Customs Commissioner Wade Smith has accused his detractors of presenting alternative facts, following criticisms of his agency’s recent crackdown on companies that fell afoul of the territory’s maritime regulations. Her Majesty’s Customs (HMC) fined several companies, including the popular Moorings […]

The government’s inability to implement some of the legislation that it has passed in the House of Assembly (HOA) over the years has been brought under scrutiny by Opposition Leader Marlon Penn. Penn, who is also the Eighth District Representative, […]

The defence attorney representing Maybelline Rodriguez in the trial for Trumayne ‘Passion’ Daway’s murder has contended that police searched her client’s Huntums Ghut apartment without a signed warrant from a magistrate. While under cross-examination from Rodriguez’s lawyer Valerie Stephens-Gordon, Detective […]

Leader of the Opposition Marlon Penn has accused the Virgin Islands Party (VIP) government of what he described as a lack of innovation in finding areas to generate revenue for the territory. Speaking on the National Democratic Party (NDP) radio […]

Commissioner of Her Majesty’s Customs (HMC), Wade Smith, said it was important to point out that the charter companies that were recently fined and had their vessels detained for non-compliance with the territory’s maritime regulations have been penalized before for […]

Information reaching BVI News is that another stabbing has occurred at Her Majesty’s Prison in Balsam Ghut. The victim, whose identity has not yet been confirmed, is said to be serving a life sentence at the facility. His condition is […]

Director of the Water & Sewerage Department, Perline Scatliffe-Leonard has said efforts must be made to identify and, in some cases, revive water sources such as wells, catchments and ponds to mitigate the impact of climate change. Delivering remarks for […]

Health Minister Carvin Malone has urged Opposition Leader Marlon Penn to stop condemning the government’s fishing and farmer grants, particularly since he helped persons to access it. “I want to invite the Leader of the Opposition to stop it. Stop […]

Over the past two days, the court heard testimonies from witnesses who owned or operated on the vehicles that were alleged to have been used as the getaway vehicles by the three accused involved in Trumayne ‘Passion’ Daway’s murder — […]

The government is not intentionally seeking earnings from fines given out to persons for breaking the law, Premier Andrew Fahie has said. “Our thing is not about making revenue through fines, we hope that people would be compliant,” Premier Fahie […]