By Horace Mills, BVI News Online Staff When Justice Nicola Byer sentenced Matthew Hazel to nine years imprisonment after he committed attempted robbery and attempted murder, some members of the community expressed dissatisfaction, adding that the punishment does not reflect […]

The British Virgin Islands government has declared that it does not own any shares in BVI Airways. Premier and Minister of Finance Dr D Orlando Smith made the declaration this month in the House of Assembly while he responded to […]

Former banker Dr Melvin Turnbull is the person leading negotiations on behalf of Government, which is trying to arrive at a final settlement following a court case the government’s Customs Department lost in the Privy Council against Delta Petroleum. Premier […]

By Davion Smith, BVI News Online Staff President of the BVI Athletics Association (BVIAA) Steve Augustine has made a public appeal to the Government and corporate entities in the British Virgin Islands to support local athletics. “As long as they […]

Ogier has announced the addition of “several new members” to its staff in the British Virgin Islands (BVI). It attributed the expansion of staff and operation partly to the diversification of financial service offerings, including the addition of international arbitration. […]

A man and a woman who were in a relationship have been slapped with three charges each, after they allegedly assaulted and threw items – including a can of insecticide – at the each other. Dwight Callwood is charged with […]

A Spanish-speaking man has appeared before the Magistrate’s Court on allegations that he forcibly cut his lover’s underwear off her body. It is alleged that Yuli Hodge removed the woman’s panties because she objected to his sexual advances. He pleaded […]

Weeks after he disclosed that central government owes the BVI Electricity Corporation (BVIEC) just over $13.3 million, Premier Dr D Orlando Smith is now stating that Government’s statutory bodies also owe the Corporation a total of almost $11 million. Of […]

Members of the community are celebrating British Virgin Islands native Jahnai Pickering, who obtained his Physical Therapist Assistant Associates Degree on May 9 after he completed studies at Keiser University in Florida, United States. Pickering is an upstanding BVIslander and […]

While stating that the government is not trying to increase the burden on businesses in the British Virgin Islands, Minister of Labour Dr Kedrick Pickering indicated that no new date has been set for implementation of the new work permit […]