Just fewer than two months after being appointed Minister of Health, Marlon Penn is moving to use his new portfolio to have Peebles Hospital renamed in honour of Premier Dr D Orlando Smith. According to an amended order paper of […]
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Fraser’s Progressives United presents four candidates at party launch
After weeks of virtual silence, the Julian Fraser-led Progressives United officially introduced four of its candidates for the upcoming general elections. The political organisation presented the candidates at its campaign launch in Sea Cows Bay on Friday. Contesting the First […]
Gov’t submits application for airport development, to engage public with meeting
Government has submitted an application to the Town and Country Planning Department to move forward with plans to develop the Terrance B Lettsome International Airport on Beef Island. The Office of Premier made that revelation in a media release on […]
Stop it! Vandals tearing down NDP posters, says party chairman
National Democratic Party (NDP) Chairman Myron Walwyn has said his party has become victim to political vandalism. The politician said a number of his party’s campaign posters and billboards are being torn from the structures they are mounted on. While […]
Crackdown: No operation if taxis don’t have fire extinguisher, not maintained
The Taxi and Livery Commission said it will be cracking down on taxi operators as it relates to vehicle safety; this after a tour bus burst into flames while carrying tourists around the island of Tortola on Tuesday. “What we’re […]
Unacceptable! Man held with over $9K fake cash in 2017 appears in court for first time
An East End man allegedly held with nearly $10,000 in forged banknotes more than a year ago was only brought before the court for the first time yesterday, January 10. Charged with possession of forged currency notes is Jerrel Penn, […]
Man accused of beating former lover with bar stool
A Great Mountain man accused of beating his former girlfriend with a bar stool has been arraigned in the Magistrate’s Court. Mitchell Brewley pleaded not guilty to assault causing actual bodily harm before Magistrate Shawn Innocent on Thursday. He was […]
Dengue alert! Disease flares up in Caribbean
Residents are being put on alert of a dengue flare-up in the Caribbean region. The Environmental Health Division of the Ministry of Health issued the warning on Thursday, stating that it is now “assessing its Mosquito Control Programme” and increasing […]
Where are our planes, pier park audit? Turnbull to tackle premier
Melvin ‘Mitch’ Turnbull, a legislator who recently served in the Premier Dr D Orlando Smith administration, is gearing up to place his former political leader in the hot seat about the government’s controversial $7.2 million BVI Airways deal. This is […]
When is election day?
We all know that the 2019 General Elections must happen by April 16. But, when is election day? According to Myron Walwyn, not even he knows the answer to that question, though he sits as Chairman of the governing National […]
