Former bank employee Matthew Hazel will spend nine years in prison in relation to the attempted robbery and attempted murder of an off-duty police officer outside the bank where he was employed in 2015. He was sentenced in the High […]

Magistrate Ayanna Baptiste DaBreo granted businessman Tifern Henley $50,000 bail today (May 15) after hearing that the accused allegedly made off with his ex-lover’s motor jeep and her two minors, then abandoned them after he crashed the vehicle. The 35-year-old […]

Minister of Health and Social Development Ronnie Skelton has told the territory to brace for possible fallout in the financial services industry, adding that the intensified clamp down on the industry  will directly affect especially businesses operating in the British […]

A former soldier, who is said to be struggling with anger and trauma caused by war, has been hauled before the Magistrate’s Court for allegedly beating a minor ‘hard’ enough to cause injury. The accused, who is charged with two […]

The United Kingdom has faced another tongue-lashing in the territory’s parliament, with Minister of Education Myron Walwyn declaring that courageous leaders are needed to touch on the issue of independence for the British Virgin Islands (BVI), even if it means […]

By Horace Mills, BVI News Online Staff Delta Petroleum has suffered a second loss in its legal battle with the government’s power provider – BVI Electricity Corporation (BVIEC). The first defeat came last year, when High Court judge Justice Nicola […]

By Horace Mills, BVI News Online Staff The graduation season has started in fine style for some British Virgin Islands (BVI) students studying abroad; not least among them is Virgin Gorda native Monel Marcellin, who has graduated with the highest […]

BLOOMBERG NEWS – The global campaign against money laundering combined with the Panama Papers made the Caribbean islands of sun, sand and offshore banking a near no-go zone for the world’s biggest banks. So the British Virgin Islands has a […]

The surety who had helped to secure bail for Trevon Johnny has withdrawn her signature from the bond. That happened after she found out that Johnny is back with his wife, whom he is accused of choking. The surety, whose […]

Flow was at various supermarkets in Tortola and Virgin Gorda on the weekend surprising almost 30 unsuspecting mothers at the check-out. As mothers completed their weekly shopping, representatives of the telecoms company assisted with packing their bags. When they were […]