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PHOTOS: Successful regatta rakes in at least $4M

PHOTOS: Successful regatta rakes in at least $4M

Director of the just-concluded BVI Spring Regatta and Sailing Festival, Judy Petz, has hailed the event as a big success, estimating that the festival raked in at least $4 million in direct earnings for the territory. “There is close to […]

by / on April 3, 2017 at 11:01 AM /
BVI Airways director released from hospital

BVI Airways director released from hospital

The director of flight operations at BVI Airways, Bradley Goggin, has been released from Peebles Hospital. He was stretchered from the airline’s headquarters in Road Town last Friday, and taken in an ambulance to the medical facility. When BVI News […]

by / on April 3, 2017 at 9:20 AM /
Photos: Totally Evil prevails

Photos: Totally Evil prevails

Totally Evil, which is owned by Alliance Point Stables in the US Virgin Islands, galloped to victory in the feature race at Ellis Thomas Downs in the British Virgin Islands yesterday, April 2. The race had a purse of $8,000. […]

by / on April 3, 2017 at 8:59 AM /
Several flight cancellations as strike hits LIAT

Several flight cancellations as strike hits LIAT

Regional airline LIAT said its passengers should brace for flight delays and cancellations over the next few days due to industrial unrest. “LIAT wishes to advise the travelling public that we are currently experiencing a number of delays and cancellations […]

by / on April 3, 2017 at 8:55 AM /
Farmers want more than lip service – Christopher

Farmers want more than lip service – Christopher

Representative of the Fifth Electoral District Delores Christopher has called on her colleagues to not only pay lip service to local farmers, but to give them the tangible support they need. “We have to support our farmers. We have to […]

by / on April 3, 2017 at 7:29 AM /
BVI health system a good example for others, says PAHO consultant

BVI health system a good example for others, says PAHO consultant

The health system in the British Virgin Islands (BVI) is worthy of emulation by other countries in the Eastern Caribbean, according to Dr Peter Crowley, who is the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) advisor on health systems strengthening. He however […]

by / on April 3, 2017 at 5:58 AM /
Most deaths in Caribbean due to non-communicable diseases

Most deaths in Caribbean due to non-communicable diseases

Government Information Service (press release) – Director of the Chronic Disease Research Centre, Dr. Alafia Samuels has said that heart and respiratory diseases, stroke, cancer and diabetes are significantly affecting the people of the Caribbean. Dr. Samuel in a recent […]

by / on April 3, 2017 at 4:16 AM /
Man charged for murder of Penn

Man charged for murder of Penn

Police said one man was charged late yesterday with the murder of Alston Penn as officers of the Major Crime Team continue their pursuit of suspects regarding recent murders. Santo Yamarco Hernandez, who is a 38-year-old native of the Dominican […]

by / on April 2, 2017 at 8:57 AM /
BVI cop defeats four in race for regional crown

BVI cop defeats four in race for regional crown

Constable Jeoverne Webb of the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) here in the British Virgin Islands fended off challenges from four contestants overnight to win a regional police pageant in Tortola. She went up against Constable Zamera Dean Frederick […]

by / on April 2, 2017 at 5:25 AM /
Fahie challenges authority of minister, civil servant

Fahie challenges authority of minister, civil servant

Leader of the Opposition Andrew Fahie has claimed that Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Education Dr Marcia Potter has no legal authority to have written to the auditor general, requesting an investigation into a contract given to a private […]

by / on April 1, 2017 at 7:55 AM /