The Virgin Islands was among several European Union overseas territories represented at the “Islands and Adapting to Climate Change” workshop
April 13, 2011
April 13, 2011
CFD to host beach cleanup tomorrow
If you’re not sure how to celebrate Earth Day, Conservation and Fisheries Department officials are inviting you to join them for a beach cleanup in Baughers Bay tomorrow.
April 13, 2011
Raft completes Atlantic crossing
Some adventures get the adrenaline flowing, but others are a little different.
April 13, 2011
Police: Woman stabbed in Little Dix Hill
A woman received several stab wounds, including one in the neck, at her Little Dix Hill area home at about 2 p.m. Monday, police said.
April 13, 2011
5.14-magnitude quake shakes VI
The Virgin Islands was hit shortly after midnight yesterday by an earthquake that measured 5.14 on the Richter scale, according to the Department of Disaster Management.
April 12, 2011
Roberts: VI a ‘very successful’ OT
There are no longer “red lights flashing” regarding the territory’s finances, said Colin Roberts, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office’s director of the Overseas Territories Directorate, during a press conference today.
April 12, 2011
5 charged with burglary
Five men were charged with burglary within the week ending Monday, police said.
April 12, 2011
Public to weigh in on social sector report
The Social Development Department is inviting the public to a community meeting
April 11, 2011
Churches reach out to youths
The music that blared through loudspeakers at the Festival Village Grounds on Saturday night had dancehall, rap and even soca beats.
April 11, 2011
Health insurance meetings slated
Meetings to discuss the government’s new health insurance policy resumed today at the Road Town Senior Citizen’s Centre.
April 11, 2011
VG Festival honouree dies while fishing
George Tyson, for whom this year’s Virgin Gorda Festival Village is to be named,
April 8, 2011
Gov’t speaks out against child abuse
The Social Development Department is currently observing Child Abuse Prevention and Awareness Month.
April 8, 2011
Sentences given for sex crimes, burglary
A man convicted of sex crimes against two young girls was sentenced to 11 years and three months in prison Friday.
April 7, 2011
Gov’t retirees’ insurance rates set
Retirees from the public service will pay the same health insurance
April 7, 2011
Judge postpones BVITB theft case
The oldest case on the criminal Assizes list will have to wait a few more months.
April 7, 2011
NDP: Guv’s response to petition missed the mark
When the National Democratic Party wrote to Governor Boyd McCleary
April 7, 2011
Explosion prompt warnings
A recent house explosion has prompted the BVI Fire and Rescue Services Department
April 7, 2011
Commission to regulate taxi industry
Cabinet has approved the establishment of a Taxi and Livery Commission to oversee the taxi industry
April 7, 2011
Coke smuggling trial continues
The Crown continued to present witnesses last week in the case against seven men accused of cocaine-smuggling crimes.
April 7, 2011
FCO letter probe complete
At least a dozen people had access to a letter from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office to Premier Ralph O’Neal, and the letter “could have been leaked to a member …
April 7, 2011
Spring Regatta ends with a bang
The BVI Spring Regatta and Sailing Festival came to an end as fireworks lit up the sky above Nanny Cay Sunday evening.
April 7, 2011
Songz to headline music festival in CGB
From May 27-29 Cane Garden Bay will become the centre of entertainment in the Virgin Islands.
April 7, 2011
BVIHSA centralises purchasing system
The statutory body that runs public medical clinics and Peebles Hospital will soon
April 7, 2011
The business of sponsorship
Underneath a red Mount Gay tent, Andy Dobbie poured drinks for a crowd of sailors
April 7, 2011
Dateline: Paradise (April 7, 2011)
Call me Ishmael This weekend, I was invited to sail in the Spring Regatta aboard Veritas, a 1962 ketch competing in the Classics Division.