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July 26th, 2018
HLSCC insurers still to pay $10M claim

PARAQUITA BAY, Tortola, VI – The H. Lavity Stoutt Community College (HLSCC), as a statutory body, has submitted a total claim of $10,074,057.38 to its insurers, however no settlement has been arrived at as yet.

July 24th, 2018
Legislation Now In Place To Remove Derelict Vessels

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - The rapid removal of abandoned or derelict vessels in the Territory will commence shortly following the passage of the Disaster Management (Amendment) Act 2018 in the House of Assembly.

July 23rd, 2018
Who is in & who is out for the next general elections?!

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - As the Territory move closer to the next General Elections, constitutionally due by June 2019, there will be some new faces on both sides, the ruling National Democratic Party (NDP) and the Opposition Virgin Islands Party (VIP).

July 19th, 2018
Hon Fahie fires back in stinging rebuke of NDP Chairman

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Opposition Leader and Chairman of the Virgin Islands Party (VIP), Honourable Andrew A. Fahie (R1), has fired back at his political nemesis—recently elected Chairman of the National Democratic Party (NDP) Honourable Myron V. Walwyn (AL)—saying the VIP “will not be pulled into his tactics of using weapons of mass distraction.”

July 19th, 2018
Fraud over BVI Airways led to internal fighting- Court documents

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - President of Colchester Aviation LLC, Jerry D. Willoughby, says the liabilities for BVI Airways was misrepresented at the time of his acquisition of the company in 2014, causing him to expend substantial efforts remedying and despite promises of repayments to correct the situation, this was never done.

July 18th, 2018
InterCaribbean opens up flight options for the Caribbean

PROVIDENCIALES, TCI, - InterCaribbean Airways is introducing new routes from Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic) to Aruba, Curacao, and Kingston (Jamaica).

July 17th, 2018
Game 2; BVI blows out Team Santo, Blazers on a roll

PHILIPSBURG, St Maarten, WI - It was game 2 for the British Virgin Islands (BVI) Bayside Blazers Team representing the Territory in the fifth annual Dreams to Reality Foundation 2018, battle of the fittest basketball tournament in Dutch St. Maarten.

July 17th, 2018
Immigration in need of $4 Million Border Management System

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - The Virgin Islands’ (VI) Immigration Department is in critical need of a Border Management System, which costs in excess of $4 million.

July 17th, 2018
$300,000 set aside in recovery fund for VI fishermen, farmers

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – There is $300,000 set aside in a recovery fund for the farmers and fishermen of the Virgin Islands (VI) this year.

July 16th, 2018
13 athletes to represent VI at Barranquilla 2018 CAC Games

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - The Virgin Islands Olympic Committee (BVIOC) has confirmed that 13 athletes will represent the Virgin Islands at the 23rd Central American and Caribbean (CAC) Games which will be held in Barranquilla, Colombia from July 19 – August 3, 2018.

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