A student is in stable condition at Peebles Hospital following a suicide attempt today, March 21. Details of how the incident unfolded are still sketchy. BVI News Online will provide more information when it becomes available.

Police said a resident of Carrot Bay on Tortola has been charged with one count of rape. He is 46-year-old Cuthbert Robinson. While confirming that the charge has been laid, the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force did not give details […]

Commissioner of Police Michael Matthews swore in the last four recruits today, bringing the total to 31 new officers – the largest recruitment class in the history of the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF). With the RVIPF celebrating its […]

During a candlelight vigil, Michelle Dawson aimed directly at the heart of the murderer who gunned down her step-son Ashburn ‘Ashie’ Dawson near the Sunday Morning Well in Road Town on March 10. She delivered a strong reprimand and appeal […]

Police have arrested a man who they said was found in possession of cocaine in the Baughers Bay area of Tortola this morning, March 16. “A male was arrested after a search of his vehicle in Baughers Bay this morning […]

The following is a statement issued by Premier Dr D Orlando Smith following what appears to be two violent deaths in the British Virgin Islands on Friday, March 10. I AM DEEPLY SADDENED to learn of the recent tragic deaths […]

A man, whose name is being withheld, has survived an attempt on his life close to the heart of the British Virgin Islands capital today, March 11. He was at a car rental business in Road Town shortly after noon […]

Police have charged two men with theft arising from separate incidents. One is a Canadian citizen residing at Josiah’s Bay, while the other is a 43-year-old garage operator from the British Virgin Islands. In one of the incidents, Belle Vue […]

Superintendent of Prisons David Foot has indicated that a number of the violent incidents that have taken place at Her Majesty’s Prison are gang-related, adding that they sometimes start from outside the walls of the correctional facility located at Balsam […]

The British Virgin Islands (BVI), which said it recorded 18 robberies involving guns last year, hopes to start testing its own bullet fragments and other ballistic materials next month. Those materials found at the scenes of crime in the BVI […]