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Articles By: Julia Donavan

Bail revoked – Man wanted in US back in custody

Bail revoked – Man wanted in US back in custody

Senior Magistrate Tamia Richards has revoked Robert ‘Tico’ Harrigan’s bail, leaving Harrigan’s sureties to potentially pay the full $600,000 they had signed as collateral in relation to the bail bond. The former Customs officer’s bail was revoked following reports that […]

by / on August 14, 2017 at 8:35 AM /
Help fight mosquito breeding, premier urges residents

Help fight mosquito breeding, premier urges residents

The Environmental Health Department is doing assessments territory-wide to determine priority areas to minimize the breeding of mosquitoes, Premier Dr D Orlando Smith has announced. Out of fear that the recent heavy rains associated with a tropical wave may result […]

by / on August 14, 2017 at 8:31 AM /
Massive dust nuisance – cleanup too slow?

Massive dust nuisance – cleanup too slow?

Local health authorities have been silent about it, but there is a massive dust nuisance all over Road Town that has left a number of pedestrians coughing and covering their noses – sometimes with dust masks. People are scared to […]

by / on August 14, 2017 at 8:11 AM /
Uninsured merchant loses about $27K, chides DDM

Uninsured merchant loses about $27K, chides DDM

A number of businesses operators in Road Town – including one whose goods are not insured – set up tents at their store entrances on the weekend as they made another frantic attempt to sell shoes and clothes that were […]

by / on August 14, 2017 at 8:00 AM /
Recovery is steady and swift – DDM

Recovery is steady and swift – DDM

While claiming that the territory has been making ‘steady and swift progress’ in recovering from the impact of a recent tropical wave, the government-owned Department of Disaster Management (DDM) has shed more light on three landslide and drainage experts who […]

by / on August 14, 2017 at 7:00 AM /
COMMENTARY: ‘It was a sign’

COMMENTARY: ‘It was a sign’

By Sandra Phillip Hodge, Contributor A few weeks ago, we saw something in the Territory that hadn’t been seen for a long time – a whopping mango crop. There were mangoes left, right, and center; all kinds, all over the […]

by / on August 14, 2017 at 6:12 AM /
Two cruise ship calls cancelled

Two cruise ship calls cancelled

Two cruise ship calls scheduled for August 15 and 16 have been cancelled as a result of the tropical wave that caused widespread flooding and landslides in the territory last week Monday, August 7. Premier Dr D Orlando Smith said […]

by / on August 13, 2017 at 7:15 AM /
COMMENTARY: BVI emancipation – reality or fantasy?

COMMENTARY: BVI emancipation – reality or fantasy?

By Alred Frett, Contributor It should be a given that governments are there to serve the people and should never willfully and maliciously block or compete against the private sector. Unfortunately, there are many complaints about such problems and I […]

by / on August 13, 2017 at 6:23 AM /
Premier defensive: 30,000 can do the cleanup!

Premier defensive: 30,000 can do the cleanup!

Premier Dr D Orlando Smith has defended a decision to not have a British vessel assist in the recovery process following widespread flooding and landslides, adding that the 30,000 residents and citizens of the British Virgin Islands (BVI) should get […]

by / on August 12, 2017 at 2:44 PM /
British ship turned back – Premier

British ship turned back – Premier

While declaring that he is pleased with the resilience and progress being demonstrated following heavy rainfall in the British Virgin Islands (BVI) on Monday, Premier Dr D Orlando Smith said it has been decided that a British ship relatively near […]

by / on August 12, 2017 at 10:50 AM /