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INSPIRE BVI: From deadly attempts to saving lives

INSPIRE BVI: From deadly attempts to saving lives

By Horace Mills, BVI News Online Staff Reality does not always end up corresponding with Joycelyn Rhymer’s expectations. She said her childhood hope of being a nun, for example, was dashed, and she ended up having five children. Rhymer added […]

by / on January 23, 2017 at 8:00 AM /
Obama’s last full day on the job

Obama’s last full day on the job

NBCNews – It was for President Obama a day of thank you calls, farewells, wrapping up loose ends — and business as usual. Obama began his last full day on the job Thursday the way he did some 2,920 times before […]

by / on January 19, 2017 at 5:01 AM /
BVI prepares to cash in on Trump era

BVI prepares to cash in on Trump era

While claiming that many Americans feel confident about their future economic prospects under their incoming president, Donald Trump, Premier Dr D Orlando Smith said the British Virgin Islands (BVI) is gearing up to capitalize on the improved opportunities especially in […]

by / on January 18, 2017 at 8:55 AM /
Bad timing: Sharie DeCastro against airport project

Bad timing: Sharie DeCastro against airport project

While questioning if the government has been managing the territory’s finances responsibly, member of the Opposition Virgin Islands Party (VIP) Sharie DeCastro said she has ‘grave concerns’ about the proposed extension of the runway at Terrence B Lettsome International Airport. […]

by / on January 18, 2017 at 7:14 AM /
Cops saw gunman who murdered Fahie

Cops saw gunman who murdered Fahie

Commissioner of Police Michael Matthews last night confirmed that police officers were near the bar in Long Look when Franklyn Fahie was shot dead on January 6, and that one suspect has been held in relation to the murder. He […]

by / on January 17, 2017 at 7:20 AM /
Build a sturdy bridge to ‘Charlotte Amalie’

Build a sturdy bridge to ‘Charlotte Amalie’

By Dickson Igwe, Contributor For the working and middle Class, British Virgin Islands traveler, with a US Visa, or US Citizenship, there is no substitute to the air travel mini hub, Cyril E King International Airport, Charlotte Amalie. The airport, […]

by / on January 14, 2017 at 1:00 PM /
Man charged for pointing plastic gun at father

Man charged for pointing plastic gun at father

A 21-year-old man was hauled before the Magistrate’s Court this morning for allegedly pointing a plastic gun at his father and his father’s girlfriend. The accused, Arien Fahie, is charged with possession of a firearm with intent to put another […]

by / on January 13, 2017 at 1:53 PM /
Cline on Church: We have weathered many storms

Cline on Church: We have weathered many storms

Days after a politician forced him out of a public job because he criticized the government on national radio, Bishop John Cline is still convinced that politics and religion can make a perfect mix. He told BVI News Online that, […]

by / on January 13, 2017 at 11:27 AM /
Henry: Chinese to set up asphalt, concrete plant

Henry: Chinese to set up asphalt, concrete plant

The government is being challenged to go public with information regarding the conditions under which it is entering into a contract to extend the runway at Terrence B Lettsome International Airport on Beef Island. Social commentator Julio ‘Sam’ Henry threw […]

by / on January 13, 2017 at 9:24 AM /
Obama ends US visa-free residency for Cubans

Obama ends US visa-free residency for Cubans

British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)  – President Barack Obama has ended the longstanding policy that grants residency to Cubans who arrive in the US without visas. The 20-year-old policy allows Cuban migrants who reach US soil to become legal permanent residents […]

by / on January 12, 2017 at 8:58 PM /