About five months after government officials held a ground-breaking ceremony at the Joes Hill housing project in April 2017, Hurricane Irma decimated the territory, scuttling the development before it even …
June 23, 2022
June 16, 2022
Lost sailboat found near Culebra
After working on his sailboat into the evening of June 2, Nick Buckell returned to the mooring field at St. Thomas Bay, Virgin Gorda, the following morning to find that …
June 16, 2022
Fahie out on bond after Albion “Bobby” Hodge posts his $500k surety
Former Premier Andrew Fahie was released from the Federal Detention Center in Miami on Monday pending his trial after his lawyer and prosecutors argued over his bond for more than …
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June 16, 2022
Reform proposal includes dozens of deadlines
Along with the broader governance reforms laid out in the proposal, the National Unity Government committed to an extensive list of deadlines for carrying out recommendations included in the Commission …
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June 12, 2022
Eight new cops promoted to constable
After completing police training, eight officers were promoted from auxiliaries to constables on the morning of June 1, police announced the same day. All eight were part of the last …
June 12, 2022
HOA okays $31 million in spending variations
After spending nearly seven hours in closed-door committee on Tuesday, the House of Assembly passed a motion approving a Schedule of Additional Provisions on Tuesday with a unanimous vote, freeing …
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June 3, 2022
Nearly $1.5 million spent on $3.5 million ‘water network’ plan
Government has spent nearly $1.5 million of $3.5 million allocated for a “water network improvement plan” via an August 2018 Cabinet memorandum, Premier Dr. Natalio “Sowande” Wheatley said last Thursday …
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June 3, 2022
Government to pay $1.4 million to fix sewage treatment plant
Since hurricanes Irma and Maria in 2017, the sewage treatment plant at Burt Point has been inoperable, leaving Tortola flushing much of its sewage into the ocean as the two …
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June 3, 2022
Incinerator repair date bumped again
After two fires at the Pockwood Pond dump last month sent thick smoke over West End and beyond, Health and Social Development Minister Marlon Penn said May 26 in the …
May 27, 2022
COI: Fahie deployed radar barges unilaterally
In May 2020, then-Premier Andrew Fahie received an unsolicited offer from the company EZ Shipping to use radar barges to help secure the territory’s borders, which were closed to gird …
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May 26, 2022
Another migrant flees detention at Castle Maria
Immigration officials are asking the public to help locate Haiti national Elena Milford, who they say escaped from detention at Hotel Castle Maria last week and remains at large. “The …
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May 26, 2022
VI mourns death of track star and coach
Sanya Penn, a former track star who represented the Virgin Islands on the world stage and later coached youths back home, died last week, prompting family, friends and co-workers to …
May 26, 2022
Autopsy ordered for firefighter Shaquoi Smith
The family of Shaquoi Smith, a 24-year-old firefighter who died on April 22 after reportedly succumbing to injuries sustained during an April 18 scooter wreck on Hope Hill, has ordered …
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May 25, 2022
COI suspects ‘serious dishonesty’ in Covid grants
As residents struggled to stay afloat during the Covid-19 border shutdowns two years ago, House of Assembly members were each allotted an extra $300,000 to disburse to needy residents as …
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May 25, 2022
Fahie pleads not guilty in Miami after judge ups bond to $1 million
Former Premier Andrew Fahie pleaded not guilty yesterday in Miami to charges of conspiring to import cocaine into the United States and launder money, Reuters reported. Mr. Fahie’s arraignment was …
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May 25, 2022
COI: Halt assistance grants straightaway
In 2009, government auditors blasted the House of Assembly Assistance Grants Programme for a lack of transparency and accountability, noting that legislators had approved constituents’ funding requests for items including …
May 24, 2022
Judge grants Fahie’s bond but ups it to $1 million
After United States prosecutors moved to revoke former Premier Andrew Fahie’s $500,000 bond, a federal judge yesterday ruled that Mr. Fahie could be released from custody but doubled the amount …
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May 19, 2022
Fahie and US prosecutors continue battle over bond release
While awaiting trial for conspiracy drug and money laundering charges, former premier Andrew Fahie is being held in the general population at the Federal Detention Center in Miami, where family …
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May 19, 2022
On Facebook, photos prompt new questions in mystery of missing men
Police believe that on Dec. 31, 2021, Khori Prince and Kelvin Turnbull Jr. boarded the 36-foot Avanti speed-boat Gorda Sound. They’ve been missing ever since, but on Monday a photo …
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May 13, 2022
Armed robbery reported on Virgin Gorda
Thelma’s nightclub in Virgin Gorda was reportedly robbed after midnight on May 4 by two men brandishing apparent firearms, Police Information Officer Akia Thomas said last Thursday. Two slim masked …
May 13, 2022
DPP: Man convicted in 2016 coke bust
After being arrested following a joint operation with Her Majesty’s Customs and United States Customs and Border Protection in February 2016, Tarik Aaron was convicted on May 4 of possession …
May 13, 2022
Woman dies at Long Look clinic
Police are investigating a May 10 death at the Long Look Clinic, which came less than a week after a man was pronounced dead at a Customs office, Police Information …
May 13, 2022
Four hit by car in Carrot Bay
Four people were hospitalised May 5 after being struck by a car at around 6:15 a.m. in Carrot Bay, Police Information Officer Akia Thomas stated the same day. Ms. Thomas …
May 13, 2022
US: Fahie could disappear “forever” if given bond
Two weeks after being arrested by United States authorities and charged in an alleged scheme to traffic cocaine and launder money, former Premier Andrew Fahie, BVI Ports Authority Managing Director …
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May 9, 2022
Fahie was probed, but never charged, 20 years ago
Twenty years before former premier Andrew Fahie was arrested in Miami last Thursday, he and his wife were subjects of an investigation into a purported fraud connected to the construction …
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