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April 5th, 2021
'Urgent' need for more Gov’t visits to Sister Islands - Hon Vincent O. Wheatley

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – The Sister Islands of Anegada and Jost van Dyke can expect more visits from the Department of Labour and Workforce Development’s Labour Protection and Labour Relations units.

April 4th, 2021
Deceased billionaire Petr Kellner was 'looking forward to retiring' in VI- Hon Wheatley

VALLEY, Virgin Gorda, VI- Petr Kellner, the Czech billionaire who died in a helicopter crash in Alaska, USA on March 27, 2021, was looking forward to retiring in the [British] Virgin Islands someday, Minister for Natural Resources, Labour and Immigration and Ninth District Representative Hon Vincent O. Wheatley has revealed.

April 3rd, 2021
Noticeable ‘uptick of drug use’ in VI youths - Skelton-Cline

BAUGHERS BAY, Tortola, VI – ‘Honestly Speaking’ radio moderator, Mr Claude O. Skelton-Cline says in the Virgin Islands (VI) there is an uptick of drug use in local youths that has now become highly noticeable in the community.

April 3rd, 2021
The small business tool of governance

By Dickson C. Igwe

Only a strong social democracy; not a trickledown capitalist model, will deliver for the BVI.

OK. It was small business and the working man that kept the BVI economy alive Post IRMA and will do the same Post COVID 19.

Small business and strong consumer spending will drive economic growth and prosperity when the pandemic finally ends.

April 2nd, 2021
Child injured as father goes berserk

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- A child on Tortola received injuries and had to be taken to Dr D Orlando Smith Hospital for treatment after their father went berserk and broke a glass door last Saturday, March 27, 2021. The man also allegedly threatened to kill police and commit suicide, according to reports reaching our newsroom.

April 1st, 2021
Sensational BVI News Online attacks VINO over cartoon satire

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Our newsroom was overwhelmed with calls, Emails, WhatsApp, Instagram, Facebook and text messages this morning, Thursday, April 1, 2021, asking why another news site, BVI News Online, which is owned by a Caucasian, would attack the Territory’s established number one online news site and most credible publication over a cartoon.

April 1st, 2021
VI records 13 active COVID cases! Gov't limits gatherings

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The Government of the Virgin Islands has announced that the territory now has a total of 13 active COVID-19 cases and has since reduced the crowd size for social functions both indoors and outdoors.

March 31st, 2021
SCB funeral may have violated social distancing guidelines

SEA COWS BAY, Tortola, VI - Videos of the March 27, 2021, possible super-spreader funeral service in Sea Cows Bay, Tortola, have revealed that the event may have violated current COVID-19 guidelines and protocols regarding social distancing.

March 29th, 2021
VIYP Premier: ‘Now is the time to choose our own destiny’

DUFF'S BOTTOM, Tortola, VI- Highlighting that the people of the Virgin Island have been successfully managing their own economic affairs for over half a century, Leader of Government Business in the Virgin Islands Youth Parliament (VIYP) Mr Kevin S. Fahie says Virgin Islanders must not fear discussing the topic of self-determination.

March 29th, 2021
Powerboat destroyed by fire in Lower Estate

LOWER ESTATE, Tortola, VI- A powerboat was completely destroyed by fire in the wee hours of Sunday, March 28, 2021, in Lower Estate.

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