Relatively poor service at the territory’s seaports is what may start causing fewer people to visit the British Virgin Islands – not the increases in cruise permit fees. Minister of Health and Social Development Ronnie Skelton made that declaration in […]

By Horace Mills, BVI News Online Staff While lamenting that a number of law enforcers are not able to even use a basic computer programme known as Excel, Junior Minister of Trade Marlon Penn yesterday called for Customs and other […]

While describing marijuana as a ‘gateway drug’, Magistrate Ayanna Baptiste-DaBreo fined Greenland resident Theron Harry $600 for two counts of a marijuana charge – possession of a controlled drug. “When you can’t get high off cannabis, you elevate [to other […]

While he underscored the need for young people of the British Virgin Islands to invest in the boating business, Leader of the Opposition Andrew Fahie has called for an end to the stereotyping of young boat operators as drug dealers. […]

While challenging allegations that he was among a group of Filipinos who assaulted and badly injured a fellow countryman in Road Town in 2015, Noel Perido told the Magistrate’s Court this week that he is a ‘coward’. He admitted to […]

Members of the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force have mentioned Kareem Durante’s name in the gun case against Terry Smith. Durante is not charged in the matter. But officers Richard Francis and Esau Andrews testified that they met Durante at […]

Government Information Service (press release)- Ferry service operations at the St Thomas Bay Jetty in Virgin Gorda will resume on Thursday, June 1. Acting Managing Director at the British Virgin Islands Ports Authority (BVIPA), Mr. Alfred Henley, said that reinforcement works […]

By Horace Mills, BVI News Online Staff An air of helplessness permeated the parliament this morning as lawmakers from both sides of the political divide clamoured for legislation to help put an end to what they consider to be the […]

Leader of the Opposition Andrew Fahie has brought back into sharp focus, the issue of unemployment in the British Virgin Islands (BVI). He told the House of Assembly this morning that persons throughout the territory have been sending him Whatsapp […]

While declaring that the government should not be afraid to charge for its assets, Minister of Education and Culture Myron Walwyn said people who own BVI-Based boats should also lose a seasonal privilege they are being allowed regarding cruising permits. […]