Lawmakers from both the government and opposition have called for a review of local laws to make it more difficult for persons to acquire land by prescription. Acquisition by prescription, in this context, enables squatters who have enjoyed uninterrupted possession […]

Devaughn Callwood who previously told the court he used marijuana to prevent ‘seizures’ was fined $2,500 in the Magistrate’s Court today, March 7. The West End resident opted to pay the sum before the end of the day. Senior Magistrate […]

“Your Honour, please, please! Please Ma’am. Miss DaBreo, please! Miss DaBreo!” That was how Kevern Leonard begged when Magistrate Ayanna Baptiste-DaBreo this month revoked the bail she had offered him some four months ago. Leonard’s plea for bail was shortly […]

Superintendent of Prisons David Foot has indicated that a number of the violent incidents that have taken place at Her Majesty’s Prison are gang-related, adding that they sometimes start from outside the walls of the correctional facility located at Balsam […]

The Inland Revenue Department, which is responsible for collecting taxes on Government’s behalf, has threatened legal action against delinquent taxpayers. It did so while announcing an amnesty on penalties and interest from March to June this year. Commissioner at the […]

Government Information Service (press release) – Women in outdoor professions in the BVI will be featured in a month campaign beginning tomorrow International Women’s Day. The women selected to be a part of the campaign include, Shaina Smith in the […]

  Two women and a man were rescued at Smugglers Cove Beach in the British Virgin Islands this afternoon, March 6. The three were swimming despite the presence of warning signs at the location, BVI News Online has been informed. […]

A number of persons escaped an inferno today (March 6) when the boat in which they were traveling went up in flames in the British Virgin Islands (BVI). According to a representative of the Virgin Islands Search and Rescue (VISAR), […]

Leaders from both sides of the political divide joined other residents this morning to again pay homage to the British Virgin Islands’ first chief minister, Hamilton Lavity Stoutt, who passed away on My 14, 1995. Premier Dr D Orlando Smith, […]

Minister of Education and Culture Myron Walwyn has noted that leadership goes far beyond just being considered the one in charge, adding that leaders must sometimes make tough decisions despite resistance from people who see things differently. As such, he […]