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 […]

During an event where some of the territory’s top teachers were honoured last evening (March 14), Minister of Education Myron Walwyn used himself as an example of why educators should never write off students who are under their charge. Making […]

A young man from the Purcell Estate area of Tortola was treated at Peebles Hospital after a red scooter on which he allegedly was trying to escape a police dragnet crashed. The youngster, who was treated and released from the […]

Brothers-in-law Chevon Russell and Jack Gordon Benjamin, who pleaded guilty to illegal entry, will spend time at Her Majesty’s Prison for the offence. Russell, who is said to be more culpable than Benjamin, was handed the heavier sentence in the […]

Minister responsible for ports Mark Vanterpool has disclosed a plethora of figures showing what he described as the financial stability of the government-owned BVI Ports Authority and Tortola Pier Park (TPP), as well as the citizens who have invested in […]

While indicating that the sewerage problem in East End/Long Look has worsened, representative of the Eighth Electoral District Marlon Penn said the government should consider borrowing money to complete an ongoing sewerage project in the area if financial setbacks are […]

A member of the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force has described as misguided, an alleged attempt to conceal cocaine in buckets of mortar-like substances presumably from sniffer dogs. Detective Constable Thomas Himbury made the remark while he testified yesterday in […]