A 29-year-old Jost Van Dyke man has been fined $500 after he was found with 31 grams of cannabis on Tortola. Dwayne Donovan of Great Harbour was fined after pleading guilty to possession of a controlled drug in the Magistrate’s […]

PRESS RELEASE: The official funeral for the Deputy Speaker of the House of Assembly and Representative for the Fifth Electoral District, Honourable Delores Christopher will be held on Saturday, November 3 at the Sea Cow’s Bay Methodist Church. A procession […]

An East End resident has been named as a murder suspect in Monday’s fatal Brady Ghut shooting of Tyrone Thomas after police recovered a gun, a quantity of ammunition, and $2 million worth of cocaine near the crime scene and […]

Recovery and Development Plan projects that exceed $2 million will only be open to local contractors for bidding. “There is a $2 million limit where work will not be advertised externally. This is just to make sure that work is […]

Virgin Gorda resident, Aaron Joseph, was given a custodial sentence of 36 months at Her Majesty’s Prison for his burglary and drug-related offences when he appeared before Magistrate Shawn Innocent on Thursday. A breakdown of the prison sentences shows the […]

Government is ending the segment of its Housing Recovery Assistance Programme that has been issuing material grants to homeowners since the 2017 hurricanes. The Material Assistance Grants initiative is being dissolved at the end of this month. Homeowners had been […]

A Sophie Bay resident was slapped with a $6,000 fine in the Magistrate’s Court for cocaine possession. Shaunlee Fahie was sentenced this month after pleading guilty to 7.8 grams of the drug. Magistrate Shawn Innocent ordered the offender to pay […]

Construction workers imported into the territory under the post-hurricane Skilled Workers Programme are abandoning their employers for better-paying jobs. Labour Minister Dr Kedrick Pickering has therefore called for a review of the policy governing the programme, which allows for needed […]

The well-known restauranteur accused of aggravated burglary and damaging the property of his Dominican Republic girlfriend after learning that another man lived with her has been granted bail. Clarence Mactavious, the owner of the popular Sea Cow’s Bay restaurant called […]

Housing and transportation problems are hurting police operations on the sister islands – especially Virgin Gorda. That is according to Police Commissioner Michael Matthews who spoke on local radio recently. “We’ve recently tried to increase the number of officers on […]