As reports of mould continue to fester within the public service, the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) has spent close to $100,000 to eliminate the problem in their department. “We just had to expend $84,000 to remove mould from […]
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Haitian sentenced to 64 months for smuggling operation
Haitian national Luc Eloi was slapped with a 64-month custodial sentence after he was found guilty of being part of a ring that smuggled 21 immigrants into the territory last year. He was charged with smuggling of migrants, possession of […]
BVI projected to have a 50K population in 20 years
Local and international planning authorities are projecting that the population of the BVI will exceed 50,000 in the next 20 years. According to Canadian firm Dillon Consulting who recently conducted a situation analysis on the BVI with the Town and Country […]
Man allegedly hits neighbour unconscious with rock to head
A Fat Hogs Bay man accused of clobbering a man in the head with a rock has been brought before the court for assault occasioning actual bodily harm. Neville Alphonso, a middle-aged construction worker was not required to plea to […]
4 charged after police raid recovers gun, bullets, drugs
Four Sea Cows Bay residents were charged on Thursday in connection to gun and drug offences, local police are reporting. Charged with keeping an unlicensed firearm, unlawful possession of ammunition, and two counts of unlawful possession of a controlled drug […]
Alleged gov’t looter: ‘I see people take things so I take too’
A 25-year-old government employee attached to the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force reportedly told police he was only ‘following the crowd’ when he allegedly looted a 32-inch flat screen television from an electronics store after Hurricane Irma last year. Shamoii […]
Med school to open January, few hundred students ready
A few hundred international students have already expressed interest in the medical school that is being established in the BVI, Education Minister Myron Walwyn has said. This offshore school — which is called the University of Science Arts and Technology […]
VG airport misses reopening date, works still ongoing
Residents and visitors will have to wait a while longer before the Taddy Bay Airport on Virgin Gorda reopens. The BVI Airports Authority (BVIAA) had said the airport would have reopened by October 29 of this week. But when contacted […]
Justice system dismal: Dead persons’ matters being called in court
At least two relatively old matters involving deceased persons have appeared on the court’s list in the past two weeks, causing the Magistrate Shawn Innocent to decry the increasingly recurring shortcomings of the judicial system locally. The deceased person in […]
Man claims self-defence in alleged ‘race assault’ against Caucasian
While prosecutors are alleging that it was an offence motivated by race, a 23-year-old Long Bush man accused of assault has testified that he was acting in self-defence when he reportedly injured a Caucasian male on September 26 three years […]
