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 […]
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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 […]
Fat Hogs Bay man fined after cultivating nearly two dozen plants to ‘make tea’
A local who said he cultivated nearly two dozen cannabis plants for tea purposes has been fined $1,000. Charged with the cultivation of cannabis is Wilston Stoutt of Fat Hogs Bay, Tortola. Stoutt was fined after pleading guilty to the […]
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Legislator bats for North Sound admin building to be renamed after late postmaster
Territorial At-Large Representative Shereen Flax-Charles has said she believes the government administrative building in North Sound on Virgin Gorda should be renamed after a former public officer who she says spent his professional life serving that community. “I would like […]
Vincentian sentenced to months in prison for assaulting lover
Vincentian Randy Butler has been sentenced to 10 months at Her Majesty’s Prison for battering his lover and destroying her cellular phone after she reportedly gave him ‘the cold shoulder’ at a party. He was sentenced to seven months for […]
5-month succession planning effort rolled out for senior public officers
After years of public concern about inadequate succession planning efforts in the BVI, a five-month initiative has been rolled out to equip senior public officials with skills needed to better qualify them for top government jobs when they become available. […]
UPDATE: McMaster delivers! Finishes first in heat to qualify for semifinals
Kyron McMaster delivered a strong performance in his opening race of the 2019 IAAF World Championships in Doha, Qatar, cruising to a comfortable first place finish to qualify for the semi-finals. Running out of lane four in heat two of […]
Open to tender | Gov’t admin buildings on VG to finally undergo repairs
Two buildings housing government departments on Virgin Gorda will soon undergo repairs, following the damage to the structures by category five hurricanes more than two years. The buildings – the Flax and the North Sound Administration facilities – are now […]
Gender equality concerns in justice system as man charged for retaliating at female attacker
Following a domestic dispute that ended with a man being charged when he retaliated to a reported attack by his lover, a local magistrate is calling for gender equality within the territory’s criminal justice system. Magistrate Ayanna Baptiste-DaBreo made the […]
