Local environmentalist Dr Cassandra Titley-O’Neal has claimed that parking lots are occupying some of the most expensive coastline properties in the British Virgin Islands (BVI), adding that the territory may need to reconsider how it utilizes its shores as it […]

Minister of Education Myron Walwyn has released photographs to support his optimism that the 32 new classrooms he had promised to build at Elmore Stoutt High School will be completed in time for the new school year in September. Along […]

An earthquake with a magnitude of 3.50 was felt in the British Virgin Islands about 7:23 last evening. According to the Puerto Rico Seismic Network, the quake happened at latitude 18.27, longitude 64.66, or 16.67 kilometres south-south-east of Road Town, […]

Government Information Service (press release) – Effective August 1, home and foreign based charters will see an increase in cruising permit fees to $6 and $16 per person per day respectively. Commissioner of Customs, Mr. Wade Smith said the amended […]

By Horace Mills, BVI News Online Staff Deputy Governor Rosalie Adams and scientist Dr Cassandra Titley-O’Neal have questioned the interest of private developers and land owners as it relates to protection of the environment, which include ghuts and ponds located […]

A man and a woman were hauled before the Magistrate’s Court yesterday for allegedly administering a number of pills to a 14-year-old girl to terminate her pregnancy. Based on allegations, the two accused caused the minor to suffer a miscarriage. […]

Chief Planner Gregory Adams has admitted that his Town and Country Planning Department examines building plans in a very ‘microscopic’ way, adding that his team does not have a ‘strong basis’ on which to determine if a proposed development is […]

Leader of the Opposition Andrew Fahie was the only elected representative at a crucial community meeting in Road Town last evening, prompting uncertainty as to whether there will be bi-partisan commitment to using a European Union-funded report as a road-map […]

While stating that Nickail Chambers has one of the worst rap sheets she has ever seen, Senior Magistrate Tamia Richards yesterday denied bail to the 25-year-old who is accused of trying to murder his childhood friend Cory Prince. Chambers, who […]

Several communities have been left without electricity, some businesses have kept their shutters down, a community meeting on Jost Van Dyke has been postponed, and a number of roads were made impassable during torrential overnight rainfall associated with a tropical […]