The Advance Passenger and Information Act has passed in the House of Assembly and will now allow the British Virgin Islands to be in line with CARICOM standards. The legislation makes it mandatory for aircraft and vessels coming or leaving […]
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Sporting activities allowed to resume under specific protocols
Sporting and recreational activities can once again resume in the British Virgin Islands now that Cabinet has approved specific protocols which must be adhered to in order to participate. Sports Minister Dr Natalio Wheatley said it was necessary for government […]
COMMENTARY: BVI and Black Lives Matter
By Benito Wheatley, Contributor The Black Lives Matter movement is prompting the British Virgin Islands (BVI) to look at both racial injustice abroad and discrimination at home as global protests continue around the world against police brutality and systemic racism […]
Woman found with gun gets police bail while man nabbed for cannabis cultivation kept in custody
A woman who was reportedly found travelling with an illegal gun this month has been released on bail while a man who was nabbed for cannabis cultivation a day later remains in custody. A media release from Royal Virgin Islands […]
Pastor opposes gambling legislation ahead of HOA debates
Ahead of the final two readings of the Gambling (Gaming and Betting) Control Act in the House of Assembly today, Senior Pastor at the Cane Garden Bay Baptist Church Reverend Dr Melvin Turnbull has voiced his opposition of the legislation […]
Neighbourhood Watch, more street lights coming to stymie crime on VG
In an attempt to restore the low crime status on Virgin Gorda, Ninth District Representative Vincent Wheatley said plans are underway to implement a neighbourhood watch and increase the number of functioning street lights on that island. Wheatley told BVI […]
CCT suspends future advertising with VINO for controversial cartoon
At least one company has suspended advertising with local news website Virgin Islands News Online (VINO), who has been under heavy public criticism for publishing a cartoon of Governor Augustus Jaspert kneeling on the neck of radio talkshow host and […]
Craft Alive vendors getting 6-month rent moratorium as village readies to reopen
Government is granting the 59 vendors at Craft Alive in Road Town a six-month moratorium on rent payments as the village now readies to reopen after months of closure caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. City Manager Janice Brathwaite-Edwards said the […]
More police presence in RT to assist with new traffic turnaround
With the traffic turnaround in Road Town now in effect, the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) has increased their presence throughout the capital to ensure a smooth transition of the new changes. This is according to Head of the […]
VINO’s cartoon, Skelton Cline’s remarks ‘disturbing and grossly offensive’ — Governor
Governor Augustus Jaspert has condemned local news website Virgin Islands News Online’s (VINO) controversial cartoon with him kneeling on the neck of radio talkshow host Claude Skelton Cline. He has also denounced Skelton Cline’s June 9 statements that led to […]
