Omarie Winter has been sentenced to five years in prison. Magistrate Ayanna Baptise-DaBreo sentenced the 19-year-old this morning (April 28) in relation to an illegal handgun and eight rounds of ammunition. He was sentenced to six months imprisonment for the […]

Scores of relatives and friends assembled in Cane Garden Bay on Wednesday (April 26) to pay final respects to one-half of the British Virgin Islands’ longest married couple, Josephine ‘Mama’ Rhymer. She passed away on April 12 at age 97, […]

By Horace Mills, BVI News Online Staff The government has announced the new cruise permit fees it is proposing for local and foreign vessels day-tripping in the British Virgin Islands (BVI). The biggest increase is by 300 percent for locals […]

Police have issued an appeal for help in locating a resident of the Valley, Olanzo Dore, 31, who they said escaped custody after he was placed on remand by the Magistrate’s Court in Virgin Gorda. Prison and police officers were […]

OneMart supermarket today announced that it is no longer selling Robin Hood flour and all products related to Robin Hood flour, in light of a recently issued food recall warning. “We were made aware of the issue as it developed […]

By Davion Smith, BVI News Online Staff While assessing Donald Trump’s presidency of the United States, a university professor urged the British Virgin Islands (BVI) not to panic although it may face frightening repercussions, including possible blows to its main […]

PRESS RELEASE – As momentum continues to build for the 2017 annual Hon Julian Fraser Save the Seed National Basketball League, the competition is getting even more exciting. The League is pleased to announce that, in celebration of its 5th […]

The neighbouring US Virgin Islands came alive yesterday morning as a relatively large number of revelers descended onto the streets of St Thomas to do as their name suggests – revel. The event, J’ouvert 2017, was held as part of […]

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has decried what it said is the limited political will in the British Virgin Islands to implement a legal requirement for the establishment of a youth custody and training centre for juveniles convicted of […]

By Davion Smith, BVI News Online Staff Chairman of the BVI Tourist Board Russel Harrigan said he is rooting for United States (US) President Donald Trump to grow the US economy because that would mean ‘great’ things for the BVI. […]