Emergency personnel and residents were whipped into action at sea today when a boat belonging to Sammy Leonard capsized, leaving at least one man to swim desperately for his life. Based on videos of the rescue operation seen by BVI […]
Category: Accidents/Tragedy
Stab wound to neck – Man charged for murder of Jamaican wife
Police in the British Virgin Islands (BVI) have charged a native of St Vincent and the Grenadines with the knife slaying of his Jamaican wife Sherika Nelson last evening at their matrimonial home in Greenland, BVI. Lennox Franklyn Da Silva, […]
Woman stabbed to death – 6 murders in 6 months
A man who was shot in Jamaica in 2014 is being questioned in relation to the fatal hacking of his Jamaican wife this evening in the Greenland community of East End, Tortola, British Virgin Islands. The man, who is originally […]
Hospital worker dies suddenly
Staff at the state-owned Peebles Hospital has been left in grief following news of the passing of a co-worker who reportedly died while seeking treatment at the medical facility this morning, June 9. She has been identified as 37-year-old Kishan […]
Callwood flown overseas after serious accident
A young BVIslander, JoVaughn Callwood, has been flown out of the territory to undergo emergency treatment following a nasty motorcycle accident at a residence on Tortola yesterday, June 3. The youngster, who is the son of well-known businessman Elton Callwood, […]
Prison officer injured
A prison officer has been injured during the latest disturbance, which unfolded at Her Majesty’s Prison this morning, June 1. Details of the attack are sketchy. But highly placed sources said the prison officer was taken to Peebles Hospital after […]
BVI gun crimes ‘not anywhere near’ others
While claiming that the British Virgin Islands (BVI) “has not reached anywhere near the levels that other countries in the Caribbean are experiencing in terms of gun crimes”, Commissioner of Police Michael Matthews has noted that women in the BVI […]
Man found in house at Sea Cows Bay dies
Police are investigating what they consider to be the sudden death of a man, whose body was found yesterday in a house at Sea Cow’s Bay, Tortola. Area residents have identified the deceased as Maximo Smith. Reports reaching BVI News […]
Photos: Crash in Pockwood Pond
There was a motor vehicle accident in the Pockwood Pond area of Tortola today, May 18. It is not clear if anyone was injured. BVI News Online is trying to ascertain the cause of the crash as well as other […]
BREAKING NEWS: Gunshot victim dies in hospital
The man who was shot and wounded in the Long Look area of Tortola on Saturday night, Shaun Richards, has died. He passed away this evening at Peebles Hospital. Earlier today, the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) stated that […]