While stating that the Phase V Power Development Programme is the ‘the greatest increase in generating capacity’ in the history of the BVI Electricity Corporation (BVIEC), General Manager at the company Leroy Abraham said he cannot promise that there will […]

A 15-year-old male from Tortola and a 17-year-old female from Virgin Gorda have been charged with theft, said the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF). It did not outline the allegations against the minors, whose names are being with-held. Both […]

Wellington ‘Butch’ Romney has been appointed the parliamentary opposition’s representative on the board of the BVI Health Services Authority (BVIHSA), which manages all public health facilities locally. Leader of the Opposition Andrew Fahie made the announcement recently. Romney is his […]

By Horace Mills, BVI News Online Staff Government has been turning a blind eye to a grave disregard for public safety in one of the most telling of places – a public cemetery. Several pieces of reinforcing steel, which have […]

Following a ruling that the Magistrate’s Court will accept a crucial analyst report into evidence; testimony from a United States coastguard yesterday revealed that Tarik Aaron and Leshaughn Smith were allegedly transporting what could be more than the originally stated […]

The three-year-old matters involving Cayma Nibbs concluded in the Magistrate’s Court yesterday with two convictions. Senior Magistrate Tamia Richards found Nibbs guilty of illegal entry and failing to declare money to Customs. The British Virgin Islander was implicated back in […]

Representative of the Second Electoral District Melvin ‘Mitch’ Turnbull has dismissed criticism and claims that he has allowed a contractor from outside Cane Garden Bay to be selected over an area contractor to undertake the Cane Garden Bay Revetment Project. […]

Former Minister of Education and Culture Eileen Parsons has claimed that the National Democratic Party (NDP) ‘seems to inherit all the problems’ of the Territory whenever it forms the government. She made the comment a few days ago during the […]

Augustus ‘Gus’ Jaspert has been appointed Governor of the British Virgin Islands, in succession to Governor John Duncan. Jaspert will take up his appointment in August 2017. He currently serves in the United Kingdom Cabinet Office as Director of Security […]

Olanzo Dore, who escaped police custody on Virgin Gorda last week was today hauled before Senior Magistrate Tamia Richards, who heard that the offender fled because he was being beaten at Her Majesty’s Prison. The 31-year-old native of St Kitts […]