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 […]
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Amended vehicles and road traffic legislation in effect
PRESS RELEASE: An amendment to the Vehicles and Road Traffic (Traffic Signs) legislation is now in effect. Acting Deputy Secretary in the Ministry of Communications and Works, Mr Andrew St. Hilaire said the policy on traffic signs is to reflect […]
BVI needs horse racing, restore the sport — Fraser
Representative for the Third Electoral District Julian Fraser is, once again, calling for the legislators to give attention to horse racing, which he described as the largest sport in the British Virgin Islands. He complained that the sport was given […]
Keep your truck loads covered
PRESS RELEASE: The Ministry of Communications and Works is reminding the public to practice safety on the roads. Motorists have been spotted on occasion operating dangerously on public roadways, which poses an inherent danger to other users. Heavy equipment and […]
Former hotel manager gets 3-month suspended sentence
The Jamaican manager who was accused of stealing nearly $10,000 from his former workplace at Pusser’s Marina Cay Hotel and Restaurant was given a three-month suspended sentence after confessing. Curtis James’ suspended sentence requires him to keep out of trouble […]
UWI honours three BVI nationals with Pelican Award
Three British Virgin Islanders have received the highest honour from the University of the West Indies’ Alumni Association (UWIAA) chapter. Dr Heskith Vanterpool and Queen’s Counsels Gerard Farara and Dancia Penn were bestowed with the 2018 UWIAA Open Campus Pelican Award. […]
The VIP and I will save this territory
While citing cases of financial mismanagement by the Smith administration, Opposition Leader Andrew Fahie is pledging that he and his party will be the proverbial saviour of the British Virgin Islands. “The day to save these beloved Virgin Islands of ours […]
Another man charged in connection to attempted abduction case
Police have charged an East End man who allegedly claimed that the gun which was used in the attempted abduction at Chalwell Marina back in August belonged to him. K’vawn Choucoutou is charged for unlawful possession of an unlicensed Hi-Point […]
Finance Ministry ‘cooked up’ plan to take sewerage $$, not me — Penn
Marlon Penn, the representative of the Eighth Electoral District where East End is located, has exposed the Ministry of Finance as the agency behind the so-called unlawful move to divert $8 million from the East End/Long Look sewerage project to […]
Man says he sells drugs because wages are too low
A Lower Estate man that was found with a relatively large quantity of cannabis and $1,770 cash told police he sold the drugs because his salary as a sales clerk was not enough for him to survive. Twenty-two-year-old Randolph Wescott […]