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2018 FIFA World Cup starts in Russia tomorrow

2018 FIFA World Cup starts in Russia tomorrow

British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) — The 2018 Fifa World Cup gets underway on Thursday when hosts Russia face Saudi Arabia following an opening ceremony at Moscow’s Luzhniki Stadium. Football’s showpiece event features 32 teams, including holders Germany, competing in 64 games […]

by / on June 13, 2018 at 1:31 PM /
Public servants should not march, gov’t not transparent — Adams

Public servants should not march, gov’t not transparent — Adams

Retired Deputy Governor and veteran public servant Rosalie Adams has said she is fearful of the direction in which the public service is headed. Her fears were realised following two recent local protests, and amid what she implied was poor […]

by / on June 13, 2018 at 8:51 AM /
12 shelters being assessed, 14 undergoing repairs — DDM

12 shelters being assessed, 14 undergoing repairs — DDM

Roughly a dozen land-based emergency shelters in the British Virgin Islands are currently being ‘assessed’ and another 14 are now undergoing repairs as the territory treads deeper in the 2018 Atlantic Hurricane Season. That is according to the Director of […]

by / on June 13, 2018 at 8:45 AM /
Vanterpool in command — a woman of historic firsts

Vanterpool in command — a woman of historic firsts

Many persons inside and outside the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) might know her as ‘Superintendent’. But on June 9, Officer Jacqueline Vanterpool was acknowledged as something entirely more respectable — Commander. Militantly robed in her ceremonial attire and her […]

by / on June 13, 2018 at 8:44 AM /
I did not boycott the Queen’s parade, says Christian

I did not boycott the Queen’s parade, says Christian

Junior Tourism Minister Archibald Christian has sought to set the record straight about his absence at The Queen’s annual Birthday Parade in the territory. The chairs which had been reserved for several legislators, including Christian, had remained conspicuously unoccupied at […]

by / on June 13, 2018 at 8:35 AM /
21 Registered as British citizens

21 Registered as British citizens

PRESS RELEASE: Twenty-one persons are now British citizens after having been previously naturalised as British Overseas Territories citizens. The new citizens accepted their certificates and recited the Oath of Allegiance to Her Majesty the Queen and the Pledge of Loyalty […]

by / on June 13, 2018 at 6:14 AM /
Out of the woodwork | Skelton, Turnbull vie for top 2 NDP posts

Out of the woodwork | Skelton, Turnbull vie for top 2 NDP posts

By Davion Smith, BVI News Staff Another internal campaign video has emerged in the public domain – this time of first-term legislator Melvin ‘Mitch’ Turnbull throwing his hat in the ring for Vice President of the National Democratic Party (NDP). […]

by / on June 12, 2018 at 4:06 PM /
My church is available for shelter if needed, says bishop

My church is available for shelter if needed, says bishop

As residents await the Department of Disaster Management’s (DDM) full list of marine and land-based emergency shelters for the 2018 hurricane season, Bishop John Cline has said the doors of the newly-renovated New Life Baptist Church in Duffs Bottom would […]

by / on June 12, 2018 at 2:00 PM /
NHI hopes to limit health coverage of select beneficiaries

NHI hopes to limit health coverage of select beneficiaries

By Davion Smith, BVI News Staff Authorities responsible for the National Health Insurance (NHI) scheme are hoping to effect policy changes to reduce revenue losses; some of which are projected to affect the scheme this year. Director of the Social […]

by / on June 12, 2018 at 8:21 AM /
Vice presidency, other posts also up for grabs in NDP elections

Vice presidency, other posts also up for grabs in NDP elections

The result of the upcoming presidential race in the National Democratic Party (NDP) is what political observers are eager to see when the party hosts its biennial Convention on June 23. However, the NDP has announced a number of other […]

by / on June 12, 2018 at 7:47 AM /