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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

By Esther Durand, BVI News Staff Considering that Nolly’s By The Beach Restaurant & Bar in Brandywine Bay experienced two major ill-fated events in less than four months of opening for business, operators of the establishment are now contemplating whether the […]

Several individuals including Karyn Alexander, an entrepreneur living with cerebral palsy, were recognized at the 47th anniversary gala of the Virgin Islands Party (VIP) on Saturday. Despite her condition — which is a neurological disorder that affects body movement and […]

A Fort Hill man was fined a total of $950 for having cannabis and behaving disorderly at a police station two years ago. Magistrate Shawn Innocent ordered Kitt Hodge to pay a $750 fine for possession of 4.3 grams of […]

Second District Representative Melvin ‘Mitch’ Turnbull has every intention of continuing to serve his constituents and the rest of the territory, he just refuses to continue doing so under the National Democratic Party (NDP) government who he said has become […]

By Davion Smith, BVI News Staff Territorial At-Large representative Archibald Christian has said he is displeased in the manner in which Premier Dr D Orlando Smith went about having him fired from his post as Junior Minister of Tourism. “I […]

By Davion Smith, BVI News Staff In this current age of social media, memes have become a way for internet users to share content such as images in a typically humorous and light-hearted manner. But, with general elections drawing closer, some […]

Twenty-nine-year-old Gregory Alleyne, Jr who was found with an illegal gun, bullets, drugs, and a quantity of illegitimately earned cash last month has now pleaded guilty to keeping an unlicensed firearm, unlawful possession of explosives, possession of proceeds of criminal […]