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Director of Projects at CDB Daniel Best (left) and CDB president Dr William Warren Smith at the bankd headquarters in Barbados on Thursday. (Photo by BVI News)

CDB assesses RDA’s competency to manage $65M loan funds

By Davion Smith, BVI News Staff The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) is currently assessing whether the Recovery and Development Agency (RDA) is capable of managing funds from the $65 million they loaned to the BVI for rehabilitation and reconstruction. Director […]

by / on February 8, 2019 at 7:36 AM /
Bishop John Cline

Cline willing to go to war with UK over same-sex marriage proposal for BVI

Bishop John Cline has expressed his willingness to resist the United Kingdom once more if they push for the territory to legalise same-sex marriage. “They (the UK) have not come down on us [yet] but it is coming, and they […]

by / on February 8, 2019 at 7:19 AM /
Maduro-Caines produces pocketbook of accomplishments to quiet ‘haters’

Maduro-Caines produces pocketbook of accomplishments to quiet ‘haters’

In a move to silence critics questioning her representation, National Democratic Party (NDP) candidate for the Sixth Electoral District Alvera Maduro-Caines has produced a pocketbook of her accomplishments in the past two terms in office. Maduro-Caines unveiled the pocketbook during […]

by / on February 8, 2019 at 7:16 AM /
Previous Virgin Gorda Easter Fest

No longer in hurricane mode, VG Easter Fest returns to full slate of events

The Virgin Gorda Easter Festival scheduled for April 20 to 22 will be back to its full slate of events this year. Treasurer of the Virgin Gorda Easter Festival Committee Cleo Brewley-Besson told BVI News on Thursday that the pageants, […]

by / on February 8, 2019 at 7:13 AM /
Airport runway’s resurfacing to be completed in just over two months

Airport runway’s resurfacing to be completed in just over two months

The now overdue task to resurface the runway at Terrance B Lettsome International Airport should be completed in two-and-a-half months. Cabinet gave that indication in its latest report to the public. The report said: “Cabinet decided, in principle, to an […]

by / on February 8, 2019 at 7:05 AM /
Nagico supports local author

Nagico supports local author

In what was a two-fold gesture, Nagico Insurances donated a dozen of the recently launched book titled, “Nursing In The Virgin Islands: A Historical Perspective (1920-2017)” to the H. Lavity Stoutt Community College (HLSCC). The book, written by Registered Nurse […]

by / on February 7, 2019 at 4:36 PM /
RVIPF officers undergoing crown control training. (Photo provided)

RVIPF, prison officers receive ‘crowd control’ training for protests, large gatherings

Officers in the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force are receiving training on how to control crowds during times of protest or during “any large gathering whether peaceful or violent”. UK-based company, Red Snapper Learning, was contracted to offer training to […]

by / on February 7, 2019 at 1:59 PM /
Dr Natalio Wheatley

Wheatley proposing to redo Miami airline deal and favour local air carrier

The British Virgin Islands might see another airline deal for direct flights to the United States if the Virgin Islands Party (VIP) is elected as the next government. Dr Natalio ‘Sowande’ Wheatley — the VIP’s candidate for the Seventh Electoral […]

by / on February 7, 2019 at 7:30 AM /
Waterfront Drive in Road Town is one of several thoroughfares in the territory that is being resurfaced.

Road resurfacing timed after rainy season, not for elections — Vanterpool

Works Minister and National Democratic Party (NDP) candidate Mark Vanterpool has said the road-paving works that are ongoing across the territory is not an election gimmick but rather part of a medium-term plan to improve road infrastructure while designs are […]

by / on February 7, 2019 at 7:20 AM /
Dajshon Benjamin

Man remanded for harbouring fugitive brother Khori Prince, bawls in court

A Greenland man who was allegedly caught harbouring his fugitive kin has been brought before the court and charged with harbouring a prisoner. The 23-year-old, Dajshon Benjamin, was also charged with handling stolen goods and possession of 13.2 grams of cannabis. […]

by / on February 7, 2019 at 7:15 AM /