By Horace Mills, BVI News Online Staff Opposition lawmaker Julian Fraser and clergyman Claude Skelton-Cline last evening harshly criticized the outgoing governor, John Duncan. Both critics are among persons against whom Governor Duncan reportedly took action during his tenure in […]
Articles By: Julia Donavan
Not under my watch!
By Davion Smith, BVI News Online Staff Minister of Education Myron Walwyn has declared that he will not lower the academic bar for any student. He made the declaration while he noted that 67 percent of the Grade 12 students […]
I try to hold brakes, but it wasn’t stopping
Defence attorney Richard Rowe has told the High Court that he intends to call his own expert witness to testify in the trial involving his client Roger Williams. Williams is on trial for two counts of manslaughter and two counts […]
ARREST BLOTTER:
The Royal Virgin Islands Police Force has published the following Arrest Blotter, which contains a summary of charges laid during the period June 18 to 24: Burglary On 21-06-2017 at 0745hrs – Police arrested and charged a 17-year-old male native […]
Pedestrian recuperating well
The 63 year-old woman who was injured in an accident in the vicinity of Flow store in Road Town yesterday (June 26) is recuperating well. Sources said she has been released from Peebles Hospital, where she was treated for an […]
Extradition hearing ends
The extradition hearing against Earl ‘Bob’ Hodge and former Customs Officer Roberto ‘Tico’ Harrigan has ended. The men are wanted by the United States (US) on allegations of drug running. Magistrate Shawn Innocent, who usually practice overseas, is expected to […]
Summer Sizzle goes green – Jessica to perform
The special guest at Summer Sizzle BVI fashion show this year will be American R&B artiste and actress Jessica Jarrell. Jarrell, who has opened for some of the world’s biggest stars including Justin Bieber and Cody Simpson, will give what […]
BVI tops ranking -Visitors like it least developed
Though touting neighbouring countries such as the US Virgin Islands as ‘cheaper alternatives’ to vacationing in the British Virgin Islands (BVI), this year’s US News & World Report has found that the BVI remains the Number One ranked place to […]
100% pass without extra school year – St George’s
Following the release of final year exam results, which show St George’s Secondary School achieving a 100 percent pass rate, school principal Dr Antoinette Rock said she does not foresee the institution joining the government-owned schools in implementing the additional […]
Man declines to testify in manslaughter case
A United States citizen whose wife was among two visitors killed in a bus crash in the British Virgin Islands in December 2015 has declined to further participate in the case being pursued against the driver of the ill-fated bus, […]
