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Kim Hollis, a Queen’s Counsel who has served the territory since 2016, will resign as the director of public prosecutions in December, Deputy Governor David Archer Jr. announced last week. …
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Thirty-nine people were registered as British citizens last week after having been previously naturalised as British overseas territory citizens. They received certificates of naturalisation during an Oct. 8 ceremony at …
Following a temporary closure of Foxy’s Tamarind Bar on Jost Van Dyke due to a failed health inspection, a struggle about the future of the iconic establishment burst into the …
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NEW YORK CITY — With climate change expected to bring more frequent natural disasters to the Caribbean, mental health experts are changing the way they talk about post-traumatic stress disorder. …
An upscale boutique hotel may be coming to the Cyril B. Romney Tortola Pier Park, according to a call for expressions of interest released Friday by Tortola Pier Park Limited, …
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Government has plans to privatise parking in Road Town as part of efforts to decrease congestion in the busiest section of the capital. Transportation, Works and Utilities Minister Kye Rymer …
In an effort to brainstorm ways to earn more from the cruise ship passengers who visit the Virgin Islands, representatives from four cruise lines hosted a public meeting last week …
Work is expected to accelerate soon on renovations to the Central Administration Building while public officers are relocated to temporary accommodations, Transportation, Works and Utilities Minister Kye Rymer said Monday …
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More than two years after Hurricane Irma damaged most homes in the territory, the government has allotted funds to build three temporary housing units in Tortola and Anegada. The Recovery …
After $7.2 million of taxpayers’ money was funneled into a failed deal with BVI Airways in 2016 and 2017, angry residents called for answers, and then-Premier Dr. Orlando Smith promised …
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Kate Mathew was eating nachos on the beach in Cane Garden Bay Sunday evening, while a few yards away kids tossed a ball in the surf and swimmers lazed around …
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Electricity has been restored to the incinerator at Pockwood Pond, and repairs are “nearing completion” even though a needed part still has not been shipped from the United States, government …
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A sea of purple shirts filled the Noel Lloyd Positive Action Movement Park on Friday afternoon. They were worn by advocates for Alzheimer’s awareness, many of whom experience the effects …
NEW YORK CITY — At the United Nations on Friday, Benito Wheatley told world leaders about the Virgin Islands’ struggles to get help from abroad after it was devastated by …
Almost two weeks after the East End public library closed without warning or explanation, government has yet to issue an update regarding when it will reopen or what prompted the …
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Police officers were executing a search warrant on Wilston Stoutt’s property on May 18, 2017 when they noticed marijuana plants growing in his yard, Crown Counsel Kael London alleged in …
Government announced Friday that Cane Garden Bay beach was “closed for recreational use” after water quality samples found high levels of harmful bacteria, but beachgoers continued to swim there and …
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After failing to express regret for injuring a woman and breaking her phone, a man was sentenced last Thursday to spend seven months in prison and to pay compensation of …
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NEW YORK CITY — In a formal briefing at the United Nations Climate Action Summit last Monday in New York City, UN Development Programme Administrator Achim Steiner addressed concerns expressed …
Cabinet has approved and submitted a revised Recovery to Development Plan to the United Kingdom as part of efforts toward securing a loan guarantee. Premier Andrew Fahie said Monday that …
A recent lawsuit alleges that H.Lavity Stoutt Community College owes more than $750,000 to a firm that helped it settle an insurance claim after the 2017 hurricanes. According to the July …
NEW YORK CITY — As carbon emissions climb, global temperatures spike, oceans rise and storms grow more intense, the effects of climate change get closer to a course that scientists …
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Though Premier Andrew Fahie recently expressed high hopes for the tourism industry to have 5,000 land-based rooms available within five years, some hospitality stakeholders said last week that this target …
Hotel owners and managers voiced concerns about tedious licensing processes during a BVI Chamber of Commerce and Hotel Association meeting last Thursday afternoon where three hotels and other businesses were …
As Magistrate Ayanna Baptiste-DaBreo considered a minor drug offence on Tuesday, she applied new sentencing guidelines launched last week by the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court. Ms. Baptiste-DaBreo then sentenced 21-year-old …