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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 …
Continue reading “COI suspects ‘serious dishonesty’ in Covid grants”
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 …
Continue reading “Fahie pleads not guilty in Miami after judge ups bond to $1 million”
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 …
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 …
Continue reading “Judge grants Fahie’s bond but ups it to $1 million”
More than 100 people attended the annual Seniors’ Sunset Tea Party on Sunday at Benjamin A. Romney Park in West End. Under large canopy tents, lines of tables decorated in …
Delta Petroleum CEO Carlos Robles fired back at the BVI Electricity Corporation on Friday, saying the company is “surprised and disappointed” by the BVIEC press release last week claiming that …
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 …
Continue reading “Fahie and US prosecutors continue battle over bond release”
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 …
Continue reading “On Facebook, photos prompt new questions in mystery of missing men”
From toys to titans, dogs of many shapes and sizes bounded into the ring at the Humane Society of the BVI’s annual dog show on May 14 at Captain Mulligan’s. …
As the Virgin Islands waited to learn whether the United Kingdom will impose direct rule, Special Envoy of the Premier Benito Wheatley provided an update to the United Nations Special …
The territory waited in limbo after the newly formed National Unity Government privately sent the United Kingdom a proposal last week to make reforms locally without the two-year dissolution of …
Continue reading “Government makes plans ahead of UK decision”
In light of BVI Ports Authority Managing Director Oleanvine Maynard’s arrest in Miami last month, Deputy Premier Kye Rymer addressed questions on May 13 about a Florida company registered in …
Continue reading “Minister probing Florida LLC linked to Maynard”
When former Turks and Caicos Islands Premier Sharlene Cartwright-Robinson read the Commission of Inquiry report on the Virgin Islands, she was stunned. At 937 pages, the document is much more …
As has become common in recent years, experts are predicting above-average levels of activity for the 2022 Atlantic Hurricane Season. Meteorologists from Colorado State University predict 19 named storms, nine …
Premier Dr. Natalio “Sowande” Wheatley hopes the territory will hear “very soon” whether the United Kingdom will impose direct rule for two years here, he said in a press conference …
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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 …
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 …
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 …
Continue reading “US: Fahie could disappear “forever” if given bond”
Governor John Rankin has instructed Police Commissioner Mark Collins to launch several criminal investigations recommended by the recently published Commission of Inquiry report. The investigations will probe four areas, Mr. …
Continue reading “UPDATE: Guv announces criminal probes advised by COI”
The newly formed “National Unity Government” has sent the United Kingdom a proposal to make reforms locally without the two-year dissolution of the House of Assembly as recommended in the …
Continue reading “Government sends proposal to UK, but it’s not public”
For 13 years as the territory’s first registrar of interests, Victoreen Romney-Varlack worked tirelessly to urge reluctant House of Assembly members to register their interests as required by law, according …
Continue reading “COI slams ‘attack’ on registrar of interests”
At the 2022 Stingray Showcase last Thursday at H. Lavity Stoutt Community College, Sanjay Singh took first place for his project to help digitise files for Smiley’s Garage. “I was …
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 …
Continue reading “Fahie was probed, but never charged, 20 years ago”
During a tender-opening ceremony last Thursday, BVI Electricity Corporation General Manager Leroy Abraham read a list of 10 bids submitted by two firms to supply fuel, lubricants and waste removal …
Work is under way on a new dock at Red Bay after more than a decade of delays, officials said this week. Speaking in front of a small crowd inside …
