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Flow highlights role telecoms during career expo

Flow highlights role telecoms during career expo

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 […]

by / on July 3, 2018 at 5:18 AM /
BVI chefs bag medals in regional competition

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 […]

by / on July 2, 2018 at 12:10 PM /
COMMENTARY: Voters may want a coalition gov’t

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 […]

by / on July 2, 2018 at 9:58 AM /
Man beaten in alleged attempted robbery recaptured, still hospitalised

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 […]

by / on July 2, 2018 at 9:46 AM /
37 trained in SMART school standards

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 […]

by / on July 2, 2018 at 7:06 AM /
No extradition | Hodge, Harrigan wins court appeal

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 […]

by / on June 29, 2018 at 5:25 PM /
BVI on alert after USVI airport flags swapped with ‘Allāh’ banners

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 […]

by / on June 29, 2018 at 3:23 PM /
Fahie’s fault gov’t wasted $7M on BVI Airways, says Premier

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 […]

by / on June 29, 2018 at 8:35 AM /
Public warned not to ‘touch’, harm hatchling turtles

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 […]

by / on June 29, 2018 at 8:24 AM /
Judith Vanterpool named new HLSCC President

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. […]

by / on June 29, 2018 at 7:45 AM /