Kilmo Maduro, the East End resident accused of burglarizing a Tread Falls apartment of roughly $8,000 in cash and $1,000 worth of jewellery has confessed to the crime. The 25-year-old man pleaded guilty when he appeared before Magistrate Shawn Innocent […]

The British Virgin Islands will be looking to use its connections with international partners in the financial services sector to back the United Kingdom when it exits from the European Union (EU) in the next few months. Premier Dr D […]

A considerable number of criminal cases — some more serious in nature — are being dismissed in the Magistrate’s Court. The matters are being thrown out of court for ‘want of prosecution’, which typically is a conclusion that the Crown […]

Residents are being told to expect the National Democratic Party (NDP), which currently sits as the governing party, to officially reveal its General Election candidates after the Christmas holidays. “Work is being done to fine-tune our policy platform and full […]

Construction of the steel water tank/reservoir that is being erected on Jost Van Dyke is nearly complete. Once construction is completed, this new reservoir will have a capacity of up to 28 feet of water. In explaining how the capacity […]

By Benito Wheatley, Contributor It should not be taken for granted that the British Virgin Islands (BVI) is today financially self- sufficient or that the Government’s finances are managed by a Minister of Finance appointed from among the elected representatives […]

Recent reports and video footage of students engaged in physical fights have caught the attention of Education Minister Myron Walwyn who has promised to take action against the student perpetrators. “These incidents will be thoroughly investigated, and the appropriate disciplinary […]

The National Democratic Party (NDP) government is being accused of causing or encouraging segregation between locals and expatriates. Opposition Leader Andrew Fahie levelled those accusations at a VIP press conference on Saturday; describing the move as a political play from […]

Dion Thomas has been sentenced to more than five years at Her Majesty’s Prison for the loaded XD-45 semi-automatic pistol police found him with during the emancipation celebrations this year. The Hannah’s Estate resident was slapped with a total of […]

While noting that he has a strong team of candidates going into the upcoming General Election, VIP Chairman Andrew Fahie has rubbished claims that he has gotten the candidates he was secretly hoping for. Fahie dismissed those assertions on Saturday […]