity of cocaine from vessel on VG
• ‘Being a BVIslander or a Belonger is not enough to get a job’ — Premier warns
• Contracts being drafted | Repairs to fire substations to commence soon
• Hopeful of 2020 return to its own location | Special needs school celebrates 47 years
• COMMENTARY: Brexit a mess with no end
• CGB’s temporary sewerage solution working well, Rymer reports
• Employers must ‘exhaust’ an actual list of unemployed locals before getting work permits
• More than $1M cost overrun announced for construction of Iris O’Neal Medical Centre
• HLSCC receives additional 134 acres of Crown land
• Comprehensive traffic study being conducted for Road Town
• 67% of all eligible gov’t workers have now received 2016 salary increments
• Gregory Skelton appointed the new Acting DMV Commissioner
• Man charged for pocketing, spending envelop of cash found in business parking lot
• Junior athletes left shocked after one-on-one sessions with local pros
• Gender Affairs Office hosting initiatives to bring awareness to domestic violence locally
• St Lucian accused of threatening man for testifying in court case
• BVITB seeks proposals to commence late ferry-run from USVI for upcoming tourist season
• Dr Titley-O’Neal appointed Director of the National Parks Trust
• BVIEC rolls out 12-month safety initiative | Workers being trained for worse-case scenarios
• Territorial At-Large representatives plan series of meetings across BVI
• Carrot Bay reservoir finally restored, daily supply still to be cut after-hours
• Police increasing patrols in traffic light areas to ensure motorist compliance
• Local senior officer gets accepted into UK police college to study strategic command course
• Truck driver fined $5K for nearly 500 grams of cannabis
• BVI receives positive feedback from estranged cruise lines
• Health Department closes Foxy’s for sewerage issues, Director accused of sabotaging business
• Nearly 40 naturalised, now ‘entitled’ to British jobs, pursuing education as UK citizens
• Rosan-Jones gets warning letter for social posts, claims she’s being silenced by gov’t
• InterCaribbean to commence direct flights between PR, Virgin Gorda by February 2020
• Pan Am Games golden jump lands Malone on real estate | Gov’t gifts athlete with land, $30K
• Boat propeller injuries swimmer | Boat captain charged for endangering life, gets bail
• COMMENTARY: The balkanisation of Britain
• Athletes receive warm welcome, high praises from sporting officials at airport
• Fined for overstaying for months, Hispanic man racks up several traffic violations
• Doctors warn of problems linked to cellular use as Bougainvillaea hits medical milestone
• Lisa Penn-Lettsome is the BVI’s new head of International Business
• DPP’s departure opens up opportunities | Legal minds urged to join the department
• Beach Management Commission to be formed to enforce govt’s proposed beach policy
• New seaplane venture coming to BVI | Premier says gov’t not an investor
• Education Minister moves to have an HLSCC student sit on college board
• Water waste | Over 10 days of steady flow affects John’s Hole, courtyard a muddy mess
• Zoe Walcott the new Business Development Manager at pier park
• Junior Minister presents 700+ gifts to local educators for World Teacher’s Day
• Premier to seek funding from HoA to pay outstanding balance on Speaker’s legal fees
• Percival no longer director of Taxi Commission, Cabinet appoints new chair
• Borrowing Committee to be established to secure all loans under UK’s loan guarantee
• No foreigners | Cabinet decides that only locals, Belongers should rebuild Palm Grove centre
• BVIOC launching community sports clinic this weekend, local pro athletes take part
• RTW raises $25K for Hurricane Dorian relief for the Bahamas
• ‘We don’t feel safe at some local beaches’ | WE residents back the need for beach policy in BVI
• High court trials affected as judge quashes territory’s ‘defective’ jury list
• ‘Multi-use’ boutique hotel to be developed at Pier Park
• Works expected to begin on the Admin Complex in coming days, roof repair phase to kick off
• BVIEC deploys local linesmen to assist the hurricane-hit Bahamas
• Full oversight of renovations for Admin Complex handed to Rymer
• Former Miss BVI A’yana Phillips crowned Miss World USVI
• No deterrence: Magistrate says new sentencing guidelines for drugs ‘won’t work for BVI’
• Another anti-Dolphin Discovery petition emerges, several rally behind online protest
• Anegada to become first island in BVI with largescale renewable energy
• ‘I am resilient’: Malone comes up short at World Champs, shifts focus to Olympics
• The mighty vocations
• Oleanvine Maynard replaces Pickering to act as Acting Deputy Managing Director of BVIPA
• Customer Service Touch Terminals to be launched throughout the BVI
• New deal to be signed | Dolphin Discovery to make a comeback in 2020 — Premier
• $185K contract signed for temporary housing units to be constructed on Tortola and Anegada
• Phillips ‘entitled to do whatever she pleases’ — Hamm on former Miss BVI vying for USVI crown
• Safe for swimming | Cane Garden Bay Beach now reopened
• Henry barely misses out on final at World Champs
• BVI renews calls to be included among small island developing states eligible for int’l support
• Premier confirms that gov’t is suing its former lawyer who is a BVI Airways director
• Roughly $600K in revenue available with every cruise call, statistic show BVI not capitalising
• BVIEC uses $$ donated by Anegada Beach Club to purchase utility truck for sister island
• Local strongman to tackle Shot Put qualifiers at World Champs today
• Former Miss BVI now vying for Miss World USVI crown
• Smith wants ‘hall of fame’ created to honour contributions of local athletes
• Missed deadline | Incinerator still ‘undergoing repairs’
• BVI ought to consider using same mosquito control technique as USVI — Chief Med Officer
• Construction of multi-level admin building for Ports coming
• Grieving family of domestic violence fatality speaks out, female legislators urged to act
• Magistrate suspends imprisonment for convicted drug dealers in 4yo case
• BVI meets UK’s end-of-September deadline for recovery framework
• Local sports officials say Kyron’s world champs performance a ‘clear indication of greatness’
• USVI releasing mosquitos into their territory will not impact BVI — Chief Env’t Health Officer
• Dominican trucker fined for cannabis
• McMaster misses out on World Champs medal | Now ranked 4th fastest in the world this year
• Public Officers’ salary disbursement delayed due to accounting system update
• CGB beach closed until further notice | High level of bacteria found in water
• Sterile mosquitos to be released in USVI, local attorney says BVI should have been consulted
• DR man granted $50K bail after allegedly brandishing machete at debtor
• Collapse of global tour operator not expected to impact BVI’s tourism industry
• Back in the race | McMaster successfully appeals ‘disqualification’ from 400M final
• Unregulated capitalism and US isolationism are destroying mankind
• Fat Hogs Bay man fined after cultivating nearly two dozen plants to ‘make tea’
• Legislator bats for North Sound admin building to be renamed after late postmaster
• Vincentian sentenced to months in prison for assaulting lover
• 5-month succession planning effort rolled out for senior public officers
• UPDATE: McMaster delivers! Finishes first in heat to qualify for semifinals
• Open to tender | Gov’t admin buildings on VG to finally undergo repairs
• Gender equality concerns in justice system as man charged for retaliating at female attacker
• Woman caught on camera swapping barcodes on supermarket item to pay cheaper price
• Local contractor inks near-$50K gov’t deal to restore North Sound Community Centre
• BVIEC reports minor impacts of TS Karen on grid, most affected areas fully restored
• Court finds Brewley guilty of assaulting ex-lover with bar stool
• All clear | Acting Governor deactivates NEOC, resumes school and public service operations
• Storm warning lifted as Karen moves away | BVI to feel lingering effects, caution urged
• Fix for dysfunctional sewerage systems in East End, Road Town to begin shortly, says ministry
• Traffic lights in Road Town, Pasea to go live in next few days
• Nearly half-dozen sewerage complaints weekly | Overpopulation among the causes of issue
• Resigned VG festival committee chair reports ‘challenges and negativity’ during tenure
• ESHS student fined $1K for negligence on public road
• Some residents not taking Tropical Storm Karen seriously
• Public sector closes, NEOC activated as Karen restrengthens to tropical storm
• Tropical Storm Warning issued for the BVI, Karen expected to hit Tuesday
• School gives assurance as parents complain about high prices, unhealthy foods at ESHS
• Legislator encourages business owners to sue gov’t for ‘compensation’
• National Sports Council proposed and expected for 2020
• Opposition slammed for ‘throwing punches while govt was out the ring’
• Premier Fahie’s message on the passage of Hurricane Jerry
• Supermarkets, gas stations experience increased activity ahead of Jerry
• Jerry weakens | Territory still forecast to get heavy wind, rain
• St Vincent man assaults lover for rejecting him, offender denied bail
• Anegadians could be asked to evacuate, topography similar to Abaco in Bahamas
• High Surf Warning in effect for BVI, worst expected this afternoon — DDM
• NEOC activated, private operators urged to close businesses
• Two emergency shelters removed, one on sister island
• No work Friday | Gov’t offices closing ahead of Hurricane Jerry
• Jerry strengthens to hurricane
• UK considering to amend financial management deal to include BVI disaster clause
• Residents asked to stock up on water, Tropical Storm Jerry expected to disrupt normal service
• Locals to benefit from ‘favourable rates’ at UK-based schools, says Premier
• Cardiac facility with 10-year contract with BVIHSA to fully open next month
• False! School denies circulating claim that students suspended for uniform violation
• BVI on its way to signing on to UK’s loan guarantee offer, says Premier
• Tropical Storm Jerry forms | Expected to become a hurricane Thursday, hit Saturday
• Standard sentencing guidelines created for theft, drug and sex crimes
• Local businesses donate tablets for less fortunate HLSCC students
• A/C issues rectified | Work resumes in full at Central Admin Complex
• Nat’l Addressing System projected to be territory-wide by 2020, to generate revenue
• BVI experiencing increase in Dengue Fever, cases almost tripled since last year
• Closed till further notice | ‘Maintenance issues’ affecting East End library
• 1000 jobs initiative: Persons expected to land employment in next few days
• Fisheries department merged with agriculture ministry to improve food security, cut costs
• Weather disturbance could affect BVI as tropical storm this weekend, DDM warns
• Authorities still searching for prison escapee from Hurricane Irma, court hears
• Briecliffe Hall to be demolished and replaced by performing arts facility
• Preliminary indications suggest negotiations went well during Premier’s visit to UK
• 2 years for looting is an injustice | Legislator takes aim at judge who handed down sentence
• Ravindra Maywahlall appointed country manager of telecoms giant
• Open to tender | CGB sewerage project moves one step closer to reality
• Phase 1 of Nat’l Addressing System to roll out this month, online mapping portal created
• ‘I’m full of regret and have lost opportunities’ | Former cashier fined $4K for theft
• Malfunctioning A/C system causes offices in Admin Complex to shorten work hours
• Australian fined $10K | $107K release back to offender
• 100% water supply to return to Sea Cow’s Bay, West before year’s end — W&SD
• Youngster caught with $200K at sea | Slapped with 12 months in prison, $11K in fines
• Fraser to Premier: Don’t frustrate relationship with UK, there could be serious consequences
• Fisherman fined and imprisoned for illegal entry, importation of cannabis
• Premier withholding documents from us, Penn claims
• Rotary raises close to $150K for Bahamas through telethon
• ‘Serious concerns’ | Opposition hosting public meetings on UK, RDA relations with BVI
• No more noise at ESHS’s Pasea Estate campus, occupants at ease since building fixed
• Attorney bats for client’s $107K to be released, minimal fine, and no record of conviction
• Cashier faces multiple theft charges | Placed on $40K bail
• School administrators report significant drop in uniform violations at ESHS this year
• Premier to ask UK to fund scholarships, recruit BVI locals in British armed forces
• Kittitian who overstayed nearly 20 months fined $1K, gets four months in prison
• No notice of ‘possible referendum’ given to Supervisor of Elections
• Wheatley promises to use Deputy Premier post to bring greater assistance to sisters islands
• Governor calls on public servants in managerial positions to ‘support’ Fahie administration
• Renovation of VG police barracks sees $112K cost overrun | Housing woes for cops over
• BVI’s relationship with UK not strained, says Premier
• Energy-saving designs on renovated ESHS building to save govt roughly $9K per year
• BVI gov’t donates $100K to Bahamas, roughly 60 local skilled workers willing to volunteer
• New weather disturbance forms in Atlantic | Minimal chance of development
• BVI at ‘forefront’ of UN’s regional meetings on resilience planning
• Police searching for gunmen who robbed VG business of $30
• Dorian and disaster planning
• Rymer’s stint ends | Vincent Wheatley sworn in as new Deputy Premier
• RTW/RiteWay Hurricane Dorian Relief
• Smith calls on public to shame litterbugs on social media, lobbies for stronger litter laws
• Newborns can be without healthcare benefits for months if not registered with NHI on time
• BVI measles-free since 1997, Health Ministry effecting plans to keep it that way
• L-shaped building at ESHS being renamed after veteran educator
• Weather disturbances, storm forms in Atlantic | One has medium chance of developing
• Opposition demands respect: Cites disregard in district, legislator publicly searched at airport
• JVD residents displaced by hurricane trio to receive permanent, semi-permanent homes
• Revised Policy: New fees, students no longer qualify for work permit exemption
• Food supplies from 2 years ago not in containers at festival grounds — DaBreo
• Health Ministry issues travel warning following measles outbreak in 4 countries
• My gov’t does not determine Permanent Secretaries, Governor has no confidence in PSC
• Traffic reform | One-way routes being implemented in and around Road Town
• Australian caught travelling through BVI airport with over $100K cash, court hears
• ‘Untrue accusations’, Premier refutes claims by Director of UK OTs
• Dorian rewakens trauma from 2017 hurricanes, Health Ministry asked to tackle issue
• Local Rotary clubs hosting telethon to raise at least $50K for Dorian-hit Bahamas
• BVI/UK engagement ‘dramatically reduced’ since VIP took office — Director of UK OTs
• Possible referendum | Residents to vote on UK loan guarantee if negotiations fail this month
• ‘Never seen in all my 20 years of politics’, Fraser warns to be watchful of Governor
• Call for clearer emergency laws | Private-sector workers forced to come in during Dorian?
• #HurricaneDorian: Locals with family in Florida told to contact Premier’s Office ASAP
• ‘Insulting’ | Governor rejects recommended permanent secretaries, will select his own
• New medical school awaiting accreditation, completion of renovations at East End campus
• McMaster places third in second fastest 400m hurdles race in history
• Anegada airspace not as ‘uncontrolled’ as Premier claims, says former BVIAA board
• One Caribbean | Premier Fahie hints at helping Dorian-hit Bahamas
• 22yo Rikkiya Braithwaite the new Miss BVI World
• Farara sworn in as High Court judge
• Gov’t reshuffles public service hierarchy, appoints new Permanent Secretaries
• Funding CXC exams was always temporary, some students don’t show up when gov’t pays
• Dorian floods RT Police Station | Cops patrol in height of storm, make minor arrests
• Shift system in territory’s secondary schools comes to an end
• VOX POP: Parents react to gov’ts decision to stop paying CXC exam fees
• Gov’t pulls the plug on paying CSEC exams fees for local students
• Assessment of Central Admin Complex results in order for building to remain closed
• Hurricane Dorian in photos
• Stay watchful: 2019 hurricane season not over yet, most active period ahead
• Premier: No reported loss of life, significant property damage from Dorian
• Dorian blows thick blanket of sargassum along Anegada
• Preliminary assessment: Sister Islands fared well during Dorian
• Hurricane Warning lifted for BVI, Dorian has passed
• Malone wins gold again! McMaster hurdles to third in European event
• BVI can experience storm-force winds up to Thursday morning — DDM
• BVI under curfew till 6am Thursday, centre of Dorian now passed
• Dorian upgrades to hurricane
• All local ports of entry closed
• Hospital, some clinics open for emergencies only, others closed for Dorian
• NEOC activated as Dorian approaches BVI later today
• UPDATE: Hurricane warning in effect for BVI
• Another bank victim to fraudulent emails being sent under their name
• No planned outages for Dorian, BVIEC has resources on hand for any storm-related issues
• Water Department prepares for Dorian, closing pipelines to fill, conserve reservoirs
• All cargo shipped to BVI via airlift now subject to new gov’t taxes
• BVI not clear yet, outer bands of Dorian could still affect us, residents advised
• New mall being constructed on Virgin Gorda
• Skills Profile Survey being conducted to determine, harness public officers’ talents
• Disney Fantasy cancels call to BVI due to Tropical Storm Dorian
• Lives matter more | HoA postponed due to looming inclement weather
• Gumption raises thousands to rebuild elderly man’s home despite having no place of his own
• BVI a well-oiled machine for storm preparations, territory ready if Dorian hits
• Three dozen vulnerable 9th district families to receive food, uniform vouchers
• UPDATE: Dorian still strengthening, not projected to be a direct hit to BVI
• Enis Adams Primary’s reconstruction nearing completion
• Fire Department reports increase in annual calls, many not fire-related
• Gov’t to create ad hoc economic committee, Premier calls on interested persons to join
• Call made for ‘hand-over’ policy to facilitate change in govts after an election
• Former nat’l athlete appointed BVI’s Chef De Mission for 2020 Olympic Games
• Former BVIAA board responds to accusations, cites financial difficulties, misunderstanding
• ‘Long-hearted’ supervisors behind low wages in public service, Premier promises salary review
• Just had to help! Firefighters donate supplies to fire victims, family overwhelmed
• Gov’t will be monitoring persons hired under ‘1000 jobs in 1000 days’ initiative
• Public opinion still not for RDA | Residents call for agency to be disbanded
• 1000 jobs in 1000 days not a gimmick | Premier gives local jobseekers employment guarantee
• Governor told: Prove UK not after control of BVI purse, put their conditions, flexibility in writing
• Premier orders RDA to suspend hiring, criticises agency’s productivity
• Residents concerned about drones: Say devices fly too close, invades privacy
• Rosalind Penn Health Centre reopens in East End/Long Look community
• Work on stadium in East End to resume after hurricane season
• Governor debunks Premier’s claims that UK wants RDA to control public purse
• HLSCC records highest enrolment of new students since Irma
• Coney Island to get separate entrance from festival village next year
• UK’s current loan guarantee conditions unconstitutional, need revising
• Longstanding debt to festival vendors to be paid by October
• UK now wants BVI to hand over control of finances in exchange for £300M loan guarantee
• 47 married years of adventure
• TRC cant intervene in BVIEC/Cable TV dispute; no authority over electricity company
• Local Grade 6 students pass Caribbean Primary Exit Assessment
• Traffic lights remounted along Waterfront Drive after 2 years, works ongoing
• Virgin Gorda airport reopens after second firetruck malfunction
• Invest more in territory | BVI is investor-friendly, FIFA told
• Preliminary CXC results indicate BVI performed ‘exceptionally well’ in exams
• At least 12 rent-to-own homes to be built on VG
• West End Police Station reopens: Commissioner calls for updated laws to improve public service
• BVIEC fires back: BVI Cable TV misleading, unsafely connected to poles without permission
• No garage | Excessive exposure to weather caused new airport firetruck to malfunction
• Foxy’s School of Music re-opens | There’s $$ in music, JVD youngsters told
• BVI Cable accuses BVIEC of discrimination, forced to suspend redeployment of network
• Gov’t, HLSCC sets sight on becoming centre of marine studies in the Caribbean
• Some 800 students to benefit from back-to-school packages, treat in VG
• More to marine industry than just deckhand, boat captain roles — Premier
• Married vs single men tug-of-war a crowd favourite at Carrot Bay Fiesta
• Survey reveals concern that proposed bus system will affect taximen, Ministry allays fear
• Gov’t seeking to purchase new ‘environmentally-friendly’ asphalt plant
• Bodyguards no joke: Premier accuses Opposition of mocking threat against his life
• Six young locals to compete in junior tennis tournament in Puerto Rico
• VG airport closed again! More firetruck problems months after receiving new vehicle
• Govt’s vending fees too high, says booth owners at festival
• More serious penalties for illegally reclaiming seabed
• SCB Harbour being dredged, to be used as marine shelter
• Legislator complains about HOA’s old furniture, says facility resembles ‘cattle shed’
• Young people want land | Roughly 600 have already applied — Wheatley
• Way to go boys! BVI division winners of CONCACAF U15 championship
• Market Day to become more frequent in Carrot Bay, people hungry for it — Wheatley
• Forensic auditor being sought to probe former BVIAA board, operations
• Cops giving away Ford pickup to raise funds for community projects
• What’s the latest exchange rates against one US dollar?
• Job opportunities ahead | Ghut, roadside clearing to intensify — Rymer
• All-time low participation for Fisherman’s tournament as Carrot Bay festivities begin
• ‘Unavoidable expense’: Gov’t spends nearly $50K renting A/C unit for 10 weeks
• Organisers of East End Rise & Shine Tramp considering band clash next year
• ‘Enough importation nonsense’ | Locals promised preference for ITA’s 35 job openings
• I’m concerned too, says Vanterpool on looter’s 2-year prison sentence
• Malone mines gold! Ends BVI’s 36-year medal drought at Pan Am Games
• Proposed $500K fines, prison times too excessive for cybercriminals — Vanterpool
• Financial Services has been good to us; Wheatley rebuts Fraser’s claims about industry
• Speaker a hot topic in recent Calypso competition, Willock’s wig a subject of comedy
• PHOTOS: Revellers flock East for Rise & Shine Tramp
• BVI poorer than before, rich on paper but residents suffering
• THULEAN wins Premier’s Cup, USVI horse owners ride away with nearly $60K in prizes
• Parade organisers consider pushing back event’s start time or future stagings
• ‘Can’t believe Quan gone’ | 22yo identified as August Monday crash victim
• PARADE PHOTOS: VIBE, Showtime named joint Road March champs again
• Nearly 2 dozen still in temporary homes on JVD, no $$ or land ownership
• Nearly half-million in donations secured for JVD Primary’s reconstruction
• Bria Smith crowned Miss BVI 2019
• Construction for permanent West End ferry port facility to start by March/April 2020
• First-timer Ramon G wins the 2019 Soca Monarch competition
• Reggae stars attract hundreds despite muddy festiville
• West Man fined $5K for 55 grams of cannabis
• Tougher penalties: Cybercriminals blackmailing local parents with lewd content of children
• Still not in the clear: More updates to BOSSs laws as BVI eludes EU blacklist
• King Paido crowned 2019 Calypso Monarch for emancipation
• Festival & Fairs Committee under previous NDP gov’t accused of poor record-keeping
• 4th-generation BVIslanders now added to govt’s regularisation initiative
• Gov’t introducing new ‘fee’ to send money abroad, says Premier
• Speaker billed over quarter-million in legal fees, gov’t already paid $130K
• SCHEDULE: West End Ferry terminal resumes operations today!
• Crafts Alive vendors promise better merchandise, product prices
• Wednesday night village entertainment cancelled due to bad weather
• Colombian woman fined after drunken episode with police
• Leasing issues delay return of banking to VG | Premier says matter beyond their control
• Penn pushes for antitrust legislation | Says current unfair trading could wipe out small businesses
• Legal action against businesses that fail to comply with Trade Commission decisions
• Disaster preparedness network bolstered, less need to rely on imperfect mobile devices
• RVIPF to be at ‘full strength’ by 2020
• Legislators to commence informal talks for constitutional review next month
• Incinerator will be operational by September, says Health Minister
• 80% of HLSCC students benefited from free tuition last school year
• Bored, unlicensed driver fined for unlawfully taking vehicle for joyride
• CTL introducing first-ever troupe to August Monday parade
• No piggybacking: Residents shouldn’t have to pay for a landline to get internet at home
• Heightened inspections of food handlers during festival, 676 trained in safety
• Woman fined, gets suspended sentence for stealing $$ from law firm
• Saturday’s success: Another massive turnout as Popcaan rocks festival village
• PHOTOS: Strong reviews for Summer Sizzle’s 2019 runway show
• Sailor Thad Lettsome excited about Pan Am Games debut
• Full house for village opening, Premier warns against criminal conduct during festivities
• Sheep doesn’t legally need permission for festival contract, he’s just being transparent
• Unjust! Legislator concerned that looter sentenced to 2 years for stealing TV
• Pier Park tenants owe over $300K to gov’t, says Premier
• Persons still employed at Prospect Reef, gov’t owes nearly a year’s worth of wages
• Gospel Fest | Village blessed ahead of official opening
• Consumer Protection law will only dictate business operations during nat’l emergency
• Be honest about qualifications when job hunting, says corporate executive
• RVIPF trying to reach murder suspects who fled BVI, host countries tracking accused killers
• Reckless driver who caused man to lose leg to spend 45 days in prison, ordered to pay $80K
• Stakeholders in local judiciary to get refresher course on sentencing offenders
• Officials zeroing in on culture, heritage at this year’s emancipation festivities
• Legislators, former premier urged to denounce Vanterpool’s recent statements outside HOA
• Cops might get powers to take DNA by force, detain suspects for days without charge
• Nat’l security risk: Aircraft flying into Anegada airport without alerting authorities
• Allocations for UK loan guarantee already reflecting in BVI’s public debt
• Former acting Director now tasked with a policy role to push local agriculture
• Royal Knights crowned kings of local T20 cricket
• Over 44 kilos of cocaine found among pallets of cement
• Fresh appeal for more lifeguards after two near-drowning incidents
• Sister islands contracts for sister island companies | RDA hopes to spend where work being done
• Policies created to determine how to spend env’t levy
• Better, safer child amusement area promised for festival
• $150K contract inked for repairs to The Baths
• Back on track | New Immigration policy tweaked, resumes Wednesday
• ‘Concerned’: Customs goes 12 years without raise, faces staffing and resource issues
• Higher standard needed for persons to become teachers, Wheatley tells region
• Ty’Rique Charles, E’ssense Hodge-Julian BVI’s new Prince and Princess
• Riley gets 32 months imprisonment for shooting attempt
• Royal Knights, RTW to clash in local T20 cricket finals
• Copycat looter gets 26 months imprisonment for stealing TV
• Vanterpool’s ‘slanderous claims’ undermines local economy, will deter foreign investors
• Residents must sign non-liability agreement before receiving filter masks
• Passport scanning, e-visas, ‘people tracking’ part of govt’s 2020 border management system
• 72 students complete Community Emergency Response Team course
• Scooter rider nursing leg injuries after vehicular collision
• Giving, receiving love critical for good mental health — Malone
• Premier seeks exemption for Sheep as gov’t awards contract to legislator’s company
• Shoddy work? Extra $650K needed for airport complex repairs despite initial $273K contract
• Air quality monitoring stations to be installed, distribution of 400 filter masks begin today
• Gov’t releases green paper of env’t management, climate adaptation
• City parking lot to hold nearly 300 vehicles, says Transport Minister
• Missing files, deception: BVIAA took runway development $$ to pay salaries
• Attempted murder charge changed, Collins granted bail after eyewitness recalls self-defence
• Unfair burden | Inter-Island Airport Development Fee to be disbanded — Premier
• Why are bodyguards for Fahie ‘the person’ and not ‘the Premier’?
• Summer Sizzle 2019
• Gov’t clamping down on importation of exotic plants, animals
• Vanterpool, Willock clash after swearing-in | Politician trashes Speaker outside parliament
• Algae bacteria turns local ponds pink, residents warned against making contact
• ‘Concerns’ raised about number of trade licences issued for car rentals, salons
• Online travel magazine ranks BVI as best vacation destination in the C’bean
• Culture Minister discusses re-enacting BVI’s 1949 protest, restoring arts festival
• Man arrested for attempted murder after last week’s stabbing
• Considerations being made to purchase water ambulance for Anegada
• Murderer gets less than 7 years for cutting wife’s throat
• Draft bill on legalising marijuana in BVI being reviewed — Wheatley
• Former Immigration Officer sentenced to 30 months for robbing woman
• Chambers sentenced to more than 10 years for attempted murder, firearm
• Child rapist sentenced to 8 years in prison
• Festival committee hosting fundraiser to offset cost of August Monday parade
• 20yo accused of having sex with minor granted $60K bail
• BVI to host overseas infrastructure training exercise, govt says much to be gained
• Foxy’s to host second annual Hemp Fest this weekend
• Fisherman’s vessel damaged in early-morning fire, authorities probe
• Gov’t offers ‘grace period’ to delinquent taxpayers seeking to renew work permit
• Push for Consumer Protection Bill fueled by rising population, concerns after hurricanes
• Gov’t resumes regularisation programme
• Vanterpool receives summons to be sworn in
• BVIPA awarded regional cup after recording highest net profit increase, revenue
• Stabbing in East End, male victim hospitalized
• More festival booths this year, some to serve alligator meals
• Consumer protection tribunal cases will be confidential, says gov’t
• Man gets 12 months for giving false info to get visa
• Gov’t to expand relations with UNDP
• $245K contract signed to repair, upgrade old CTL building housing ESHS
• Indiscriminate dumping causing fires | Access to incinerator now restricted after 4pm
• $28K contract to deter powerboaters from anchoring in swim zones
• Transforming trash to treasure | Artificial dive sites being created in BVI
• Tribunal to settle trade disputes being created under Consumer Protection Bill
• Botanic Gardens to be redesigned | Residents to have a say
• Harsher penalties for illegal dumping, gov’t to install CCTV cameras to monitor practice
• Plans to increase bike engine capacity to 600cc | Not all bikers will be allowed to ride
• BVI has no choice but to become self-reliant, says Premier
• National Bank supports several community initiatives
• Astonishing win | THULEAN of USVI wins $11,500 feature race
• New Focus | Renaming Labour Department more than just a label
• Unexpected boost | More than 64K in cruise passengers coming this season
• BVIEC cashes in on $10M insurance settlement, making powerplant hurricane-proof
• Local company awarded $327K contract to install 26 sea markers across BVI
• Garbage build-up in communities was because of Monday’s dumpsite fire
• Company granted permission to dredge Peter Island’s seabed for beach restoration
• ‘Let God take care of Claude Skelton Cline’ | O’Neal no longer suing for ‘bribery’ slurs
• Talks being had with investors to help develop local fishing sector
• Too many adjournments | Magistrate wants team of cops created to serve warrants
• Marine survey being done to develop BVI’s blue economy
• PWP waste issues now a hazard to BVIEC, major fire comes dangerously close to powerplant
• Lowering exit exam’s pass mark was a ‘mistake’, says former Chief Education Officer
• BVI needs more lifeguards! Rescuers to be transferred to fire department
• Man fined over $7K for, drugs, assaulting police, escaping lawful custody
• Gov’t to pay half-million to dispose of 207 abandoned vessels
• ‘Repeat offender’ fined $3K for possession of cannabis
• BVI bags 13 medals in archery tournament in Dominican Republic
• UN told: BVI open to ‘free association’ relationship with UK, not independence
• BVITB calls for $3.7M budget increase, cites major plans for tourism
• Lack of credit/debit card machines stunts Immigration’s fee collection on VG
• Demolition begins | Long Bay Beach Club to be redeveloped
• BVI celebrates Territory Day, six former legislators honoured
• New cops told: Never compromise integrity, don’t be ‘too familiar, friendly’
• Summer classes, credit recovery programme for students who failed to graduate
• UPDATE: Charter boat collision caused vessel to sink, passengers unharmed
• Engine malfunction causes major blackout across BVI
• Man, grandmother charged after alleged $15K bribe offer to drop court case
• Public invited to weigh in on whether to have organised public transport system
• It’s official! CAPE removed from local secondary schools, now only at HLSCC
• Top 10 secondary school students in the territory all from ESHS
• Budget for all 2019 festivals climbs to $1.3M
• Guilty: Guyanese to spend 9 months in prison for conspiracy to personate
• Wet fete added to emancipation events, Carrot Bay Fest returns to 3 days
• Absence of corporal punishment not to be blamed for disrespectful students
• Big int’l acts named among lineup of artistes for 2019 emancipation festivities
• 11yo Sterling Stout awarded Ivan Dawson Memorial Scholarship
• Lowering exit exams pass mark will benefit students, not handicap them
• Gov’t to distribute carbon filter masks to WE residents, begin air quality monitoring
• Man fined for disrupting court | Says continuous adjournments frustrated him
• Boat captain who drowned Sunday identified, recently moved to BVI for work
• Improved water supply coming to VG, new reservoir with increased capacity nearly complete
• Four locals qualify for 2019 Pan Am Games
• Caught on camera | Trinidadian to spend 2 months in prison for child cruelty
• An added attraction | Businesswoman brings fairytale to life in BVI
• $665k contract signed to restore VG Sports Complex
• Hospital to be assessed for potential accreditation in 2 months
• RDA inks $221K contract to install music room containers at ESHS
• Taxi operators’ attire, vehicle condition a ’cause for concern ⁠— Rymer
• Boat captain drowns at Norman Island on Sunday
• Outdated and unstable | BVI needs new $5M revenue collection system
• 2019 Gen Y Factor winner plans to launch gospel album
• VG females the top graduates at VISTS, 17 exits technical school
• BVIslanders trained in marine sector be given ‘first preference’ for jobs
• Reading, comprehension a major problem in local schools — Educators
• Dominican gets 8 months at HMP for gambling | Over $50K forfeited to Territory
• 20 complete latest RVIPF training | ‘Humble’ local named top recruit
• Majority agree to graduate advanced students, give slower ones extra school year
• New executive body installed for Tortola Toastmasters
• Cautiously optimistic | Penn waiting to see if Vanterpool will be sworn in
• Willock asks court to discontinue case against Vanterpool
• Students smoking in video ‘disciplined’ | Policy coming to tackle ‘anti-social behaviour’
• Boat captain accused of smuggling migrants granted $60K bail
• A motorist’s rights: Things to know during a traffic stop
• West End man fined $2,500 for cannabis
• Wheatley to decide whether to continue ‘extra school year’ in a week
• Carrot Bay man accused of attempting to rape hitchhiker, granted $60K bail
• Police to increase fine for seatbelt, cell phone violations | Over 600 incidences so far this year
• Allow us more licence plates, give us more stands — Taxi operators
• Woman accused of forging $2K cheque from charter company
• FINAL REPORT: Election observers echo calls for fixed election terms
• Another set of controversial documents missing! Premier claims TPP files ‘vanished’
• Incinerator still defunct, | ‘consultancy issues’ plague scrubber installation
• Still no insurance payouts for VG, Anegada airports nearly 2 years after hurricanes
• 16 teams expected to compete in this year’s Nat’l Basketball League
• ‘Fair’ | Gov’t paying 2016, 2017 salary increments without performance appraisals
• ‘D4 matter still in court’ | Willock mum whether he will swear in Vanterpool
• Almost incident-free weekend amid heavy influx of persons into BVI
• No resources to police illegal fishing, says Chief Fisheries Officer
• HLSCC signs MOU for all top students to get scholarships to US university
• Don’t leave kids home alone, ‘neglect’ the most common form of child abuse in BVI
• College moving to eLearning platform, students to save hundreds on textbooks
• Matter going too long | Premier asks Speaker to swear in Vanterpool
• Reggae legend comes through | Buju Banton appeases thousands in RT
• Be cautious, police response may be slower this weekend — RVIPF
• ‘Best man for the job’ | John Samuel is new college board chairman
• Heavy increase in visitor arrivals begin, local companies reaping the benefits — BVITB
• PHOTOS: Less than 100 HLSCC graduates this year, females top honour roll
• Fewer complaints about public service as residents’ focus shift to recovery
• Vincy CC moves to third position in local T20 cricket tournament
• $6.4M Immigration border system coming
• Major drop in juveniles involved in crime, DPP reports
• BVI’s economy likely to grow by 2.2% this year
• Gov’t proposes 3 months to host public meetings about Labour, Immigration reform
• Former US president rumoured to attend Buju Banton concert
• VOX POP: Mixed feelings, residents rate Premier’s performance so far
• Cruise line reducing calls to BVI | Over $14M revenue loss projected for territory this year
• Expensive| No more special needs scholarships to Vanguard, says Wheatley
• Vanterpool entitled to gov’t salary, should find out why he’s not being paid — CSC
• Harneys offers $13K in sponsorships to local organisations, residents
• No vending outside festival grounds for Buju concert weekend, City warns
• Legal reality: Expats could sue gov’t if ‘backlog’ is not cleared, says Premier
• Many families struggle to care for elderly | Adina Donovan Home to expand, relocate
• Speaker opens HOA to local schools
• Gov’t waives $482K contract for US company to replace damaged mailboxes
• PHOTOS: 21 awarded at Queen’s Birthday Parade
• Attorney General Baba Aziz is acting governor
• Buju Banton to be first guest of Quito’s Inn | Reggae star books entire hotel
• RDA awards $63K contract to local firm for restoration of AO Shirley grounds
• Good luck Kye! Governor swears in minister as next Deputy Premier
• Premier reports on first 100 days in office
• Willy T to return to Norman Island, must meet ‘health and safety’ criteria
• ‘Wheatley did well as Deputy Premier’, Rymer takes up mantle
• CGB tourist hotspot fights re-install popular sea swing after ‘removal order’
• More quality, higher-end financial services business being done in BVI
• Over 750 domestic violence cases in last 5 years, 47 already reported for 2019
• Regular hurricane season forecast, residents still told to prepare for 13 named storms
• No breach, says CXC | Students won’t be re-sitting exams
• Historic win, Smith now eyes Mr World crown
• Royal Knights climb to 2nd spot in point standings of local T20 tournament
• Vanterpool not getting paid, benefits as member-elect | Penn refutes CSC’s claims
• Scholarship crackdown: Ministry to enforce that recipients return govt’s investment
• Top Priority | Improvements on RT sewerage to begin this year
• Youth Parliament to be back in operation by September
• ‘Childish’: Premier blasts Opposition for boycotting Immigration Bill debate
• Over 1K signatures | Governor receives petition for Vanterpool’s swear-in
• Castoff 3rd-generation BVIslanders living overseas gets 6-week Belongership offer
• Premier rubbishes claims of ‘unfavourable terrain’ | Up to 5yrs to improve internet
• ‘Pay up or lose it’, says Wheatley to delinquent landowners
• ‘Cruise line prefers to go to Antarctica than service BVI’,
• Speaker threatens action against Opposition Leader for perceived ‘insubordination’
• Goal post shift: Expats now need 20 years to pre-qualify for govt’s regularisation
• Heavy penalties coming for non-taxpaying expats, says Premier
• Stricter screening for expats coming for employment, renewing work permit
• Job seekers flock career expo, 30+ businesses participate
• Funding now available for major developments to parking, market in RT
• Nonsense! Opposition not against regularisation because we dislike non-nationals
• BVI’s ‘unfavourable’ terrain makes internet more expensive, says telecoms providers
• Turnbull calls for another protest against govt’s ‘regularisation’ amendments
• Major plans to use Old Gov’t House to showcase more of BVI history
• Two teens listed in latest arrest blotter
• BVIslander’s murder feared to fuel xenophobia, anti-expat conversation
• Cyber amendments | Possible penalties for sharing videos of minors fighting, misbehaving
• BVI ‘losing lots of revenue’ with Dolphin Discovery still away
• Faster fire response as stations in East, West reopen July | New trucks
• Only 3 visits to doctor allowed monthly for a single diagnosis — new NHI policy
• Legislation changes to be made to reduce importation of poultry
• Vincentian granted $60K bail after allegedly assaulting woman with knife
• Temporary West End port to reopen by August, says Premier
• Descendants of Salt Island also in line to receive land titles
• Murder victim named Vincentian as shooter, rapist before death, court hears
• 95% coverage rate | Increase in child measles vaccinations locally
• Just under 200 Belongerships issued in the last two years
• BVI to increase spot checks during CXC exams amid security breach in T&T
• Employers encouraged to facilitate workers as gov’t stages nat’l thanksgiving service
• BVI can be a real model for green economies, says Governor
• St Vincent man charged for Sunday night’s murder
• Gov’t auctioning over 20 derelict vessels, yachts
• Man in custody on suspicion of murder, rape after Sunday’s shooting
• Labour reform: Foreign companies must give locals top positions to operate in BVI
• Gov’t to pay up to $70K yearly to subsidize Banco Popular operations on VG
• Monitored sessions, exclusive remote lighting systems coming for major recreational facilities
• Local company awarded $34K contract for debris clearance at ESHS
• UPDATE: Woman in Sunday night’s shooting dies
• Records tumble at latest fixture of the 2019 T20 cricket tournament
• British PM Theresa May quits: UK set for new leader by end of July
• Harvest sargassum seaweed for its benefits, residents told
• Premier postpones regularization indefinitely, applicants told to await instructions
• Number of food vans in RT a concern | Plans for outdoor food courts on the horizon
• BVI promised to retain a number of EU benefits despite Brexit, says Governor
• Yello pages for local businesses returning to BVI
• Case against gov’t tossed out, Skelton Cline mum
• BVI in full preparation mode as it braces for 2019 hurricane season
• Landlord accused of wounding tenant
• New beach policy to create designated spaces for animals — Wheatley
• Screening for measles at local ports of entry impractical, says health officials
• Major employment boom project for VG; could improve island’s banking services
• BVI calls on UK parliament to support modern partnership with OTs
• Premier attending Caribbean hotel summit in US
• Elderly man found unresponsive in waters at CSY Dock
• Trash Tag Challenge | 6-month cleanup campaign launched territory-wide
• Restaurant employee accused of robbing workplace, beating female manager
• ‘Let the port dispatchers do their job’, Taxi & Livery boss defends BVITB
• Policies to be devised to curb vandalism at local recreational facilities
• Senior classes resume at ESHS today
• Walwyn resigns from NDP chairman post
• $193K contract awarded to AC Construction to build wall around AO Shirley grounds
• ‘Not true!’ Former Premier says no BVI Airways information was deleted from govt’s server
• Livery companies outraged, accuses Tourist Board of barring visitors from their businesses
• Accident waiting to happen | Floating docks in danger of collapsing major radio tower
• I’ve removed myself from flying first class while travelling on official business — Premier
• North Sound promised improved water supply | Construction of reservoir underway
• Perimeter wall to be reconstructed around A.O. Shirley Recreational Grounds
• Stonewalled: BVI Airways files deleted from gov’t server, Premier launching audit
• VIP gov’t firing statutory board members based on ‘new policy’
• Zero tolerance to fights, bullying | Amendments to Education law coming
• Confirmation? Premier hints that taxpayers funding Speaker’s legal fees in D4 case
• Search for new DMV boss ongoing, new VG location found
• UPDATE: ‘Not a dictator’| Public discussions now to be had on regularization initiative
• Protesters kicked from HOA grounds | Unnecessary removal, says Vanterpool
• 12-year-old boy missing
• CGB sewerage project stalled by more upgrades to plan
• Policy being drafted to penalise blundering fire starters
• Total $875K gov’t contracts awarded for school furniture, equipment
• Over $7M being made available to further Housing Assistance Programme
• Locals plan ‘social media blast’ to convince legislators to vote against expat regularisation
• Record high fires burn BVI this year | High risk of more fire disasters for 2019
• Gov’t signs $346K A/C contract for L-shaped ESHS building
• Time to talk about reducing Governor’s powers, portfolio
• Three men arrested for robbery
• Should top gov’t positions be localised through legislation?
• Flawed | Online petition launched against govt’s regularisation initiative
• Pickering willing to work with VIP gov’t if called up by Premier
• Joel Stevens appointed chairman of BVIHSA
• Skelton Cline calls for residents to be ‘patient’ in ongoing D4 matter
• Who’s paying for your Speaker’s legal fees in D4 case, Penn to ask Premier
• Fraudulent emails being sent to local FirstBank customers, bank issues warning
• Summer Sizzle returns to BVI for 11th year, to feature new star designers
• Gov’t to meet with telecoms providers, mobilise regulator to fix BVI’s poor internet
• UK govt not asking OTs to ‘phase out’ Belongership status
• UK evaluating future funding for OT’s like BVI
• Respect emergency vehicles, motorists urged
• Fahie, Prince are Ms and Mr Senior BVI
• We have no intention of forcing same-sex marriage on BVI, OTs — UK gov’t
• Regularisation initiative won’t cause dramatic spike in local population
• First cardioverter defibrillator implanted at Peebles Hospital
• No pregnancy | Attorney bats for ‘reasonable sentence’ for child rapist
• Prison responsibilities shifts, back under Health Ministry
• Cavaliers still on top, only unbeaten team in T20 tournament
• Rymer pledges to assist fire department with new equipment
• Work permit waiver discontinued for skilled workers | Select persons given grace period
• Air BnB property owners now required to pay hotel accommodation tax
• Increasing Immigration Minister’s powers improve nat’l security — Wheatley
• Nine countries to compete in BVI’s first ever women’s Squash tournament
• Man charged after being found with cannabis during home search
• New NEOC building one step closer to construction
• Buju Banton show projected to generate roughly half-million in revenue for BVI
• Man sentenced to 14 months for cannabis, handling stolen goods
• Immigration expanding staff to facilitate govt’s regularisation initiative
• Gov’t seeks to strengthen relationship with UN
• Battle for the crown | Territory to host first senior citizen pageant
• Sasha Flax appointed interim head of Civil Service Association
• APPEAL: The court ‘erred’, had no business ruling on D4 case; HOA should decide
• VIP gov’t won’t be defined by Premier’s new car or bodyguards — Fahie
• Businesses signing up | 1000 jobs initiative to be launched next week
• ALERT! Possible metal contamination of Tyson chicken strips products
• Gov’t offers two-week amnesty period to regularize qualified expats
• UPDATE: I’m not appealing court’s decision to be malicious, says Willock
• 75% complete | Enis Adams Primary on schedule for September reopening
• Man allegedly burglarizes homes, gifts woman with stolen jewellery
• Major Tortola accommodations already nearly full ahead of Buju Banton show
• ‘I love it here’ | Visitor denied bail after allegedly stealing blank cheques, valuables
• Health Ministry eyeing ways to attract more youth to nursing
• Still no indication of being sworn in despite court’s ruling
• Gov’t in talks to acquire and restore the ‘Dungeon’
• Gov’t developing beach policy | Takes aim at excessive music, noise
• Budget for emancipation festivities not yet decided, expect scaledowns
• Public officers trained to operate new Labour online system
• Inmate Tyrone George recaptured after escaping custody
• Two unbeaten teams remain in local T20 competition
• Premier negotiating with cruise lines for jobs, up to 6K vacancies available
• PENN: Credit former NDP gov’t too, we gave VIP a strong economic footing
• BVI overdoing its tourism product; keep it authentic, officials told
• Gov’t launching programme to register unemployed residents in all districts
• Gov’t to create avenues for seniors to share knowledge with youth
• Court saw Willock’s bias, says Vanterpool on D4 victory
• Governor extends Matthews’ appointment as Police Commissioner
• Safety issues lead to Premier getting new $115K Cadillac Escalade
• Attorney bats for 8-year sentence for client who fatally cut wife’s throat
• Immigration Minister to get power to permit anyone into territory at his discretion
• East End tennis court fully renovated, Federation hopes to bring awareness to sport
• I’m still confident in my legal team, says Willock after lawyer’s arrest
• Willock’s attorney arrested on his way to BVI
• BVI a model for implementing SMART Schools regionally
• Jet skis won’t be allowed on every beach when they are legalised – Premier
• PanAm Games, World Champs to be used to gauge BVI’s readiness for 2020 Olympics
• Gov’t allocates $400K to Financial Services Institute
• Former Immigration says financial hardship led him to rob woman
• Financial Secretary post up for grabs, Forbes’ return undecided
• Promise kept | More than half-dozen receive land titles on Anegada
• Gov’t enhancing procurement legislation amid bribery reports
• Chambers makes public apology for attempting to kill old friend
• Gov’t writes $10K cheque for BVIAA
• Guyanese charged with conspiracy to personate, granted $60K bail
• $90M deal to redevelop Prospect Reef failed, gov’t seeks new investors
• DPP Hollis eyes local as immediate successor, HOA told
• Ask any question and expect full disclosure, Fahie tells Opposition
• Returning the favour| Mitch declares support for Premier’s bodyguard decision
• Officials want BVI to host regional CARIFTA Games
• Cavaliers lead point standings in local T20 competition
• 2019 budget passes
• ‘Claude will be fired if he doesn’t deliver’ — Premier
• Statutory bodies in major jeopardy, HLSCC at risk of losing accreditation
• Ban vehicles older than 10 years or impose stiff taxes on buyers — Rymer
• Psychological games won’t work, can’t bully me to make erratic decisions
• BVI to benefit from EU’s $2M resilience programme
• 2020 budget will be passed by December 15 this year, says Premier
• I have bodyguards because of multiple ‘assassination’ threats — Premier
• One dead following early-morning boating accident
• Flow partners with UP’s Cineplex to premiere Avengers: Endgame today
• Victim clearly identified his shooter, court hears
• Gov’t pledges to invest more in sports after BVI’s 7 medal haul at CARIFTA Games
• Easter Fest was ‘a huge success’, says first-time Chairman
• Still no sign of at large boat captain one month later
• Residents told to get vaccinated | Measles in 22 US states
• BVI shares territory’s story at hurricane conference in US
• Govt ‘invited’ Skelton Cline to submit proposal for $98K contract, says Premier’s Office
• Festival officials temporarily barred from VG festiville, passes needed next year
• BVIPA heightening security at local ports, increased surveillance
• Budget debate kicks off tomorrow
• USVI rides away with over $36K in cash prizes at Easter Sunday races
• Soca artistes rock Virgin Gorda
• Croal strikes historic gold! BVI bags 7 medals at CARIFTA
• Construction of new ESHS will begin next year
• PHOTOS: Governor, residents report good fun at 2019 Easter Parade
• BVI named 2nd runner-up in global pageant
• Budget for local festivals will start coming sooner – Clyne
• PHOTOS: VG Fest opens, Dexta Daps delivers
• Premier urges businesses to donate to ESHS’ reconstruction
• $3.7M to restore ESHS L-shaped building, gov’t signs four contracts
• Court to decide on D4 dispute on May 2
• Kenai Jacobs charged with attempted murder after Monday’s shooting
• Cop gets suspended sentence for leaking information
• Active search for missing US citizen suspended
• 12yo threatens magistrate in open court
• VISAR reopens VG base, to procure new vessel
• Flow now offering strictly gigabyte packages for smartphone users
• Tourist Board’s ‘Seeds of Love’ celebrates the earth
• Court orders retrial after jury fails to agree on verdict for accused cops
• We need legal services on demand, says RDA
• Restored Long Trench centre to be used as ‘model’ for other emergency centres
• UPDATE: Suspect in custody after Monday night’s shooting
• Gov’t gives Skelton Cline $98K consultancy contract
• Recycling trucks being purchased as part of agreement between Green VI, gov’t
• Territory’s first cardiac lab produces 100% success in cases so far
• Man fined for driving vehicle stolen by escaped prisoner
• Premier better positioned to ‘enhance’ local tourism
• Customs promises increased marine patrols to crack on trafficking
• Gas station, marina, increased business spaces to be developed in Fish Bay
• 22yo gets suspended sentence, fine for burglary incident
• Wheatley bats for cricket to return as popular sport in BVI
• Willock tries to get Vanterpool case dismissed, says judicial review premature
• UPDATE: Vanterpool, Willock hire prominent attorneys for today’s judicial review
• Disaster Fund approves first 86 claims from August floods
• Cayman’s legalisation of same-sex unions could affect BVI
• Governor joins effort to preserve BVI’s biodiversity
• Woman fined for keeping man’s cannabis
• Gov’t launches webpage to increase transparency in recovery loan spending
• Historic! Antigua to compete in Easter Sunday races, $60K up for grabs
• Repairs to undermined roads on JVD, VG, Tortola to begin by year’s end
• Talks underway with police to enforce water vending policy in Road Town
• Premier to lead territory-wide cleanup initiative
• Gov’t aiming to increase cruise ship arrivals in BVI
• Swain bought bike days after allegedly collecting bribe $$
• Deadline to pass budget 2 weeks away and still no debate, SFC deliberations
• HLSCC signs MOU with UVI, enrolled locals to now pay $6K less in tuition fees
• Gov’t to increase awareness of 18 endangered plant species discovered in BVI
• Courtroom showdown: Attorney claims he was ‘singled out’ for not being ‘from here’
• Gov’t worker accused of bribery identified as Robert Swain, charged
• No venue! Calypso show, pageants dropped from Easter Fest because of low interest, funds
• Wheatley pledges support to Maduro-Caine’s Fisherman’s Wharf upgrade
• Fake visa holder sentenced to 26 months in prison
• 71yo visitor still missing in BVI waters
• Senior gov’t worker arrested on suspicion of bribery
• Acquitted cop may seek compensation from gov’t, says attorney
• Businesses test prototype of govt’s new online work permit system, good reviews
• D7 to form council to manage community projects, district rep seeks volunteers
• Local artistes should be at forefront of our festivals — Wheatley
• VG Easter Fest to be scaled down again, festival committee $300K in debt
• One of three accused cops acquitted
• BVI to increase accommodations | Premier promises 5K extra beds in five years
• Better roads, education needed before bigger bikes allowed in BVI
• Gov’t worker pleads guilty to cocaine possession, claims not be supplier
• Gov’t deepening ties with region to position BVI for disaster assistance, development
• Gov’t proposes partnership with private businesses; help pay salaries
• Supplementary budget to pay for lawsuits against old NDP gov’t likely
• Banco Popular to open branch on VG by August
• Gov’t signs $105K contract for reconstruction of BFEC
• Man fined $2,600 for cannabis possession
• Major bush fire scorches Virgin Gorda
• Gov’t targets 63% increase in visitor arrivals at new West End port
• Over 2% GDP growth projected this year, no new taxes — Premier
• RVIPF seeking 15 new recruits for 2019
• Gov’t injecting $2.5M towards medical tourism
• Vanterpool’s matter to go under judicial review next week
• UPDATE: Health, Education ministries to receive largest percentages of budget
• Vanterpool shows up for today’s HOA
• Territory to get insight on state of economy during today’s budget address
• Policy being re-implemented: Owners to pay ‘disposal fee’ when licencing vehicle
• Still burning beneath | DWM awaiting funds to rid Cox Heath of lingering issue
• The Boys open another gas station on Tortola, plans to go territory-wide
• Premature petition | Give Willock a chance, he’s done nothing wrong
• Businesses report high sales at 48th BVI Spring Regatta
• Labour constraints likely to affect BVI’s reconstruction, says CDB
• My son with Down syndrome made me a better person
• Preliminary designs for new West End port to be made public this week
• Online petition launched | Calls for Willock to be revoked as HOA Speaker
• Cabinet approves 2019 budget | Now to be brought before HOA
• Shondrea Turnbull: Career mom, author crowned Mrs BVI
• Harneys pays for life-saving technology for VISAR
• Local trio launches books, hopes to reignite reading in BVI
• Speaker not budged by governor’s stance, seeks legal advice
• Residents can now apply for renewable energy at BVIEC
• Major territorial transportation plan being developed, ready in 3 months
• Residents in temporary houses to receive plumbing, utilities soon
• Hospital readies for another hurricane season, repairing damage from 2017 disasters
• Headley fined $1,200 for marijuana possession
• COMMENTARY: Hard for OTs to take UK decisions seriously till Brexit ends
• Inspiring! Inmate tops High School Certificate Programme
• Hospital readies for int’l assessment as it seeks accreditation
• Anguillan hotelier deported after early release from prison
• Civil registry records ‘upsurge’ in citizenship applications
• Project to develop health information system at BVIHSA underway
• I don’t intend to call by-election, Vanterpool’s resignation was ‘invalid’
• 80 naturalised and ‘feeling good’
• Penn to Speaker: D4 not vacant so honour pledge to be impartial
• Midday ferry between Virgin Gorda, Anegada coming — Wheatley
• West End women slapped with additional charge months after arrest
• BVI’s food safety regulations under review
• Speaker notified governor of D4 ‘vacancy’ twice
• Bartender fined for marijuana
• Nat’l Bank raises over $1K to support 4yo cancer patient
• RVIPF launching pilot project for cops to wear body cameras
• ‘Everything going online’: Labour, Immigration to officially merge this week
• BVI tourism still not what it used to be, considerable way left to go — CDB report
• Man accused of trying to rape 16-y-o
• Manhunt underway for boat captain who crashed in BVI
• Work being done to provide 24-hour water
• RDA targets capacity building for contractors | Low response to projects a concern
• Scoping over! Police launch full investigation into ESHS wall
• Prosecutors accused of abusing judicial process after submitting ‘inaccurate info’ to court
• Officials to host public forum on rising insurance premiums
• Environmental Health Dep’t to increase nightly inspections of local restaurants
• COMMENTARY: Keeping OTs in the loop after Brexit
• I have to start from scratch, previous gov’t blew over $50M in excess revenue
• Elevator road finally being repaired, select trucks to be barred from using route
• Cultural heritage site coming for Road Town — City Manager
• Man charged for more drugs than he was held with, analysis reveals discrepancy
• Support initiatives that bring awareness to the differently-abled, residents told
• First 2 years of outstanding salary increments will be included in 2019 budget
• UK must approve BVI’s budget before it passes
• OTs gather in BVI to design cash-based emergency response system
• Visitor nabbed with fake passport | Wrong gender, misspellings in document
• Red Cross launches blood donor drive in preparation for another disaster
• Police charge teen for alleged ‘burglary spree’
• Fahie to OECS: We need to unite, stand up against UK, EU
• We are so close to returning banking to VG — Premier
• RDA signs contract with UK’s Foreign & Commonwealth Office
• Visitor admits to giving false information to get BVI visa
• COMMENTARY: Elections over, time for ruling not for fooling
• ‘On standby’ | Fahie announces Hodge-Smith for uncertain by-election
• Bold Premier: Fahie promises OECS he will ‘regularise’ C’bean expats
• Governor willing to raise concerns of campaign financing with gov’t
• Take emergency drills seriously, residents told
• Machete fight over bad parking lands VG man in court
• Police conducting random stop-and-searches on Tortola
• Governor backs from D4 confusion, won’t get involved unless seat ‘clearly vacant’
• Opposition Leader a character witness for convicted cop, begs mercy
• Forensic audit of finances to be completed in our first 100 days
• Voters asked to rate experience during elections
• ESHS win 2019 inter-secondary school debates
• UK MPs vote to delay Brexit
• No take-backs! Willock calls for by-election, refutes Vanterpool’s ‘return request’
• UPDATE: Resignation letter was invalid, I’m coming out of retirement for the people
• Rymer launches ‘full assessment’ into Works ministry as he takes over post
• CDB Report: Inflation reaches 5-year high in BVI last year
• Financial services projected to boom by year-end
• Fahie attends first overseas meeting, Wheatley Acting Premier
• Tailored teaching methods coming for every child
• Man fined $2,500 for marijuana stashed in scooter
• Caribe wave 2019 exercise
• You must now account for our $7.2M plane money, Premier told
• Gov’t to begin granting land titles to Anegada residents next month
• Go above and beyond to hire BVIslanders, hotels told
• Jury finds cashiers guilty of stealing nearly $60K
• Police investigating Waterfront burglary
• EU says we will not be placed on their blacklist
• Willock appointed Speaker of HoA
• Gov’t moves to convince UK to dump public registers, rely on BOSSs
• Accused killers were with Snoopy before he went missing, court told
• Put mechanisms in place for absentee voters
• Gov’t to establish statutory body for climate change
• House expected to elect Speaker tomorrow, gov’t quiet about its pick
• UK reassures commitment to support BVI recovery
• Commonwealth Day message from Her Majesty The Queen
• Police gift seniors with fruit trees
• ‘The thought never crossed my mind’ — Walwyn on running in D4
• Legal action will be taken against chronic delinquent employers, NHI warns
• Territory-wide marine training coming, says Premier
• Man accused of discarding drugs during police chase
• COMMENTARY: Rookie gov’t with fresh ideas not so bad
• Removal, processing of derelict vessels
• Two more arrested, charged for Snoopy’s murder
• Eligible expats to benefit from residency amnesty
• Another local makes CARIFTA Games team
• Young locals will be placed on each gov’t statutory board
• Parents warned of suicidal video disguised as children’s programme
• BVI establishes legal tribunal capable of disbarring attorneys
• VIP gov’t to have first Cabinet meeting today, ‘historic’ VG venue
• All gov’t ministers getting 3 months as Deputy Premier, Wheatley the first appointee
• I’m confident I won’t have to fire any gov’t member, they’ll stay in line
• UPDATE: By-election in coming weeks, says governor
• Look for new DDM building job, contractors told
• Trial for 2015 boat crash incident commences
• Mark Vanterpool resigns!
• $$ from crime used to fund police cafeteria overhaul
• UK gov’t defers bill to revoke 3-year public register reprieve
• We won’t oppose for opposing sake, says Opposition Leader Penn
• Buju Banton projected to boost local tourism during BVI visit
• Fresh anti-defamation laws needed for BVI — Walwyn
• Be brave, dream big like H L Stoutt, Premier tells residents
• COMMENTARY: BVI post February 25
• Walwyn outlines how NDP lost the election
• USVI dominates Sunday’s races
• Increased fees for airport users
• Out of line ministers will be sacked, says Premier
• Grandmother sells food to fund 4yo grandson’s cancer bills
• Who monitors the monitors? BVI needs Independent Election Commission
• Students defeat cops in marijuana debate
• Duo imprisoned over stolen ring
• NDP made last-minute push for Witness Anonymity law before removal from govt
• Marlon Penn sworn in as Opposition Leader
• Voters relocated, flocked select districts to ‘manipulate’ results, Election Observers suspect
• Visitor with alleged fake identity, charged with giving false info to obtain BVI visa
• Public-private partnership being considered for Palm Grove development
• RT being beautified | Fewer than $100K spent to restore Noel Lloyd Park
• Ministers unofficially announced, restructure of gov’t reported
• Some leaked advance poll results true, investigation launched
• Cops to debate youth on decriminalising marijuana
• ‘I was shocked Walwyn was not re-elected’
• I should have left NDP sooner, affiliation cost PVIM the election
• The big vote-puller, rejecting the odds to inspire a territory
• Andrew Fahie sworn in as Premier
• All billboards must be removed by March 4
• I’m speechless because I’ve been through so much — Fahie
• Quitting politics not off the table, says Walwyn after election defeat
• VIP disputes D6 ballot count, seeks recount for Samuel
• Greater representation now guaranteed for sister islands
• UPDATE: Election results, VIP wins! Walwyn not elected
• No glitches in Districts 1 to 4 | Voters happy with tabulating machines
• Well over 1000 collectively voted in D6, D7, D8 before midday
• Over half of RVIPF assigned to Election Day duties — Commissioner
• Officials waiting to see if ‘leaked’ Advance Poll results true
• Nat’l Importance: Cabinet extends economic substance lawyer’s contract
• The final addresses: NDP, VIP pull notable turnouts on election’s eve
• BVI votes today | Things to know
• REPOST: Number of voters by district, 41 candidates
• PHOTOS: Massive VIP motorcade
• PHOTOS: NDP motorcade, parties to host final pre-election events
• Fahie issues challenge: My opponents’ representation can’t match mine
• Sasha Flax appointed Acting Sister Islands Coordinator
• Man injured in Friday morning shooting, police launch probe
• More voters participate in advanced polling, says Elections Office
• VIP gov’t will give PAC powers to override questionable Cabinet decisions
• VIP’s $20M loan scheme a poor knock-off of NDP’s own, says Walwyn
• Contracts signed: FDL Consultants designing roads to last BVI up to 30 years
• Agriculture proposed to close gap between Anegada, wider territory
• VG man charged with wounding granted $70K bail
• UK Report proposes for BVI to remove ‘discriminatory’ Belonger status, accept same-sex marriage
• NDP promises disability-friendly infrastructures ahead of advanced polls
• Gov’t ‘too involved’ in business community, VIP will give more latitude — Fahie
• Advanced polling today: Things to know
• Political victimisation infecting VG, whistleblower legislation a cure
• Hodge appointed Acting PS in Works Ministry, McMaster assigned to RDA
• SCHEDULE: RVIPF revives Police Week
• Warning: Employers who prevent workers from voting will be imprisoned, fined
• No options | Young locals prefer to be cab drivers abroad than return to BVI
• Fahie promises 1000 jobs in first 1000 days
• ‘Temptation got me’ | Serial thief slapped with 4 years in prison
• Gov’t gave all district reps roughly $325K yearly, Walwyn tells D1 residents
• VIP proposing to create exclusive Anegada, JVD reps to replace At-Large
• District allocations could be abolished under PVIM gov’t
• Up to residents to pressure local authorities if they’re unhappy with BVI politics
• UPDATE: Power restored at airport, operations resume
• We have the $$, outstanding salary increments roughly $9M — Walwyn
• Turnbull to D2 voters: I was there for you, why would you switch on me?
• Premier’s farewell address: ‘I have no regrets’
• Man accused of selling borrowed goods
• Phase 1 of construction complete | VG medical centre to be handed over Friday
• NDP promises to give reserve fund $20M top-up by year’s end
• PVIM says it will ‘greatly’ cut cost of food in BVI
• Man fined for forging employer’s cheques, cashes in $15K
• Vanterpool blasts opponents for ‘sudden emergence’ in D4
• COMMENTARY: A guide to elections, what to vote for
• ‘God has to come from heaven and tell me VIP not behind attack on my wife’
• ‘Family members are off limits’, says Fahie after attack on rival’s wife
• Anonymous anti-NDP billboard mounted days before elections
• Deputy Governor speaks out as political arena muddies in BVI
• BVI Finance Chairman hails Lorna Smith as she steps down
• Extra portfolio | Tourism to get own ministry if NDP re-elected
• Visitor fined $4K after refusing to pay bill at local hotel
• Have a fixed date | No Premier should carry election date in back pocket
• Osborne now on burglary charge, stolen jewellery allegedly found inside home
• Skelton Cline takes ‘sabbatical’ from pastoral duties after church dissociates
• FULL LIST: Total of 41 candidates nominated for elections
• Church distances itself from Pastor Skelton Cline
• Malone targets investment for HLSCC to cut BVI’s imported labour numbers
• PVIM not about self-determination at this time — Skelton
• 56yo Trini found guilty of raping friend’s stepdaughter
• Cruise pier being renamed tomorrow
• Caught on camera: Scooter thief fined $1,000
• International five-star resort coming to BVI
• PVIM endorses Pickering | Doc’s ‘spirit not in tune with disunity politics’
• Bad idea: VIP candidate objects proposal to relocate Willy T to Salt Island
• Roughly $20K missing from my money, says man whose cash police seized
• Shortage of emergency medical technicians: BVIHSA hiring, willing to train
• Assisting an offender, theft, assault listed in latest arrest blotter
• ‘Apologise or I’ll sue’, says O’Neal after Skelton Cline’s ‘bribery for votes’ claim
• UPDATE: Leaders’ debate cancelled after Fahie’s ‘condition’ to participate
• Flow partners with BVI businesses to show customer appreciation
• Leaked AG report: Major questions about fruitless $500K spend in Fahie-led programme
• Accused cops case: Key Crown witness has trouble recalling details
• False! Elections supervisor rejects VIP’s claims of faulty e-tabulating machines
• COMMENTARY: Big campaign promises but where will the money come from?
• Visitors held with $52K, attorney said cash acquired through gambling
• Murder suspects released
• CDB stats: Real GDP grew in BVI for 2018
• Not a little girl | Hodge-Smith takes aim at Vanterpool for ‘neglect’ of D4
• No taxes for taxis | Skelton promises duty-free imports to build local fleet
• Penn fishes for protection laws, co-op between gov’t, local fisherfolk
• COMMENTARY: BVI politics and the fog of Brexit
• Mudslinging is gutter politics and the ‘bottom of a gutter is green’ — Walwyn
• Rymer bewails crime after murder in district
• Party leaders to square off in political debate: Two confirm, one decline
• CDB assesses RDA’s competency to manage $65M loan funds
• Cline willing to go to war with UK over same-sex marriage proposal for BVI
• Maduro-Caines produces pocketbook of accomplishments to quiet ‘haters’
• No longer in hurricane mode, VG Easter Fest returns to full slate of events
• Airport runway’s resurfacing to be completed in just over two months
• Nagico supports local author
• RVIPF, prison officers receive ‘crowd control’ training for protests, large gatherings
• Wheatley proposing to redo Miami airline deal and favour local air carrier
• Road resurfacing timed after rainy season, not for elections — Vanterpool
• Man remanded for harbouring fugitive brother Khori Prince, bawls in court
• PVIM will strengthen the labour code, Smith claims
• DDM staff awarded $21K for exceptional post-hurricane performance, overtime
• Three arrested in connection to Huntums Ghut murder
• Dirk Walters switches to At-Large
• PVIM proposing to build 10 homes yearly for poor
• Prince breaks from handcuffs to make second escape, court hears
• Skelton widens distance from NDP, likens time in embattled party with Jesus’ crucifixion
• Penn plans to turn Long Look Clinic into a 24-hour facility, revamp agriculture
• ‘Irresponsible’ article raises concerns | Media’s latitude in major case weighing in balance?
• E-tabulating machines only count votes | More public demonstrations on February 10
• Three arrested between January 27 and February 2
• Move elderly from Adina Donovon Home to old Peebles Hospital — Fraser
• $$ ‘significantly less’ after it was last seen in accused cop’s custody — Whistleblower
• Clause about ‘no unrealistic promises’ removed from political code of conduct
• Operations tighten at polling stations, no more polling agents per candidate
• Verna Smith running At-Large for Progressives United
• Cedar Int’l, St Georges advance after spirited school debate on crime
• Commonwealth MPs invited to observe BVI elections
• Police name murder victim, investigating fatal shooting
• Police increase presence at ESHS after reported ‘disturbance’
• ‘Enough is enough’, D1 lags behind under Fahie’s 20-year leadership — Romney-Moses
• O’Neal rehashes promise of rescue helicopter for D9, proposes partnership
• Dirk’s plans for D5: cottage-like housing to attract tourists, adult daycare
• Smith-Thompson proposes to recommission Sea Cows Bay plant to water D3
• UPDATE: Police confirm BVI’s first murder for 2019, says other gunshot victim stable
• 5-year concessions part of Penn’s ideas for small businesses, no more ‘lip service’
• Rajah Smith joins Progressives United as At-Large candidate, outlines plans
• UPDATE: Nomination Day now February 14
• Sylvia Romney-Moses announced as PVIM’s candidate for First District
• Pickering running independent? Launches campaign February 12
• Local educators to be trained how to assist asthmatic students
• Pockwood Pond incinerator still not repaired over 2 months later, ministry seeks $$
• ‘Underinsurance’ is real, not a scam, says tribunal of experts
• Harrigan proposing to restore D5’s age-old bridge, build civic centre
• Monthly report: $8M of CDB loan earmarked for 18 consultancies
• Clubs allege major corruption in BVI Cricket Association, regional body informed
• 41 complaints settled through Insurance Tribunal, insurance laws need updating
• Late educators Callender, Walters left good legacies; emulate them – Walwyn
• Baby in prison | Woman on murder charges gives birth while on remand
• Being party leader does not guarantee you’ll win seat so all should debate
• Participants already pouring in for 48th Spring Regatta, organisers promise more fun
• Young BVI ballers dominate soccer tournament in Puerto Rico
• Governor appoints acting DMV boss
• Prince recaptured | Named in connection to $800K jewellery heist at Mi Amor
• D3 debates cancelled | Fraser still undecided, Thompson ‘disappointed’
• Flow highlights enhanced performance of its network following rebuild
• Better Labour laws needed, insecurity causes expats to ship $$ back to home countries
• Creque proposing to reduce cost to build, transform construction into economic pillar
• Ivan Dawson Primary restored and ready for reopening
• 18-month sentence for assaulting white man
• Unacceptable roads, sewerage | Smith promises 20-year development plan
• Talks underway to attract new cruise companies to BVI
• Underground gambling booming: PVIM proposes gaming zone to boost visitor nightlife
• NDP only interested in a leaders’ debate, party indicates
• Include young locals in policymaking process for youth — de Castro
• COMMENTARY: Sister’s keeper
• Discussions on local sports development come to forefront on Thursday
• Accused cop seen leaving police station with evidence bag, court hears
• NDP launches app ahead of elections
• We don’t need to pay others to market BVI, use local scholarship recipients — Scatliffe
• Ministry runs out of $$ to complete Anegada road repairs, awaits next budget
• Audit them! Fahie promises to probe post-hurricane insurance ‘scams’
• BVI takes overall victory in pre-election races on Sunday
• COMMENTARY: Demographic politics and the BVI
• VIP proposes high-rise parking facilities for Road Town
• Park, museum and agri-market Parillon’s plans for Third District
• Horseracing action on Sunday | 14 USVI horses to face off against 9 from BVI
• PVIM expanding: Number of candidates will grow to 11, says Skelton
• Voter registration closes Monday | Gov’t-issued IDs can be used for 2019 elections
• Trellis Bay businesses could see increased economic activity with airport expansion
• ‘Inspirational: You’re a rock, Doc’ | Fraser salutes Premier
• Choppy waters wash vessel ashore | DDM cautions residents of adverse weather
• Dancia Penn running At-Large in February 25 elections
• Cap it: All legislators should be made to serve a limited time in office — Christian
• Governor launches campaign to raise $500K for Old Gov’t House Museum
• Save our locals: Regular businesses getting trapped in broad financial services net
• Pickering confirms candidacy | Duty to retiring premier now dissolved with HOA?
• Shop owners suspect eviction from TPP because ‘someone’ wants spot before election
• Election day February 25!
• Strong medical facility now named after strong woman
• Gov’t gets resistance in renaming hospital in honour of Premier
• Considerable swell in voter registration | Over 500 new persons make growing list
• Goal post shift: Emergency amendment to new economic substance Act disrupts HOA
• FDL secures another gov’t contract | $800K consultancy for roads, coastal defence restoration
• Trial starts for accused cop trio, Crown witnesses testify
• The best woman to sit At-Large
• Farmers, fisherfolk benefit from $300K government assistance
• $15K tax exemption, increased salaries promised if Skelton becomes finance minister
• Election promise: $10M will be pumped into Business Bureau to facilitate low-interest loans
• Still at large, Prince assaulted cop to escape
• MALE branches out, signs partnership agreement with YEP
• Skelton promises overnight cruise pier system under PVIM gov’t
• Rymer proposes to make D5 ‘cultural capital’ of BVI, reclaiming land part of plans
• City Manager should be given legislative powers, says Walwyn
• Piped water to be restored on JVD by month-end
• OPINION: Multiple parties good for democracy but landslide victory unlikely
• Visitors waste days just to get here then USVI benefit, expansion a priority — Walwyn
• Have you seen this police escapee?
• Weeks before EU decides on BVI’s ‘economic substance’ law, companies still have questions
• How these party heads feel about forming a coalition gov’t
• Airport expansion: Int’l airlines already showing interest but project still in infancy
• Visitor caught with ‘medical cannabis’ at airport fined
• Keep off AO Shirley Grounds, facility closed for repairs
• Put someone else in First District and meet me in At-Large arena, Fahie told
• I am fully capable of representing BVI as premier internationally
• Gov’t transforming, renaming Labour, other departments to merge
• Maduro sentenced to one year in prison for Tread Falls burglary
• VIP promises ‘district councils’, reduced imported labour, whistleblowing law
• West End station reopening nears, cops to share space with Customs, Immigration
• RTW employee runs to raise support for Diabetes Association
• No telling when hospital project will be completed, $114M spent so far
• 2023 reprieve: UK extends deadline for BVI to implement public registers
• Changes: Prisoners could vote before election day under amendments to law
• We face ‘constitutional crisis’ if elections don’t happen early — Skelton
• Walwyn not under police investigation, says Premier
• First four local athletes qualify for 2019 CARIFTA Games
• Premier: Taxpayer $$ also used to pay BVI Airways’ debts, no one got rich from airline
• Horse Owners Association boss named as PVIM candidate
• NDP government wasted $20 million, says Skelton
• Locals will get scholarships for masters degrees, PhDs under my administration
• Former hospital worker gets 6 months for beating customer, victim still affected
• Debates needed for all districts, seats
• Never was there a time more critical to vote, get registered — Underhill
• Unarmed cops can no longer grab guns at will, told to steer clear of live firearm incidents
• NDP wants locals ‘cutting bush, cleaning ghuts’ while giving top jobs to expats
• Biwater, roundabout stoplights were collective VIP decisions, not just Fraser
• Stop speaking that foolishness, ‘corruption’ talk badly hurting BVI
• Inmate sentenced to 12 months for assaulting prison officer
• Greenland stadium expected to be mecca of sports tourism
• Anegada man who went missing at sea rescued
• Progressive plans: Free legal services, elderly healthcare, lunches under Fraser regime
• Last-minute motion being introduced to rename Peebles in honour of Premier Smith
• Fraser’s Progressives United presents four candidates at party launch
• Gov’t submits application for airport development, to engage public with meeting
• Stop it! Vandals tearing down NDP posters, says party chairman
• Crackdown: No operation if taxis don’t have fire extinguisher, not maintained
• Unacceptable! Man held with over $9K fake cash in 2017 appears in court for first time
• Man accused of beating former lover with bar stool
• Dengue alert! Disease flares up in Caribbean
• Where are our planes, pier park audit? Turnbull to tackle premier
• When is election day?
• Wheatley dominates 9th District debate
• FINED: Drugs fall from man’s pocket while making report at police station
• Ninth District Debate: Candidates’ answers to questions
• Contract award summary for works on JVD district office, police station
• Leave us to roll out our candidates in peace — Walwyn
• Police now ‘scoping’ to see if full criminal investigation needed for ESHS wall project
• ‘False’ call diverts cops from RiteWay moments before robbery — Commissioner
• 62yo man sentenced to 18 months for molesting child
• RVIPF launch collaborative probe into tour bus fire with taxi commission, BVITB
• Former hospital cashier pleads guilty to beating disgruntled customer
• Local contractors, consultants to be ‘graded’ in govt’s new classification system
• UPDATE: Tourists escape tour bus fire unharmed, broken fuel line causes combustion
• Love lost? NDP not getting full slate of candidates ‘alarming’, says Fahie
• O’Neal, de Castro, Wheatley to square off in 9th District debates
• Political Newcomers | Wade Smith guns for D5 seat with shelter, tourism, sewerage initiatives
• Over 400 unclaimed vessels in BVI, Shipping Registry issues ‘urgent’ call
• Section of Long Bay in Beef Island to be named as ‘protected area’
• Walwyn promises Premier Smith advisor role
• Willy T saga BVI’s newsmaker for 2018 | Tragedy, crime also trend
• BVI’s got talent | Two locals drafted to play schoolboy football in UK
• OPINION: What to vote for this election, 8 issues that matter
• Local songbird breathes life into CGB restaurant
• NDP officially presents election candidates
• WALWYN: Even ESHS educators can apply for principal, deputy acting in post until
• ‘I so thankful’ | 83yo first to receive new home under Housing Assistance Programme
• Gov’t spends over $20M on consultancies in last 6 years, BVI Airways the single largest spend
• Menacing: Gunmen brought rifle to RiteWay robbery, shots fired even after taking cash
• COMMENTARY: Ganja, hypocrites, and social racism
• Major power outage forces all gov’t offices into early closure
• Security changes to Peebles Hospital now in effect, enhanced services expected
• Discussions being had with anonymous benefactor to rebuild entire ESHS
• Tortola resident charged after allegedly wounding man on neck with knife
• Arrangements being made to now release visitor’s body back to family
• ‘Economic substance’ law in effect: BVI to hit noncompliant companies with varying fines
• Walwyn: Trade school could cushion blowback of imminent job losses in financial services
• Another new party emerges for elections
• Mi Amor burglary: Police reviewing CCTV footage, 100 diamond rings stolen
• Fireworks colour Trellis Bay Market for New Year’s
• JVD, Cane Garden Bay come alive for Old Year’s Night
• 2019 New Year’s message from Premier
• Ports Authority closing half-day on New Year’s Eve
• VISTS students record strong 77% passes in regional vocational exams
• Anegada the new tourism oasis | Industry ‘thriving’ on sister island
• Vanterpool proposing to name cruise pier after former Chief Minister
• FAHIE: Let’s hold off on using voting machines, voters don’t trust them
• Watch out for dangerous seas, BVI under High Surf Advisory
• Shooting at RiteWay in RT, reported armed robbery attempt
• Major red flags: Gov’t addressing ‘oversight’ in spending 11 years later
• Quick fixes a waste of money: Demolish, rebuild ESHS, fire station — Scatliffe
• Brace for strong winds, rough seas and wet weather, says DDM
• Gov’t gifts local centenarian with $5,000
• Stoutt-Igwe appointed Deputy Governor’s PS after acting in post for 2 years
• Successful return of horseracing to BVI | USVI overall winners of Box Day event
• BVI’s accommodation inventory to normalize in a year or so
• US visitor’s body stuck in BVI as RVIPF probe death | Family distressed
• Five Haitians detained after being refused leave to land in BVI
• BVI economy in doom | I wish God’s blessings during our ‘sadness’
• Let’s share with those who still need help — Governor
• Premier’s Christmas message
• Christmas message from Andrew Fahie
• Christmas message from Melvin Turnbull
• Dr Kedrick Pickering’s Christmas message
• Christmas message: Marlon Penn
• Two major resorts to reopen next winter, says Premier
• BVI doesn’t stand a chance after Britain leaves EU — Fraser
• ‘Urgent need’ causes Cabinet to waive tender process to buy voting machines
• Walwyn’s Xmas party facilitates donations to FSN
• COMMENTARY: Saving the BVI from pirates and politicians
• Governor appoints Skelton as new Opposition Leader
• Cabinet grants Prospect Reef developers ‘extension’ till March
• Harsh penalties introduced for persons who commit crimes during public emergencies
• Body of US citizen found at sea
• BVIEC inks multimillion-dollar fuel deal with SOL | Delta loses contract after 14 years
• Water supply will improve in SCB by February, Vanterpool claims
• Land Registry denies tampering with official documents
• RDA boss getting annual salary of $300K, Premier confirms
• Booting Willy T again necessary | Norman, Peter Island developments ‘too important’
• Number of issued BVI visas almost doubles, high demand leads to longer wait
• $323K contract for design of hurricane-hit govt buildings
• An early Christmas gift: Renovations to BVI Autism Center now complete
• District 6 looking like ‘dumping ground’ | DWM remove bins on request of business owners
• Legislators cry for ‘diversified economy’ amid more pressure on financial services
• Govt pays over $23 million in lawsuits, settlements in last 7 years
• BVI forges formal partnership with Airbnb, signs MOU
• Burglar caught wearing stolen pants, shoes
• New legislation: Offshore companies must open physical offices in BVI, or else …
• Local entrepreneurial sector experiencing ‘substantial increase’
• Walwyn/ministry gave public, Treasury ‘false info’ on wall — Auditor General
• Back in business | Quito’s reopens after million-dollar upgrade
• 21 horses set to race on Boxing Day
• Marijuana farmer sentenced to over 3 years in prison
• Gov’t still overseeing CDB loan $$ though RDA in place
• Time to talk about self-determination, says Financial Secretary
• Truck driver acquitted of manslaughter
• 17 new police recruits sworn in, nearly half are locals
• COMMENTARY: End the imports, BVI way better off feeding itself
• Child Maintenance & Access bill now in effect
• Walwyn responds: Governor trying to interfere with electoral process
• Prison officer held with drugs at HMP
• VIDEO: Utter lie, I never asked to join VIP, deputy premiership — Turnbull
• Audit on controversial wall now in hands of police, says Governor
• I’ll graciously step aside: PVIM asking governor to remove me as Opposition Leader
• Turnbull wanted to join VIP last year, asked for Deputy Premier post
• Dominican Republic native accused of buggering, raping woman on boat
• Projects piling but funding slow: CDB withholds $$ till govt spends old $15M
• Nearly 20 residents will spend another Christmas in shelters
• 23yo gets suspended sentence for 42 grams of marijuana
• Two more outstanding audit reports tabled, 2017 to be laid next year
• Premier to request $138M to continue operations till 2019 budget passes
• Fahie wary, says new bill on economic substance ‘very cagey’
• Woman gets $20K bail for allegedly assaulting females, one knocked unconscious
• VG leg amputee denies stealing generator after hurricane
• COMMENTARY: Why BVI, other West Indian countries stuck in ‘developing’ status
• Repairs to police headquarters begin
• $100K bail | Women allegedly caught with over 700 grams of cannabis, $20K
• ‘Everything nice!’ | Unpleasant Sewerage issue rectified in Ghetto
• New flood risk policy implemented for landowners in RT
• My health is not a concern, says Skelton
• Premature: I have not yet decided to return to electoral politics, says Dancia Penn
• NDP rebrands: ‘Life is different since party formed 20 years ago’
• Man fined after stealing, drinking 13 bottles of champagne from neighbour
• Teachers and health personnel trained in autism management
• Rotary lights up Port Purcell
• Man of the ‘local’ people: Skelton promises ‘real job preference’ to BVIslanders
• Even split | What happens if another gov’t member moves to opposition?
• Missed target: Works to ESHS will not start before late-January
• Local sprinter clocks world-leading indoor 60m dash time
• Man claims he ‘found’ dinghy and kept it | Granted $40K bail
• PVIM announces candidates for the 2019 General Elections
• UPDATE: Dancia Penn will join us as PVIM candidate, says Skelton
• 3yo drug matter dismissed after deficiencies with evidence
• Works on decrepit fire station start Monday | $795K contract to rescue ill officers
• BVI newcomer gets 6 months in prison, fined $5K for gun
• Another promise: West End port to reopen by early 2019
• USVI man fined $5K for 60 grams of marijuana
• ‘We need saving’: Over 30 firemen fall sick in chronic work conditions
• Just? Scatliffe gets below minimum penalty for gun crime
• UPDATE ON BLACKOUT: Power restoration begins across sections of BVI
• PVIM clarifies: Says Mitch did not ‘ask’ for a ministerial post, he was ‘offered’
• I’d welcome Dr Pickering to PVIM with open arms — Skelton
• Satellite emergency relief warehouses being established
• Turnbull requested gov’t ministerial post before leaving NDP
• New economic substance law will challenge financial services providers, Premier warns
• Gov’t signs $140K contract to enhance CCTV surveillance in BVI
• ‘I use cannabis to manage my post-hurricane depression’, drug offender tells court
• Unavoidable delay | Schools to get new batch of digital textbooks this week
• Burglar confesses to stealing $8K cash, jewellery
• BVI to use int’l connections to support UK after Brexit — Premier
• Missing court files a concern | At least 2 dozen criminal cases dismissed in 2 weeks
• NDP will announce candidates after Christmas, says Walwyn
• Reservoir reconstruction on JVD nearly complete
• COMMENTARY: Reflect on financial independence achieved 40 years ago
• Zero tolerance: Disciplinary action to be taken against ‘student fighters’
• NDP has turned locals against expats for political gains — Fahie
• Thomas sentenced to over 5 years for loaded gun, drugs
• I didn’t get any team ‘I wanted’ — Fahie rubbishes claims
• PVIM launches Friday
• Elderly dollmaker offers seasonal Christmas treasure
• Water & Sewerage boss re-elected VP of regional body
• DeCastro, Malone, Flax, Smith selected as VIP’s At-Large candidates
• 63yo grandmother fined for assaulting teacher
• Sewerage nightmare: Ghetto residents living among their own faeces
• BVIPA to issue contracts using new database, registration encouraged
• Govt entering development agreement for 5-star resort on VG
• Xmas on DeCastro Street begins today | Late legislator to be honoured
• TAG concludes successful drive to assist BVI Cancer Society
• Governor departs to UK to discuss ‘constitutional relationships’
• Names of other potential NDP election recruits surface
• Police K9 Unit officially relaunched, dogs to be trained to detect cash
• Gov’t activating landfill as fire-damaged incinerator closes
• ‘I was doing a favour’: Mother, daughter guilty of ‘intent to supply’ drugs
• DDM boss honoured
• Accused attempted burglary denied bail
• Disgraceful: Only 4 members are on time whenever HOA sits
• 62yo admits to molesting 14yo girl, mother walks in on lewd act
• Locals told: Show some dignity, ‘common sense’ as BVI prepares for election
• Plumber fined $2K for drug and traffic offences
• Speaker adjourns ‘illegal’ HOA sitting after Opposition raises alarm
• PHOTO OF THE DAY: Parliamentary shift
• Major fire contained but still burning | Efforts to extinguish continue
• GUILTY: Father claims ‘mistaken identity’ after having sex with 15yo daughter
• Departed NDP legislators does not impact our ability to govern — Premier
• Nearly dozen persons seek to become At-Large candidates for VIP
• Lack of court equipment causes further delay in 3yo cocaine case
• Explosion leads to massive fire at Pockwood Pond waste facility
• BVIPA workers undergo ‘intensive training’ in anti-money laundering
• Govt pays company $336K for extinguishing Cox Heath fire, site maintenance
• PHOTOS: Anegada hosts another successful Lobster Fest
• $400K insurance settlement for BVI Fishing Complex
• Fisherman fined for 12.8 grams of marijuana
• 19yo woman fined for festival village fight
• ‘I want no part of that confusion’: Keith Flax pulls out of political race
• JAILED | Halim Scatliffe urges other drug dealers to end practice
• Repairs to VG police barracks start Monday, $766K contract signed
• No more impermanent repairs, John’s Hole road getting concrete fix
• Norman Island development projected to cost upwards of $200M
• ‘Fire them skin yes’: Premier sacking ministers popular with residents — Vox Pop
• Did you see any ‘angry scooter riders’ when 11yo was killed last year?
• Post-hurricane vacationers pour in with testimonials about BVI
• Man allegedly beats lover with ironing board for staying out late
• FINED: Man claims he uses marijuana for spinal injury
• E coli outbreak: Local food stores recall romaine lettuce
• Charter boaters unlawfully fishing lobsters after misleading publication
• New appointees to do ‘reconnaissance’ on ministerial portfolios
• Stepdad beats man who he found at home with 16yo daughter
• Cabinet agree to pay RDA members
• Teen held with drugs gets community service, $2K fine
• Maduro-Caines to be appointed Junior Minister for Trade
• Premier appoints new Health Minister, Junior Tourism Minister
• VG man allegedly steals generator for ‘safekeeping’
• Visitor experience being enhanced with telescopes, WiFi
• USVI national granted $60K bail after drug find
• COMMENTARY: Is this the end to two-party politics in BVI?
• UPDATE: Premier details Ronnie Skelton’s firing as Health Minister
• Hard to pass new laws between now and election, gov’t too broken
• Day-trippers flocking BVI, 28% increase compared to last year
• Brandywine business robbed weeks before fire, operators suspect arson
• A beautiful mind | VIP honours entrepreneur living with cerebral palsy
• Kitt Hodge fined for drugs, disorderly conduct
• UPDATE: Turnbull’s reason for ‘switching sides’
• I don’t respect the way Premier had me fired
• Stop these malicious memes, Walwyn cries foul
• Alleyne officially ‘takes the rap’, co-accused trio pleads not guilty
• UK donates mobile clinic to BVI
• Businessman fined for buying stolen vessel, engine
• No by-election, says governor | Generals by April 16 next year
• Christian fired from Junior Minister post
• ‘There was no dishonesty’ | Walwyn not shying from wall debate
• By-election senseless, a waste | Just call early General
• Kalik Aaron found not guilty of 2016 attempted murder
• Gov’t to begin negotiations for major Norman Island development
• Gov’t buying 6 new fire trucks, equipment for BVI
• Hispanic trio with fake visas gets 10 months at HMP, fined
• King gets 12 months jail time, ordered to pay nearly $9K for jeep
• Repairs to BFEC start, to be complete in 4 months
• Father hits 6yo in eye for defacing wall, court hears
• Facts about the so-called Skelton political party
• VIDEO: Fire consumes bar in Brandywine Bay
• BVI put under flash flood watch till 2pm
• Founding party member Archie Christian leaves NDP
• They know why they left, party more united for it — Walwyn
• Magistrate threatens to jail prosecutor, police for gross misconduct
• Migration from NDP continues, party VP resigns
• By-Elections? Fifth district told to register, party’s recruit candidates
• BVI collaborating with int’l bodies to tackle fake visas
• Tropical wave weakens, becoming less organised
• Man denied bail after making off with jeep from repair shop
• Public consultations on Consumer Protection bill this month
• 10 illegal guns in 11 months | What happens after recovery
• Tropical wave could develop into storm within 48 hours
• FINED: Fear of taser nearly causes serious injury to cop
• Mervin Flaherty convicted for 3 counts of theft
• Liquor licence applications deadline November 22
• Chronic disease patients to benefit from support programme
• Willy T being booted again! Owners mull leaving BVI for good
• VG men fined after disobeying last year’s curfew for WiFi connection
• Smiths breaks from NDP, aligns with new party
• Caught on camera: Accused burglar allegedly steals vault, jewellery
• Seismic equip’t being installed to help improve building standards
• VG ‘peacemaker’ slapped with multiple charges, pleads guilty
• Hispanic fake visa holders sentenced to 3 months in prison
• OT director in BVI on governance, recovery-focused visit
• DDM: Thunderstorms near BVI may cause heavy showers, flooding
• Former employee steals dinghy from Moorings, sells it
• Renewable energy law effected, reduced fossil fuel imports anticipated
• Teacher sentenced after flogging 2yo for poo
• Fake visa cases climbing, 3 more held with counterfeits
• HMP recruits 9 new prison officers, most from wider C’bean
• Miss World Int’l Chair donates $5K in supplies to VG school
• Duo mortgaged house to buy fake visas, bogus BVI jobs
• More domestic violence victims having court cases dropped
• Teachers being trained in school emergency response
• Cabinet waives tender process for $132K repair contract to ESHS
• Fake visa holders rearrested, back before court after dismissal
• VG airport ready for flights, facility reopens
• Baronville slapped with more prison time for burglary
• Unsettled weather forecast for another 24 hours
• Scabies cases discovered at HMP, outbreak contained
• Decentralising gov’t being considered for enVision 2040
• An NDP in pieces
• BVI to start filing, managing court cases online
• Fined: Hispanic man illegally enters Tortola for ‘cigarettes’
• Rename Craft’s Alive in Delores Christopher’s honour
• $60K bail | Court employee just ‘visiting’ when gun, drugs found
• Delores Christopher lying in state, scores pay tribute
• Police spend over $80K on mould removal
• Haitian sentenced to 64 months for smuggling operation
• BVI projected to have a 50K population in 20 years
• Man allegedly hits neighbour unconscious with rock to head
• 4 charged after police raid recovers gun, bullets, drugs
• Alleged gov’t looter: ‘I see people take things so I take too’
• Med school to open January, few hundred students ready
• VG airport misses reopening date, works still ongoing
• Justice system dismal: Dead persons’ matters being called in court
• Man claims self-defence in alleged ‘race assault’ against Caucasian
• Over $500K pledged to outfit VG hospital so far
• Political candidates, parties warned against ‘unrealistic election promises’
• RDA an implementation body, not gov’t alternative
• BVI seeks to attract more vessels to territory
• Court frees West End drug offender after 5 months on remand
• Court dismisses case after duo with fake visas gets ‘wrong charge’
• Major water waste along dual carriageway
• Cruel father who body slams, chokes son gets suspended sentence
• Quick insurance being introduced for agro-industry, small businesses
• Stop complaining, give us credit, BVI has come far with recovery
• Supermarket thief sentenced after confession
• COMMENTARY: Gov’t borrowing the new normal
• Local appointed as new CEO of BVIHSA
• Accused looters allegedly advertise stolen items on Facebook
• BVI takes massive leap in healthcare with first-ever cardiac lab
• Gourmet With A Cause kicks off 2018 Food Fete
• Man fined $500 for 31 grams of cannabis
• Funeral for Delores Christopher this Saturday
• Victim’s business partner named as murder suspect; $2M in drugs found
• Plausible? Recovery projects over $2M closed to int’l bidders
• Anegada Beach Club named Boutique Eco-Hotel of the Year
• VG man sentenced to 36 months for burglary, drugs
• Gov’t ending material grant assistance to hurricane-hit homeowners
• Man held with cocaine fined $6K, drug supply charge dismissed
• Imported workers deserting employers for higher paying jobs
• Struggling Man accused of aggravated burglary
• Housing, transport problems hurting policing on VG
• Amended vehicles and road traffic legislation in effect
• BVI needs horse racing, restore the sport — Fraser
• Keep your truck loads covered
• Former hotel manager gets 3-month suspended sentence
• UWI honours three BVI nationals with Pelican Award
• The VIP and I will save this territory
• Another man charged in connection to attempted abduction case
• Finance Ministry ‘cooked up’ plan to take sewerage $$, not me — Penn
• Man says he sells drugs because wages are too low
• 71 public officers honoured for years of service
• Monday’s murders could be connected, says police
• Fraser, Turnbull adamant: Decries ‘issues’ with recovery plan
• Frustrated: Top cop begs politicians to effect recovery plan
• Gunmen entered home, murdered Ettienne while children present
• DPP claims man resists arrest because of ‘family prominence’
• Not forgotten: Anegada to receive road repairs, more PWD staff
• COMMENTARY: The wealthy investor
• Another shooting on Monday, another man killed
• UPDATE: Man killed in Monday morning shooting identified
• Disrespectful! Walwyn breached protocol by publicising wall report
• Another ‘mental’ offender sent to HMP | Gov’t called on to act
• Remove all items from festival grounds by October 19
• HOA positioned to get more inclusion in RDA operations
• VG resident implicated for burglary, 829 grams of marijuana
• Norwegian Cruise returns to grand welcome from BVI
• St Kitts visitor caught sneaking out of BVI, sobs at prison prospect
• Week dedicated to celebrate emergency nurses locally
• Did cop stun ‘peacemaker’? Court to rule on 4-y-o matter
• Timelines for restoration of all gov’t infrastructure being prepared
• Mercer found guilty of being drug supplier, fined $4.5K
• BVIHSA seeking donations to outfit new VG med centre
• Baronville sentenced to several months for cocaine, marijuana
• Designs for NEOC building halfway complete
• HOA runs this territory, not RDA or governor
• Attempted VG shooter confesses in court
• UK donates generators to BVI
• Fewer restrictions, USVI open to collaborate with BVI on tourism
• Delores Christopher the ‘true essence of a Virgin Islander’
• I use marijuana for my diabetes, police tampered with drugs
• Kilos of cocaine found on local ferry, crew member charged in USVI
• Delores Christopher has died
• BVI should adopt National Heroes
• System coming for public to rate service of gov’t workers
• Over 2 years and ‘sex with minor’ case still at infancy stage
• Man imprisoned for assault, double theft at supermarket
• Cultural Food Fair this Friday
• RVIPF catch 45 in every 100 criminals | Crime drops by 9%
• Halim Scatliffe admits to possession, plan to distribute drugs
• 3-year high: BVI gets nearly 10K new companies in first quarter
• Haitian found guilty of smuggling migrants
• St Vincent boaters found not guilty of gun, ammo charges
• COMMENTARY: Severe hurricanes, flooding will become annual
• C&W business shares ways to safeguard BVI businesses
• CTL donates close to $5K in merchandise to BFEC
• Father, son allegedly found with 61 bullets, drugs, and $25K
• Myett’s not being sold | Forges partnership with Pusser’s
• Gov’t hires second attorney to help keep BVI off EU blacklist
• Schools closed due to rainy weather
• Cameras capture burglar twice in separate break-ins
• Heated argument forces HOA into adjournment
• Pickering Acting Premier for a week
• Give guns to police and people will respect them — Fraser
• Facility needed: Magistrate laments jailing ‘mental’ offenders
• REPORT: Ministry did not follow procedure to build wall
• Woman being jailed for disobeying summons, unpaid rent
• Govt’s main phone lines down since last week
• Former marine officer held with $225K ‘unaware’ he had to declare funds
• Every gov’t project over $250K should be audited — Walwyn
• 24-y-o man to pay over $10K for crashing into Lexus
• Local app being developed to push major recycling initiative
• Auditor General’s report on ESHS wall project very ‘lacking’
• 156 public servants honoured for longstanding service
• Businessman fined $2K for marijuana possession
• Trent Harrigan freed, found not guilty of 2015 attempted murder
• Airport expansion will progress before my premiership ends
• Authorities fabricate confession of accused burglar?
• Gov’t, CDB hosting workshop for potential contractors
• Locals have no respect for expat cops, says magistrate
• Mother stops man just before alleged intercourse with minor
• Penalties soft for officers, inmates who break HMP laws?
• Brilliantly restored: Ivan Dawson Primary reopening in weeks
• COMMENTARY: Demography and the general election
• Region told BVI fostering ‘decent work’ ethics since hurricanes
• Beautification continues: 460-foot mural being painted in CGB
• Bumpy fined for harbouring girlfriend, claims he did it for love
• Machete victim admits to assaulting alleged attacker first
• Earn experience abroad before returning, BVI undergrads told
• Anguillan visitor fined $56K, to spend months in prison
• Harneys donates $3K to FSN
• Policy being developed for jet ski use, distribution
• Homeless thief sentenced to six months, rehab for drug addiction
• Should prison portfolio remain under Education Ministry?
• Donovan, Skelton fined $19K for marijuana
• New report coming on benefits of doing business in Africa
• I did not say I care more for expats than locals
• Prison Bill: Security dogs for HMP; inmates may be asked for semen
• Venezuelan ‘money mules’ part of larger enterprise, fined $92K
• DPP’s office put on blast, sloppiness affecting judicial system
• West End port to reopen by mid-November, Vanterpool claims
• BVI receives spotlight at TEDx Wilmington
• Nagico makes donation to school on VG
• Fraser accuses AG of being biased to Speaker, tempers fly in HOA
• I did not visit St Lucia to recruit a new head of prison — Walwyn
• Streets still too dark | Residents, Vanterpool fear for public safety
• Repeat burglar sentenced to 32 months in prison
• Expat newborn fee ‘reviewed’, gov’t to give report in 2 weeks
• Two representing BVI at Youth Olympic Games this month
• $400K attorney hired by gov’t was ‘highly recommended’ — Premier
• Addressing the inefficiency: Gov’t to review future Speeches from Throne
• Man allegedly burglarizes boss’s home during hour-long ‘bathroom break’
• Pickering never went to gov’t, party to verify reports about Speaker
• City Manager wants alternative access road to McNamara
• BVI laws need to be made available online, says judge
• COMMENTARY: Coalition gov’t possible, may be best for BVI
• Flow customers well-positioned to access superior digital experiences
• VIP confirms candidates for the Third and Eighth districts
• Clarification: Simeon Pope was not arrested
• Cabinet approves ‘single ballot process’ for next elections
• Possible unstable weather this weekend as Kirk passes south
• Court hears how Venezuelan visitors each smuggle $14K in crotch
• Gov’t paying up to $400K for UK lawyer to draft special law
• BVI to implement confidential cancer registry by January
• Man to pay thousands for buying stolen phone, criminal damage
• Schools, restaurants raise over $20K for needy students
• Inmates reportedly tamper with cameras at court
• Long Look road closed September 29
• NDP turned BVI into ‘failed state’, call elections now — Skelton Cline
• Disaster-resistant NEOC building will house gov’t in event of catastrophe
• Grieving offender shown leniency, to get counselling while at HMP
• Two-year drug trial ends, accused men choose silence
• Consultants invited to provide project management support
• Other states should learn from BVI’s education system — OECS boss
• Man, woman held at airport with $80K, cash found in vagina
• VIP to confirm Fraser’s replacement on Saturday
• Family indicted in $26K drug ring | Two granted $100K bail
• Flax-Charles weighing whether to run for political office
• BVI lauds UN and calls for more support
• Kirk regenerates into tropical storm, may dump inches of rain on BVI
• Speaker’s ‘NDP candidacy’ dispute not a matter for me — Governor
• Magistrate dismisses 3-y-o case after DDP loses file
• First Cabinet decisions to be publicised this week, not discussions
• Bad timing: BVI shelves trip to Africa to focus EU blacklist deadline
• I thought $400 bag of groceries was ‘garbage’, says accused thief
• Geographical survey to be conducted on BVI this month
• JVD residents, businesses get training in disaster preparedness
• Fine my client, don’t imprison; HMP overfilled, understaffed — attorney
• FIA: Comply with BVI’s with anti-money laundering policies
• Aunt allegedly involved in attempt to abduct nephew, court hears
• I wish I could take back my vote for RDA, they’re acting like a gov’t
• New statutory body being established; already problems
• Former hotel manager accused of stealing $10K from workplace
• Kirk downgrades, will pass south of BVI late this week
• Is UK providing enough for OTs after ‘Irmaria’?
• Man charged after cops discover gun, bullets, cocaine on Saturday
• Tropical Storm Kirk of ‘immediate concern’ to BVI
• Mock Elections being held next week
• AG to say if Speaker’s NDP candidacy is wrong; legislators perturbed
• China not to be trusted, revoke visa exemption for them — Fraser
• Utility companies cannot dig up new roads anymore
• Cellmates deny selling drugs in prison, 317 grams allegedly found
• RDA will not be halted though it’s operating without regulations — Premier
• REPORT: RVIPF acted in self-defence when they killed Hernandez
• Poverty assessment being conducted in four BVI communities
• Teens reportedly burgle home, lock themselves inside
• Use alternative dispute-solving avenues, reduce burden on BVI courts
• Governing body wants to implement sex courts across eastern C’bean
• Tropical wave spotted miles away, development ‘highly uncertain’
• ZBVI celebrates quiz winners, Merritt Herbert honoured
• Man fined $3K for 21 grams of marijuana
• Visitor spreads nearly $50K worth of ‘crime money’ across Tortola
• University student allegedly inflicts severe stab wounds in BVI
• Local tribunal set up to discipline ‘unethical’ legal practitioners
• Gov’t to forge ‘closer’ relations with private schools
• LETTER: Seeing my father’s school reopened brought me to tears
• Electricity Corporation workers honoured
• Premier leading BVI’s first financial services mission to Africa
• Cops on a roll: Another illegal gun recovered, Hispanic man held
• BVI tops OECS in CXCs again
• Man charged with forgery two years ago still not summoned to court
• Local special needs graduate lands job at primary school
• Young men found with drugs at sea plead guilty
• Cabinet documents being converted to web format, gov’t inks deal
• BVI travellers to see enhanced border security procedures, policies
• Problems solved: CDB president visits BVI, irons out challenges
• Gov’t was more hindrance than help for me serving sister islands
• Missing Alzheimer’s elder may have left in search of dead wife
• UPDATE: Power restored to Anegada hours before midnight on Sunday
• Have you seen this 83-y-o man?
• Banco will open on VG 4 weeks after choosing a site
• Leonora Delville Primary now ready to receive students
• Integrity Commission being established to regulate public officials
• Are these the NDP’s pick for elections?
• No salary decided for RDA CEO though he has commenced duties
• Insufficient investigation from cops in drug case, court hears
• Over $3M approved to address water woes on Tortola
• Cabinet decisions will now be made public
• Prison operations seeing stricter auditing, ‘reform plan’ coming
• Man found with gun, 57 bullets, and drugs pleads guilty
• Gov’t seeking to guarantee a $5.8M loan for BVIPA
• Someone smuggled gun on our boat because BVI Port security lax
• Judge who presided in US extradition case appointed BVI magistrate
• VG airport reopening late October
• Walwyn to Fahie: Stop planning protests and assist with school repairs
• Still smoking | Brace for even more emissions at Cox Heath dump
• Cline’s ‘core values’ programme being introduced in schools
• Warning issued for sea bathers, mariners
• Minor midnight tremor shakes BVI
• Town & Country Planning to become more digital
• STT man caught with cannabis on Tortola, fined $1K
• Walwyn tightlipped about NDP’s new reported trio of candidates
• 200 deaths | Single highest ever struck off voters list in history
• New programme so dropouts can get high school certificate in months
• Isaac downgrades to tropical storm but maintains course
• Start storing water now, residents told
• Store food properly this hurricane season
• Disgusting | Woman gets case thrown after continuous adjournments
• I will ‘revolt’ if Leonora Delville students go back under tents
• Isaac forecast to pass 206 miles south of BVI on Thursday
• Lesson learnt | Willy T ready to move if hurricane hits
• Art and music fest for Irma’s anniversary, mural to be mounted in RT
• From top-up to TV, a nice birthday gift from Digicel
• Public Service Week 2018: Transforming together
• Human chain shows BVI united
• Tropical Storm Isaac could potentially affect BVI as hurricane in days
• First court appearance a year after being charged with murder conspiracy
• Man recently released from prison put back on remand; new offences
• Gov’t forming ‘consultation group’ for incinerator smoke issue
• All 21 BVI prisoners now back from St Lucia
• Weather disturbances developing, potential of hitting C’bean
• Commemorative Hurricane Irma plaque mounted in Road Town
• Magistrate’s Court reschedules criminal matters post-Irma
• Medical experts visiting BVI to share ‘revolutionary’ sickle cell treatment
• Spending $600K on med school study was ‘common sense’ — Fahie
• Establishing sex offender registry being discussed
• Vox Pop: Irma still a bitter memory
• Civil Service Association being revived after years of dormancy
• Local technicians being trained to install, programme new weather stations
• Premier’s Irma anniversary message
• Arrest Blotter: Murder, robbery, drugs listed
• Residents distressed: Noxious incinerator breeds health issues, devalues properties
• Only a political play if gov’t passes key laws now — Fahie
• Multiple weather systems lurking in Atlantic
• 180 tonnes of garbage collected daily, landfill being created
• Gov’t to decide ‘soon’ whether to create junior high school in West End
• CCT donates over 1000 backpacks, school supplies to BVI students
• Red Cross receives $$ for child sexual abuse prevention
• VG resident tries to shoot man but gun jams, court hears
• 550K cruise visitors expected this season, cruise pier to reel in $100M yearly
• Community meeting report: Residents don’t want independence
• No wrongdoing | $82M cruise pier cost was ‘fair’, says Vanterppol
• Magistrate chides RVIPF for ‘not doing their work’
• Still considering: Gov’t undecided whether to legally contest public registers
• High chance of showers today as another tropical wave passes
• A tribute to local resiliency | OMG to release ‘BVI Strong’ single
• 500 Sea Cow’s Bay, JVD, East End residents to be surveyed
• Talks had with ‘several banks’ to open VG branch, Banco looks promising
• UPDATE: Tropical Storm Florence not forecast to be a threat to BVI
• Fahie bewails: I tried my best to address VG banking woes
• UK ‘very disappointed’ in BVI’s progress to fix public facilities
• Smuggled migrants planned ‘refugee lie’ to stay in VI, court hears
• Premier ‘can’t say’ if measures to avoid EU blacklist will hurt BVI
• Considerable flood waters wash through some BVI communities
• McMaster wins Diamond League trophy in Zurich | Only C’bean victor
• Two locals receive prestigious int’l scholarship
• Flash flood advisory issued for BVI
• Fee for BVI-born expat kids to ‘stay’ will be reviewed — Premier
• 18-y-o burglar sentenced to six months in prison
• LETTER: BVI should be careful of expats allowed to enter
• Smuggling trial: Witness claims accused Haitian was captain’s helper, interpreter
• Showers and thunderstorms to continue today
• More prostate cancer operations being done in BVI
• Elderly visitor fined $170K | Over $577K forfeited to territory
• Pickering ducks question about seeking re-election under NDP
• 22-y-o gun offender sentenced to 5 years in prison
• IAAF donates $100K to help BVI repair sporting facility
• Season blows in another tropical wave, ‘minor flooding’ possible
• BVI to get 5 year comprehensive disaster management strategy
• Disney cruise passengers flock Tortola, VG, JVD
• False alibi? CCTV footage, witnesses link man to Castro murder
• Securing a ‘seat at the table’ for BVI in UK parliament
• Gov’t signs deal to improve mental health
• Scooter rider fined over $2K for hitting student pedestrian
• COMMENTARY: Borrowing for social prosperity can become harmful culture
• BVICCHA annual general meeting 2018
• Rider accused of smuggling bike, threatening to shoot cop
• Walwyn to visit Virgin Gorda on August 28
• UK’s approach to inquiry flawed; time given to respond ‘too short’
• ‘Fake news’, no candidates named for my party yet — Fraser
• Duo partners to build a local recycling industry
• Man allegedly wounds brother in fight over bathroom
• Only ‘days’ left to make official voters list
• Man charged for Jerry Castro’s murder, community lauded
• Another major fire flares in Pockwood Pond
• BVI to observe Irma anniversary
• Digicel giving away $40K worth of cement, residents pouring in
• Arrest Blotter: Child cruelty, sexual assault among latest police busts
• Should BVI seek special powers to reject UK laws?
• Accused drug dealer allegedly assaults cop at police station
• CLINE: Put territory over personal agendas or keep from politics
• Out of the comfort zone | Temulji the man wanting to inspire change
• Env’l Health tackles mosquito population | Contracting virus less likely
• YEP named int’l affiliate to Boys & Girls Club of America
• VG, Anegada receives funding for debris clearance
• Again! Taxi-man allegedly caught having sex with minor at festival
• Eviction notice moves B&F to construct own business complex
• Consultants absent | Gov’t appeals for more locals to bid on contracts
• Walwyn rides road safety message
• BVI being positioned as ‘culinary tourism destination’
• Arrest Blotter: Several major busts in last few weeks
• 6 ESHS orientation sessions over 3 days
• Taxi meeting to discuss return of ships
• Local attorneys: Poor internet choking BVI business env’t
• Palm Grove centre being demolished, deemed ‘unsafe’
• We’re ready | Grand welcome planned for Disney’s return
• UPDATE: No cause for alarm, JVD dump fire out
• Major earthquake rocks region
• Gov’t worker tells court he needs marijuana to ‘meditate’
• Tendering for school repairs to begin as new academic year nears
• Motorist fined $650 after birthday drinking ends in down-hill crash
• NHI is a ‘broken’ system, says Fraser
• 10 traffic matters thrown out of court | Cases 2, 3 years old
• COMMENTARY: Citizens of welfare states are happier
• Health Minister visits ongoing work at VG medical centre
• University awards honorary degree to local
• Sewerage ‘pressure’: Speak out or be voted out, Pickering told
• Absolutely ridiculous | Still can’t spend a cent of $65M CDB loan
• Political Newcomers | John Samuel the man to unseat Maduro-Caines?
• Eyesore to attraction | Community repairs East End court
• Minor earthquake felt Sunday night
• Digicel increase network capacity with upgrade of new LTE sites
• Public meetings about UK inquiry begin next week
• Gov’t accused of pushing independence agenda through conflict
• Labour Ministry prompts probe into ‘expat slavery’ reports
• Case dropped for 1 BVIPA worker accused of handling stolen goods
• Taxis to be inspected upon Disney’s return this month
• Second court needed | Authorities to assess, repair old courthouse
• Best-behaved prisoners return from St Lucia
• Mother pays for son’s sins | Man allegedly commits burglary while on bail
• Premier responds to UK inquiry: ‘Britain will know our position’
• Fahie spends over $9K ‘out of pocket’ for Opposition duties
• Rotary Int’l donates $100K worth of equipment to Peebles
• Elderly visitor held with cash at airport changes plea to guilty
• Another tropical wave affecting the area, says DDM
• Fahie promises enhanced contract-issuing laws under VIP gov’t
• Large number of vessels fleeing BVI for hurricane season
• CXC RESULTS: Great grades and high pass percentage
• Help us | Businesses still struggling to bounce back
• ‘Come forward’, witnesses of latest murder told
• Gov’t still investigating fish kill incident, climate change a factor
• BVIPA donates to FSN through yard sale
• ‘I found loaded gun, nobody is perfect’, offender tells court
• Mitsy Ellis-Simpson seeks At-Large candidacy with VIP
• Yadali Thomas Santos: The beauty who almost never became queen
• Gov’t devising nat’l tourism master plan for BVI
• COMMENTARY: The BVI’s indebtedness
• NDP executives now to ‘ratify’ party’s election candidates
• Britain opens inquiry on future of BVI-UK relationship
• Fresh calls | Parimutuel betting laws needed more than ever
• How do locals feel about UK? Fahie hosting meetings to find out
• New HIV cases in BVI all young persons
• Some disappointment for closing night at festival
• Meet Mr and Miss World BVI 2018
• UPDATE: Police confirms gunshot victim’s death, probe launched
• Police confirm attempted abduction, 4 nabbed for guns
• ‘Surprising success’ | Booth owners report strong sales this year
• Worth the wait: Dexta Daps rocks festival village
• Polling laws to be amended ahead of upcoming elections
• BVI to compete in Mr World pageant | Miss World BVI Saturday
• BFEC produces 20% of BVI’s top Grade 12 students
• Prime tourist attraction returning to BVI
• Man bites off ear in bar brawl, police probe
• Road to repairs | Gov’t inviting bids for work on admin complex
• 276 derelict or abandoned vessels now online
• Destra delivers | Another entertaining night at festival
• Let’s return to living within our means — Fahie
• ICWI looking to next 50 years
• ‘Local leaders must stop abusing their power’
• COMMENTARY: Snap election will make things worse for BVI
• Gov’t extends Customs duty exemption again
• PHOTOS: VIBE, Xtreme Band both named Road March winners
• Water quality tests to be done at Josiah’s Bay pond
• COMMENTARY: Is BVI able to pay its financial obligations?
• Strong BVI performance at football tournament in St Barths
• PHOTOS: Revellers unwind at 2018 Rise & Shine Tramp
• C’bean people should embrace each other, we all came from Africa
• Phillips crowned | Readies for Miss Universe in Thailand
• PHOTOS: Artistes thrill patrons inside festival village Saturday
• Hundreds of fish found dead in Josiah’s Bay pond
• UPDATE: Police recover firearm, bullets in botched attempted robbery
• Trouble shipping horses leads to August races cancellation
• Dexta Daps’ performance postponed, village admission free August 3
• 2018 property tax assessment lists now available online
• BVI Emancipation Festival officially opens
• RDA boss concerned port workers, students still under tents
• Three additional magistrates appointed
• Two tropical waves to affect BVI this weekend
• Festival blessed: Songstress cries for BVI to ‘return to God’
• Bill drafted: Gov’t gets fresh drive to introduce Oil Spill Prevention law
• Fewer booths at festival village this year, Gospel Fest tonight
• Pickering Acting Premier, Dr Smith departs for unspecified trip
• Traveller held at airport with nearly half-million in jewellery
• A’yana Phillips named Miss BVI 2018
• Where’s the evidence? No proof public registers will harm BVI
• Env’l Health to food handlers: Don’t own up to food illnesses so easy
• Rotary refurbishes St George’s bus stop
• BVI bags 3 medals, sets records at CAC Games
• Janet Smith says farewell, HLSCC told to explore full potential
• Smuggled $577K was laced with fake cash to buy BVI boat, court hears
• BVI hasn’t mentioned any public register legal challenge — UK minister
• Gov’t accumulates $256K sewerage bill for CGB since hurricanes
• Premier: Looters can now be brought to justice with new court
• COMMENTARY: Recent Tortola fires were a nat’l setback
• ‘BVI will never be alone, UK is with you’ — Lord Ahmad
• Walwyn: No proof NDP corrupt, VIP just wants power
• Top university willing to sign MOU to train BVI locals in FinTech
• Major traffic buildup as fuel tank falls off truck
• Peak season rush | 9 awarded debris clearance contracts
• Local authorities undergoing ‘training exercise’ with UK navy
• Youth ambassadors assisting with BVI’s readiness activities
• Crackdown: Students will not graduate without completing community service
• Advice to be sought: Gov’t, civil servants to share pension liability
• Governor addresses 2-year delay of TPP audit report
• Gov’t reinstates public road after dispute with Belmont landowner
• In Pictures: Summer Sizzle’s Global Glamour runway show
• Digicel, DDM launches emergency alert app
• 4 BVI athletes receive scholarships to sports academy in Florida
• Feud between gov’t, Belmont landowner leads to road closure
• Businesses to learn about opportunities in project financing
• Purcell Road closed August 2 and 3
• Walwyn vindicated | Says opening schools swiftly after hurricanes paid off
• BVI cop fined over $40K for defrauding Social Security Board
• Gov’t spends millions on rent every year
• Females dominate top achievers list at ESHS graduation
• Post-summer introduction? Still no sign of Freedom of Information
• Audit being conducted into BVI Airways deal
• COMMENTARY: Toward a vision for recovery of BVI
• UK Minister for Overseas Territories to visit BVI next week
• First 40-foot container of recyclables head to US from BVI
• HOA Speaker told to enforce House rules ‘despite friendship’
• BVIEC’s 25% revenue loss won’t mean higher bills, consumers told
• Hundreds join VIP in the last 4 months — Fahie
• UN: BVI recovering well but needs to improve building standards
• COMMENTARY: Even bad gov’ts will do better if held accountable 
• BVIEC open bids for petroleum products: SOL, Delta propose big bucks
• Labour Department on Tortola to close on Friday
• FS: Gov’t can’t get loans because of unaudited annual reports
• RDA: Legitimise your business before bidding for contracts
• Puerto Rican firm signs deal to ‘share skills’, construct NEOC
• UK to probe fatal BVI airport plane crash
• New law: 30 days to claim vehicles deemed as derelicts
• C&W sponsors BVI FinTech conference
• Gov’t having challenges collecting revenue — Financial Secretary
• Isabelle George ‘missing’ again
• Calls to stop naming contractors in HOA amid corruption claims
• Epic calypso show promised for festival this weekend
• Gov’t purchases three fire trucks for $230K
• VG residents prepare for banking woes with tech conference
• Flow Festival Fiesta swings into high gear
• Arbitration centre partners with YEP for outreach on dispute resolution
• Shots fired in armed robbery at Cane Garden Bay
• RT post office flooded, closed till further notice
• Fahie: Insufficient fire equipment concerning, airport closure shameful
• RDA to contractors: Politicians can’t help you secure projects
• FIA: Money laundering prevalent, 530 suspicious activity reports in 2016
• Still no settlement | HLSCC insured days before Irma
• COMMENTARY: Trump is producing for USA; who is for BVI?
• UPDATE: Gas station fire contained (photos)
• Airport temporarily closed due to gas station fire
• New Parole Board appointed for 3 years
• Former BVIPA workers behind cruise pier audit delay
• Labour to get major overhaul, modernized processes
• Agriculture suffers $13M in losses; help arrives
• Repairs to 3 emergency facilities to be completed in weeks
• Env’l Health Division moves to improve disposal systems
• Fahie: VIP won’t be pulled into NDP’s ‘weapons of mass distraction’
• Man injured in Baugher’s Bay shooting on Thursday
• ‘Unfortunate’ | Walwyn responds to eligibility witch-hunt
• 4-year case ends | Cop convicted for leaking information
• Hurricanes prevented me from fulfilling old campaign promises
• Trade to be transformed | BVI ranks low in ease of doing business
• COMMENTARY: The Trump economy and deflation
• UPDATE: Aircraft crash victim dies
• Henry rubbishes claims that premiership contenders should run At-Large
• STUDY: Public registers may cause over 2000 job losses
• Hanley fined for stealing from Immigration
• Pickering pitches sargassum warning system to OECS
• Tropical wave to move over BVI area tonight — DDM
• Willock eyes At-Large candidacy for VIP
• Festival fever on at Digicel
• Faulty line caused today’s outage | Nothing of great concern
• Heads of gov’t agencies neglecting duties, PWD singled out
• Cost of booths at festival village cut by half
• The BVI could use more ‘Supa Cops’, legislator says
• Strong’ BVI team heads to CAC Games in Colombia
• Bank of Asia to host official BVI launch
• Archer is Acting Governor
• BVI’s Bayside Blazers competing in St Maarten basketball tournament
• Festival budget cut down to $350K
• VG airport may reopen by September — BVIAA
• R City, multiple dancehall, soca artistes for festival
• NDP gov’t department heads named among VIP candidates
• FSN wants ‘safe house’ for domestic violence victims
• Lawful marijuana $$ can fund recovery projects — Wheatley
• Not adequate for full operations; gov’t seeking community input on dock
• Visitor missing | Have you seen this man?
• Thomas shot ‘old friend’ 5 times in self defence, court hears
• FS, BVITB Chairman endorsed BVI Airways to gov’t?
• Getting set to race | Work underway at Ellis Thomas Downs
• France vs Croatia | A guide to Sunday’s World Cup final
• Jellyfish alert | Residents, visitors urged to be cautious
• Nat’l Information System for Health Policy coming to BVI
• CEO finally appointed for recovery agency
• Accused VG shooter charged with attempted murder
• Correlation? Protection order requests skyrocket during festival time
• I’m not stalling Lee Road project, gov’t must do better
• Structure arrives at West End port, opens next week
• Banco Popular wants to open VG branch, says O’Neal
• Re-installation of warning equipment moving full steam ahead
• Greater assistance coming to Anegada, governor assures
• ‘Snide remark’ upsets HOA | Fraser attempts to storm out
• Addressing System resurrected | Streets to be named
• We should’ve invested locally | Gov’t can’t reach BVI Airways
• Skelton Cline switches to VIP, considers contesting in elections
• Adopt A Roof initiative shelters 8 families, more to benefit
• NGO heads meet with governor
• UPDATE: Suspect in custody, gunshot victim stable
• Eco-brick structure being introduced on local farm
• Proposed Havers Development amended, residents still disapprove
• Decision March Committee considering to involve UN
• Residents urged to purify stored water, steer clear of wells
• ICWI giving back to BVI community for 50th anniversary
• BVI officials trained at communication in emergencies workshop
• Donovan appointed Interim Director of BVI London Office
• Residents: JVD dumpsite could be next big fire, clear now
• Beryl passing | Unstable weather now affecting BVI
• Tough times | Local magazine features competing destination while BVI recovers
• PHOTOS: Medical marijuana businessmen testify about benefits
• Still operating: All gov’t workers told to report for work
• World Cup: BBC predictions for semi-final round
• Beryl to pass BVI at ‘a safe distance’, says forecasters
• Tourist Board holding stakeholder meetings across BVI
• Governor activates NEOC ahead of Hurricane Beryl
• 2 local jetties to be named domestic ports
• Stop using deodorizers on preparation surfaces, food handlers told
• Triple threat | Rotary placing more focus on sister islands
• Speedboats win big at BVI Exquisite Boat Show
• Arrest Blotter: 7 arrested
• Police discover over 20 marijuana plants at Foxy’s
• VIP officially kickstarts election campaign, video released
• UPDATE: Tropical Storm Beryl forms | Affects BVI late Sunday
• Rotary tackles major mangrove initiative, rebranding disaster-hit projects
• Females dominate ‘Cash for Work’ cleanup programme
• Stakeholders to discuss small & medium enterprises policy
• Construction of retaining wall at Windy Hill
• Immigration officer robs woman on VG, police allege
• Message from youths: We’re not fooled, we see the political wrongdoing
• Governor ‘missing in action’ on cruise pier scandal — Malone
• Weather disturbance develops in the eastern Atlantic
• Nat’l Bank would be virtually useless on VG — Wheatley
• Lock your phones | Pocket dials affecting 911 call centre
• Cleanup begins for festival | Artistes to be revealed soon
• VG might get Nat’l Bank branch | Scotia leaves sister island
• Protocol breach? Gov’t skips bidding process for ferry dock project
• VG landowners causing delay in Lee Road project
• FSC earns more $$ in 2018 compared to last year
• Territory Day to become a full-day affair, all schools involved
• Premier attending CARICOM meeting in Jamaica
• World Cup: Brazil beat Mexico to reach quarter-finals
• Flow highlights role telecoms during career expo
• BVI chefs bag medals in regional competition
• COMMENTARY: Voters may want a coalition gov’t
• Man beaten in alleged attempted robbery recaptured, still hospitalised
• 37 trained in SMART school standards
• No extradition | Hodge, Harrigan wins court appeal
• BVI on alert after USVI airport flags swapped with ‘Allāh’ banners
• Fahie’s fault gov’t wasted $7M on BVI Airways, says Premier
• Public warned not to ‘touch’, harm hatchling turtles
• Judith Vanterpool named new HLSCC President
• 93 HLSCC grads urged to promote unity in the BVI
• NAGICO renews support for long distance champ
• Sell out? Gov’t offering residency to rich investors
• Brace for water shortages as reservoirs undergo repairs
• Medical school to open in BVI
• Setbacks: 911 call centre not fully functional months later
• Premier to Walwyn: ‘Always put the people first’
• Arrest Blotter: Minors among 8 persons charged
• Community joins in BVIOC’s Sports Festival
• 100 vulnerable families to receive help to replace household items
• VIP finalising candidates next month | Fahie not running At-Large
• Chinese can only stay for 6 months | Business and tourism only
• Three men held in BVI waters with roughly $100K cash
• Months of promises, no result | Vanterpool being held to account
• Defending champs Germany knockout of World Cup
• COMMENTARY: When is it right to lose our rights?
• Accused robber ‘under observation’ after suspected suicide attempt
• Financial services workers mull relocating to Crown Dependent countries
• Tough year: Fewer students to graduate in 2018
• Readiness update: 26 facilities currently ‘can’ be used as shelters
• Cabinet sees revenue increase despite disasters
• Scholarship created in honour of late Anegada resident
• Visa exemption for Chinese sparks outrage | Online petition launched
• New NDP leaders say election results won’t split party
• Another earthquake felt in BVI
• 2018 Food Fete on, kicks off this month
• Reflect on BVI’s journey this Territory Day, residents told
• World Cup: England clobbers Panama with 6-1 win
• Walwyn elected as NDP leader, Penn new party VP
• PAHO donates garbage truck to BVI
• Airport expansion will continue despite NDP leader change — Premier
• Policy change: China no longer needs visa to visit BVI
• I am not retiring from politics, just as NDP leader
• BVI still remembered | Local tourism gets more top ratings
• World Cup: Mighty Argentina suffers crushing 3-0 defeat
• Bank of Asia opening BVI branch | Locals to get jobs, says Premier
• BVIEC was repaired in haste | Lightning storm hurts faulty grid
• Locals don’t yet possess skills to run HMP — Foot
• Big drop in murders, 12% drop in overall crime
• 30 persons trained in emergency relief operations
• COMMENTARY: Wasted youthful enthusiasm facing gov’t corruption
• World Cup: Spain defeats Iran 1-0
• Programme launched to expand BVI businesses to wider region
• Liquor licence renewal fees to be paid at Inland Revenue Dept
• Residents to support District 3 community clean-up this weekend
• General Election next summer, maybe sooner — Premier
• Undecided: Christian weighing whether to continue in politics
• Local sprint queen retiring | Hopes to be spokesperson for athletes
• Cops arrest accused teen burglars | Dishonest, says Matthews
• COMMENTARY: A hard climb out economic hole; ongoing blame game
• World Cup: Hail Ronaldo! Portugal defeat Morocco
• Unstable weather affects BVI, sections lose power
• Premier not seeking re-election as NDP leader
• Disney to return to BVI in 2 months
• St George’s girls the top-2 champs at 2018 Spelling Bee
• Bids: Gov’t selling derelict vehicles to residents
• Salmonella threat: RiteWay recalls Kellogg’s Honey Smacks cereals
• Collect mail at general post office in Road Town
• World Cup: England defeats Tunisia 2-1
• Police reportedly nab Purcell Estate man with cocaine, marijuana
• Brokers, importers discovered in ‘duty-free’ Customs fraud scheme
• NHI expanding, negotiating with Dominican Republic
• A proud dad: I knew Kyron would excel but not at this level
• Queen Honouree: ‘Never in my wildest dreams I thought this would be’
• BVI delegation returns from successful Caribbean Week New York event
• World Cup: Mexico defeat defending champs Germany
• World Cup: Favourites Brazil draw with Swiss
• Road closure for festival kick off
• McMaster steers Puma to assist BVI athletes
• BVI bags $50K as Trini moves cockfight $$ through airport
• Works Ministry: Xmas promises lots of work opportunities, cash
• Pickering selected to represent OTs at upcoming int’l conference
• World Cup: Uruguay score late winner to beat Egypt
• Leading island property search website expands to BVI
• Keeping music alive | ESHS hosting fundraiser to replace instruments
• Setback: Fire flare-ups as workers clear Cox Heath dump
• BVI now financially covered for cyclones, excess rain, earthquakes
• BVI eyes Africa as financial services expand, says Premier
• 2-year contract | St Lucian BVI’s new prison boss
• Springette allegedly burglarizes 4 churches, school
• Premier: BVI’s Asia mission very productive
• £300M offer still stands | UK OT Minister still visiting BVI
• 2018 FIFA World Cup starts in Russia tomorrow
• Public servants should not march, gov’t not transparent — Adams
• 12 shelters being assessed, 14 undergoing repairs — DDM
• Vanterpool in command — a woman of historic firsts
• I did not boycott the Queen’s parade, says Christian
• 21 Registered as British citizens
• Out of the woodwork | Skelton, Turnbull vie for top 2 NDP posts
• My church is available for shelter if needed, says bishop
• NHI hopes to limit health coverage of select beneficiaries
• Vice presidency, other posts also up for grabs in NDP elections
• 16-y-o student reportedly mixed up in iSmart burglary
• Deputy Premier discusses support for recovery during Hertfordshire visit
• 3 locals named in Queen’s 2018 birthday honours
• COMMENTARY: Where are BVI’s env’t-friendly initiatives to reduce climate change?
• Victimization fears caused low turnout for anti-gov’t protest — Fahie
• Pickering heads to UK for high-level meetings
• Vanterpool now Acting Premier, Finance Minister
• Confirmed: Fraser launching new political party for elections
• Leaked report: Roughly half-a-billion in insurance paid
• Man allegedly breaks into home, attacks sleeping woman
• PHOTOS: Majority legislators, residents boycott Queen’s parade
• Gov’t releases ‘interim’ list of emergency shelters
• UPDATE: Missing teen located and now safe
• Prospect Reef receives $261K to pay off workers, settle debts
• Gov reminds territory of UK’s kindness amid BVI-UK dispute
• Licence your dogs | Strays will be put to death, owners prosecuted
• Fix it or close it: Elevator road a disaster waiting to happen
• Food handlers to get certified early for festival
• Erasing remnants of Irma | Prickly Pear to get cleaned
• Arrest Blotter: Gun, theft, and assault charges
• Notice of scheduled outage on Wickham’s Cay I
• $600K airport spending while prepping for defunct airline
• Green Tech expands, turning trash into fertilizer
• Another set of alleged burglars arrested
• Malone launches foundation to help storm-struck businesses
• COMMENTARY: UK, hurricanes exposed BVI’s one-culture economy
• Have you seen this girl? Teen missing for days
• Walwyn: I am vying to be the next NDP leader
• Clearing Cox Heath | Metals to be shipped away in days
• Gov’t signs $400K deal for consultancy on sewerage
• Harvest sargassum: smelly seaweed has benefits too, residents told
• Tourism competition to raise funds for special needs school
• Cox Heath fire finally out
• Committee distances from Cline’s ‘boycott Queen parade’ talk
• UK OT Minister bypasses BVI in regional visit | Bad timing, says Premier
• GPS tracking leads cops to accused phone thief
• 14 advance to semi-finals of Nat’l Spelling Bee
• First gov’t buildings receive solar panels, elderly homes renovated
• TRC to distribute storm preparation items to residents
• Flow customers get more convenient new features
• Debris free | VG residents rally to clean metallic dump
• Most primary schools to be ready within first term of next school year
• BVI’s airport arrival experience was ‘miserable’, now improved
• Decision March Committee establishing group to advise gov’t
• Highest number of gov’t retirees in 5 years
• Local chef to adjudicate regional culinary contest, Jr team readies
• COMMENTARY: Why are we marching against the marchers?
• Roughly 3K persons sign anti-public registers petition
• BVI athletes coming home on June 14
• A mother’s struggle: Still in shelter as hurricane season begins
• We are reviewing BVI’s marijuana laws, says Premier
• Anegada ranked among top 18 islands to visit this year
• No clue how fire started or when it will end — Fire Chief
• Season starts | Gov’t, UK readies as residents told to prepare
• Statement from Premier Smith on 2018 hurricane season
• Still burning: 5 pumps malfunction trying to out Cox Heath fire
• Gov’t hires Farara, int’l lawyers to challenge UK
• Policy change | Driving schools, instructors must get certified
• Pier audit to be ready in few months, maybe weeks — Premier
• BVI Red Cross ups hurricane preparedness with $3M grant
• Election Officers being recruited ahead of 2019 elections
• CIBC FirstCaribbean bank help restock FSN pantry
• June 1 sitting for liquor licence
• Another march: Anti-corruption protest against gov’t planned
• Famous photographer returning for Summer Sizzle
• Seaweed causing ferry dock stink | Stench welcoming visitors
• Repair setbacks: Delayed reopening projected for ESHS
• No challenge for leadership: My allegiance is to Premier
• Hundreds more motorists licensing vehicles, DMV reports
• Young players net goals galore in Primary Football League
• Cops nab accused VG gunmen after alleged armed robbery
• First, early 2018 storm rocks region; at least two dead
• Fahie fires at NDP: You breached Constitution too
• Stop it! Shipping Registry reports increase in illegal anchoring
• Wheatley to UK Gov’t: You buckled to political pressure
• Save our elderly | Senior citizens programmes may merge
• UK navy vessel docks in Miami in preparation for hurricane season
• Do not block garbage bins with bulky waste
• Old structure: Cost to repair Robinson O’Neal shoots pass $1M
• Concerns over metallic dump on VG as hurricane season looms
• 15 months to rebuild WE ferry dock | Gov’t hunts consultants
• LETTER: The march was a circus, not a protest
• DDM receives telecoms equipment
• PHOTOS: The 2018 Poker Run
• Visitors reminded of envt’l and tourism levy
• T&T authorities intercept major cocaine shipment bound for BVI
• Female pedestrian struck down in Road Town
• UK put on notice, BVI has ‘declared war’ — Pickering
• BVI men allegedly try to smuggle kilos of coke through USVI
• BVI’s population drops by 4,000
• PHOTOS: Things to know about BVI’s Decision March
• World day of prayer for children at risk
• Hundreds in BVI march against UK
• More local businesses might go online | Trade offers training
• BVI banks on legal wrangling to block public register law
• Students, teachers told to march; school to end early
• Oil Nut Bay expanding
• Extra equipment coming to tackle 2-week-old fire
• COMMENTARY: Financial services survival not fully reliant on public register
• Residents report hearing explosions in Baughers Bay
• Arrest Blotter: Burglary and assault charges
• David Archer is Acting Governor
• College offers tourism courses for unemployed residents
• One day till march | ‘Make the sacrifice, this affects everyone’
• $15K needed to cover animal medical bills — PAW BVI
• JVD man gets $10K bail for marijuana possession
• The search is on for 2018 festival slogan
• Trucking companies adding fuel to fire at Cox Heath
• Malone to graduate Florida special needs school this week
• New carrier, fees, and bank being introduced at airport
• UK legislator: Public registers the result of political feud
• Cane Garden Bay renovation progressing well
• $20K earmarked to create VI Heritage Centre
• BVIFA Under-14 squad runners-up in St Maarten
• UK’s House of Lords also approves public register policy
• ‘Summer Sails’ visitors promised VIP clearance at local ports
• HLSCC offers ‘recovery courses’ for marine industry
• Health Ministry receives crucial telecoms kit
• COMMENTARY: Build Nautical & Oceanic College at Prospect Reef
• Mosquito control measures on JVD May 22
• ‘This could alter our relationship with the UK’ — Premier
• BVI properties to be reassessed over next 3 years
• Norwegian, Disney: Many tourists requesting BVI, advanced bookings
• Boat owner hires exotic dancers for Poker Run
• USVI senator to advocate legalization at Foxy’s marijuana fest
• COMMENTARY: We know defends the rich but who defends the poor
• ‘I never thought I would march again’ — local activist
• BVI will be ready by peak of hurricane season — Pickering
• ‘Authorities’ told us not to rebuild yet, says Cable TV
• 3 nabbed, charged in connection to BVI burglaries
• Gov’t opens ‘hotline’ for Cox Heath fire, smoke
• Penn gets gov’t contract to build homes for 9 residents
• Families compete for top prize at Charity 5K run/walk
• Historic Britannic Hall undergoes major renovation
• Submit liquor licence applications early
• Smoke causing residents to evacuate West End communities
• World-class | ‘BVI has the Rolls Royce of bathrooms’
• Visitor held with over $20K cash at airport
• Road Town flood risk study made public, says gov’t
• COMMENTARY: BVI has been ‘reactive’ for too long
• Be safe, have fun: Safety alert for Poker Run 2018
• BVIEC selling damaged utility poles at festival grounds
• DISNEY: Encouraging progress but BVI not fully safe for tourists
• Major resort to be built on Norman Island
• Willy T moving to Peter Island
• BVI students caught up, good CXC scores expected — Principals
• Tourist Board hosts Immigration education event for Puerto Ricans
• Pulsating weekend of Nat’l League football
• Businesses to be trained in disaster recovery planning
• Father of dead infant released from custody
• $700K to fund festival this year
• Former law enforcer allegedly breaks into home, beats woman
• United front | This transcends politics
• Seabed at Norman Island is gov’t property, Willy T told
• Cox Heath fire update from Deputy Governor
• Penn is vice-Chair of Intergovernmental Tsunami Programme
• Premier, Fahie head to UK to discuss ‘public register’ dispute
• Willy T considers legal action to remain on Norman Island
• PHOTO OF THE DAY: ‘Festival dump’
• Non-negotiable: BVI will not impose unfair public registers
• Cline confirms getting gov’t contract for greenhouses
• Road Town Ferry Dock reopens Sunday
• $15M for urgent resurfacing of airport runway
• Fire to be fully extinguished over next few days
• Willy T is here
• Free legal consultations on May 12 and 19
• Persons urged to take precautions due to Cox Heath fire
• Still burning | Multiple agencies merge to out fire
• Gov’t workers told: You’re not granting favours, treat outsiders better
• Stop boats from pumping human waste in bays, lawmakers told
• Bullish | Bomba Shack is coming back
• COMMENTARY: Bad leadership made us a beggar country
• Massive fire at Cox Heath dump
• BVI explores vote-tallying tech ahead of 2019 elections
• Arrest Blotter: Drugs, theft, wounding among charges
• BVI one of the most requested destinations now — cruise lines
• Penalty warning | regular inspections for sister island businesses
• Senior citizen sentenced to over 2 years in prison
• Flow observes girl in ICT Day
• Bitter End Yacht Club supports VISAR
• Horse racing track to be ready for August festival
• Inmate reportedly attacks UK prison guard, breaks tooth
• At least 5 vehicles collide in parking lot
• Nearly $2M worth of cocaine | J’can answers to charges
• PHOTOS: VISAR’s SUP fundraiser a success
• COMMENTARY: Attacking offshore territories popular with UK public
• Food handlers clinic scheduled for May
• Move heavy equipment from Wickham’s Cay I, owners told
• $100K reward | Trinity, Penn probably not intended targets
• We can’t play dead | 20K hoped to sign ‘anti-UK register’ petition
• More $$$ to assist impacted taxi operators
• Governor backs BVI in UK’s ‘public register’ controversy
• Gov’t signs MOU with Nat’l Bank for housing assistance
• BVI re-elected vice-chair of regional committee
• VIDEO: McMaster finishes third at Diamond League meet
• Hydrology and Flood Risk study useful in rebuilding
• $1.7M to get CGB, Brewers Bay tourist-ready in 4 weeks
• Inspectors coming; private drivers steal passengers from Anegada taxis
• Economic task force proposed to legislators
• Update: Bank manager still in critical condition in US
• Experienced detectives to join RVIPF
• COMMENTARY: Messages of love and anti-racism
• How to check your blood pressure the right way
• Truck topples, dumps cargo in Fish Bay
• One Love, Islanders, and Rebels weekend victors
• £300M loan guarantee deal suffers setback — Premier
• Gov’t to seek legal advice about UK dilemma
• Gov’t to launch investment strategy for BVI
• DDM pushes to install warning systems by July
• COMMENTARY: A vision for the Virgin Islands
• Thunderstorms, possible flooding forecast this week — DDM
• Arrest Blotter: Five recently charged
• ‘Father would never intentionally hurt that child’
• We will be taking action — Premier on UK decision
• Local lawyers donating free legal advice; $20K to schools
• Poker Run definitely on; massive support
• East End senior citizens receive TV donation
• How UK’s anti-money laundering bill affects BVI
• Father of dead infant taken into custody — Police
• UK votes against BVI | Premier calls emergency meeting
• BVI to host first Flood Protection Awareness Week
• Gov’t labourers still not paid months after hurricanes
• Hospital CEO resigning for ‘personal reasons’
• ‘Open for Business’ app selected for int’l award
• Regional groups defend BVI; UK votes on financial services today
• Tragedy | Infant found dead in vehicle
• PHOTOS: Ellen Skelton laid to rest
• Thieves stripping unsecured vehicles for parts
• No power, water at VG shelter; gov’t workers without internet
• We’ve been paying our loans; ready to borrow $50M
• Honour Premier, Ralph O’Neal while they’re alive
• Rider injured in vehicular accident
• Governor Jaspert wears blue in support of child protection
• Scotia manager seriously injured in ‘hit and run’ abroad
• Greenland sewerage issue to be fixed by year end
• REPORT: BVI tourism showing massive declines
• UK targets BVI on beneficial ownership register again
• Walwyn responds: ‘Fahie has tenuous relationship with truth’
• Fahie: Walwyn signed fake contracts, breaks law
• Historic! North and South vow to end Korean war
• UK donates armed response vehicles to RVIPF
• BVI behind | Months till major cruise ships return
• VG taxi drivers’ meeting with Mark Vanterpool
• Still negotiating with UK; 6 approved for recovery board
• Road paved this month back in disrepair
• Over 15 kilos | Visitor hides cocaine in suitcase, court hears
• Defying the odds | Differently abled local earns diploma
• Shipping Registry applications move online
• Sugar Boys still on top
• ‘Mile-a-thon’ sponsorship drive for breast cancer awareness
• Rise & Shine Tramp will remain for Emancipation
• ARREST Blotter: 3 charged
• Stolen devices being resold for cheap, cops suspect
• Parade to be held for Kyron, local athletes
• Planning process for hurricane season activated — Premier
• Gov’t receives new heavy equipment vehicles
• Local couple featured on major porn website
• ‘I will not entertain any overruns for August Fest’
• UP’s partners with Flow for another Marvel blockbuster
• Its official | Florida-based company acquires Seaborne
• BVIAA hires Canadian company to recruit airport investors
• Gunman targets VG construction company for wages
• BFEC wins Inter-Secondary School debate
• VISAR to host annual fundraiser
• BVI hosts ‘day of prayer’
• Vincentian man reportedly attacks woman at hospital
• Tortola Ladies Club rakes in over $17K for FSN
• BVI in threat of losing centuries of historical archives
• ESHS dominate Education Awards
• Local gospel artistes capture awards in Antigua
• Vaccination Week commences; activities planned
• COMMENTARY: BVI’s Labour and Immigration injust
• Restart the discussion | Foxy’s to host marijuana fest
• PHOTOS: Elton Georges receives memorial tribute
• Fire truck malfunction causing airport to close — BVIAA
• BVI recovery slower than other countries, says surveyor
• Engine firing up | New Willy T nearly complete
• BVI to host Green Fete | Tackles plastic waste
• COMMENTARY: 2019 elections the most important in decades
• Virgin Gorda airport closing indefinitely
• Gov’t receives $11M payout for Admin Complex
• No more free rides | Law to make driving schools pay gov’t
• Student allegedly swears at police, resists arrest
• Up to a year before fire stations repaired
• ‘This small-town boy did it’ — C’wealth features McMaster
• Irma Diaries touring US | Heightened BVI awareness
• Scholastic Aptitude Test on May 5
• Less dust! Road works long time in coming, says Penn
• Tourists did body shots, not cocaine — beach operators
• BVI-Miami route was our idea — VI Airlink pilot
• 8 offences | Cops hold confessed dealer with marijuana, cocaine
• Education Week focuses on discipline
• BVI mangrove population nearly wiped out
• Remove all derelicts for hurricane season, residents told
• Probe launched into Saturday’s fire | Firefighter injured
• Top teams draw in heated match-up
• All still not well in NDP camp
• BVI gospel artistes are finalists in Antigua music awards
• Salmonella alert | US supplier recalls 207 million eggs
• School meets raffle target, more fundraisers ahead
• Dr Allison Flax-Archer visits schools on VG
• Remove materials from festival grounds
• HMP gets 12 prison officers from Scotland
• Visitors caught on camera allegedly snorting cocaine
• Fahie: Workers suffer as gov’t rejects free West End facility
• Old police HQ becoming market not ruled out — Premier
• PHOTOS: Massive farewell; Speedy saved hundreds of lives
• Elton Georges to receive state funeral
• BVI Snuba assisting to replant VG
• Business complex in Pockwood Pond catches fire
• Kyron has inspired me, says Premier
• Gov’t finds potential airport investors, holding talks
• Local tricks ‘white’ cocaine buyer with baking soda, court hears
• BVI will be financially covered if another disaster hits
• First annual Surf Classic on this weekend
• BVI receiving support from UN
• Approved: Governor signs off on Recovery Agency bill
• Rotaract donates learning supplies to Autism Centre
• VIDEO: McMaster wins historic gold for BVI
• I haven’t accepted ‘hush money’ | Cline blasts gov’t
• Farmers want old police HQ transformed into market
• BVI receives grant, expert help from CARBICA
• ARREST BLOTTER: Police nab 7 this month
• Premier wants ‘visual aids’ to get public excited about recovery
• Trellis Bay Parking Lot Closed On Friday
• 4 BVI athletes in finals | Flow to host watch party
• Lifetime of therapy | Father gets 3 years for molesting daughter
• Farmers, fisherfolk earning more at temporary market
• Tortola Ladies Club seeks $10K in ten days for FSN
• Anthea Smith appointed to Legal Services Commission
• One Love closes in on Sugar Boys lead
• Taxi operator stabbed during armed robbery
• Local chef features BVI cuisine in London kitchen
• Telecoms companies given until end of year to improve internet
• ‘Disorderly’ teen freed after improved behaviour
• BVITB undertakes territory-wide greening initiative
• Public servants thanked for work in ‘less than ideal conditions’
• Prepare for another active hurricane season, residents told
• BVITB hotel aid workshops on April 10
• ‘BVIEC worked miracles — I didn’t have much faith initially’
• Brewers Bay road drainage works continue
• Businessman gets 66 months for illegal gun
• All eyes on McMaster for 400m hurdles
• Persons with mental illness landing jobs locally
• Harrigan-Scott lauded after semifinals run at Commonwealth
• COMMENTARY: How can BVI ‘build better’ with a real vision?
• Boat owners told to insure before hurricane season
• Earthquake felt in BVI
• Voters rate Walwyn as best-performing minister, says survey
• BVI athletes showcase at 2018 Commonwealth Games
• Inmates charged in prison for intent to supply drugs
• No stoplights, reckless driving causes barriers on highway
• Over 4K cruise visitors expected on Tortola this month
• Multi-hazard monitoring network being installed in BVI
• Ira Smith dies
• 45% drop in reports of child sex abuse in BVI
• Education Ministry seeking invigilators
• Former Deputy Governor dies
• At wits end: ESHS student reportedly stones business
• Report on fatal police shooting in; not ready for public’s eye
• Labour flooded with requests for ‘skilled workers’
• Premier saddened by Elton Georges’ death
• Tourist Board relocates headquarters
• Legislators should have full disclosure on all bills
• Inmate discharges noxious substance in prison guard’s face
• Give each sister island its own representative — Wheatley
• Premier the preferred leader; Walwyn, Fahie close — survey
• Premier dispels rumours of UK spies in BVI
• I would have voted no, says Christopher
• COMMENTARY: Recovery Agency a path to ‘great governance’
• BVI swimmer cops two silver medals at CARIFTA
• A stellar 2018 Spring Regatta
• SURVEY: BVI heading wrong direction, residents want new party
• $1M for phase-two of prison repairs; starts today
• Businesses need to enforce policies like Pier Park
• Vendors galore | Easter Fest a record-breaking success
• Sweet 6-1 victory for Sugar Boys
• UPDATE: BVI’s silver swapped for bronze at CARIFTA
• Mayflower finally plucked from ferry dock
• SCHEDULES: VG Easter Fest starts today
• Prison tightening security, hiring a dozen officers
• I am not dead, just hospitalised — Georges
• Archer listening to concerns on sister islands tour
• Shelters to be ready before peak hurricane season
• COMMENTARY: Fighting for power and wrecking economy
• Archer acting as governor
• Athletes get send-off ahead of CARIFTA
• Premier distances himself from UK critics in gov’t
• BVIPA: Unclaimed goods will be auctioned, discarded
• CIL forks out nearly $200M in insurance payouts
• UEFA license holder appointed BVIFA Technical Director
• Premier ‘relieved’ by majority vote | Turnbull explains ‘no’
• Young person will be appointed Recovery Agency
• Founder of local ferry company dies
• High surf warning issued for BVI
• Premier responds: Fahie ‘claiming victory’ unsurprising
• Premier, UK buckles to legislators’ requests on Agency
• Outgrown: SSB constructing new HQ, inks deal
• 2 days to go | CARIFTA team gets phones from Flow
• Easter Fest still fun, starts this weekend
• Gov’t launches public service transformation initiative
• Recovery Agency bill passes: Only Fraser, Mitch votes no
• More wins for Islanders, Sugar Boys in Nat’l League
• Accused burglars in latest arrest blotter
• Hard to do business in BVI: Bad attitudes, over-regulated
• Hire our own | Add HLSCC grads to Agency law
• CGB cemetery threatens community’s tourism
• Agriculture becoming main economic pillar a welcomed idea
• COMMENTARY: Borrow from home or abroad?
• Set-up for suicide: UK pulls ‘backdoor move’ on BVI?
• Do what UK says, borrowing locally 5 times more expensive
• Father, daughter jailed | More around with fake BVI visas
• McMaster, Malone inks deal with Puma
• Vanterpool: Show some respect, UK was hostile to Premier
• 47th BVI Spring Regatta kicks off today
• Vehicle hits teen in Road Town
• I don’t support Recovery Agency bill either — Penn
• No Agency | I will not repeat BVI Airways mistake
• Gov’t members align with opposition, Premier loses support
• PHOTOS: Governor treats local hurricane responders
• Local athlete lands sports scholarship in US
• Four certified in Hospitality Assured Programme
• Governor joins VISAR
• Job seekers get opportunities in financial services
• Premier withholds ‘secret’ UK document from public
• Major cruise lines to assess BVI before return
• Premier the downfall of BVI, Fahie suggests
• ‘Every time we clean, they dump illegally’
• Walwyn scores assistance from more donors
• Hurricane-ready | Red Cross heightening operations, hiring
• Arrest Blotter: Minors among 10 charged
• BVI’s Nat’l Disaster Management Plan under review
• Put money where your mouth is, Premier told
• Customs duty exemption expires March 31
• School putting on fundraiser for excursion to Jamaica
• Court dismisses Hodge’s appeal, reduces sentence
• EU, UK undermining BVI’s vulnerable economy
• BVI tourism set back by 5 years
• UK being our guarantor means BVI doing well
• COMMENTARY: BVIslanders not entitled or lazy
• Labour, Immigration process merging next month
• Islanders, Sea Argo net points; Sugar Boys cement lead
• Residents billed for the months without power
• Control your kids | No tolerance from ministry
• 72-year-old confesses to smuggling 21 immigrants
• Economy will grow over 6% next year — Premier
• 2018 budget breakdown
• ESHS students involved in another public fight
• UPDATE: Budget $23M less, major spending projected
• 3-vehicle accident in Road Town
• No new taxes in upcoming budget — Premier
• Punish me and release my daughter, says guilty father
• Another timeline promised for reopening West End dock
• No animosity with gov’t, I have not resigned
• VISTS starts recruitment drive to double student population
• Police release murder suspects
• PHOTO OF THE DAY: Cheerful Chicken Hawks
• Immigration officer charged for stealing
• Pier Park to fully reopen in May; wins award
• Local couple selected as guest chefs on cruise ship
• BVIHSA records first pacemaker insertion surgery
• Winner aiming to make impact through music
• ‘Gov’t marketing a lie to residents’
• Police arrest two in double-murder investigation
• Budget Address postponed for tsunami exercise
• Road Town ferry terminal getting upgrades
• Necker Island to reopen in October
• Sister Island schools advance, sweep wins in debates
• Drug offender sentenced to 42 months in prison
• BVI completes tsunami exercise
• Harrigan now charged with Daway’s murder
• Malone doubles for CARIFTA
• Ports Authority workers taking pay cut since hurricanes
• Families abandon patients at Safe Haven Centre
• 3-year-old drug case ends with guilty verdict
• Over 75 job seekers eye financial services, expo
• 11 become British citizens
• Man reportedly nursing head injuries after rock assault
• Statement from the Premier on March 12
• Rotaract donates to Cancer Society
• BVI natives will get preference for all projects — Premier
• No more debate, no reconsidering; we need to borrow
• More promises | Water to be fully restored ‘soon’
• Stop leaving HoA for other functions, Premier told
• One Love sharing top spot on Nat’l League points table
• PHOTOS: African fever at UP’s for Black Panther premiere
• Tourist Board promotes BVI across South Florida
• COMMENTARY: Marching for Commonwealth or just following the blind
• Premier holding office hours on VG March 13
• 45% chance next hurricane season above normal
• PHOTO OF THE DAY: Miss World meets local princess
• Man in murder case allegedly tries to set business on fire
• Sense of ‘entitlement’ crippling BVI natives — Businessman
• Hospital sacking security guards to get better service
• Technical school moves to get CXC accreditation
• Digicel’s network rebuild enters final phase
• COMMENTARY: BVI could have been offered billions if …
• Pickering sidesteps questions about post-hurricane food shortage
• Father, daughter caught using fake BVI visas
• Accused murderer reportedly attempts suicide
• Training facility to be built for local farmers
• Bring back locals living abroad to help rebuild
• Association confident about BVI in CONCACAF Nations League
• PAHO donates to Solid Waste Department
• BVI’s Anegada ground iguana replaces Lacoste clothing logo
• Father convicted for ‘touching’ daughter
• Arrest Blotter: Alleged murderer and thieves among 10 nabbed
• Gov’t implementing witness anonymity law
• British territory top cops discussing mutual aid agreement
• All schools must grow garden; more agriculture focus
• Stop this petty nonsense, billboard sponsors told
• Accused woman the ‘honeytrap’ used to lure victim, court hears
• Gun crimes hurting businesses, BVICCHA stepping in
• CXC CEO congratulates Walwyn
• Law coming to govern architects and engineers
• Liquor licence will be renewed once yearly
• MALE, local bikers ‘ride for life’ this month
• PHOTOS: Anniversary celebration of H Lavity Stoutt’s birth
• Rough seas disrupt ferry service | Brace for worse
• Three now charged in connection to Daway murder
• UPDATE: Police name woman linked to Daway’s murder
• UPDATE: Man’s body found among rocks on VG
• No swimming at The Baths | Dangerous seas ahead
• Outside criminals in local gang war, narcotics feud
• Expats don’t have to leave if they get job offers — Premier
• New, bigger Willy T coming this month
• Consumer protection, Freedom of Info arriving this year
• Return to BVI by March 31, financial service providers told
• New Deputy Governor sworn in
• 15 youths get post-hurricane jobs through YES
• Explosions heard in Road Town area
• Mothers told to call cops on criminal sons
• Hurricane throws body miles from grave
• Ports Authority employee gets suspended sentence for theft
• Fresh curfew not to be ruled out, says Premier
• BVI tops OECS in CXC sittings last year
• Limited insurance adjusters slowed pace of payouts
• Male hospitalised after stabbing on Tortola
• Rider dumps gun, bullets before last night’s murder
• UPDATE: Victim in month-end murder named
• I am deeply disturbed — Premier on latest murder
• Controversial billboard erected in Road Town
• I’m being kicked out though I saved lives, says UK native
• $$ saved from festival scale-down will pay outstanding bills
• Cornwall allegedly makes ‘credible threat’ in robbery case
• Security Plan | Drones to be implemented to fight crime
• Community leaders being selected on sister islands
• Fahie: Why are expats still being sent away?
• Imported pests killing local plant, invading park
• India on the islands | Countrymen cure queen’s homesickness
• Miss World queens bond with special needs students
• UPDATE: Missing 93-year-old woman found
• Major scale-down: Village being excluded from VG Easter Fest
• Waste Management Department has new contact info
• Students call for resident doctor on Anegada
• Miss World head: Branson should start commercial flights in BVI
• Sugar Boys, Old Madrid net big wins in nat’l league
• Robinson O’Neal school to be ready for September
• Jack Husbands new head of Insurance Tribunal
• Gov’t workers battling mould on VG too; building in disrepair
• Flow network rebuild making progress
• Expats struggle to survive while awaiting work permit transfers
• Christopher wants cultural village status for Fahie Hill
• VI Softball – Baseball Association hosting park clean up
• Public meeting to analyze recovery plan
• UK official visiting BVI today
• Police name murder victims; apparent drive-by shooting
• UK team in BVI to replant local botanic gardens
• Fire Chief laments ‘sheep pen’ condition at station
• Sea Cows Bay had become the funeral capital — Fraser
• Irma blamed for incomplete greenhouse project
• Omar Hodge was a true patriot – Pickering
• Plans to modernize CGB sewerage plant; beach still closed
• CTL Home Center spreads Christmas cheer
• Another payday for persons on Household Assistance Program
• Generous businessman donates cash to residents
• Hard Decision: Zoe tells why she skipped pageant in China
• Three months extension for duty-free imports
• Lower interest rates not promised despite SSB investment
• Boats gone; Thomas breathes sigh of relief
• Dengue is back – Official confirms
• Bank offers short-term loans to customers awaiting settlements
• Hundreds walk, run to help rebuild Autism Center
• Vehicle overturns on Tortola
• Over 1,000 gifted at annual Tree of Hands fun day
• ESHS students ‘wreaking havoc’ in town – Walwyn
• I kept guns for protection from crime
• Seek help from ‘colonial masters’ to solve crime – Gov’t told
• Isabella Morris Primary might become junior high school
• BLOG OF THE WEEK:
• COMMENTARY: Trickle down of wealth
• Two new ambulances arrive
• Candlelight vigil held for Kylo
• BVI prisoners likely to spend months in St Lucia – Foot
• Cane Garden Bay beach to reopen soon, expert assures
• Mother, family of murdered 11-year-old speak out
• Don’t let it grow cold – legislators beg for info on double murder
• Speedy’s left with $7 million repair bill after Irma
• It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas
• BVI entertainment fraternity mourns death of Stylee Band member
• Hundreds turn out for annual Speedy’s Feel Good Holiday Concert
• Thad Lettsome to represent BVI in Youth Sailing World Champs in China
• Two caught on camera allegedly stealing electronics
• EXCITING: Taxi operators react to cruise passengers arrival
• Trellis Bay Market and Grill goes modern; explores floating dock
•  Faster internet with full restoration, Digicel promises
• ‘The Irma Diaries’ book launch set for this month
• Insurance companies chastised for issuing deadlines
• US citizen suspectedly drowns
• CoP defends govt’s disaster response post-Irma
• Disrespectful! Fahie calls for quick reopening of West End Police Station
• Faley and Mays win 12th Deloitte-Ogier BVI Half Marathon
• Thomas still in limbo more than two weeks later
• Marine Association wants tax waiver extended
• Fingers crossed for Xmas on DeCastro Street going beyond curfew
• Branson’s Necker Cup raising funds to rebuild BVI 
• Over 800 to get financial help under Household Assistance Program
• Fresh calls for BVI to ban soft drinks, unhealthy foods
• BVI scores high at regional crossfit competition
• Organizers gear up for Xmas on DeCastro Street with far less vendors
• Nowhere to go! Persons told to vacate shelter
• Police release names of victims in double murder incident
• “Boss Irma Dung Deh” – Calypso Monarch pens hurricane song
• Homeowner weeps; seeks answers from insurance company
• Service organization considering help for Freeman
• Increased security measures for Xmas – Commissioner
• No hoarding of relief supplies – DDM dismisses claims
• No Shame – Gov’t urged to swiftly restore HoA building
• Several ex-employees rehired – Digicel
• Gov’t awaits UK money; monitors hurricane funds
• Walwyn touts importance of Culture Week post-Irma
• ‘Heartbreaking’ – Premier opens up about surviving Irma
• Virgin Islands ‘patriot’ Aubrey Levons laid to rest
• Governor deactivates emergency centre
• Apple Bay land swap deal likely – Vanterpool
• Gov’t receives 50 generators for local businesses
• More debris removal vehicles received
• BVIPA opens temporary container lot today
• Vanterpool promises better roads; no quick fix
• More success in finding stolen items – CoP
• Shop owner wants boats off his property; seeks compensation
• Walwyn rolls out digital textbooks for grades 7 and 8
• Diabetes data troubling; warning issued for the BVI
• Phone number portability one step closer – Vanterpool
• Let it go! Social worker warns against post-hurricane stress
• Xmas on DeCastro Street on; to be scaled down – City Manager
• Every bit counts: Fahie distributes $25 gift certificates
• CTL explores other shipping options
• Bad treatment causing many to shun relief – Dr Simmons
• Move them! RT parking lot used as illegal dump site
• B’More says Barbados show will be big career boost
• Call made for more religious leaders to enter politics
• Late Police Inspector given grand send off
• REPENT! Local preacher says witchcraft, incest rampant in BVI
• PHOTOS: Christians pledge faithfulness to God
• Apple Bay residents willing to swap land for new road
• McMaster begs for caution on bad roads
• Fix your vehicles before inspection – Gov’t Warns
• McMaster promises solution to sewage water along highway
• Word on the Street: Should expat looters be deported?
• Trellis Bay Market records $100k loss; resumes operation
• O’Neal pledges speedy recovery for Ninth District, blast critics
• Residents told to boycott: Name, shame price gougers
• Marché looking to reopen tomorrow; laments looting
• Expat looters to be deported
• Family mourns: Former First Lady laid to rest
• Fairwell Inez Turnbull!
• Accused murderer, two other inmates still at large
• Body identified; police launch probe
• Customers benefit from millions in top-up credit after hurricanes – FLOW
• Construction courses to be offered at HLSCC
• Governor departs for UK today; Premier to follow
• BVI Airways flights still expected, work ongoing – Premier
• Gov’t might approach IMF for money
• CXC makes adjustments for BVI students
• We are back on our feet; open for business
• Businessman helping to restore hope after Irma
• No gov’t worker will be laid off
• BVIEC distributing one-third of regular power
• Probe: Dealerships selling tax-free vehicles at duty cost
• Don’t be ungrateful; dark days ahead
• Nightmares: Residents affected by post-hurricane disorders
• Electrical inspections needed for buildings, residents told
• Monthly cash for families under Household Assistance Programme
• Family man and friend: Mouners say final farewell
• Three days remain to apply for loan suspension – NBVI
• More unstable weather conditions
• BVI Angie’s List: Workers registry to be created
• Visas being issued on arrival – Premier
• Students barred from classes at HLSCC
• Gov’t working behind the scenes, residents told
• Tropical wave may cause showers tonight
• Roughly $50M to rebuild electricity grid – Vanterpool
• UK promises private sector task force to help BVI
• Tertiary scholarships from gov’t to continue
• Cooper Island Beach Club to reopen by Easter
• Take a stand against domestic violence, residents told
• C&W charitable foundation launched with US$500K donation to support hurricane relief
• Curfew relaxed further
• Full list: Registration stations for vulnerable households
• COMMENTARY: Jack and Jill Looter
• Special help coming for low-income, single-parent families
• BVIEC not short of funds for repairs — Vanterpool
• Better roads promised soon; concrete for potholes
• Local coach to be laid to rest on Saturday
• Employers told to report status of their business
• Supermarket donates another $5K to pre-school
• Int’l banks to back recovery, says Premier
• Three arrested for hurricane heist at Int’l Motors
• Concrete roofs in high demand
• Nanny Cay announces opening this season, fewer docks
• Shelter boxes only for family units – Rotary
• BVI regional position questioned in prison outrage
• Our people are the most underused – Turnbull
• Scammers use BVI to steal $2M – Branson
• Residents urged to be vigilant, avoid leptospirosis
• Horse track ripe for private investment – Lake
• Caines blasts ‘heartless’ employers
• Residents get deadline to remove damaged vehicles
• If each person does a little, you won’t have a load
• Centenarian gets generator
• Company gives more than $50K worth of relief supplies
• Vincy officials to help with passports, schooling
• No loss of confidence – BVI Finance
• Government, several others beg funds online
• UK expected to help BVI lobby for policy shift
• BVI accepting visitors again
• Too much negativity in the territory, Walwyn claims
• Opinion: Renewing ourselves to rebuild the BVI
• Opinion: Improve building roofing systems
• Tropical wave gone, but showers remain
• FIFA rep wants urgent help for BVI
• First shelter box installed in BVI after hurricane
• High demand for tarps – More than 3000 distributed
• Stay alert, governor urges as tropical wave nears
• Complaints, criticisms not being ignored – PREMIER
• BVI seeks loans, investors after some $3.3B damage
• Business owners down-spirited, done with BVI
• Pay finally ready, public workers told
• No import duties on vehicles, food, clothing
• Vanterpool appointed acting premier
• Several job openings for residents
• Traffic lights restored on dual carriageway
• I will not abandon my school
• Generators leave boy, man in hospital
• Gov’t seeks volunteers to build houses
• Bank to host outreach sessions on loans
• Flow reconnects in more communities
• Clarification: Marlon Penn not involved in stealing
• BVIEC to residents: Pay bills to fund reconstruction
• BVI under flash flood watch
• Rain closes early childhood centres on Tortola
• Looting not part of BVI culture – Christian
• Stop criticizing the premier – clergyman
• Irma In Pictures: Main Street, Tortola
• DDM loses nearly 40 years of investment in technology
• Gov’t told not to downplay hardship
• HireBVI connecting employers with workers
• BVI resident murdered in St Kitts
• Tropical wave forecast to move across BVI on Saturday
• Gov’t begins scouting for housing beneficiaries
• Diaspora wants say in reconstruction of BVI
• BVI politician chides May for not visiting
• Layoffs not surprising, premier indicates
• Continue to spend money, Christopher urges residents
• Unruly students to be ‘punished’ with work
• Don’t rush it – Mitch wants careful return to normalcy
• Two more tropical waves threatening BVI
• Persons living in cemetery after hurricane -Fraser
• School starts – Underhill upbeat despite hiccups
• All 4 casualties of Hurricane Irma now identified
• Another tropical wave floods sections of Tortola
• Photos: The hills becoming green again
• Fahie brings in Labour reps to assess job situation
• ‘God has been good to us’ – BVI marks Irma
• Pay for gov’t workers further delayed
• Cop dies after falling ill
• Major disaster averted at power plant
• Walwyn pleased – Right governor at the right time
• Relief supplies to reach right hands, Rotary assures Digicel
• One taken to hospital after crash
• CIBC promises to help customers; gives $100K
• Get out of my country – Skelton to expat looters
• Prison sentence likely for curfew breach – Bill passed
• New curfew announced – residents get more hours
• A story on disaster: Hurricane Irma and the Virgin Islands
• Politician weeps in post-hurricane parliament
• Gastro threat heightened
• Fahie wants special curfew for bad behaving minors
• Gov’t getting 100K worth of materials to distribute – Digicel
• Most soldiers leaving within days
• NO MORE BILLS – Cable company formally signs off
• No charge for service not used during hurricane disruption
• 3 charged – Drug found in vehicle during curfew
• Hurricane Stress – Duo gives free massages in town
• Price gouging not addressed in current laws – Penn
• Kyron finds new coach
• No payout for workers laid off – Cable TV
• Penn mulls free labour initiative to rebuild houses
• You can learn even under mango tree, students told
• Airline distances itself from claims about theft
• Significantly impacted – dealer loses 131 new vehicles
• Skills training boost – HLSCC to adjust curriculum
• Irma in Pictures: Going somewhere…
• Commentary: Gov’t should build domes, revise building code now
• Walwyn appeals for help from business community
• 313 relief workers recorded
• Digicel brings connectivity to Anegada
• Murder rate reaches eight -Cops confirm gun attack
• 4,240 houses reported damaged or destroyed in BVI
• More than 6000 displaced in BVI, premier indicates
• HLSCC scraps evening sessions, classes on VG
• All tourists alive – season to be delayed in BVI
• 68-year-old man missing for nearly a month
• Public sector pay delayed; time-sheets required
• Irma injures 125 in BVI – Report
• My store not price gouging – gov’t minister
• Authorities accused of stealing hurricane supplies
• Temporary houses needed urgently – Skelton
• Persons leaving forever get 3 months NHI coverage
• Cape Air resumes commercial flights to the BVI
• Harneys lays off 18 workers; over 60 evacuate BVI
• Lift curfew so people can unwind, gov’t told
• IRMA IN PICTURES: FSN homeless
• You are not crazy – How to deal with hurricane trauma
• BVI resuming commercial flights on Monday
• He was a good man – Premier lauds late VI Airlink owner
• Five dead, thousands lost everything in USVI
• Wife of former BVI leader dies
• Henrique Liette Freedom Bay Eco-Resort Project
• UK sends 54 new officers; first batch leaves BVI
• Cell phones in class – Walwyn turns to technology
• Special measures in place for skilled workers
• Uniform optional -Students told register near home
• We don’t usually seek help; we need it now
• Processing of police reports, visa waivers halted
• BVI may evacuate citizens from Puerto Rico, USVI
• Importers urged to be patient amid issues at ports
• Walwyn reveals plan for early childhood students
• Tropical wave may affect BVI
• NHI now accepting contributions
• State of emergency relaxed – Premier in control
• Gov’t goes undercover – Price gougers busted!
• Brathwaite turns 100
• Premier should be in charge; not governor – FRASER
• Gov’t generators will not be donated willy-nilly
• UK requests ‘framework for support’ needed in BVI
• 5 health facilities suffer major damage; help promised
• Digicel resumes service in more communities
• Hundreds of jobs delayed – Little Dix not opening this year
• Premier reveals ‘priority’ businesses to help
• Electricity expected today on VG; Cabinet meets
• Body recovered – Nothing suspicious so far
• Adams takes charge – Gov heads to UK for more help
• Students, teachers must be counselled – Walwyn
• Help residents get solar panels, Skelton urges gov’t
• Looters sentenced
• Public Fear: St Lucia separates BVI prisoners
• Landlords raising rent, booting tenants
• Underground power cables take too long – Vanterpool
• Stop joining long lines, fuel in abundance
• Commercial flights this week, says gov’t
• Prisoners to be transferred to St Lucia
• Gov’t promises to assist students moving to St Vincent
• Development fund created for businesses
• Temporary water plants being shipped to BVI
• Don’t get angry, relief not for everyone
• Territory mourns passing of Merrit Herbert
• Curfew hours reduced
• Major hurricanes causing CCT to rebuild
• Tourism bouncing back; 120 boats promised for November
• Gov’t concerned about possible oil spills
• Pickering promises quick work permits for select workers
• Tax free! Gov’t approves tax waiver on imports
• 6 low-risk prisoners still on the run – Walwyn
• HELP! ‘Crackheads’ among minors and elderly at shelter
• Residents banned from festival grounds
• We never raised our prices – RTW
• BVIEC: Fallen poles may have live wires
• Residents flock ATMS
• Communications desk set up for sister islands
• Commercial court to reopen this month
• Governor gives official ‘all clear’ for residents
• 8 suspected looters arrested
• Chance of cholera outbreak very slight – Premier
• Hurricane watch ends, flash flood warning remains
• Survey identifies most needy
• $4 billion to rebuild the BVI – Branson estimates
• Gov’t gives all-clear signal to emergency workers only
• Expats share experience after fleeing BVI
• UPDATE: Maria downgraded to category 3 hurricane
• You are in my prayers – Queen Elizabeth to residents
• Premier begs residents not to take Maria lightly
• Discussions underway to reward helpful prisoners
• Governor assures prison will hold up during Hurricane Maria
• Sports Complex announced as shelter; others checked
• Gov’t moves to minimize security risks after Hurricane Maria
• Don’t use tarps yet, residents told
• Nanny Cay sets up free water station for community
• Volunteer ahead of Category 3 Maria, residents told
• Distribution centres announced on Tortola
• UPDATE: Hurricane Watch issued as Maria approaches
• Man feared dead after robbery, shooting
• Vanterpool to customers – No price increase at OneMart
• 640 shelter kits arrived today
• Immigration Department to open Monday
• PHOTOS: Road Town under flood waters
• Branson concerned about cholera, other potential disease outbreak
• Shift school starts at old CTL in under 2 months
• Over 100 escaped prisoners captured
• ‘Concerned’ Premier to review BVI’s building code
• Two disturbances showing signs of development
• Premier mulls duty-free merchandise for affected businesses
• Residents told: Chip in, gov’t can’t do everything
• National Bank offers loan concessions
• Money Available: Gov’t workers urged not to worry about losing jobs
• BVI too rich to benefit from UK’s aid budget, report finds
• Power restored at hospital, sections of Road Town
• Premier laments BVI’s needs to UK, tourism listed
• CARICOM sending food aid
• Those who leave can return
• Piped water to start flowing soon – Vanterpool
• ‘Where do I start?’ – Walwyn laments destruction of ESHS
• We won’t run out of food, water, fuel – Premier
• Gov’t to ease tax on building materials
• Airline starts commercial flights from Tortola tomorrow
• Gov’t to host meeting series with BVI businesses
• SVG Gov’t Delegation Visiting the BVI
• Full electricity restoration could take 6 months
• Insurance companies ready; property-owners told to claim
• Premier to discuss loan reprieve; banks reopen tomorrow
• Some prisoners captured – Police Commissioner
• Hurricane results in prison break; security on alert
• InterCaribbean flights available from Tortola
• No deaths on VG, Anegada after Hurricane Irma – Vanterpool
• Curfew hours extended
• Judgment was passed on us – Bishop Cline
• CASH-STRAPPED: ATMs to reopen this week
• $50k worth of tech items stolen – Bishop Cline laments
• Looters being identified – Commissioner Matthews
• Irma’s Aftermath – What you need to know (Sept. 11)
• Premier eyes UK financial support to help rebuild
• Scenes of chaos at gas stations
• Some businesses survived, says Premier in latest statement
• Residents lament food shortage; Vanterpool says food flowing
• Guyanese killed inside shop by Hurricane Irma
• Health Services makes appeal for private medical volunteers
• Residents running low on cash
• PHOTOS: Medical supplies delivered
• Hurricane Jose moving away from the BVI
• Five fatalities resulting from Irma – Governor
• PHOTOS: VG gets sweet relief
• LIAT waives fees for passengers stranded in Irma, Jose
• Gas siphoning, looting continue
• Flow: Access to telephone services available in parts of the BVI
• Tropical Storm Watch discontinued; flooding still likely
• Help at last! Heavy military presence now on the ground
• 14 shelters named as Jose approaches
• What of Jost Van Dyke?
• Curfew imposed after reports of widespread looting
• Gov’t warns – Jose close enough to cause further damage
• Branson says Necker Island ‘devastated’; promises help for BVI
• We Shall Overcome! Premier stirs hope after Irma
• BVI could be hit by second hurricane – Governor warns
• Governor declares State of Emergency; says fatalities reported
• Premier via BVI London Office: Humanitarian efforts under way
• Scenes from Virgin Gorda
• UK sending help to the BVI; other Overseas Territories
• Help Us! Cries for assistance after Irma leaves widespread devastation
• Stay indoors – Hurricane won’t weaken for BVI
• 56 people in 9 shelters up to Tuesday night
• Half of Anegada left behind; residents speak out
• New storm forms, may turn hurricane by Friday
• REMAIN CALM, leaders urge as hurricane roars
• Hospital scales down service; will remain open
• RELOCATE, residents in all vulnerable areas told
• Hewlett chosen for Miss World pageant
• Vox pop: Residents singing ‘preparation’ tune
• Hurricane now ‘extremely dangerous’ category 5
• ‘We are in this thing together’
• 7 emergency shelters opening Tuesday
• BVI told electricity, piped water may be disconnected
• UPDATE: Gov’t outlines help to leave Anegada
• BVI closing all airports
• FULL SPEECH: Premier on Hurricane Irma
• INSPIRE BVI: Winter opens up about tough life
• Ferries affected – USVI declares state of emergency
• Man found under bed, money and gun in toilet tank
• Seaborne: Hurricane to affect flights
• BVI banks to close at noon on Tuesday
• Get familiar with emergency shelters
• Learning, education, and technological disruption
• Rock urges churches to reach out through sports
• Vanterpool: Stock up on medicine, food
• Digicel kicks hurricane preparation into ‘high gear’
• Submit documents for pay, flood workers told
• Restore ponds in CGB by any means, gov’t told
• Commercial Court gets new judge
• 287 work permit exemptions announced
• 34 cases of pink eye recorded on VG
• UPDATE: Category 3 hurricane still strengthening
• Labour urges patience, still recovering from flood
• British Virgin Islanders should also be blamed
• Move all booths, dismantled structures urgently
• Cops reaching out through music
• New $10 fee takes effect for visitors
• UPDATE: Cops seek armed man for threat, indecent exposure
• Give telecom firms a bit more time – Vanterpool
• 2 guns found, 5 charged on Tortola and JVD
• Don’t rush cards before an election – Pickering
• 25 new jobs
• UK didn’t send me with hidden agenda – Governor
• Men charged for home burglaries, theft
• Phone companies urged to support app developers
• Storm forms, may affect BVI
• Four men facing marijuana charge
• Referendum on independence would fail – Malone
• Governor not ruling out prisoner transfer to UK
• ‘Be strong VI’
• Gov not sure he will invoke power like Duncan
• Happy with ‘quick’ recovery – Ships are back!
• Watch this one!
• Mosquito nuisance bites at airport
• ‘We want you to clean up your yards’ – Israel
• Border security may have to be expanded – Matthews
• Destruction looms – Too many young men lost
• Drug bust at airport
• Back to school treat – Cosby show actress coming
• Youth charged for a second prison wounding
• Many not insured – Penn calls for more options
• Fresh persons needed for high posts; Adams leaving
• Twice the price -Telecom firms making life harder
• $95K jump in reward for info on murder
• Rymer banking on ‘fair share’ of tourists
• Motorists endangering lives on ‘closed’ roads
• The true meaning of national prosperity
• The flood that cancelled emancipation festivities
• 21-room hotel to open December in CGB
• We must do things differently – climate change board
• Probe underway – Criminals leave prison at night?
• 100 years!
• Financial services gets big vote of confidence
• Stop dumping garbage in ghuts!
• Larger police force needed? Criminals now smarter!
• BVI athlete defeats World, Olympic champions
• Another major power cut; another explanation
• Zika, others still a serious threat in BVI
• BVI internet woes reach regional body
• PHOTOS: Cleanup continues
• Conflict of interest costly to taxpayers – Dawson
• Gov’t spending $100K to improve ICT chances
• Man charged after incident at Festival Village
• More than 100 flood victims get help – task force
• Great expectation – John Duncan lauded
• Politics took a wrong turn in the BVI – Dawson
• Minister tells region learn from ‘ship’ decision
• Extra money handy – more than half already used
• Cemetery to get facelift
• Lions, churches, community rally to assist flood victims
• FSN, Digicel remain partners for continued relief
• UK should uphold good governance, Premier suggests
• PHOTOS: Governor promises open ears, no nonsense
• New gov tours, lauds post-rain leadership
• Premier mulls help from UK amid ‘significant’ cost
• Cops call out parents – Minors steal near midnight
• Drains to get removable covers
• Recovery claims deadline announced
• BVI U15 ballers wow at CONCACAF tournament
• New governor arrives
• Two women robbed at gunpoint
• $45K bail for man on marijuana charge
• 3 beat 3 at prison
• Minors steal 2 scooters from police station
• Believe in your power – Malone
• Gov’t will spare no cost to recovery – O’Neal
• Help after rain – O’Neal reveals Gun Creek plan
• Vanterpool to raise two bridges
• Don’t watch eclipse with naked eye, unapproved devices
• Police recover ‘bone’ in Long Trench
• Walwyn silent amid outrage over ‘top student’
• The resurrection of Jim Crow
• Top students in CXC announced – CAPE and CSEC
• Results in subjects – English outshines Math
• Gov’t meets bank reps – Damage in the millions!
• DIRT SOURCE – Don’t blame development alone!
• Not missing – Vanterpool accounts for Christopher
• Traffic stop leads to marijuana find, court hears
• Vanterpool: SHIP WASN’T NEEDED!
• LIAT cancels several flights – BVI affected
• Storm affecting region, not directly BVI
• Help needed!
• Gov’t clamping down on sale of ‘flood’ food
• BVI native retires after 31 years in US Navy
• REPORT: Company incorporation finally increases
• FSN feeds 20 families since flooding
• AUDIO: Sharman vows to ensure good governance
• BVI under flash flood watch again
• Ground floor evacuated at Labour, Immigration
• BVI to welcome ‘excited’ governor next week
• Penn leading post-rain recovery task force
• Students to spend 2 more weeks in school
• Damage to beach project seems ‘significant’
• Walwyn upbeat – CXC releasing results this week
• Gov’t wary of heavier rains, makes appeal
• Rain, mould delay schools by 2 weeks – Walwyn
• Concern over water quality, sewage overflow
• Vehicle runs through wall at Hannah’s Estate
• Five charges – Skelton allegedly runs red light
• Even the Bible flooded – church loses about $6K
• Sowande: More cameras needed!
• Aaron blames flat tyre for missing curfew
• Governor leaves, tells politicians choose wisely
• Walwyn’s youth giving $25K for back to school
• Fire at store again – Arson now suspected
• More than usual – Tropical wave expected today
• UPDATE: Boss’s best not good enough in Anguilla
• Bail revoked – Man wanted in US back in custody
• Help fight mosquito breeding, premier urges residents
• Massive dust nuisance – cleanup too slow?
• Uninsured merchant loses about $27K, chides DDM
• Recovery is steady and swift – DDM
• COMMENTARY: ‘It was a sign’
• Two cruise ship calls cancelled
• COMMENTARY: BVI emancipation – reality or fantasy?
• Premier defensive: 30,000 can do the cleanup!
• British ship turned back – Premier
• Tropical wave may be very close by Monday
• Pastor Turnbull passes away in hospital
• Technical experts coming; all main roads cleared!
• Water back 70% and electricity back 90%
• Be wary of post-rain diseases, residents urged
• Major clean up operation announced for Saturday
• New wall prevents total devastation – Walwyn
• Floods, storms, and very human responses
• Vendors upbeat despite making no profit
• Ivan Dawson was ‘completely flooded’
• Students to gain credit in cleanup
• Malone seeks podium finish after making history
• Flood water knocks out wall -School badly affected
• Problem worse than thought – Flow offers more help
• ‘Unprecedented Experience’ – 17 inches of rain
• Cancellation of festival is ‘depressing’ – Youth
• Nearly 500 ferry tickets found –Speedy’s targeted
• One prisoner – 2 wounding incidents within months
• Electricity in most areas; water may return today
• Off to Anguilla – Dr Dawson gets new college job
• UPDATE: Gov’t offices to reopen Thursday
• Tourism industry still ‘open for business’
• Help coming, but resources are ‘stretched’
• Flow equipment damaged, replacement coming
• FirstBank to reopen on Thursday
• MORE PHOTOS: Damaged by the rain
• Man robs jerk shop, leaves shoe behind
• ‘We are closed from distributing water’
• PHOTOS: What’s up at the Downs?
• Take further precaution, residents urged
• No more festival – BVI crippled by rainfall
• Parade postponed amid flash flood warning
• MORE PHOTOS: Revelers hit the streets!
• I was consistent, says newly crowned Miss BVI
• Caribbean people should feel welcomed, BVI told
• Independence talk would have made us better
• Cline, Turnbull to start doing a lot more together
• Another pageant contestant taken to hospital
• COMMENTARY: The third party Trojan horse
• PHOTOS: Entertainers rock the city!
• VIDEO: McMaster disqualified; Kelly advances
• PHOTOS: Massive crowd, superb performances!
• VIP seeking candidate for District 3 too – FAHIE
• Gun found during raid – Four charged with robbery
• Festivity marred – No water for two days
• JJ wants locals prominent on festival posters
• I did my homework – JJ wins Soca clash again
• Don’t be silent when you are owed – Premier
• Reynold O’Neal receives IAAF Plaque of Merit
• Gunman imported, lost direction after shooting
• Convicts using relatives to avoid tough penalties
• Destra injured, may not come to festival
• 3 complete rehabilitation programme
• UPDATE: Man found hanging identified
• UPDATE: Tall gunman takes nearly $1K
• Boss is back, thanks to ‘old age’
• PHOTOS: Name village after Paido, says Cottoy
• Pedestrian struck down in Road Town
• National Bank officially sponsors Kyron McMaster
• Aaron charged with attempted murder
• Premier claims new minimum wage makes a difference
• VIP president accuses Fraser of not doing his job
• Motion filled with tired complaints -PREMIER
• My gov’t will fight with every ounce of strength!
• Lawmakers put politics above country – FAHIE
• DO NOT EAT: Sarbrett Beef Franks recalled
• PHOTOS: Bands rule in ‘couple up’ atmosphere
• Young locals intern at CIBC
• 7 more police vehicles – Premier wants impact felt
• No support for Fahie – Motion against finance minister fails
• Airline seeking investors to fulfil promise to BVI
• Woman locates murder victims for gunman – DPP
• Premier says info not given to auditors is ‘small’
• Let peace reign – Festival opens in Road Town
• Sky High to fly between BVI and Jamaica
• Man in murder case refuses to attend court
• DeCastro among winners in regional competition
• BREAKING NEWS: Third person charged in murder case
• Funds needed to prepare pageant contestants
• Significant, uncontrolled rise in prices – FAHIE
• Man accused of murdering Penn finally gets lawyer
• Inspire BVI: Family affair in festival booth
• BVI man among two held overseas in drug bust
• Man accused of fingering woman’s rectum
• Many young people frustrated, not coming back
• PHOTOS: Festival village blessed
• Photo: Car flips at Zion Hill
• Contestant falls ill, cuts performance short
• PHOTO: kiddies Fiesta ‘very very successful’
• Man stabbed at prison
• Smith, Hodge crowned Mr & Ms Junior BVI
• A national identification super card
• Man, woman charged for 2 murders
• Young athlete charged for alleged unlawful sex
• Business leaders complain to me daily – Fahie
• 54 y-o accused of raping friend’s step-daughter
• Expats should have permits to work at festival – Gov’t
• Fahie tells gov’t pick new finance minister
• Visitor’s phone stolen – Huggins ‘got away easy’
• Hotel expanding – More conference rooms for BVI
• Sailing reunion to take place in BVI
• Property tax assessment list now available
• Senior citizens invited to tent
• We are better now – OMG launching festival album
• Two children abused in separate cases
• BVI arbitration not viable – Jamaica’s arbitration leader
• MY GUN: Businessman says he wanted protection
• Fahie banking on God, says he won’t push Fraser
• Trainee cops hit the street for a dose of reality
• ‘You keep coming back!’ Freeman fined $7K
• CIL gives back to community after soap box derby
• Secondary school graduations now online
• Body recovered
• Man fined over $9K for vehicle tint
• Make yourselves trustworthy, politicians urged
• Financial crimes bad for the BVI- 2 sent to prison
• Nibbs sent to prison – Not his first conviction
• Scooter rider robs wholesale at mid-day
• Vendors warned: Respect law enforcers at festival
• Nelson’s body returned home
• RiteWay upbeat about new store on VG
• TWO CHARGED – Police find illegal gun, marijuana
• Troubled youth escapes from hospital, recaptured
• ‘We cannot wait until general election’ – FAHIE
• Winners!
• I am ashamed of myself, other women
• Helicopter important to BVI – Royal Navy captain
• PHOTOS: BVI welcomes personal bests
• History makers return home
• Gov’t approves work permit exemptions for business visitors
• Premier to face no-confidence motion
• Saved by studies – offender told to finish school
• Chief planner wants land ownership law checked
• INSPIRE BVI: Lena opens store, for Ashburn
• Liquor thief appeals for more counselling
• Lawyer wants duo fined – not sent to prison
• Passenger tax – a tax on all their dreams
• Crime and Virgin Islands society
• Regional bank approves $9.28M for BVI
• Gumbs wins historic medal for BVI
• Persons rescued from sinking boat
• With us or against us: VIP giving Fraser ultimatum
• Defending champion out of Calypso competition
• Don’t sue them – VIP thinks airline would win
• National airline coming? Gov’t accused of conspiracy
• Flow launches TV service
• Digicel announces unlimited rollover data and talk
• Man sentenced to just over 6 years for incest
• Jamaican promoted to Digicel’s top job in BVI
• Woman injured in crash
• Donovan to replace Lorna Smith
• Theft of dinghies rising in summer again!
• Over $23K up for grabs at fishing tournament on VG
• Standoff continues – Gov’t reminds airline to fly
• Prince in ‘hammer attack’ claims he is victim
• Gov’t misses out on more than $30K
• Jones notes ‘weird’ split between two departments
• Internet too expensive, poor for gov’t project
• Lawyers playing Candy Crush in court
• Premier should speak full truth about hospital jobs
• Man accused of beating woman for password
• Lower Estate man slapped with traffic charges
• Enforcement needed throughout ‘lawless’ BVI
• Youngster fined $300 after completing rehab
• Two suspected thieves being sought – POLICE
• Winair announces turn-around after near bankruptcy
• Two injured in crash
• 19 students recognized after quiz
• It wasn’t me – Man contradicts about 21 immigrants
• Airport project poses serious threat – BVI Airways
• How much are people prepared to suffer under NDP?
• Woman blocks road to beat woman, court hears
• We need money to fly – BVI Airways lays off staff
• Investment under threat – Climate board meets
• Magistrate tells man to substitute marijuana
• Magistrate: Message must be sent to escapees!
• Photos: Shameful!
• 2017 crown revealed as competition starts officially
• INSPIRE BVI: From night club cleaner to boss
• Robbers sentenced -Contractor had sleepless nights
• Kezzia Jones: The scholar who paints the mural
• Man confesses in court but pleads not guilty
• Visitors to start paying environmental levy on September 1
• COMMENTARY: A layman’s view of Brexit economy
• Body found at sea without life jacket
• Jahmiel, Bounty Killer to perform at Carrot Bay
• GUILTY: Money came from criminality!
• Gun possession was ‘honest mistake’
• Woman in hospital after attack
• Sidewalk coming! Vendors had permission to sell
• Masa chooses silence
• Political will needed to remove roadside vehicles!
• Parking lots on ‘most expensive’ shorelines in BVI
• Walwyn ‘delivering on the promise’
• Magnitude 3.50 quake felt in BVI
• Cruising permit fees to increase effective August 1
• In whose interest? Land owners called out!
• 16 PILLS – Minor vaguely knows who impregnates her
• Buildings being approved without ‘strong basis’
• BVI residents want EU-funded plan in manifestos
• Bad Reputation -Man allegedly tries to kill friend
• Widespread disruption amid overnight rain
• BVI training intensifies to crack down on child abuse
• Mystery – Two brothers missing one year apart
• Man still missing at sea
• Maduro to pray ‘bad’ prayer in vending dispute
• Illegal vendors depriving businesses of sale
• 7 illegal guns seized – Cops lament porous borders
• Fahie fires back: Everyone knows the economy bad
• Two face court after boats crash in BVI
• Premier spending a week in the UK
• Son charged for shooting – father charged too
• Gunmen attack businessmen on Tortola, VG
• Gov’t gets $30K vessel after drug-related case
• Public invited to ‘land’ meetings
• Premier wants ‘tipline’ to help catch litter bugs
• PHOTOS: Soapbox Derby
• BVI in private airline’s name a burden – Gov’t
• Tourism meetings
• Lawyer peeved – nearly two years without evidence
• Foreign companies turning locals criminals – BVI
• 2 gunmen struggle to shoot down gas station door
• Festival Clampdown! Vacationers illegally vend too
• Government: Stop all vending near round-about now!
• $90M hotel deal signed – Hundreds of jobs promised
• Gun case crumbles – Former lawmaker freed again
• Minister promises road relief on VG
• Man beaten for allegedly threatening to murder
• Cashier allegedly steals over $8K from airport
• INSPIRE BVI: Kaydia breaking gender barriers
• Premier faces petition to ban plastic straws
• VIDEO: McMaster finishes second in London
• Premier ‘staying on path to prosperity’
• Culture and race
• Trinidad hard? Two allegedly try to smuggle $67K
• Motorists warned again
• Man accused of inflicting grievous bodily harm
• Three women, one ultimate vacation goal
• Control the children during festival, Parents told
• VG puts on gallant fight to reach quarter final
• Men confess nearly three years later
• Parade attracting ‘hype’ not seen in years -WALWYN
• Soap opera actress to star at Summer Sizzle
• Festival means different things to different people
• Woman sexually assaulted on highway
• Grant decries division during festival
• Sherika was very dear to us – FAMILY
• ‘My formula is to pray, work hard, and sleep’
• Male graduates top class of 18
• New offices acquired for Supreme Court Registry
• Opinion: Work permit increase threatens businesses
• Expert finds ‘perfect match’ against Aaron, Smith
• Fahie flip-flops again on airport runway
• Premier fires back at airline: START FLYING NOW!
• Walwyn supports merger; lauds pageant leaders
• More Money Needed – Cow may fly before BVI Airways
• International lineups worth the $25 – Trefor Grant
• I was a witness at wedding – Murder victim’s uncle
• Incomplete lineup announced weeks before festival
• Festival vendors told early: Pay may be late again
• Airline fully regulated, blames gov’t for delay
• Mother gets chilling message; autopsy report released
• Belizean court orders Destra to pay for bladder
• App launched to help fight high prices in BVI
• Governor blamed for crime, court problems
• Man tells court his version of jaw-breaking story
• Minor accused of stealing thousands
• Locals under psychological attack, grads told
• Unprecedented challenge – Tourism school needed!
• Makers of ‘BE.V.I’ celebrate 10 years
• PHOTOS: 19 graduate from SDA school
• We need the airport project now – FAHIE
• Blame ourselves; not Britain!
• PHOTOS: Governor criticized as territory celebrates
• Jack the Robot: the future of work
• UPDATE: Injured persons released from hospital
• BVI wins prince contest, other titles in Bulgaria
• Tropical wave affects holiday activities
• No sewerage problem at my building- Betteto Frett
• Man who overstays for 15 years ordered deported
• Cops under fire – Chopped woman speaks out
• 71 become citizens of BVI
• Boys top class
• No choice!
• Governor wraps up farewell tour
• Delta donates just over $8K to schools
• Deadly crash was Williams’ fault – EXPERT
• Leaders silent because murder victims ‘targeted’
• $154K for financial services report
• From deputy head boy to top boy
• Governor should be seen and not heard – FRASER
• Not under my watch!
• I try to hold brakes, but it wasn’t stopping
• ARREST BLOTTER:
• Pedestrian recuperating well
• Extradition hearing ends
• Summer Sizzle goes green – Jessica to perform
• BVI tops ranking -Visitors like it least developed
• 100% pass without extra school year – St George’s
• Man declines to testify in manslaughter case
• Roberts chasing her own dreams
• ‘Smile for the boss’
• Lions Citizen of the Year: Dr Joel Stevens
• Scooter rider injured in crash
• Update: Exotic dancer injured outside night club
• St George’s names top students
• Woman struck down by vehicle
• INSPIRE BVI: Jomar upbeat about major comeback
• 7 residents of Valley injured in weekend crashes
• Aspiring lawyer wins $2,500
• Write To Read marches into summer programme
• Premier tries to build confidence in BOSS
• Underhill promises ‘adequate’ space
• Injured persons ferried to Tortola for treatment
• Walwyn calls for trade school
• Hospital goes ‘minutes’ without power
• Principal defends numbers as eight graduate
• Nasty crash leaves persons in hospital
• A family conversation (part 1)
• Ole England, Nostalgia, and Brexit
• Inside the banks – Customers owe $919M
• University graduate pleads guilty
• BVI village saved my life, says former resident
• PHOTOS: Be inspired by tough year, grads told
• Economy gets vote of confidence
• CCT among 3 approved for duty free privilege
• Fewer suspensions – Principal rethinks punishment
• Three students offered second chance
• Two new cases of HIV – both young people
• Update: Suspect held after seventh murder
• Case dropped against alleged drunk driver
• Mainly locals employed in financial services – REPORT
• ‘I could not eat’
• Witnesses coming forward after murder – Police
• Gov’t has no ‘undue influence’ over major report
• Gunfire at Fort Hill
• BVI supports 2 million jobs globally -REPORT
• Suspended! Leagues declare war on indiscipline
• NHI announces ‘tremendous’ savings, new deal
• Cable TV laments ‘malicious acts’
• Company incorporation suffers another fall
• Commissioner upskills sergeants
• Write and buy more books, residents told
• Mitsy dedicates first book to firstborn
• Women told to get off their ‘high horses’
• Beach vendor denies selling alcohol illegally
• Malone wants major conflict solving initiative
• Pull from private sector to help public sector – Governor
• BVI’s top male student dreams engineering
• Duncan reports better coordination for disasters
• Duncan notes: Completely different set of skills
• RiteWay announces price cuts in excess of $1.5M
• Governor gets ‘outdated’ call to testify
• Young men to promote use of proper English
• Governor wants territory to remain ‘British’
• Don’t pay us on your own, NHI tells employees
• Oops!
• Young scholar eyes marine industry
• Incentive Scrapped – Gov’t agrees with Walwyn
• Fahie gets ‘early Christmas’
• List of shelters for 2017
• Photos: Several awarded
• Cicely Malone, Edward Bannister to be honoured
• ‘It feels surreal’ -Teacher wins for District 3
• Woman claims she lied under duress -MURDER PROBE
• Gov’t blasted amid claims it shuns peace concert
• Court hears how murder unfolds: Fahie shot for words?
• Photos: Musicians decry gun violence, sex crimes
• COMMENTARY: A maritime dejavu
• Six vying for junior pageant titles
• Two charged following murder of Frankie Fahie
• Merged – CCT touts better service with BVI Cable
• City hunts solution; car washers hunt earnings
• Teen gets ‘one chance’ after sex with 12-y-o
• VG school to lose principal, assistant principal
• Schools with ‘most severe issues’ to get priority
• Magnitude 3.45 quake felt in BVI
• Statement: Pickering on new work permit fees
• Lebritnie Legair – District 5
• All six qualified, VIFFC declares amid concerns
• Case thrown out due to ‘disrespectful’ complainant
• Abigail Christopher – District 5
• Law firm hired for over $654K without tender
• More than $77K in duties not sent to Treasury
• Youngsters tell businesses: Give us a chance
• Walwyn claims wall was of ‘great urgency’
• West End man owns marijuana, disowns cocaine
• Festival launch delayed until public holiday
• COMMENTARY: Who is sorry for us?
• Gov’t struggles with cows – Not enough meat buyers
• Shauna-Kay Miller – District 3
• Walwyn claims parents will pay less for books
• Essynce Evans – District 4
• NHI tells graduates: Change status or lose coverage
• $52K MORE – Engineering report not used on VG
• BVI to pursue number portability – Vanterpool
• Walwyn talks upgrade – Funding still uncertain
• Long overdue – financial statements finally completed
• Man pleads not guilty to beating ex-girlfriend
• Internet providers working towards better service
• Top schools named – 87 percent success in Grade 12
• NOT ‘MY’ GOV’T – Pickering short on answers
• Something came over me, says alleged wife killer
• No more entry-level jobs for expats
• 6 schools named for French, Mandarin in September
• Top student turns stigma into success
• More than a Mile -Man leads cops to marijuana farm
• One Mart not affected by Conagra Brands recall
• ‘Domestic violence is a community problem’
• Gov’t touts job creation as anti-crime strategy
• Woman trailed, accused of cheating before murder
• Neil Smith sent elsewhere, replaced by Glenroy Forbes
• USVI man held after cocaine bust at airport in BVI
• INSPIRE BVI: K’Nesha now living a childhood dream
• Chichester finally graduates
• Turnbull gets chance to be ‘more productive’
• 68 unemployed youths get ‘job fair’ opportunity
• Man injured; boat capsizes during race at sea
• Stab wound to neck – Man charged for murder of Jamaican wife
• Major fight at Sports Complex
• Woman stabbed to death – 6 murders in 6 months
• Festival to honour Turnbull, Lettsome, Blyden
• Pageant Clash? Brin resigns from committees
• Hospital worker dies suddenly
• Carrot Bay men charged for marijuana
• Austerity and Theresa May’s last dance!
• Dirty socks left at burglary scene -George charged
• Walwyn takes constitutional review to college
• PHOTOS: 190 graduates vow to ‘be the change’
• Top achiever Julissa Cedano: I tried not to give up
• There were sleepless nights – Top achiever Zora Williams
• Family fights to keep murder from among cold cases
• BVI footballers test skills in Saint Maarten
• Graduates told to avoid bad labels in the BVI
• Uncertainty – UK election ends with hung parliament
• I was in a bad situation, says woman on theft charge
• College reveals top students as 190 graduate
• BVI brings home squash championship title
• Law coming to better protect BVIslanders
• CCT announces it is platinum sponsor of festival
• Jade Hodge – District 2
• Man fondles woman through window, court hears
• BVI lauded for massive wins, including Chef of the Year
• Gov’t will not squander additional power, Premier hints
• Person using fake profile of premier to seek money
• Man plays ‘ass’ at accident scene
• Caines calls for serious look at work permit issuance
• DNA links George to another burglary
• NHI lauded -Walwyn, Smith praise gov’t at mid term
• BVI Airways gets more routes – New York, Orlando
• Fraser suggests natives have right to feel entitled
• Man found guilty of incest
• Premier on appointment of expats: LIMITED OPTIONS
• LIAT facing widespread disruption – Tortola affected
• Archer to feature in Power Moves Series
• Kathlyn Archibald-Drew – District 1
• Tenders invited for cleaning services for Government Complex
• Public asked to remove derelict vessels from Sea Cow’s Bay Harbour
• RiteWay shores up
• Penn chides resorts trying to ‘squeeze out’ locals
• Extradition hearing adjourned; journalists locked out
• Simon wins Benz
• 7 witnesses – Grandma allegedly assaults teacher
• No curfew for the ‘friendly’ east
• Fire destroys car – at least 8 such incidents this year
• Fingerprint wanted from man in ‘stolen’ clothes
• Police force to become less dependent
• BVI talks asset management at China offshore summit
• Keep your books open to the public – Premier
• Epilepsy hard to track in BVI – Jaleel intensifies the fight
• BVI youth takes on big regional challenge
• Callwood flown overseas after serious accident
• Theresa May’s election gamble conundrum?
• UPDATE: Police say escapee recaptured
• Prison officer released from hospital
• BVIslander wins Rotary International award
• Marinas accused of laying off locals for expats
• Premier confident about arbitration despite slow start
• Frett changes plea
• Saved by boulders
• Don’t become too relaxed!
• Freeman finally sentenced for 2012 offence
• BVI rep to observe UK elections
• Former hospital worker gets $45K bail
• Prison officer injured
• Students bring creativity to life
• 7-day visitor overstays for 15 years
• BVI gun crimes ‘not anywhere near’ others
• Minister accused of blocking law enforcement
• Airline awards passengers, celebrates with DR
• Walwyn downplays possible loss to USVI
• BVI chefs leaving for regional competition
• Lawyer wants lengthy wait for trial considered
• Taxi operators still ‘fighting’ for visitors
• Combine Them -Lawmakers say too many marine fees
• CTL receives international recognition
• Left with an injured arm – Man punches glass door
• Magistrate orders review of video
• 3 who left home for better life sent back
• Gun case: Terry Smith shocked cousin visited him
• Skelton wants ports improved; fears visitor decline
• Boats charging $800 nightly – Penn urges clampdown
• Marijuana is gateway to cocaine, magistrate warns
• Most young boat operators not running drugs -FAHIE
• I am coward, man tells court after nasty fight
• Second man was at Smith’s home during gun find
• Ferry operation resumes at gov’t dock June 1
• Politicians ‘seem afraid’ to shake up yachting industry
• People through the ‘whole’ BVI seeking jobs
• Walwyn wants locally based boats to also pay more; end to seasonal rates
• INSPIRE BVI: ‘I love him like hog love mud’
• International artistes end Jazz show in style
• Man ‘followed’ friends into marijuana habit
• ARREST BLOTTER – May 14 to 20
• Barbers, beauticians cautioned
• Car bursts into flames on Windy Hill
• Manchester: good versus evil
• Update: Man injured; shot fired at club
• Dancing in the rain – Top acts switched to night 2
• Motorcade preludes major boat show on Saturday
• Man found in house at Sea Cows Bay dies
• Anthony re-appointed head of Immigration board
• Man tries to steal while gunman robs RiteWay
• Audit team facing ‘some challenges’
• Pregnant woman sits on moving car for ‘justice’
• Frett caught with ‘very sharp knives’ in Road Town
• Premier explains about-turn in paying out $7M
• Cable TV to undertake network upgrade on May 29
• Nurses, midwives now have code of conduct
• Water company in a bigger mess
• Man fined but told not to pay
• Brathwaite bemoans failed attempt to buy RiteWay
• Saved by rent -Arbitration centre hopes to break ducks
• Pickering accused of beating man who demanded pay
• Governor should lose commission of inquiry power
• Boys ready to represent BVI abroad
• Arbitration centre eager for direct flights to US
• BVI told to improve facilities, try business tourism
• Morgan Heritage, Alaine among major stars coming
• Camera or no camera?
• Victim being a cop didn’t affect sentence – JUDGE
• Gov’t has no ownership in BVI Airways
• Turnbull, Kevin Smith seek settlement with Delta
• Athletics boss pleads to ‘very large’ corporate BVI
• Financial services company expands
• Ex-lovers plead guilty to criminal damage
• Long Bush man cuts off panties for sex
• Nine statutory bodies owe nearly $11M for electricity
• Pickering earns notable degree
• Pickering against ‘burdensome’ work permit fees
• This is just the beginning, Kyron says during celebration
• Magnitude 3.61 quake felt in BVI
• POLICE: Who is this man?
• Female driver accused of beating male driver
• BVI urged to heed wake-up call, prioritize cyber security
• Tearful woman recalls beating
• Prison terms suggested for breach of disaster orders
• Kyron working with Usain Bolt’s management
• Truck driver and star athlete – Kyron McMaster
• Maduro fined for incident at Tortola Pier Park
• Jack sentenced for assaulting police
• Jamaica’s oldest newspaper: We now know McMaster
• HMS Brexit and the Brussels Iceberg
• VIDEO: McMaster runs world leading time
• Masa found guilty of gun possession
• Inmate charged with attempted murder
• Sex worker gets $300, told she can sue beater
• Probe and Prison – Fraser ‘smells’ UK appointments
• Malone fined $500 – Compared to Donald Trump
• OPINION: Welcome to the twilight zone where wrong means right
• Fahie may be used, Fraser suggests
• Deceased found floating on water -Coroner Involved
• We cannot hide from the public’s eye – Vanterpool
• BVI pushes ‘free movement’ at latest BREXIT talks
• Two women charged with malicious wounding
• I am here today crying out for peace -LETTER
• Sharman appointed next Auditor General
• 5 murders ‘unbelievable’ -Peace concert to be held
• Leonard has wound; VISAR helped getting him to hospital
• Photos: Crash in Pockwood Pond
• Aruban investors shut out of telecoms market
• Living condition meeting scrapped – EMPTY CHAIRS
• Man sentenced for handling stolen goods
• Minister’s guest: When is the next boat to USVI?
• Leonard found dead on Cooper Island
• Sonnel freed! Still no mental health report
• Christian on death penalty: What about murder victims’ right to life?
• Woman’s fee urgently covered at HLSCC
• Walters finally admits to supplying marijuana
• Fahie sounds warning amid talks of disunity in VIP
• Gov’t defends selection or road contractors, purchases
• Cocaine user sentenced
• Six inmates complete rehabilitative course
• Virgin Islands Party déjà vu
• PAGEANTS MERGED: One big show; bigger prizes
• Christian notes: Gay marriage now legal in Bermuda
• Prison boss confirms major operation – items found
• ‘Don’t rush it’ – Human rights bill introduced
• Fahie faces hostility over gov’t debt
• Frett opens up about bedroom beating, drug dealer
• Residents told speak up, living conditions being tested
• Fraser reads gov’t mind – SSB to fund airport project?
• Senhouse finally reaches court for 2013 incident
• Ramlall wins 2017 Spelling Bee Competition
• Former bank worker gets 9 years for murder attempt
• Update: Henley gets $50K bail after family ordeal
• New financial services law will ‘cost us’
• Former soldier charged for severe beating of child
• Be willing to lose the election – Walwyn slams UK
• Delta suffers second defeat in battle with BVIEC
• INSPIRE BVI: BVI native speaks for over 200 abroad
• Bank of Asia will be online-only
• Johnny left in dilemma as marriage rekindles
• Flow pays mothers’ shopping bills
• Sightless man bakes for special needs students
• Former gov’t worker sentenced for theft
• Social Security wants to invest in National Bank
• Tourist pepper-sprayed in fight with police
• PREMIER: Not many other airlines were interested
• Lawmakers pass bill giving bank new lease on life
• Aiden Brydon raises over $1K for animal shelter
• Man locked up for allegedly seeking abortion
• Holder ordered deported after feud with ex-lover
• Man to visit police station after alleged death threat
• Tourist Board supports students’ boat effort
• Flooding, fallen boulders, office closure on VG
• Maduro finally confesses to beating over wife
• Review compensation regularly – BVIHSA
• Man denies helping with savage group beating
• Regional: OECS launches ILAND initiative
• BVI affected by ‘unstable’ weather conditions
• Branson’s loan programme opening
• Parham Town road closure May 13 and 14
• Junior Minister of Tourism speech competition
• Skelton appointed deputy director of tourism
• Jesus quoted in gun case – No gun shop in BVI
• No lengthy speech – Community’s help needed!
• Woman attacked, wounded in Baugher’s Bay
• Four leave Digicel – including Hull
• Technical school PTA meeting on May 17
• More than 99% of Tortola, VG now covered – DIGICEL
• Gov’t announces return of Sargassum Seaweed
• Man allegedly caught on camera denies crime
• Bail revoked, ex-con pleads guilty to gun charge
• Gov’t cannot deal with mental health patients alone
• ‘I am not a troublemaker; marijuana is for stress’
• Murder rate relatively low, but highest since 2008
• New hospital chair urged to find locals working abroad
• We must take better care of our nurses – Skelton
• Airline makes first trip between BVI, Dom Rep
• Fraser renews effort to ‘liberate’ local companies
• Health minister, Red Cross appeal for help
• Neighbour denies assaulting Moviene Fahie
• Motorists advised about upcoming road works
• BREAKING NEWS: Gunshot victim dies in hospital
• Smith guilty of beating sex worker for more
• INSPIRE BVI: From rejection to distinction
• Little Dix promotes staff – new managing director
• Complex relationships – Man loses deportation case
• Critical condition -Social media ‘suspect’ released
• DeCastro charged following alleged drug bust
• No negative impact – Police boat out of service
• Another vehicle bursts into flames – this time on VG
• Opposition seeks answers; stray cows being chopped
• Bank reps visiting VG on Monday, May 8
• Man shot in Long Look
• Brexit will not be pleasant!
• Skelton wants burials possible within 24 hours
• Record conviction against former cop, court rules
• Guyanese $20 spoils prosecution’s show
• New power plant NEEDED by 2021 – BVIEC
• Lawmakers change course regarding parental control
• Walwyn told how to spend portion of youth money
• Vanterpool celebrates renewable energy ‘progress’
• Lions host well-attended gala
• A pleasant ‘surprise’ for Freddie
• $50M project handed over – Fewer outages expected
• Tortola boy, VG girl charged with theft
• Opposition leader ‘appoints’ former cop Romney
• A GRAVE SITUATION – Steel awaiting flesh in gov’t cemetery
• Cocaine washed away? Evidence accepted
• Nibbs slapped with double conviction
• Turnbull rubbishes claims that he fails contractor
• We seem to inherit all the problems – PARSONS
• BREAKING NEWS: Jaspert appointed governor
• Prison beating caused Dore to escape, court told
• USVI children’s parade prompts call in BVI
• Hold your horses young people; we have more to give
• Too expensive to get expert – ‘Evidence’ at risk
• Smooth transition on VG, but rental fee a secret
• Power project completed, plant getting new name
• Persons to lose homes over garbage pile-up
• Health official tries to allay ‘Robin Hood’ fear
• PHOTOS: BVI represented in adult parade in USVI
• Day of Prayer being held on Thursday, May 4
• 22 illegal immigrants sent home; 5 still in BVI
• They may come here homeless -Parsons on deportees
• Money problem leads to forgery, court hears
• $200K promise – Walwyn chides school debaters
• BVI remains top offshore jurisdiction – REPORT
• Seize private land for school, Walwyn told to consider
• Tourists using dangerous road – Gov’t wants land
• COMMENTARY: Thanks to ‘Trumpism’ people may see the light
• Gun case contradiction
• UPDATE: Dore turns himself in
• US approves BVI Airways, gives explanation
• Don’t park at the yacht harbour, ferry users told
• Mother, step-father arrested for child abuse
• Marketing pitch – CCT promotes Richardson, Philip
• Lawmakers rubber stamp proposed laws in mad rush
• INSPIRE BVI: Melville leaves Digicel with big plans
• BVI ducking another commitment – money problem
• Pay or Prison -Mother, daughter fined for marijuana
• Two in custody weeks after bail offer in gun case
• Gov’t clamps down on law-breaking moorings
• BVICCHA decries cost of doing business; lauds gov’t
• BUY LOCAL – How long have we been saying it?
• Fire guts car
• PHOTOS: BVI royalties in USVI parade
• The deadly church cult!
• Scotia goes blue to fight child sex abuse
• Winter sentenced to 5 years for gun, gets advice
• Josephine Rhymer laid to rest
• Gov’t mulls up to 300% increase in cruise permit fees
• Prisoner on the run after escaping on VG
• OneMart pulls Robin Hood flour, related products
• Trump frightening, but don’t panic – BVI TOLD
• Gold rings, new junior league in basketball competition
• PHOTOS: Revelers living their name in USVI
• BVI chided for fake youth centre, limited political will
• Harrigan banks on Trump for tourism boost
• Education minister for 4 days – Dr O’Neal
• PHOTOS: Excitement in the stands; excitement on track
• Adina Donovan Home receives wheelchair donation
• Don’t diss police – Man pays in scooter incident
• UNICEF report sparks fiery debate in BVI
• Adultery appears ‘common’ in the BVI – UNICEF
• Brin leaving CCT for managerial post at BVI-IAC
• US moves to tax remittances sent to BVI
• Oil Nut Bay hosts local basketball team  Bayside Blazers 
• What Fahie likes about Donald Trump
• Don’t charge children below 12, UNICEF recommends
• Long Look resident guilty of not paying attention
• First annual Mahi Mayhem fishing tournament coming in May
• Mysterious figure in public accounts: $589,916
• Many living ‘fake’ socio-economic status
• Willock claims he has strong campaign committee
• Man guilty of assaulting three cops
• REPORT: VIP handled finances poorly in 2011
• Banking services still scaled down after flooding
• Illegal immigrants squeal on alleged smuggler
• VIP wasted public resources on private property
• Continue singing about me, O’Neal to Calypsonians
• Caribbean Posh to host empowerment brunch for women
• CIBC FirstCaribbean maintains partnership with UWI
• Persons who can afford burial still apply for grants
• UNICEF denounces bias in social services 
• BVI to introduce electronic visas
• Boys robbing to help single mothers – UNICEF
• Skelton disagrees – Expats accused of not hiring locals
• Myron banks on Kyron, needs money for athletes
• VG woman pleads guilty to several counts of theft
• Students to access CXC ebooks – Online learning hub launched
• Gov’t announces various changes amid dock repair
• Penn calls for urgent laws to fight NHI abusers
• Update: Police say robber at C&D used local accent
• Make English a second language, UNICEF tells BVI
• Concern raised about tension, abuse of expats in BVI
• Persons must be certified to own homes – SSB
• VG classrooms may not be ready for September – Walwyn
• INSPIRE BVI: BVI belonger a one-of-a-kind trainer
• Call to cell phone service providers
• AUDIO: Minister urges persons to become vaccinated
• Gov’t owes more than $13M for electricity
• Premier not sure when pier audit will be completed
• Gov’t thinks it owes $3.4M – W&SD not sure
• Over $6.2 M spent on airport project -No tendering
• Scooter rider sentenced after hit and run
• A Brexit Two remake!
• Airline collects full $7M -Premier dodges questions
• UNICEF report sparks outrage over expats’ children
• Donors get wall, urged to give more to hospital
• Wife explains scooter rider’s ordeal
• Children bake and bless
• Gov’t to review work permit fee issue amid outrage
• Lee Road closed on VG from April 21 to 28
• Gen-Y Factor semi-finals re-scheduled to May 6
• 16-year-old charged for stealing scooter
• Bound Tree Road closed for two months, starting April 20
• ‘School Spirit’ entrepreneurial competition
• Grounds broken with advice: You must pay mortgage
• Give me the F** money – gunman with local accent
• Update: Police suspect American commits suicide
• Lawmakers promise shorter wait for bodies – BILL PASSED
• Man who threatens business owner sentenced
• New fee sends positive message abroad
• Revealed – new building to replace staff room at ESHS
• BREAKING NEWS: RiteWay supermarket robbed again
• Scooter rider overseas after serious crash
• Man allegedly robs former schoolmate at gunpoint
• Bill passed for visitors to pay $10 -Residents too?
• Residents, visitors are being taxed to ‘death’
• Cruise ship passengers won’t pay new fee – Vanterpool
• Walwyn announces new study plan for over 4,000 students
• Fahie blunders – Lawmakers stalling PAC
• Gov’t denies tampering with Auditor General report
• Murder victim was with woman; man held released
• Gov’t approves new work permit fees, large penalty
• Vehicle burns
• Six boats destroyed this month – 2 fires, 1 location
• Mother, daughter busted with marijuana at home
• 3 silver, 3 bronze
• PHOTOS: It was a great weekend – Sasha Flax
• Singers blast ‘sleeping’ NDP government
• Walwyn is ‘hardest working’ member of gov’t
• UK prime minister to seek snap election for June 8
• Patrons at Wet Fete: Where is the water?
• Committee clears air as locals, expat quarrel
• Police arrest man; disrupt fight at festival village
• No Paido; no Calypso – PAIDO
• PHOTOS: Paido calms tension with Calypso win
• Jah Cure praises VG for peace – Joyce slams gays
• I don’t have any money to pay festival volunteers
• Walwyn: Getting a room almost impossible on VG
• BVI records fourth murder – Joseph shot
• Don’t destroy the festival on VG, honouree appeals
• Two face court for scooter stolen at gunpoint
• VG READY: Walwyn says festival well marketed
• VG READY: Nearly 40 troupes registered for parade
• IGWE: Trump goes nuclear!
• Walters ordered to stay away from complainant
• Festival at Easter – Is this truly a nation built on God?
• Road work being halted to accommodate festival
• POSHGirl brunch on Easter weekend
• ‘I don’t have a job; I drink everyday’
• Smith: We need to account for the pier money
• Gov’t gets more than $300K amid guilty verdict
• Men hauled before court over stolen ring
• Rural entertainment on Saturday, April 15
• VG committee: We made a good choice
• Josephine Rhymer passes at age 97
• Airline promises competition for fares above $500
• Seek help, Tittle urges persons thinking suicide
• Airline funded by gov’t blocks journalist
• LETTER: The government’s fake awards show
• BVI moving away from business that brought success, focuses on wider range of services
• Purcell man back in court after alleged gun threat
• Scooter rider in hospital after crash
• Most cruise ship passengers visit CGB, Brewers Bay
• Estranged couple faces court
• McMaster lauded
• Russian leader says relations worsened under Trump
• MALE now using farming as a tool
• Major project launched to save coastline in CGB
• Man charged for driving without taxi permit
• More than 12 illegal immigrants held
• Serial burglar sentenced to over a year in prison
• Branson upbeat about new tourism venture in BVI
• Gov’t told foreign investors not giving enough
• ‘We are recovering’
• Gun jammed – Motorist aims at pedestrian
• Flow losing managing director, head of marketing
• Premier to make two audits for VIP gov’t public
• Gov’t now using ‘cheaper’ way to deliver projects
• Gov’t to pay over $286K in airport case – COURT
• ‘A lot of us cry inside’ – Lifeline launched
• Luke appointed to territory’s football association
• Dead people meters being used; bills not paid
• Virgin seas and the children’s future!
• Start exporting goods, premier urges businesses
• Gov’t examines payment issues – VG work continues
• Four local bands approved for carnival in USVI
• Yacht harbour dock to be used to enter VG
• Hotelier bemoans bad review as noisy work resumes
• Autism centre gets ‘HR with Heart’ donation
• Below average hurricane season predicted
• Gov’t communication unit clamours for resources
• Walwyn wants quick access to $13M loan
• Man charged after alleged theft at Bobby’s
• Beach project to be completed later than expected
• Penn laments: People dump stoves, fridge in ghuts
• Land but no access – Gov’t urged to provide road
• Vincy secures win over Grenada in 2020 Tournament
• CCT unveils mural
• Hundreds told: Transparency increased in BVI financial services
• Woman charged for death of Julian Turnbull
• BVI Airways brags about support from tourism interests
• VG dock to be relocated for a month amid repairs
• Men on gun charge offered $60K bail
• 42 year-old motorist charged with resisting arrest
• Lawyer wants release of vessel fined $10K
• Sewerage water flowing onto beach at Handsome Bay
• Medical pens recalled
• Garbage removal proposed as alternative sentencing
• BVI gets warm response at US tennis tournament
• 83 phone calls -Married man faces court for murder
• Absolute rubbish Premier denies UK wants election
• Minister announces Royal, Carnival returning
• People breaching new retirement law
• Gov’t told send road workers abroad to learn
• John Samuel appointed to serve on Public Service Commission
• Premier softens stance on airport project
• Two children released from hospital after accidents
• I AM IN – Willock hints at political entry
• Update: Boat captain among 2 charged for gun
• Christopher calls for ‘nicer’ bank relationship
• Entrepreneurs told: Get rid of fear and ignorance
• PHOTOS: Successful regatta rakes in at least $4M
• BVI Airways director released from hospital
• Photos: Totally Evil prevails
• Several flight cancellations as strike hits LIAT
• Farmers want more than lip service – Christopher
• BVI health system a good example for others, says PAHO consultant
• Most deaths in Caribbean due to non-communicable diseases
• Man charged for murder of Penn
• BVI cop defeats four in race for regional crown
• Fahie challenges authority of minister, civil servant
• BVI Airways director in hospital
• Voter rebellion!
• Two accidents on Tortola; one on Anegada
• Investment Club laments $6M setback
• Matthew Hazel Guilty!
• Pier park done in vacuum, causing VG to suffer
• Residents concerned – Road may not be ready
• Gunman robs grocery store
• Flemming House cops cheerleading title
• Top two principals, teachers named
• Sailors revel at 2nd annual Scrub Island Invitational
• Walwyn makes formal request for Fahie to be probed
• Residents told most in the Investment Club are VIP
• No land reclaimed – Investors respond to VG
• Supermarket closed, restaurants closing on VG
• Gov’t blasted as investors develop harbour on VG
• Brexit team announced – Premier says BVI is proactive
• Major increase in child neglect
• Miss World BVI Makes $400 Donation to Charity
• 17 scooter accidents in three months
• Dangerous chase through town -Scooter rider guilty
• Motorist caught stealing goods from Bobby’s
• Two-year Brexit starts – NO TURNING BACK
• Money in budget for 2015 increments
• Premier brings clarity: Governor already got $528K
• Leading by example: Group bans plastic at event
• Sewage flowing from yard to yard
• BVI gets $1.3 million for climate change project
• “Seek knowledge before vengeance”
• Digicel giving customers up to 3GB of data free
• ‘Our story must be told’
• 2 pedestrians hit – scooter riders flee
• Teen charged, rebuked for allegedly beating cops
• Not enough money to repair various gov’t buildings
• Hospital receives machine in honour of late Ellie
• UPDATE: Grace products no longer banned
• Winair restores fuel charges
• Less than 3 months – BVI getting clearer consumer protection view
• Eggs-perts Easter Reading Camp kicks off next week
• NHI told: Don’t search for the cheapest providers
• An international fleet race ready for the 46th BVI Spring Regatta & Sailing Festival
• Cavaliers crushes Vincy in FLOW, Superfast LTE 2020 Cricket Tournament
• Fahie remains vigilant for Malone
• Airline announces flights from BVI to Dom Rep
• Governor won’t fulfil some of Fahie’s wishes
• ‘Zero-tolerance approach to violence’
• INSPIRE BVI: How a child makes a businessman
• Don’t blame the premier alone – Walwyn
• Don’t fight the governor, premier advised
• Clothes being collected for some job seekers
• BVI Seafarers Complete Management Course
• King Charles the Third, Brexit, and a new Commonwealth part 1
• Not from the UK – Governor welcomes local support
• BREAKING NEWS: Two cops injured in Road Town
• Smith reportedly heading on leave amid confusion
• Four year-old dies
• Governor explains why he is seeking $1.8M
• NDP meeting told: Governor takes $1.8 million
• Cline compares governor’s action to nuclear weapon
• Five down to compete in regional police pageant
• BVI under spiritual siege – Cline plans unity march
• Branson Centre calls for mentors
• Eight vying for $5K, Calypso crown on VG
• Rescuing ourselves from political treason
• Update: Man held in murder case released
• VG festival gets $130K – Private sponsorship falls
• O’Neal suggests referendum on ‘Easter’ festival
• Destra, Jah Cure, Gospel concert for Easter festival
• Fahie wants telecom workforce investigated
• Collision in Sophie Bay
• Pension plan jitters – Liability growing by $8M
• Walwyn brags about $250K for youth employment
• Younger males breaking traffic laws ‘all of a sudden’
• BVI strengthening service to improve healthcare access
• Social workers told: Children abused behind your backs
• Mitch blasts governor: Nobody elected him!
• BVI seeks way around Brexit at Brussels meeting
• Inmate reprimanded moments before death
• Arch rivals clash over who ‘wasted’ public funds
• Fahie wants special law, incentive to protect CCT
• Lawmakers bemoan murders: Prayer needed daily
• 3 investors knocking; education board approved
• Booths are to be Registered for Virgin Gorda Festival
• BREAKING NEWS: Student in hospital after suicide attempt
• Net Neutrality: How will it affect the Caribbean telecoms industry?
• Fraser appeals for phone number portability
• Carrot Bay man charged with rape
• Businesses urged to employ persons with disability
• All salaries to increase at hospital
• Skelton hints at hiding information
• Tribute to the late Kenneth ‘Pupa Ken’ Phillip
• NDP announces big meeting as it tries to revamp
• BVI footballers selected to face 28 in Flow markets
• Tsunami Evacuation Exercise Draws Record 25% of BVI Population
• We will definitely catch you, Flow tells serial vandal
• Harriette Skelton softball league starts
• 31 new cops recruited, including first Filipino
• Update: Residents report worsened utility services
• Government and BVI Finance Sign Cooperation Agreement
• Photos: Bougainvillea celebrates expansion
• ‘Somebody saw something’
• Step-mom sends direct message to Killer
• Smith apologizes for premier’s wrong info
• 63-year-old sentenced for marijuana
• The declining Virgin Islands moral culture
• The declining Virgin Islands moral culture
• Pickering wants more courts as problems worsen
• Deron Walters charged for $1.5M worth of cocaine
• Premier undermines governor’s reason for using force
• More fireworks at drug trial – THIS IS MY COURT!
• Fahie wants ‘bully’ government further disciplined
• Premier mulls immediate help from abroad, retired cops
• DNA before child support
• Fraser blasts governor for ‘desperate’ move
• Scooter rider charged after highway chase
• BVI Reading Council Awards Keden Ortiz
• Women to be punished too
• Scooter rider hospitalized after crash
• Governor forces gov’t to give police more money
• Teen dies in crash – Tried to evade garbage truck?
• Not just money – Fraser wants emotion in child law
• Lorna Smith: Airport project may not happen tomorrow
• Cops arrest motorist after cocaine find
• Timeline in trouble –Still no airport negotiation
• Lawyer accuses magistrate of bias in drug case
• Premier sings different tune: Chinese seek concessions
• How St Georges wins debate showdown
• BREAKING NEWS: Three in hospital after crash
• Never write off a student, teachers told while being honoured
• Scooter rider treated at hospital after police chase
• In-laws get prison sentence for illegal entry
• TPP investors paid – Vanterpool reveals figures
• Sewerage problem worsens – Penn mulls loan
• Cop deduces ‘misguided’ attempt to hide cocaine
• Project to curb pollution delayed
• Champions!
• Lawmakers square off in parliament over BVI Airways
• FAMILY: Murder convict was child of privilege
• Commonwealth Day activities a major success
• Homosexual crew ready for sailing regatta
• Are we using our education to build or destroy?
• Home intruder gropes woman’s buttocks
• WARNING: Rough seas expected tomorrow
• Man destroys wife’s phone amid alleged assault
• Prominent women in BVI encourage students
• First national basketball champs to be awarded rings
• Commonwealth Day Message:
• Two weeks for work permit renewal
• Five certified as patient care technicians
• Police warn against reprisals following deaths
• STATEMENT: Premier saddened by deaths
• Values, norms, and failed states
• Man escapes attempted shooting in Road Town
• Dawson murdered – About 10 gunshots heard
• OPEN LETTER: BVI Airways says it’s disappointed
• Two visitors die amid rough seas
• PHOTOS: Students experience Commonwealth
• Penn found dead – scene bears signs of a fight
• Revenue increases by more than 90%
• Woman beaten for not paying ‘enough’ attention
• Visa exemption for all cruise ship passengers
• Premier pushing for open skies regime in OECS
• USVI native to be deported
• BVI notes changes in weather patterns
• MORE CONFUSION: Gov’t did not approve BiWater sale
• Airlines trying to block BVI Airways’ application
• COMMENTARY: Road safety is public safety
• Why Prospect Reef was not prosecuted
• MOU signed – Investment amount still a mystery
• Gumbs boycotts court
• Premier declares interests, not sure about colleagues
• Premier insists: Airport project is affordable
• Woman in court for allegedly making death threat
• Seaborne, Vieques Air Link enter cooperative agreement
• Masa pleads at ‘sex tape’ trial – Cop testifies
• Delinquency hits loan programme
• Gun expert testifies as USVI men face court in BVI
• Men from BVI, Canada charged with theft
• Canadian firm wants to recycle food waste
• Blood trail leads to 62-year-old ex-convict
• Bank drops greenhouse funding – Gov’t presses on
• NPT wants to hike fees, improve The Baths
• Huggins creates history
• PICKERING: We all want to get re-elected
• PHOTOS: Fahie seeks support at party gala
• Work for Harrigan Estate – $623K contract signed
• Squatters can acquire land ‘too easily’
• Man who uses marijuana for ‘seizures’ fined $2,500
• Weeping man begs magistrate not to revoke bail
• Street violence reaches prison
• Gov’t threatens to sue delinquent taxpayers
• Three women selected to feature in local campaign
• Three rescued amid rough sea conditions
• Persons escape burning yacht
• Photos: BVI honours first chief minister again
• Walwyn: Leadership goes far beyond being in charge
• Truly prosperous nations- part 1
• Ministers lament long wait, condition at port
• Health minister wants marijuana decriminalized
• Economy is still robust – WALWYN
• Five stalwarts being honoured at grand gala -VIP
• Man accused of trying to buy sex, dissing cops
• Revival Time! Artistes arrive for major Gospel show
• Skelton wants residents protected from politicians
• YCCS reopens following $3M improvement
• COMMENTARY: Will blacks ‘overcome’ before Christ returns?
• Walwyn against election atmosphere in the BVI
• Let’s talk… We don’t have to fight
• Three local stalwarts collect awards
• Skelton warns: Airport project may breach protocols
• Over $100M wasted – Vanterpool wants to fire
• Law student admits to stealing $44K from cop
• No subsidy for empty seats – Premier
• Second language to become mandatory
• Buy toilet paper for school, minister tells journalists
• Over $20M to invest -Walwyn wants vote on gambling
• Lawmaker wants banks reported to regulator
• Fahie drops bombshell about BVI Airways
• Gov’t told to vote against its own budget
• Father sentenced for beating daughter with wire
• Vanterpool ‘hurt’ by rumour about stealing
• Airport project bad for BVI Airways – Fahie
• Partners 4Kids has grand opening on Tortola
• Local Gospel artistes wins Caribbean Gospel Marlin award
• Penn tells parliament: Decriminalize marijuana
• Pressure rises -More gov’t members against airport
• Fahie sheds light on prison fence; chides Walwyn
• Graham fined $1K after badly beating wife
• Man allegedly masturbates in front little daughter
• WRONG FENCE: $200K stting in parking lot six years
• More youths seeking ‘hand-outs’ from gov’t
• Brother causes sister ‘severe injuries’ in fight
• No specifics on BVI -Digicel cutting 25% of global staff
• Prisoners to help remove debris from roadways
• NHI claims hospital attempts to over-charge too
• Gov’t to close down dump, charge vehicle owners
• ‘I will not remain quiet’
• Vanterpool fights hospital’s request for $3.7M
• Man accused of assault in nightclub bathroom
• Two cars for a dollar to be raffled at BVI Spring Fest
• Photos: Female driver in hospital after crash
• HMS Brexit
• ON ECONOMY – ‘I cannot deal with too much stress’
• 18 gun robberies last year – BVI to test bullets
• We can’t suspend people, NHI finally admits
• Daddy beats me badly, 5-y-o tells police
• Over 200,000 claims in one year – NHI WORRIED
• TWO BUDGETS: Still not enough money for classrooms
• ‘Buildings do not provide policing’ – Matthews
• 22 more employed – Gov’t upgrades for flights
• Four to be honoured at 2017 NLBC Award Service
• Women rise against airport: WHERE IS THE MONEY?
• Bigger budget; less service: WHERE IS THE MONEY?
• USVI p#ssed over Obama visit, BVI parliament told
• Details of bloody gun fight revealed in court
• Vanterpool: I am not interested in leading NDP
• Masa testifies in gun trial – VERDICT NEARS
• NEW PLAN: Margaritaville not coming this year!
• Seven Seas promises ‘long term’ partnership
• Steer clear of marijuana: dialysis patient fined $4K
• Trump calls Trinidad about terrorism
• Doctors pull back, give hospital board more time
• No bad blood – WALWYN
• Medics not afraid of being fired!
• Browne sentenced for stealing employer’s coins
• Pastor couple earns third degree together
• RVIPF marks 50 years with focus on community
• BVI told consider the bittersweet – join the ACP
• 3 to be awarded BVI Badge of Honour
• Man captured in video slapped with 5 charges
• Grant appointed to head festival committee
• Tell the police your name, residents urged
• Boss gets 5 stitches after dispute with worker
• Premier puts hospital board in ‘unstable’ position
• Williams-Sylvester appointed Court Manager
• Teen sentenced for dissing police in Sea Cows Bay
• Gov’t urged to intervene in salary dispute
• BVI suffering from ‘huge brain drain’
• ‘We are not machines!’ Medics protest at hospital
• Job-seeking immigrants get 6 months in prison
• Traffic cop in fatal accident was taken to hospital
• Dispute brews – Hospital pushed to review salaries
• INSPIRE BVI: Barzey breaks glass ceiling in BVI
• Medics illegally forced to sign contracts?
• Darel Christopher – BVI’s first international professional cyclist
• Doctor loses negligence case against hospital
• Pickering attends small island symposium in Bahamas
• Seaborne announces changes in leadership
• Wheatley dies in crash on Tortola
• The church of compromise
• Rescue operation underway for 5 fishermen
• Famed author among speakers at upcoming TEDxRoadTown event
• ‘I HAVE A HEART’ – Magistrate gives woman 4 months
• EMPTY STATION: Vandal slashes jeep tyres in CGB
• Premier visits centenarian Christalia Hodge
• BVI announces task force to study fallout from Brexit
• Man sentenced to 6 months for cutlass attack
• Vanterpool: Consider the governor’s criticism
• Premier mulls review of ‘marijuana’ punishment
• CCT school tour in full swing
• A year later: Minister still touts TPP investment
• BVI bands getting waiver for carnival in USVI
• Fahie pleads guilty to gun offence; back in custody
• North West eyes $5M profit annually in BVI
• Pregnant woman fined; steals co-worker’s phone
• Fulfilling a demand – Bougainvillea launches urgent care services
• Potter impressed with North West; not gov’t delay
• Four charged with illegal entry after sea operation
• NBA invites two locals to global basketball camp
• Farmers Week delayed until November – Pickering
• BVI Airways announces major deal with local firm
• Expat nabbed 5 years after stealing $21K, leaving
• BVI to give ‘something’ for new water deal
• Bank to visit residents of Anegada, other islands
• Vanterpool notes: Seven Seas now operating BiWater
• Early release? Walwyn touts new push to educate inmates
• Roundtable with financial services stakeholders in UK
• Two of 14 juveniles re-offend
• BiWater contract under review – $4M annual saving
• Vehicle hits man near Pussers
• Gov’t to save $2M annually from 3 water deals
• BVI men get bail amid fight to block extradition
• Expat cop picking on me, Gumbs tells court
• Duncan chides gov’t amid talks about independence
• $6K paid out after two football competitions
• Woman to pay $6,500 for beating cop, handyman
• Too much noise on a Sunday!
• Love never fails us!
• Gov’t to sign revised water deals
• Auxiliary cop injured during traffic operation
• Man badly beats woman over photos, court hears
• Death of visitor shows up ‘heart’ shortcomings
• Frett accused of dousing woman with beer
• INSPIRE BVI: A community dream rescued
• Man uses ‘bad words’ in court after $700 fine
• Give police some of Tourist Board money -Willock
• Yellow Pages moved to Yello
• Court to make ‘bail’ decision in drug case Monday
• Show sensitivity to the ‘challenged child’
• Walwyn tells parents ignore ‘unnecessary’ appeal
• Major disturbance at prison
• Teen gets one year for stealing, torching scooter
• Too many white-collar criminals getting away!
• $5K fine for marijuana, suspected stolen phones
• A long journey – 32 residents now British citizens
• Autism Centre gets new vehicle from Rotary
• Stop discriminate against people with mental illness!
• ARREST BLOTTER: January 29 to February 4
• Motorist who bites cop fined over $9K after 5 years
• Man who beats cop in court to pay $300
• Residents urged to stop health risk in East End
• …Men, dare to be faithful!
• How taxi-man allegedly had sex with minor
• Politics: Too many hiding ‘behind banana tree’
• Scatliffe punished for breaching protection order
• Fisher to keep Golden Boot as reminder of potential
• Fire Department gets six new recruits
• Woman scooter rider among 7 motorists charged
• Commish on video: I fully support the police
• Two wanted in the United States remanded in custody
• Brexit meeting: BVI wants to trade goods
• Police name taxi operator in sex case
• Man harms another with cutlass
• Bougainvillea opening urgent care service on February 15
• Motorist to pay big bucks after serious crash
• BVI’s first fire chief laid to rest
• Dangerous overtaking – Woman sentenced
• Citizen sentenced to one year for illegal entry
• Biker slapped with 6 charges after street brawl
• Leonard gets second chance, second deputy
• Tourist in court for overstaying during job search
• Governor says he has the power: Fraser was sacked
• Another promise: Lee Road to be ready for festival
• Gadietz’s contract renewed for ninth time -Digicel
• Man in the Middle: Pregnant woman escapes taser shot
• Fraser replaced – Fahie now opposition leader
• Boynes to spend at least 30 years in prison
• Sentence reduced in Cordell O’Neal gun case
• Taxi-man charged for sex with minor
• Cruise ship passenger dies after falling ill on tour
• Fraser not surprised: JIPA suing NHI over contract
• INSPIRE BVI: Sixty and still studying- Robyn Fawcett
• Woman stabbed
• First and Second Districts youth encouraged to register for Gen-Y Factor
• Applications being sought for VG Food Fair, Grand Parade
• Jack Populist versus Julius Caesar
• Horsepath residents invited to site visit
• Premier attending Brexit meetings in UK
• Teams invited to register for BVI Softball Association league
• Tenders invited for solid waste collections
• VIDEO: Residents, scooter riders challenge cops
• Students out of hospital: No broken limbs
• Fahie to leaders: Stop turning people into puppets
• Man allegedly threatens to douse woman with acid
• Study to be conducted on value of BVI’s natural resources
• Walwyn: I did not contradict the premier
• Todman promises to deliver by September
• New beneficial ownership secured search system unveiled to industry
• Court orders suspension of driver’s licence
• ARREST BLOTTER: January 22 to 28
• Nearly 40% of ESHS students make honour roll
• 5 students taken to hospital after bus incident
• $6K fine for 3 marijuana plants
• Goodbye Obama!
• Court punishes motorist who lied after crash
• Winter pleads guilty in gun case
• ‘He is gonna lead VIP to the ultimate goal’ – Wheatley
• Second suspect held regarding gun murder
• Islanders win title before competition ends
• Sonnel tells court: ‘Everybody make mistake’
• Desperate man in court for stealing cousin’s food
• Teachers fleeing schools; I don’t blame them!
• Wife takes ‘man of the house’ to court
• Osborne wants Walwyn held accountable
• Force main pipes being installed – Disruptions on road
• Winter in more trouble – charged for illegal gun
• Power outages expected as new system undergoes test
• Man says BVI prison is the best; thought it was worse
• Walwyn concerned: Students shunning teaching
• Law student allegedly ‘doctors’ trade licence
• Major shakeup – Delma Maduro heads resort board
• Wanted man caught: Two guilty of illegal entry
• Congress expected to stanch VIP bleeding
• Overnight visitors pass 400,000 for first time
• Fraser: VIP lacks trust; deceit used to remove me
• No gender bias! Magistrate locks up woman fighter
• Governor called out over ‘secret’ negotiations
• Female motorist accused of being ‘rude’ to cop
• Better single than competing for married men
• Fahie tells constituents why he should replace Fraser
• Police knock down door, find student with marijuana
• Several derelict boats removed from Great Harbour
• Driver hits pedestrian – later realized victim is close relative
• Hundreds already connected to Digicel home internet
• The trickle down ‘fallacy’
• VIP debt now stands at more than $100K
• 2 charged with illegal entry amid major probe
• Magistrate: Watch your temper, Mr Henley!
• Fahie declares: I didn’t diss former candidates
• Current situation makes independence scary
• Frett appointed to pull youths back into VIP
• Father charged for touching daughter
• DeCastro taking literacy to another level
• “I am not gonna be running here and there”
• Mother sentenced for damaging son’s phone
• Fahie to seek peace with Fraser [photos]
• No trouble for at least 2 years, Freeman ordered
• Finance Minister Fahie? Public funds taken away?
• Tell him retire! Fahie foresees problem in NDP
• Opening Soon – Walwyn explains continued library closure
• Arrest Blotter: January 15 to 21
• Bank announces sale of building housing Bolo’s
• Major works start at ESHS; soon commence on VG
• BVI Airways gets UK approval; US next
• Leonard wins $5K, overseas trip in business clash
• PREMIER: We must hold elected officials accountable
• 53-year-old Clifton Scatliffe cries in court
• Mix and Mingle tonight, January 25
• Fire Department urges vigilance for fire hazards
• Second-class citizens the underdogs in society
• Bolt loses Olympic gold as teammate fails test
• Obama-mania
• Politicians upbeat about Obamas’ visit
• Estranged lovers injured in nasty fight
• Illegal gun found on beach; another on vessel
• Wind farm for Tortola; hybrid power for Anegada
• Government to get ‘strict’ on people it owes
• UK court rules that parliament must vote on Brexit
• Man threatens to chop motorist, court hears
• Islanders cement leadership; others still battling
• Obamas in BVI for vacation
• Cops destroy several marijuana farms on VG
• Man tries to flee BVI after alleged sex with minor
• INSPIRE BVI: From deadly attempts to saving lives
• Frett to pay $750 for biting woman over sex
• Man pleads guilty after drug bust; gets $50K bail
• Penn selected to lead trade policy committee
• Perez to represent BVI in six countries after major win
• BVI Finance gets new board
• WINNERS: Calden James and Mya Walwyn
• Eight vie for high school crowns: Who will win?
• President Donald Trump the populist
• 45-year-old charged for sex with child
• Far more patients; Gov’t needs revenue from abroad
• Motorist faces several charges in Supa Cop hit
• Woman fined, turned over to immigration officers
• Gov’t to provide housing for new small businesses
• Man fined for dislocating girlfriend’s finger
• It’s official: President Donald Trump
• Electronic water billing coming soon
• Gov’t not fazed by drop in financial services
• UK specialists to assess BVI gun needs
• More bad news for financial services: 35% drop
• Evil increasing: Pastors warn BVI may be punished
• Commish: Tortola road bad for swift response
• All local football clubs now required to be licensed
• Obama’s last full day on the job
• Fraser fires back: Governor can’t remove me!
• Pedestrian struck in front high school
• Foreign cops told: Don’t come for the lifestyle
• PREMIER: Gov’t paying out more, bringing in less
• BVI prepares to cash in on Trump era
• Woman loses job, remanded for alleged over-staying
• Economic growth achieved; prices to rise generally
• Bad timing: Sharie DeCastro against airport project
• Water distribution still a major priority, Gov’t says
• VIP moves to replace Fraser as opposition leader
• BREAKING NEWS: Man’s leg broken in scooter crash
• Motorist fined after hit and run
• BREAKING NEWS: Kyle Frank dead in scooter crash
• Malicious Propaganda – Premier on airport project
• Crime declined by 4 percent – Premier
• Cops saw gunman who murdered Fahie
• Beach access laws should be upheld, Gov’t declares
• Closure of beaches will not ‘severely’ affect tourism
• ‘Don’t mess with the poor!’
• Accident: Driver critical; 2 tourists in stable condition
• $323M BUDGET: Gov’t reveals road, environment fee
• UPDATE: Photo op gone wrong – Canadian teen dead
• Pastor tells church: No salvation in NDP, VIP
• Gov’t ignores proposal to appoint press secretary
• Digicel launches ‘lighting fast’ LTE network
• Build a sturdy bridge to ‘Charlotte Amalie’
• Emergency repairs considered for undermined road
• BVI Airways establishes office in Road Town
• Man charged for pointing plastic gun at father
• Cline on Church: We have weathered many storms
• Henry: Chinese to set up asphalt, concrete plant
• PHOTOS: Car overturns, injures occupants
• No ‘whole life’ sentence for murder convict – DPP
• Fireman fined nearly $5K for marijuana, cocaine
• Fahie writes to Pickering: Address beach access now
• BVI sponsoring ‘Glam Slam’
• Track and Field: Development meet being held
• Obama ends US visa-free residency for Cubans
• ‘Dr Smith can’t fire you!’
• Fahie wants court to clarify business deals
• Fahie wonders: Did the premier abuse his power?
• Bishop Cline wants deputy to succeed him
• Opposition tries to whip governor into action
• Mediocrity now acceptable, DeCastro laments
• Authorities close more beaches
• Penn: We should embrace the Chinese investors!
• Jean Vanterpool vows to give back amid concerns
• Social Security signs $11M contract for 43 houses
• Skelton caves in
• Gov’t considering visa-free entry for Chinese
• Giving business owners guns won’t solve crime -Fraser
• Air quality problem forces changes at Supreme Court registry
• ARREST BLOTTER: January 1 to 7
• Update: Authorities clueless about explosions
• Bishop Cline claims he is a ‘casualty’ of NDP feud
• No financial impact: Bishop Cline got $1K monthly
• Police meeting in Long Look following murders
• Premier has ‘deep concern’ about violent crimes
• Bougainvillea: First prostate cancer surgery done
• Man accused of breaching bail condition gets bail again
• No charge yet in murder case
• Beaches closed due to dangerous sea conditions
• John Cline resigns amid massive split in NDP gov’t
• Sharie DeCastro decries murder, wants RVIPF overhaul
• Suspected drowning at Long Bay beach
• INSPIRE BVI: Labourer rising after major fall
• 3 families booted from homes in 4 days
• Suspect held for deadly bar shooting
• Premier: I won’t give up finance ministry
• Legal enmity between children and parents?
• VG records first robbery for 2017
• Local footballer making major strides, eyes professional career
• Man shot dead during robbery
• From Paris to London, and then back to paradise
• Vanterpool to show DeCastro ‘value for money’
• Robbery suspect held
• No excuse for hitting crosswalk users – Vanterpool
• Licence, permits may be revoked for child support
• You have to choose the best pothole to drop in
• No permanent job at BVIHSA for former boss
• Youth sailors wrap up 2016 in Orange Bowl Regatta, Miami
• Masked man commits burglary in Carrot Bay
• Residents whipped into action – ambulance not available
• Proposed law: 16-year-olds may leave parental control
• I pray God arrest problems threatening society
• Cline concerned about financial stability; backs gov’t
• DeCastro on roads: Where is the value for money?
• Minister told: Be truthful or find another job
• BVI Finance changes name to BVI Finance Ltd
• Nearly a dozen people to face court for marijuana
• NHI awaiting legal opinion regarding suspension
• Filipino rep talks work, life in the BVI
• Child support: Employers may be sent to prison
• Boat captain dies suddenly on VG
• Neil Blyden was ill
• Buyer accepts gov’t condition for RiteWay sale
• Business group ‘very concerned’ about crime
• Proposed law punishes misuse of child support
• Fully fledged body – Gov’t ramping up compliance
• Politicians remember Blyden – ‘Tortola lost icon’
• Gunmen with local accent threaten to shoot security
• Better days ‘right around the corner in 2017’
• Many beheaded in Brazil prison riot; inmates escape
• USVI bracing for likely fallout from BVI project
• Frett proposes vehicle tax, pay cut for lawmakers
• Man accused of drug dealing pleads not guilty
• Promoter extraordinaire, Neil Blyden, dies
• From Paradise to London, and on to Paris
• OPINION: Even worse in 2017 if things don’t change
• BVI considers ankle monitoring bracelets to manage offenders