An unemployed woman has been fined $4,500 and given suspended prison sentences after she reportedly stole thousands from a local law firm four years ago. Denise Stanley had previously pleaded guilty to four counts of theft and two counts of […]

Organisers of this year’s emancipation festivities have dubbed Saturday night’s leg of the celebrations a huge success considering the strong turnout of patrons and the equally strong acts that performed inside the festival village in Road Town. Chief among those […]

Spectators to the Global Glamour Runway Show — an event associated with the BVI’s annual Summer Sizzle — were once again dazzled for three hours by the latest work of top designers from around the world. “I enjoyed it, I […]

PRESS RELEASE: When he puts his boat in the waters in Paracas, Peru on Saturday, August 3, Thad Lettsome, 17, will make history as the British Virgin Islands first Laser Sailor in its Pan American Games history. “I’m excited and […]

As the events for this year’s emancipation festival get underway, Premier Andrew Fahie has urged residents and would-be offenders to steer clear of criminal behaviour. Speaking at the opening ceremony of the Prime Time Festiville in Road Town on Friday, […]

By Esther Durand, BVI News Staff Premier Andrew Fahie has said Neville ‘Sheep’ Smith never had to declare his company’s interest to provide business services for the emancipation celebrations, but only did so in the interest of transparency and accountability.   […]

Calling for an assessment of the local judicial system which she suggested was flawed, Sixth District Representative Alvera Maduro-Caines has raised concerns about the two-year sentence handed down to Shamoii Dagou for looting a television set after Hurricane Imra. The […]

Tenants at the Cyril B Romney Tortola Pier Park owe government well in excess of $300,000 for rent, Premier Andrew Fahie has disclosed. “The total outstanding to date owed by tenants of the Cyril B Romney Tortola Pier Park is […]

Government currently owes employees of the hurricane-ravaged Prospect Reef Resort more than $150,000 in outstanding wages but said it plans to settle the near-one year debt in a few weeks. Premier Andrew Fahie made that disclosure while answering questions from […]

Several local and regional acts officially blessed the festival village on Thursday through a Gospel Fest, making way for the official opening of the activities on Friday. The God Movement, Verne Profit, Oneyke, Dylan J, Joy Praise, Gabrielle Danae and […]