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Gov’t to review work permit fee issue amid outrage

Gov’t to review work permit fee issue amid outrage

By Horace Mills, BVI News Online Staff Minister of Labour Dr Kedrick Pickering has promised to review aspects of the new work permit structure, which includes a new fee as well as fee hikes that are scheduled to take effect […]

by / on April 20, 2017 at 9:39 PM /
16-year-old charged for stealing scooter

16-year-old charged for stealing scooter

A 16-year-old male from Cane Garden Bay on Tortola has been arrested and charged in relation to the theft of a scooter in the said community. The Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF), in its weekly Arrest Blotter, said the […]

by / on April 20, 2017 at 6:09 PM /
Grounds broken with advice: You must pay mortgage

Grounds broken with advice: You must pay mortgage

While breaking grounds for what will be known as Joe’s Hill Manor, which will have more homes and a bigger budget than initially announced, Minister of Health and Social Development Ronnie Skelton underscored the importance of prospective homeowners paying their […]

by / on April 20, 2017 at 3:01 PM /
Give me the F** money – gunman with local accent

Give me the F** money – gunman with local accent

Reports reaching BVI News Online are that the gunman who robbed Riteway at Flemming Street in Road Town pointed a gun at a cashier’s head and threatened to shoot her while he demanded that funds be handed over to him […]

by / on April 20, 2017 at 1:07 PM /
Update: Police suspect American commits suicide

Update: Police suspect American commits suicide

Police said they have determined that 33-year-old Daniel Godsey of Tennessee in the United States may have committed suicide aboard Norwegian Escape yesterday (April 19), adding that they also have been able to ascertain that the incident took place in […]

by / on April 20, 2017 at 1:01 PM /
Lawmakers promise shorter wait for bodies – BILL PASSED

Lawmakers promise shorter wait for bodies – BILL PASSED

By Horace Mills, BVI News Online Staff Lawmakers yesterday passed a new Bill that they said will help bring ‘relief’ to people who would otherwise endure stress and a protracted wait for the authorities to hand over their loved ones’ […]

by / on April 20, 2017 at 8:31 AM /
Man who threatens business owner sentenced

Man who threatens business owner sentenced

A 42-year-old man who threatened a businessman with a machete over $10 has been put on a two-year bond to keep the peace. Steadwin Coakley was sentenced after he pleaded guilty to criminal trespass, using threatening language, disorderly conduct, and […]

by / on April 20, 2017 at 7:38 AM /
New fee sends positive message abroad

New fee sends positive message abroad

Minister of Natural Resources Dr Kedrick Pickering said the imposition of a $10 environmental levy on visitors to the British Virgin Islands (BVI) will send a positive message overseas about the BVI, adding that it may result in the Territory […]

by / on April 20, 2017 at 7:36 AM /
Revealed – new building to replace staff room at ESHS

Revealed – new building to replace staff room at ESHS

Minister of Education Myron Walwyn has released a proposed drawing for what he said is a new building that is being considered to house the teachers’ staff room, auditorium, gymnasium, and cafeteria at the Elmore Stoutt High School (ESHS). He […]

by / on April 20, 2017 at 7:16 AM /
BREAKING NEWS: RiteWay supermarket robbed again

BREAKING NEWS: RiteWay supermarket robbed again

Riteway Supermarket in Road Town has been robbed again. Masked robbers stormed the business establishment on Flemming Street shortly before 8pm today, April 19. The robbers took an amount of money and then reportedly disappeared behind the supermarket. No one […]

by / on April 19, 2017 at 9:15 PM /