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Sherika was very dear to us – FAMILY

Sherika was very dear to us – FAMILY

Apostle Dr Gerald McLean, who is still grappling with the murder of his niece Sherika Nelson, is bracing for the years when he will still have to comfort a four-year-old girl who last month watched her mother being butchered in […]

by / on July 6, 2017 at 6:50 AM /
Cops under fire – Chopped woman speaks out

Cops under fire – Chopped woman speaks out

By Davion Smith, BVI News Online Staff Less than a year after she was chopped severely by her estranged boyfriend who later committed suicide, Lucinda Gordon yesterday joined other women in lamenting what is said to be the shockingly poor […]

by / on June 29, 2017 at 9:52 AM /
Man declines to testify in manslaughter case

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, […]

by / on June 27, 2017 at 8:16 AM /
Scooter rider injured in crash

Scooter rider injured in crash

A scooter rider was injured during a crash in the Fort Hill area of Tortola today, June 26. Details of the crash are still sketchy at this time.

by / on June 26, 2017 at 7:18 PM /
Woman struck down by vehicle

Woman struck down by vehicle

A female pedestrian was struck down by a motor vehicle this morning while she used the roadway in the vicinity of the Flow flagship store in Road Town, Tortola. Residents said the victim is a senior citizen and the vehicle […]

by / on June 26, 2017 at 12:00 PM /
7 residents of Valley injured in weekend crashes

7 residents of Valley injured in weekend crashes

Seven residents of the Valley on Virgin Gorda are counting their blessing after they emerged alive from two serious motor vehicle accidents on their home island on Saturday, June 24. Two of those injured were admitted to Peebles Hospital. The […]

by / on June 26, 2017 at 7:59 AM /
Nasty crash leaves persons in hospital

Nasty crash leaves persons in hospital

An unknown number of persons have been transported to Peebles Hospital following a nasty motor vehicle accident this morning, June 24. The accident is said to have happened in the Free Bottom Hill area of Tortola. BVI News Online understands […]

by / on June 24, 2017 at 1:12 PM /
Ole England, Nostalgia, and Brexit

Ole England, Nostalgia, and Brexit

By Dickson Igwe, Contributor There is a lesson for these Virgin Isles, and for countries striving for social and economic prosperity in the proceeding narrative. It states that national success is not derived through the cynical adoption of populist xenophobia, […]

by / on June 24, 2017 at 10:00 AM /
Oops!

Oops!

A driver using the Ballast Bay roadway on Tortola had an abrupt end to the journey when the car crashed into a utility pole. Up to publication time, there wasn’t much information about the driver or the cause of the […]

by / on June 19, 2017 at 9:00 AM /
Woman trailed, accused of cheating before murder

Woman trailed, accused of cheating before murder

New information reaching BVI News Online from highly placed sources are that Jamaican native Sherika Nelson was murdered when she resisted efforts to prevent her from leaving the matrimonial home during a heated quarrel. She was attacked and butchered with […]

by / on June 12, 2017 at 11:28 AM /