PRESS RELEASE: Approximately 50 students of the Leonora Delville Primary School learned more about British Virgin Islands telecommunications industry and the services provided by Flow during the school’s Career Expo held on Thursday, June 28. Delivered by Marketing and Communications […]
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BVI chefs bag medals in regional competition
Despite entering as a team with little preparation due to the 2017 hurricanes, the British Virgins Islands was nothing short of exceptional in this year’s regional culinary competition called Taste of the Caribbean. The territory’s culinary team emerged out of […]
COMMENTARY: Voters may want a coalition gov’t
By Dickson Igwe, Contributor The British Virgin Islands General Election is to take place before the end of 2018 or early 2019. It will be an epic affair. The General Election will be a hard-fought battle. In politics, the stakes […]
Man beaten in alleged attempted robbery recaptured, still hospitalised
A man, who was beaten and hospitalised for allegedly attempting the rob a business establishment at the weekend, reportedly evaded police custody but has since been recaptured. The accused thief is now receiving medical treatment back at the state-owned Peebles […]
37 trained in SMART school standards
PRESS RELEASE: Thirty-seven persons from pre-primary to tertiary levels at public and private institutions across the Territory have been trained to ensure that their schools are safe, healthy and green. The personnel were trained to use sustained mitigation, adaptation and […]
No extradition | Hodge, Harrigan wins court appeal
Earl ‘Bob’ Hodge and former Customs Officer Roberto ‘Tico’ Harrigan have been released and will not be extradited to the United States. High Court Judge Godfrey Smith gave that ruling today, June 29. Back in November 2017, Magistrate Shawn Innocent […]
BVI on alert after USVI airport flags swapped with ‘Allāh’ banners
BVI authorities have been put on alert following an incident in the neighbouring United States Virgin Islands (USVI) in which US and USVI flags mounted at the Cyril E King Airport in St Thomas were replaced with black flags bearing the […]
Fahie’s fault gov’t wasted $7M on BVI Airways, says Premier
By Davion Smith, BVI News Staff Premier Dr D Orlando Smith has said Opposition Leader Andrew Fahie is partly to blame why his government rushed to dump the full $7 million into BVI Airways, whose operators accepted the funds but […]
Public warned not to ‘touch’, harm hatchling turtles
By Esther Durand, BVI News Staff Marine biologist in the Department of Conservation and Fisheries, Argel Horton is warning against touching hatchling turtles. Horton gave the warning after two videos surfaced this week, showing footage of what appeared to be a […]
Judith Vanterpool named new HLSCC President
Judith Vanterpool will officially take the reins as the new President of the H Lavity Stoutt Community College (HLSCC) on August 1. Vanterpool is the wife of government minister Mark Vanterpool and also the current Vice President of the educational facility. […]