When Hurricane Earl struck the Virgin Islands last August, dozens of boats were washed against the shore and wrecked.
July 22, 2011
July 21, 2011
Classing it up for Festival
Collin Scatliffe doesn’t plan to get a lot of sleep in the next two weeks. But then again, a lot of people probably won’t.
July 20, 2011
Teens prepare for pageant
For next the two and a half months, six Virgin Islands teenagers will be hard at work preparing for the Miss Teen BVI Scholarship Pageant.
July 20, 2011
NDP candidates pledge to fight Biwater deal
The National Democratic Party will fight the Biwater contract “tooth and nail”
July 20, 2011
Rotary nets $21k from ‘Jail and Bail’
When police jeeps pulled up in front of Government House with their lights flashing on Friday night, guests left the nearby patio and crowded around the stairs to see what …
July 20, 2011
Park bathroom nears completion
The new bathroom facility at the Noel Lloyd Positive Action Movement Park should be operational in time for the August Monday Parade on Aug.1, according to Carvin Malone, a member …
July 20, 2011
Man hospitalised after shooting
A Greenland man was shot early Friday morning, police said.
July 20, 2011
3 ordered deported following convictions
Governor Boyd McCleary has ordered the deportation of three men convicted of unrelated crimes, according to records published in the government’s official Gazette.
July 20, 2011
Armed robbery reported in Free Bottom
A man was robbed of cash and his car keys at gunpoint at about 1:30 a.m. on July 12 near the junction of the Purcell Estate and Free Bottom roads, …
July 20, 2011
Man jailed for cineplex stabbing
Kevin Tyson, 21, of Purcell Estate, pleaded guilty Tuesday to wounding and to possession of an offensive weapon, admitting to stabbing a young man in U.P.’s Cineplex who refused to …
July 20, 2011
Gas tanker overturns in VG
More than 500 people were evacuated but the situation was “under control” as of yesterday following the Tuesday overturning of a Liquefied Natural Gas tanker truck in Virgin Gorda, according …
July 20, 2011
Tourist injured when ferry strikes dinghy
A 65-year-old German woman visiting Jost Van Dyke received “severe leg injuries” after a dinghy in which she was riding collided with a ferry Tuesday evening, police said.
July 19, 2011
1st fish fry held at park
Fellowship, fun and fish. These three set the atmosphere at the Noel Lloyd Positive Action Movement Park on Friday during the BVI Fishing Complex’s Fish Roast, Grill and Fry.
July 19, 2011
Armed robbery reported in Free Bottom
A man was robbed of cash and his car keys at gunpoint at about 1:30 a.m. on July 12 near the junction of the Purcell Estate and Free Bottom roads, …
July 19, 2011
46 granted belonger status
Some have married into the family that is the Virgin Islands; others have been adopted in by virtue of living and working here 20 years or more, but 46 residents …
July 18, 2011
Prince and Princess crowned
John Gomez and Rheneya Marry will represent the territory at August Emancipation Festival events in the coming days, after winning the titles of Prince and Princess 2011 at the Multi-purpose …
July 18, 2011
Gov’t hosts apprentices
Students in the territory for the season are currently getting a taste of the working life through the Department of Human Resources’ annual Summer Apprenticeship Programme.
July 18, 2011
NDP launches full lineup for general elections
The “new” National Democratic Party lineup is complete as the party launched its final two candidates on Saturday night: Pastor Claude Cline and former legislator Ronnie Skelton. The party has …
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July 15, 2011
New citizens recognised
Thirty-eight people received certificates of naturalisation as British overseas territory citizens and five were registered as British citizens at a joint ceremony held yesterday at Government House.
July 15, 2011
Crown drops charges in phone theft case
Charges were dropped in High Court Friday against a former CCT Global Communications employee
July 15, 2011
Police investigate shooting, stabbing
Police are investigating what led to a man receiving a gunshot wound early Friday morning and also seeking a suspect in a separate Wednesday afternoon stabbing, the Police Information Office …
July 14, 2011
Maduro sentenced to 5 years in prison
Justice Rita Joseph-Olivetti sentenced Verna Maduro, the former BVI Tourist Board financial comptroller who pleaded guilty last month to breach of trust and furnishing false information, to five years in …
July 14, 2011
House votes to accept $15.6m CDB loan
In a split vote, the House of Assembly approved accepting a $15.7 million loan from the Caribbean Development Bank today. The CDB approved the loan last month for the territory …
July 13, 2011
Biwater ‘conditions precedent’ met
Seventeen months after government signed a water purchase agreement with a United Kingdom company to provide water and sewerage infrastructure
July 13, 2011
People’s Patriotic Alliance launches
There was a mix of nostalgia for the Virgin Islands’ idyllic past and a desire to see the territory’s politics move into the 21st Century at the launch of the …
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