Governor John Duncan has exercised his constitutional powers, and has forced the Government to allocate more funding to the Royal Virgin Islands Force (RVIPF). The RVIPF will receive roughly an additional $800,000 to its budget for this financial year, which […]

Two of the persons who were taken to Peebles Hospital after a nasty crash last evening (March 15) were treated and released, but the driver Justice Amory did not survive. Amory, the 19-year-old son of Superintendent of Police St Clair […]

A member of the parliamentary opposition has suggested that emotional bonding between parents and their children should be clearly stipulated in a new law being proposed. Julian Fraser, who up to recently served as Leader of the Opposition, lamented that […]

While making it clear that she was not speaking in her capacity as the wife of Premier Dr D Orlando Smith, Lorna Smith last evening defended the government’s plan to expand the runway at Terrence B Lettsome International Airport, but […]

Police have arrested a man who they said was found in possession of cocaine in the Baughers Bay area of Tortola this morning, March 16. “A male was arrested after a search of his vehicle in Baughers Bay this morning […]

The National Democratic Party government is likely to miss the time-line within which it said it would have been able to signed a contract for extension of the runway at Terrence B Lettsome International Airport. Premier Dr D Orlando Smith […]

Defence attorney Marlon Gordon, who is representing three of the four men currently on trial for possession of some 80 kilograms of cocaine, has accused Senior Magistrate Tamia Richards of being biased in the proceedings. “Ma’am, I don’t feel like […]

Premier and Minister of Finance Dr D Orlando Smith is now claiming that China Communications Construction Company (CCCC) is seeking concessions from Government regarding plans to extend the runway at the government-owned Terrence B Lettsome International Airport. That declaration came […]

St Georges Secondary School is the new Inter Secondary Schools’ Debate champion. Its three debaters argued their way to victory last night at the H Lavity Stoutt Community College, leaving their opponents from Claudia Creque Educational Centre to settle for […]

Three people were injured – one critically – in a motor vehicle accident on Tortola this evening (March 15), usually reliable sources have told BVI News Online. The two men and a woman were taken to Peebles Hospital. The one […]