Chief Environmental Health Officer Lionel Michael has said the ‘Sterile Insect Technique’ to be used on St Croix in the neighbouring US Virgin Islands to control their population of the disease-carrying Aedes Aegypti mosquito will have no effect on the […]
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Dominican trucker fined for cannabis
A Dominican man was fined more than $900 after cannabis was found in his possession on June 19 last year. Charged with possession 24 grams of cannabis is 21-year-old Bradley Bell of an undisclosed local address. The trucker entered a […]
McMaster misses out on World Champs medal | Now ranked 4th fastest in the world this year
Local athletic sensation Kyron McMaster has ended his 2019 World Championship campaign by just missing out on a podium finish in the final of the men’s 400-metre hurdles on Monday, September 30. Running out of lane two, McMaster looked likely […]
Public Officers’ salary disbursement delayed due to accounting system update
Public Officers will have to wait an additional day to receive their salaries because of an update being done to the government’s accounting system. This was revealed by a statement sanctioned by the Ministry of Finance and the Department of […]
CGB beach closed until further notice | High level of bacteria found in water
The popular visitor and tourist attraction, Cane Garden Bay Beach, is now closed to the public until further notice. A bulletin published on government’s official website late Friday said this is as a result of high volumes of bacteria found […]
Sterile mosquitos to be released in USVI, local attorney says BVI should have been consulted
A concern has been raised that authorities from the neighbouring US Virgin Islands (USVI) did not consult with the BVI before deciding to deliberately release a breed of non-biting mosquitos on to St Croix, USVI to reduce the population of […]
DR man granted $50K bail after allegedly brandishing machete at debtor
A Dominican Republic man was granted $50,000 bail after he allegedly visited another man’s home and brandished a machete. Charged with aggravated burglary is Alquimedes Rabsatt of an unspecified local address. Rabsatt was not required to plead when he appeared […]
Collapse of global tour operator not expected to impact BVI’s tourism industry
By Kamal Haynes, BVI News Staff The recent bankruptcy and closure of global tour operator, Thomas Cook Group, is not expected to have any major impact on tourism in the British Virgin Islands. This is according to Junior Minister of […]
Back in the race | McMaster successfully appeals ‘disqualification’ from 400M final
Local athletic sensation Kyron McMaster has successfully appealed his disqualification from the finals of the men’s 400-metre hurdles and is now set to start in the event come Monday, September 30. McMaster was disqualified following a lane violation during his […]
Unregulated capitalism and US isolationism are destroying mankind
By Dickson Igwe, Contributor One family owning more wealth than hundreds of millions of people, is no longer environmentally or socially sustainable in a world headed for the climate change precipice. A new socialism is on the horizon, where massive […]
