The following is the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force’s list of people charged from January 1 to 7, 2017: Unlawful possession of a controlled drug 1. On 01-01-2017 at 0039hrs – Police arrested and charged Laren Turnbull, 47, resident of […]

Local authorities are clueless about the unusually loud explosions that echoed shorty before 11pm on Monday in various sections of the British Virgin Islands – especially in the Sea Cows Bay area. Residents as far as Cane Garden Bay also […]

Bishop John Cline said comments he made on radio last week Friday have been given as the reason he was asked to resign as Chairman of the state-owned BVI Health Services Authority (BVIHSA). But he strongly believes he was a […]

Days after being forced to quit as Chairman of the state-owned BVI Health Services Authority (BVIHSA) Bishop John Cline has made it clear that he was doing the job merely out of love for the territory; not because of any […]

Commissioner of Police Michael Matthews has announced plans to host a community meeting next week Monday (January 16) in the Long Look community, which has experienced two murders and an attempted murder within the past three months. There also have […]

Premier Dr D Orlando Smith has joined a growing list of persons raising concern about the latest spate of serious crimes in the British Virgin Islands (BVI). “I would like to express my deep concern about the state of violent […]

PRESS RELEASE: The Bougainvillea Clinic, a private hospital in Road Town, has successfully carried out a procedure called radioactive seed implantation, also known as brachytherapy, on three patients with early-stage prostate cancer. The operation was done on January 6 which […]

A major shortcoming in the testing of suspected illegal drugs in the British Virgin Islands yesterday prompted a magistrate to re-offer bail to Nikhoy Phillip, who was locked up shortly before Christmas for allegedly breaching the terms of a previous […]

There was a tense calm yesterday around the bar where a gunman committed the British Virgin Islands’ first reported murder for 2017. When BVI News Online visited the area in the afternoon, no one was seen in and around the […]

The National Parks Trust has ordered the closure of all beaches under its control in the British Virgin Islands (BVI). The move comes as the Antigua and Barbuda Meteorological Service issued a warning against currently dangerous sea conditions including gale […]