Permanent Secretary (PS) within the Premier’s Office, Dr Carolyn O’Neal-Morton has revealed that the Auditor General (AG) was stymied from auditing the government’s COVID assistance grants because the PS did not feel it was the AG’s turn. In a report […]
Category: Accidents/Tragedy
Anegada Beach Club named Boutique Eco-Hotel of the Year
By Esther Durand, BVI News Staff Tucked on the edge of the Keel Point, the quaint Anegada Beach Club (ABC) is beginning to garner rave reviews since undergoing a $3 million renovation following the onslaught of last year’s hurricanes. Its […]
BVI resident murdered in St Kitts
Reports out of St Kitts are that Mervin O’Flaherty, who worked as a pilot and a prison officer in the British Virgin Islands, has been stabbed to death in his homeland of St Kitts. He recently returned to his country to lay his mother to rest. […]
Cop dies after falling ill
A police officer has died, the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) confirmed to BVI News Online this morning. “I can confirm that a female officer was pronounced dead on Friday night (October 6),” said RVIPF Information Officer Diane Drayton. […]
Photo: Car flips at Zion Hill
A motor vehicle has flipped in the Zion Hill area of Tortola. Details of the incident and the condition of persons involved were not clear up to publication time.
Body recovered
The body of a male tourist from the United States was recovered from the waters of Pond Bay, Virgin Gorda, yesterday. The Virgin Islands Search and Rescue (VISAR) assisted with the recovery. Representative of VISAR Phil Aspinall told BVI News […]
Persons rescued from sinking boat
Four persons were rescued when the boat on which they were traveling capsized in British Virgin Islands waters this morning, July 21. Persons from a passing Native Son ferry carried out the rescue operation. Details of the incident are sketchy […]
Woman injured in crash
A woman was injured today (July 20) when the vehicle she was in plunged off the roadway at Belmont Estate on the western end of Tortola. Details surrounding the accident are not yet clear to BVI News Online. But sources […]
Two injured in crash
Two vehicles collided Tuesday evening in the vicinity of the Red Cross headquarters on Tortola, resulting in persons being injured. Reports are that at least two persons were taken to Peebles Hospital. Their medical condition, as well as the cause […]
Body found at sea without life jacket
A body believed to be that of Tortola resident Deshaun ‘Bongo’ Bryan was discovered at sea this morning, July 15. Representative of the Virgin Islands Search and Rescue (VISAR) Phil Aspinall said the discovery was made close to the Towers […]
