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Cruise ship passenger dies after falling ill on tour

Cruise ship passenger dies after falling ill on tour

A cruise ship passenger from London, England, died after falling ill during a tour of Tortola in the British Virgin Islands (BVI) last week Friday, February 3. He has been identified as Leith Pond, 71. Reports reaching BVI News Online […]

by / on February 6, 2017 at 8:38 AM /
Fraser not surprised: JIPA suing NHI over contract

Fraser not surprised: JIPA suing NHI over contract

Leader of the Opposition Julian Fraser has indicated that he is not surprised there is now a major dispute involving operators of the state-owned National Health Insurance (NHI) and the Florida-based JIPA Network. Under a contract signed in October 2015, […]

by / on February 6, 2017 at 8:35 AM /
INSPIRE BVI: Sixty and still studying- Robyn Fawcett

INSPIRE BVI: Sixty and still studying- Robyn Fawcett

By Davion Smith, BVI News Online Staff Retirement couldn’t be further away for 60-year-old Robyn Fawcett, who has spent much of her adult life sailing across the world and experiencing many professions. The Australian native, who has been living in […]

by / on February 6, 2017 at 8:00 AM /
Woman stabbed

Woman stabbed

A 46-year-old resident of the Valley in Virgin Gorda is being accused of stabbing his estranged girlfriend in the leg during an argument in the Leverick Bay Hotel area. The Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) has confirmed that Richard […]

by / on February 6, 2017 at 7:15 AM /
Jack Populist versus Julius Caesar

Jack Populist versus Julius Caesar

By Dickson Igwe, Contributor In western countries, populism, more direct political action from the voter, is winning over representative democracy, the rule by elected elites The biggest news in the world today is the ‘takeover’ by small people: the Pitchfork […]

by / on February 4, 2017 at 11:03 AM /
Premier attending Brexit meetings in UK

Premier attending Brexit meetings in UK

Government Information Service (press release) – Premier and Minister of Finance, Dr. the Honourable D. Orlando Smith, OBE will lead a delegation to London to attend the United Kingdom Overseas Territories (UK-OT) Joint Ministerial Council on European Union (EU) Negotiations […]

by / on February 4, 2017 at 9:05 AM /
VIDEO: Residents, scooter riders challenge cops

VIDEO: Residents, scooter riders challenge cops

Police officers carrying out their duty in a section of Tortola last night faced strong resistance from a group of civilians including motorcyclists. “Ayo can’t take no bike from nobody,” one scooter rider dared the police, who persons on the […]

by / on February 3, 2017 at 8:20 PM /
Students out of hospital: No broken limbs

Students out of hospital: No broken limbs

All five female Grade 12 students of the Elmore Stoutt High School who were taken to Peebles Hospital yesterday after the bus in which they were traveling stopped suddenly have been treated and released from the medical facility. No broken […]

by / on February 3, 2017 at 2:51 PM /
Fahie to leaders: Stop turning people into puppets

Fahie to leaders: Stop turning people into puppets

While touting a number of initiatives he has been pushing in his constituency especially as it relates to youth empowerment, representative of the First Electoral District Andrew Fahie has called for leaders to stop helping people only under certain selfish […]

by / on February 3, 2017 at 11:16 AM /
Man allegedly threatens to douse woman with acid

Man allegedly threatens to douse woman with acid

Denvil Lettsome, a 65-year-old businessman who was reportedly caught on tape threatening to pour acid on a woman, has appeared before the Magistrate’s Court. Senior Magistrate Tamia Richards granted the Josiah’s Bay resident $35,000 bail. It is alleged that, on […]

by / on February 3, 2017 at 9:17 AM /