A 27-year-old man who pleaded guilty to stealing a dinghy from his employers at The Moorings and selling it has been sentenced. Kasim Harrigan, who is currently unemployed because of the incident, received a six-month prison sentence that has been […]

The territory’s considerable fossil fuel imports are well on the way to see a 20 percent decrease in the next two to three years; now with the successful implementation of the BVI Electricity Corporation (Renewable Energy) Regulation. This law came […]

A daycare teacher who reportedly inflicted 11 lashes on a two-year-old infant for soiling the school’s bathroom walls with faeces was slapped with a fine and a suspended sentence on Wednesday. Magistrate Shawn Innocent ordered 52-year-old Jamaican Sharon Salmon to […]

Local authorities have apprehended even more persons with fake British Virgin Islands visas. Like the previous two cases, these newest fake visa carriers are also from the Dominican Republic. They have been identified as 21-year-old Wilbin Encarnacion Rodriquez, 31-year-old Carlos […]

Nine new prison officers have been recruited at Her Majesty’s Prison in Balsam Ghut. Eight were recruited from other Caribbean countries while one is from the British Virgin Islands. The exact nationalities of these individual new recruits are not immediately […]

Chairwoman of the Miss World International Organisation, Julia Morley, has donated $5,000 worth of school supplies to the Valley Day school in Virgin Gorda; delivering on a promise she made during a visit to the territory back in February. Morley […]

Edward Jesismar Carmano Ortiz and Mady Miguelina Marte Rodriguez took out a mortgage on their family home in the Dominican Republic to fund what they believed to be genuine BVI visas and Labour clearance documents. But not only were the […]

More and more victims of domestic violence are choosing not to pursue a case against their abusive partners when it is brought before a local court. In the past two weeks, the Magistrate’s Court has dismissed at least five matters […]

Forty pre-primary to secondary-level educators are being trained on how to handle emergencies that may arise while on their respective school campuses. Throughout the three-day course, teachers will be trained in how to administer First Aid and CPR (cardiopulmonary resuscitation). […]

As time elapses further into the academic year, repairs are yet to begin on the L-shaped building at the hurricane-ravaged Elmore Stoutt High School (ESHS) campus in Road Town. Cabinet, however, has decided to waive the tendering process required to […]