Residents can now be diagnosed and treated for many heart conditions without having to leave the territory. This is because the Bougainvillea Clinic officially opened the doors last Saturday to the Dr Kendall Griffith Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory – the first […]
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Gourmet With A Cause kicks off 2018 Food Fete
The next few weeks is slated to be jampacked with culinary events — the start of which was on Saturday with Gourmet With A Cause, the kickoff event for the 2018 BVI Food Fete. Saturday’s event, which was held at […]
Man fined $500 for 31 grams of cannabis
A 29-year-old Jost Van Dyke man has been fined $500 after he was found with 31 grams of cannabis on Tortola. Dwayne Donovan of Great Harbour was fined after pleading guilty to possession of a controlled drug in the Magistrate’s […]
Funeral for Delores Christopher this Saturday
PRESS RELEASE: The official funeral for the Deputy Speaker of the House of Assembly and Representative for the Fifth Electoral District, Honourable Delores Christopher will be held on Saturday, November 3 at the Sea Cow’s Bay Methodist Church. A procession […]
Victim’s business partner named as murder suspect; $2M in drugs found
An East End resident has been named as a murder suspect in Monday’s fatal Brady Ghut shooting of Tyrone Thomas after police recovered a gun, a quantity of ammunition, and $2 million worth of cocaine near the crime scene and […]
Plausible? Recovery projects over $2M closed to int’l bidders
Recovery and Development Plan projects that exceed $2 million will only be open to local contractors for bidding. “There is a $2 million limit where work will not be advertised externally. This is just to make sure that work is […]
VG man sentenced to 36 months for burglary, drugs
Virgin Gorda resident, Aaron Joseph, was given a custodial sentence of 36 months at Her Majesty’s Prison for his burglary and drug-related offences when he appeared before Magistrate Shawn Innocent on Thursday. A breakdown of the prison sentences shows the […]
Gov’t ending material grant assistance to hurricane-hit homeowners
Government is ending the segment of its Housing Recovery Assistance Programme that has been issuing material grants to homeowners since the 2017 hurricanes. The Material Assistance Grants initiative is being dissolved at the end of this month. Homeowners had been […]
Man held with cocaine fined $6K, drug supply charge dismissed
A Sophie Bay resident was slapped with a $6,000 fine in the Magistrate’s Court for cocaine possession. Shaunlee Fahie was sentenced this month after pleading guilty to 7.8 grams of the drug. Magistrate Shawn Innocent ordered the offender to pay […]
Imported workers deserting employers for higher paying jobs
Construction workers imported into the territory under the post-hurricane Skilled Workers Programme are abandoning their employers for better-paying jobs. Labour Minister Dr Kedrick Pickering has therefore called for a review of the policy governing the programme, which allows for needed […]
