Government has signed a contract valued at $623,000 with Autland Heavy Equipment Company Limited, which will undertake works in the Harrigan Estate area of Tortola. The company will build a retaining wall, as well as kerbs and slipper drains. It […]
Articles By: Julia Donavan
Squatters can acquire land ‘too easily’
Lawmakers from both the government and opposition have called for a review of local laws to make it more difficult for persons to acquire land by prescription. Acquisition by prescription, in this context, enables squatters who have enjoyed uninterrupted possession […]
Man who uses marijuana for ‘seizures’ fined $2,500
Devaughn Callwood who previously told the court he used marijuana to prevent ‘seizures’ was fined $2,500 in the Magistrate’s Court today, March 7. The West End resident opted to pay the sum before the end of the day. Senior Magistrate […]
Weeping man begs magistrate not to revoke bail
“Your Honour, please, please! Please Ma’am. Miss DaBreo, please! Miss DaBreo!” That was how Kevern Leonard begged when Magistrate Ayanna Baptiste-DaBreo this month revoked the bail she had offered him some four months ago. Leonard’s plea for bail was shortly […]
Street violence reaches prison
Superintendent of Prisons David Foot has indicated that a number of the violent incidents that have taken place at Her Majesty’s Prison are gang-related, adding that they sometimes start from outside the walls of the correctional facility located at Balsam […]
Gov’t threatens to sue delinquent taxpayers
The Inland Revenue Department, which is responsible for collecting taxes on Government’s behalf, has threatened legal action against delinquent taxpayers. It did so while announcing an amnesty on penalties and interest from March to June this year. Commissioner at the […]
Three women selected to feature in local campaign
Government Information Service (press release) – Women in outdoor professions in the BVI will be featured in a month campaign beginning tomorrow International Women’s Day. The women selected to be a part of the campaign include, Shaina Smith in the […]
Three rescued amid rough sea conditions
Two women and a man were rescued at Smugglers Cove Beach in the British Virgin Islands this afternoon, March 6. The three were swimming despite the presence of warning signs at the location, BVI News Online has been informed. […]
Persons escape burning yacht
A number of persons escaped an inferno today (March 6) when the boat in which they were traveling went up in flames in the British Virgin Islands (BVI). According to a representative of the Virgin Islands Search and Rescue (VISAR), […]
Photos: BVI honours first chief minister again
Leaders from both sides of the political divide joined other residents this morning to again pay homage to the British Virgin Islands’ first chief minister, Hamilton Lavity Stoutt, who passed away on My 14, 1995. Premier Dr D Orlando Smith, […]
