Mother-daughter duo Cecilia and Niecia Callwood has been fined a combined total of $2,500 in the Magistrate’s Court. Magistrate Ayanna Baptiste-DaBreo fined the women last Friday for possession of a controlled drug. Cecilia, who police claimed was found with 8.5 […]

Boat captain Lee Martin and Mitchell Warren, who are charged with possession of a prohibited weapon and possession of explosives, have opted to contest the charges. The two residents of St Vincent pleaded not guilty to the gun and ammo […]

Government Information Service (press release) – The National Parks Trust has issued a notice to mariners to submit GPS coordinates and proof of Cabinet-approval for territorial moorings. Deputy Director for Science, Research and Environmental Policy Mrs Nancy Pascoe stated that […]

While lauding the National Democratic Party (NDP) government for the work it has been doing to improve the business landscape of the British Virgin Islands, the BVI Chamber of Commerce and Hotel Association (BVI-CCHA) yesterday called for a working group […]

Amid calls for consumers in the British Virgin Islands to buy local goods and services now more than ever due to international developments, business operators at the territory’s premier trade expo yesterday called for consumers to be granted certain incentives […]

Fire gutted a motor vehicle yesterday in the Little Dix Hill area of East End, Tortola. It is not yet clear what caused the blaze, but members of the Virgin Islands Fire and Rescue Service visited the scene, and helped […]

Troupes and individuals showcased their creativity in the streets of St Thomas, US Virgin Islands, during that territory’s children parade on Friday. Participants  included the 2017 British Virgin Islands (BVI) Prince and Princess Jonathan Hutchinson and Jae’da DeCastro. Basketball players […]

By Dickson Igwe, contributor Jack the Pious and Jill Religious should beware of Queen Jezebel. The following story is a warning about unaccountable church leadership. It is an individual interpretation of an article written by Boze Herrington in The Atlantic […]

Avanell Sylvester couldn’t help but cry as she spoke about children who have been sexually abused. She knows some of them. It is for that reason that she has been championing at her workplace – Scotiabank in Road Town – […]

Omarie Winter has been sentenced to five years in prison. Magistrate Ayanna Baptise-DaBreo sentenced the 19-year-old this morning (April 28) in relation to an illegal handgun and eight rounds of ammunition. He was sentenced to six months imprisonment for the […]