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Less competition leads to higher prices, and that hurts everyone, but government hasn’t done anything to help the average consumer in the territory, said at-large candidate Preston Stoutt last week …
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The Virgin Islands Party has a number of projects in the pipeline, and Premier Ralph O’Neal hopes to bring them to the public “soon,” he said on Monday evening’s broadcast …
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After five days at H. Lavity Stoutt Community College, Kamal Harris had already made new friends, and he said he is ready for any challenges that college life has to …
A power outage plagued most of the territory for about two days in the wake of Tropical Storm Irene. Not even Premier Ralph O’Neal was spared the trouble.
Four males and two females were arrested yesterday morning on suspicion of drug trafficking and money laundering, police said.
A recently passed amendment to the territory’s customs regulations will exempt first-time homeowners and some first-time investors from paying certain duties, but could result in the loss of government revenue …
Premier Ralph O’Neal recently congratulated Irwin LaRocque, the Dominica national who has been appointed the seventh secretary general of the Caribbean Community.
What happens “when a man loves a woman?” You probably wouldn’t think to find out at Her Majesty’s Prison.
If efforts to clear a clogged seawater intake pipe come off as planned, the territory could have power and water back by the end of Tuesday, BVI Electricity Corporation General …
The first significant storm of the season brought winds as fast as 60 miles per hour and has since been upgraded to a hurricane, but officials were grateful to report …
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The territory’s Financial Investigation Agency recently signed agreements with its counterparts in six jurisdictions.
Eileene Parsons, a former legislator and educator, will be honoured on Thursday when the H. Lavity Stoutt Community College is renamed in her honour.
Usually Vivian Hodge sleeps most of the day and spends much of the night singing and praying in her bed at the Adina Donovan Home for the Elderly.
The same Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court of Appeal decision that is allowing a controversial luxury resort development on Beef Island to move forward may also have invalidated laws protecting more …
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The Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court of Appeal overturned a lower court ruling Friday, paving the way for a long disputed plan to build a luxury resort and golf course on …
At the 2011 Caribbean Squash Championships in Grand Cayman, the Virgin Island’s Joe Faragher-Kneipp and Joe Chapman,
Between Skype, Facebook and ever-falling cell phone rates, it’s easier and cheaper than ever for Virgin Islands residents
Prosecutors responded Monday in Magistrates’ Court to “no case” submissions made on behalf of seven men charged
Twenty teachers from different primary schools around the territory will return to the classroom this fall with extra tools under their belt.
A report detailing an official investigation into whether $500,000 in stamp duty
Work has apparently halted on two Tredfall, Sea Cows Bay parcels after Town and Country Planning officials issued compliance notices and a stop work order late last month.
Legislators may soon consider a final proposal to expand the runway at the Terrance B. Lettsome International Airport to allow for larger planes that can fly longer distances.
Whatever happened to the payroll tax system review?
Broadcasting from the “breadbasket of tourism in the BVI,” National Democratic Party
Mario Pini appeared in Magistrates’ Court yesterday, accused of assaulting a man who he allegedly said did inferior work on his Brewers Bay home.