Community
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Czech billionaire with business interests in VI dies in helicopter crash
ALASKA, USA- The Virgin Islands, particularly Virgin Gorda, is mourning the death of one of its dearest friends, Czech billionaire Petr Kellner who died in a helicopter crash in Alaska, USA on March 27, 2021.
3.73 magnitude earthquake felt in VI
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- At approximately 9:48 PM on March 28, 2021, the Puerto Rico Seismic Network recorded an earthquake measuring a magnitude of 3.73 MI with estimated Maximum Intensity of III.

