BVI News

Articles By: Julia Donavan

Airline fully regulated, blames gov’t for delay

Airline fully regulated, blames gov’t for delay

While stating that others jumped the proverbial gun in announcing that it will commence service to Miami next month, BVI Airways today declared that the “official launch date will be announced as soon as all outstanding obligations and matters between […]

by / on July 4, 2017 at 9:52 AM /
Mother gets chilling message; autopsy report released

Mother gets chilling message; autopsy report released

By Davion Smith, BVI News Online Staff While sharing details of a report based on an autopsy conducted on murder victim Sherika Nelson, the bereaved family has claimed that the victim’s mother was sent one of the most chilling voice […]

by / on July 4, 2017 at 9:03 AM /
Belizean court orders Destra to pay for bladder

Belizean court orders Destra to pay for bladder

Trinidad Express newspaper – Soca star Destra Garcia has been ordered to pay damages to a male fan who ruptured his bladder during a concert in Belize back in 2015. Last Wednesday, Justice Courtney Able ordered that Garcia must pay […]

by / on July 4, 2017 at 8:06 AM /
App launched to help fight high prices in BVI

App launched to help fight high prices in BVI

In light of the frequent complaints about relatively high cost of goods in the British Virgin Islands (BVI), Jhon Samuel is seeking to empower consumers. He yesterday launched a cellphone app he had created to help shoppers find the best […]

by / on July 4, 2017 at 7:50 AM /
Governor blamed for crime, court problems

Governor blamed for crime, court problems

Former head of the BVI Ports Authority Claude Skelton-Cline has placed squarely at the feet of the Governor’s Office, blame for the territory’s relatively high murder rate, the number of unsolved murders, disturbances at Her Majesty’s Prison, and the glaring […]

by / on July 4, 2017 at 5:52 AM /
Man tells court his version of jaw-breaking story

Man tells court his version of jaw-breaking story

When he took to the witness stand in the Magistrate’s Court today, Klenton Pickering hit back at allegations that he unlawfully broke an employee’s jaw. While admitting that he punched the complainant Luis Callwood twice on the day in question, […]

by / on July 3, 2017 at 5:26 PM /
Minor accused of stealing thousands

Minor accused of stealing thousands

Police have arrested and charged a minor from the Slaney area in relation to the alleged theft of cheques and cash amounting to thousands of dollars from a building operated by Virgin Traders at Nanny Cay, Tortola, BVI News Online […]

by / on July 3, 2017 at 4:34 PM /
Locals under psychological attack, grads told

Locals under psychological attack, grads told

Member of the parliamentary opposition Julian Fraser has told a group of graduates that belongers in the British Virgin Islands are under a psychological attack. He made the claim yesterday while he suggested that there is no truth to assertions […]

by / on July 3, 2017 at 9:32 AM /
Unprecedented challenge – Tourism school needed!

Unprecedented challenge – Tourism school needed!

While claiming that a number of resorts have been facing an unprecedented challenge in locating skilled persons to work, Leader of the Opposition Andrew Fahie has renewed calls for the establishment of a tourism training school in the British Virgin […]

by / on July 3, 2017 at 7:52 AM /
Makers of ‘BE.V.I’ celebrate 10 years

Makers of ‘BE.V.I’ celebrate 10 years

Releasing a branded T-Shirt is like putting out a song and hoping it climbs to the top of the Billboard charts. There is no chart per se in the design industry. But, had there been one, Kenrick Headley Jr and […]

by / on July 3, 2017 at 7:42 AM /