A 19-year-old car wash employee was fined $2,000 and ordered into community service duties after he was found carrying cocaine and cannabis. Demar Fredericks pleaded guilty to possession of 0.7 grams of cannabis and 4.4 grams of cocaine. He […]
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Maduro-Caines to be appointed Junior Minister for Trade
Now that Marlon Penn has been appointed the new Minister of Health and Social Development, his post as Junior Minister for Trade will be revoked, Premier Dr D Orlando Smith has said. “In fact, that was just done,” Dr Smith […]
Premier appoints new Health Minister, Junior Tourism Minister
By Davion Smith, BVI News Staff Roughly 24 hours after firing Ronnie Skelton from his post as Minister of Health and Social Development, Premier Dr D Orlando Smith has appointed a replacement for both him (Skelton) and Archibald Christian whose […]
VG man allegedly steals generator for ‘safekeeping’
A Virgin Gorda resident accused of stealing a generator belonging to a store on the sister island said he took the appliance for safekeeping to prevent it from being looted in the aftermath of 2017 disasters. Samuel McSheene, a government […]
Visitor experience being enhanced with telescopes, WiFi
As the BVI moves to restore its once-booming tourism industry, a number of initiatives are being rolled out to enhance visitor experience in the hurricane-hit territory. One of those initiatives includes mounting telescopes on each of the main islands of […]
USVI national granted $60K bail after drug find
A St Thomas, US Virgin Islands national has been granted $60,000 bail with one surety after he was allegedly found carrying 60 grams of cannabis. Twenty-nine-year-old construction worker Hakeem Leonard did not enter a plea during his first appearance before Senior […]
COMMENTARY: Is this the end to two-party politics in BVI?
By Dickson Igwe, Contributor In twenty years, the state of Virgin Islands politics has never seen the flux and flow it sees today. In the past twenty years, the two-party system has governed the political landscape. Two party politics has […]
UPDATE: Premier details Ronnie Skelton’s firing as Health Minister
By Davion Smith, BVI News Staff Premier Dr D Orlando Smith has fired Minister of Health and Social Development, Ronnie Skelton. In detailing the circumstances under which Skelton was sacked, Premier Smith said this morning: “Over the weekend after reading an […]
Hard to pass new laws between now and election, gov’t too broken
By Davion Smith, BVI News Staff While announcing an earlier-than-planned timeframe for General Election, Governor Agustus Jaspert called for legislators to band together and get as many laws passed between now and the April 2019 election deadline. But, Opposition Leader […]
Day-trippers flocking BVI, 28% increase compared to last year
Notwithstanding declines in overnight visitors and cruise arrivals, day tripper statistics have shown an impressive increase this year when compared to last year, the BVI Tourist Board has reported. More than 11,000 day-trippers visited the BVI between January and September of […]
