Brandon Riley has been sentenced to 32 months at Her Majesty’s Prison after threatening, assaulting and attempting to shoot another man. The United States native living on Virgin Gorda was sentenced last week after previously pleading guilty to unlawful use […]

Royal Knights and Road Town Wholesale (RTW) are through to the final of the 2019 BVICA-NAGICO T20 cricket tournament. Playing in the first semi-final match held at the Greenland Recreational Grounds on Sunday, July 14, Royal Knights defeated Grenada CC […]

Belle Vue resident Shamoii Dagou, who reportedly looted a flat-screen television because he saw others looting, was sentenced to 26 months at Her Majesty’s Prison on Wednesday. The former government employee attached to the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) […]

Premier Andrew Fahie believes Tuesday’s ‘tirade of abuse’ delivered outside the House of Assembly by newly sworn-in member Mark Vanterpool undermines the local construction sector, the national economy, and the territory’s image. Vanterpool had accused the Premier of having been […]

By Esther Durand, BVI News Staff Residents affected by smoke emissions from the Pockwood Pond waste facility will have no recourse if they develop complications due to the improper use of the government-issued carbon filter masks. Chief Environmental Health Officer […]

The new border management system announced by the government last month is expected to be fully implemented by June 2020 and will consist of a number of components never seen in the British Virgin Islands (BVI) before. “Though we are […]

Seventy-two students recently completed an intensive three-day teen Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) course, which has enabled them to provide assistance in the event of various emergency situations. A government media release said the training sessions were held through a […]

A scooter rider is nursing injuries following a vehicular accident on the main island of Tortola on Wednesday, July 17. “The scooter rider sustained injuries to what appeared to be his left leg and is being treated at Peebles Hospital,” […]

With the Safe Haven Transitional Centre treating mostly Virgin Islanders for various forms of mental illnesses, residents are being urged to extend love and support to each other. Minister for Health and Social Development Carvin Malone made the call during […]

Premier Andrew Fahie is planning to move a motion to exempt Deputy Speaker Neville ‘Sheep’ Smith from having to vacate his seat since the first-term legislator’s company has been contracted by the government. Smith was named as one of the […]