BVI News

Category: All News

3 families booted from homes in 4 days

3 families booted from homes in 4 days

Hours after rushing to the assistance of a family of five that was ejected from a rented property yesterday, Executive Director of the Family Support Network (FSN) Dr Sylvia Simmons told BVI News Online she is concerned about the number […]

by / on January 9, 2017 at 11:00 AM /
Suspect held for deadly bar shooting

Suspect held for deadly bar shooting

Reports reaching BVI News Online are that police have taken a young man from Purcell Estate into custody in relation to the fatal shooting that unfolded at a bar in Long Look on the eastern end of Tortola late Friday […]

by / on January 9, 2017 at 9:11 AM /
Premier: I won’t give up finance ministry

Premier: I won’t give up finance ministry

Following calls from senior National Democratic Party (NDP) member Eileen Parsons for the Ministry of Finance portfolio to be handed over to Ronnie Skelton, Premier and Minister of Finance Dr D Orlando Smith has made it clear that the ministry […]

by / on January 9, 2017 at 8:25 AM /
Legal enmity between children and parents?

Legal enmity between children and parents?

By Sandra Phillip Hodge (contributor) Kidnapped. Lured into the trap of human-trafficking. Enslaved to pornographic and prostitution kingpins. Drugged out. Abused. Murdered! It all begins with separation from family by will or by force. And it usually happens during the teen […]

by / on January 9, 2017 at 8:00 AM /
VG records first robbery for 2017

VG records first robbery for 2017

The island of Virgin Gorda has recorded its first robbery since the start of 2017, BVI News Online has confirmed. Reports are that a woman was conducting business late last week on a porch outside Dixie’s Bar and Restaurant in […]

by / on January 9, 2017 at 6:33 AM /
Local footballer making major strides, eyes professional career

Local footballer making major strides, eyes professional career

PRESS RELEASE: With one semester left of his two-year stint at the Atlanta-based Andrews College in the United States, 22-year-old Troy Ceasar, has already begun to assess what his next step will be. The young talent is currently studying computer […]

by / on January 9, 2017 at 5:00 AM /
Man shot dead during robbery

Man shot dead during robbery

A businessman identified as Franklyn Fahie was shot in the Long Look area of Tortola last night during a robbery. Highly placed sources said he was pronounced dead at Peebles Hospital. Details about the incident that unfolded at a bar […]

by / on January 7, 2017 at 8:24 AM /
From Paris to London, and then back to paradise

From Paris to London, and then back to paradise

A travel story part B – by Dickson Igwe (contributor) There is an international quality to Paris. This is an appeal London is losing with Brexit and growing xenophobia. In working class areas of London an anti migrant politics is […]

by / on January 7, 2017 at 4:26 AM /
Vanterpool to show DeCastro ‘value for money’

Vanterpool to show DeCastro ‘value for money’

Minister of Communication and Works Mark Vanterpool said he is prepared to meet with a former election candidate of the opposition party to prove to her that he has achieved ‘value for money’ in relation to the $16 million road […]

by / on January 6, 2017 at 6:46 PM /
Robbery suspect held

Robbery suspect held

Police have held a suspect in at least one of several robberies that unfolded on the island of Tortola last last year, usually reliable sources have told BVI News Online. A young man who resides at Lower Estate has been […]

by / on January 6, 2017 at 4:29 PM /