Annette Williams-Sylvester has been appointed Manager of the Magistrate’s Court in the British Virgin Islands. The appointment, which took effect on January 27, was made by Governor John Duncan, acting in accordance with advice from the Judicial and Legal Services […]

Juwan Richardson has been fined in the Magistrate’s Court for resisting arrest and threatening police. The 19-year-old was fined after he pleaded guilty to the offences when he appeared before Magistrate Ayanna Baptiste-DaBreo. He reportedly threatened to ‘f**** up’ a […]

As the Board of Directors at the BVI Health Services Authority (BVIHSA) meets today in an attempt to settle a major salary dispute, Leader of the Opposition Andrew Fahie has called for central government to become involved in the matter […]

Sharie DeCastro, an educator, has raised concern that the British Virgin Islands (BVI) has been ‘suffering from a huge brain drain’. Brain drain, in this context, means that many highly trained or qualified people have been leaving the territory to […]

Peebles Hospital had an usually low number of medical professionals this morning (February 20); this as some members of staff took on the role of patients in what appeared to be a ‘sick out’. The peaceful protest was against what […]

Three natives of the Dominican Republic were each sentenced to six months at Her Majesty’s Prison for illegal entry into the British Virgin Islands (BVI). Thirty-seven-year-old Rosa Jimenez, 38-year-old Victor De La Rosa, and 44-year-old Roberto Ubiera were sentenced after […]

The best-known traffic cop in the British Virgin Islands was taken to Peebles Hospital after he was shaken up late Saturday evening during the motor-vehicle accident that claimed the life of Nathaniel Wheatley. The police officer, who BVI News Online […]

The BVI Medical Doctors Association is fuming over what it said is the government’s delay in addressing the ‘discrepancies’ in compensation being made to different medical practitioners employed to the state-owned BVI Health Services Authority (BVIHSA), which manages all public […]

By Davion Smith, BVI News Online Staff Since being involved in the Red Cross Society back in secondary school, Tashima Barzey realised relatively early what she wanted to do with her life. Help people. Not only has she achieved that […]

The state-owned BVI Health Services Authority (BVIHSA), which manages all public health facilities in the British Virgin Islands, is being accused of breaking the law by allegedly forcing medical practitioners to sign contracts under ‘duress’. The claim is being made […]