There is more bad news for the territory’s financial services industry; this as new statistics from the BVI Financial Services Commission show company incorporation hitting a new low in the first quarter of this year (January to March). The total […]
Articles By: Julia Donavan
Commissioner upskills sergeants
Commissioner of Police Michael Matthews said some sergeants in the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) had been promoted and asked to do a job without a job description or the prerequisite skills. But he made it clear that he […]
Write and buy more books, residents told
While stating that the British Virgin Islands is seeing a boost in the number of books being published locally, Director of the Department of Culture Luce Hodge-Smith urged belongers to further tap into their creative skills and write more books. […]
Mitsy dedicates first book to firstborn
By Davion Smith, BVI News Online Staff Eight-year-old Chelsea may not yet fully fathom the significance of her mother Mitsy Ellis-Simpson dedicating her first book to her. “The book is a reference book for students and adults; so I thought […]
Women told to get off their ‘high horses’
In a Father’s Day sermon mainly promoting mutual respect in the household, head of the Cane Garden Bay Baptist Church Dr Melvin Turnbull commanded men in his congregation to stand and declare that they are the heads of their households, […]
Beach vendor denies selling alcohol illegally
Nigel Prince told Senior Magistrate Tamia Richards today that he is sticking to his plea of not guilty in relation to a case that is more than a year old. Prince is accused of selling alcohol illegally. He is scheduled […]
Malone wants major conflict solving initiative
Carvin Malone wants a structured conflict resolution initiative to be launched in schools and homes to help tackle the issue of crime and violence in the territory. He said the Lions Club that he leads, as well as Government and […]
Pull from private sector to help public sector – Governor
One of the major issues hurting the British Virgin Islands (BVI) as it relates to succession planning is that talented belongers have been flocking the private sector, Governor John Duncan said. He noted that Government should consider recruiting those talents […]
BVI’s top male student dreams engineering
By Horace Mills, BVI News Online Staff When Kairhys Harrigan went to Exit Evening to collect his awards for outstanding performances at Elmore Stoutt High School, he had more than a handful of trophies, and had to be assisted in […]
Duncan reports better coordination for disasters
Governor John Duncan, who chaired his final meeting of the National Disaster Management Council (NDMC) on June 15, is claiming that progress has been made in integrating disaster management across various sectors in the British Virgin Islands. “Overall, there is […]
