The H Lavity Stoutt Community College (HLSCC) is set to benefit from more than $1.7 million in government subsidies. Cabinet decided during a December 9 meeting that the Paraquita Bay-based facility will receive $1,075,000 that will be channelled towards the […]
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From disaster comes decor | Craft Alive vendor creates Christmas decorations with mango seeds
By Esther Durand, BVI News Staff Meet 73-year-old Joan Wilson; a Greenland resident who has been creating authentic Christmas decor from recycled mango seeds. Wilson, the owner of Creative Crafts & Things at Craft Alive in Road Town, told BVI […]
A vehicle for Christmas! East End resident the grand prize winner of RVIPF raffle
By Kamal Haynes, BVI News Staff This Christmas is one that East End resident Muriel Penn will not soon forget as she became the grand prize winner of the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force’s (RVIPF) Vehicle Raffle Fundraising Competition on […]
SFC meetings not what it used to be — Fraser
Third District Representative Julian Fraser has said that the Standing Finance Committee (SFC) process has become a mere rubber stamp formality that only sees legislators automatically approving the proposed annual budget without giving proper consideration to what they learn during […]
Two caught at sea with $500K, accused men deny knowledge of cash
Two men who were allegedly caught aboard a vessel with half-million dollars in cash this month have been granted $100,000 bail in the Magistrate’s Court. Charged with failing to declare monies to Customs is Gerome Nibbs of the BVI and […]
Reports of inappropriate exposure! Parents told to monitor children’s use of smart devices
The Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) in partnership with the Social Development Department is urging parents to safeguard their children’s usage of smart devices, especially during the holiday period. Inspector of the Family & Juvenile Unit at the RVIPF […]
Gov’t allocates initial $3.4 million to Land Bank initiative
The Andrew Fahie administration is keeping true to an election promise by making its first cash injection into its Land Bank initiative. Premier Fahie, who is also Minister for Finance, made that announcement during the recent budget debate inside the […]
LIAT resumes direct flights between BVI and Barbados
Regional airline LIAT has resumed its direct flight from the Terrance B Lettsome International Airport on Beef Island to the Grantley Adams International Airport in Barbados. The airline’s official website said the non-stop flights from Tortola to Barbados will be […]
Canadian visitor dies during ‘marine incident’ on VG, police probe
Local authorities have launched a probe into the death of a Canadian man who died while vacationing in the British Virgin Islands this month. The Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) said Zdenek Tesar “died as a result of a […]
Still grieving | Fresh public appeal from mother 4 years after son’s pre-Christmas murder
Four years following the murder of David Nathaniel James, his mother Veronica James still mourns his death nightly because David’s murder remains unsolved. Mrs James, who yearns for closure, is appealing to assist police in solving her son’s murder which […]
