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Photos: Bougainvillea celebrates expansion

Photos: Bougainvillea celebrates expansion

Bold. Visionary. Pioneering. That’s how Dr Heskith Vanterpool and his wife Jean were described on Saturday morning as they swung open the doors to a brand new surgical ward, an operating theatre suite, and an imaging department at Bougainvillea Clinic […]

by / on March 20, 2017 at 8:00 AM /
‘Somebody saw something’

‘Somebody saw something’

Leader of the Opposition Andrew Fahie appealed for an end to crime in the British Virgin Islands when he addressed a relatively large group at the Sunday Morning Well in Road Town on Saturday – just over a week after […]

by / on March 20, 2017 at 8:00 AM /
Step-mom sends direct message to Killer

Step-mom sends direct message to Killer

During a candlelight vigil, Michelle Dawson aimed directly at the heart of the murderer who gunned down her step-son Ashburn ‘Ashie’ Dawson near the Sunday Morning Well in Road Town on March 10. She delivered a strong reprimand and appeal […]

by / on March 20, 2017 at 8:00 AM /
Smith apologizes for premier’s wrong info

Smith apologizes for premier’s wrong info

The government has found itself in another embarrassing situation, which has prompted public apologies at the start of this week from Financial Secretary Neil Smith as well as Premier and Minister of Finance Dr D Orlando Smith. The apologies came […]

by / on March 20, 2017 at 7:45 AM /
63-year-old sentenced for marijuana

63-year-old sentenced for marijuana

Richard Thomas, who police found with 610 seedling marijuana plants, was sentenced to two years imprisonment. That sentence was however suspended for two years. That means the 63-year-old offender will only serve the jail time if he commits another offence […]

by / on March 20, 2017 at 7:20 AM /
The declining Virgin Islands moral culture

The declining Virgin Islands moral culture

The callous murders of Kendoy Penn, Nickeria Smith, Alston Penn and Ashburn Dawson point to a community that has compromised its moral culture. The question is asked: has the Virgin Islands sold its soul to Mammon? Unsolved murders increase as […]

by / on March 20, 2017 at 7:15 AM /
Pickering wants more courts as problems worsen

Pickering wants more courts as problems worsen

Deputy Premier Dr Kedrick Pickering said a children and family court is needed in the British Virgin Islands, adding that he anticipates social and family problems to only worsen as the territory becomes more prosperous. “We are getting to the […]

by / on March 17, 2017 at 3:43 PM /
Deron Walters charged for $1.5M worth of cocaine

Deron Walters charged for $1.5M worth of cocaine

Police have charged 29-year-old Deron Walters of Fat Hogs Bay on Tortola following the seizure of 14 blocks of cocaine, which the law enforcers said has a street value of $1.5 million. He is charged with unlawful possession of cocaine, […]

by / on March 17, 2017 at 3:13 PM /
Premier undermines governor’s reason for using force

Premier undermines governor’s reason for using force

Premier Dr D Orlando Smith has tried to undermine Governor John Duncan’s explanation for using his constitutional powers to force Government to allocate an additional $800,000 in budgetary support to the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF). When the governor […]

by / on March 17, 2017 at 9:28 AM /
More fireworks at drug trial – THIS IS MY COURT!

More fireworks at drug trial – THIS IS MY COURT!

The trial involving four men accused of cocaine possession has reached a virtual standstill as a result of defence attorney Marlon Gordon and Senior Magistrate Tamia Richards being at loggerheads. Gordon, who this week accused the senior magistrate of bias, […]

by / on March 17, 2017 at 9:01 AM /