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 […]
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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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]