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May 28th, 2023
Hundreds support vigil in VI for Guyana school dorm fire victims

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Hundreds turned up at Cyril B. Romney Tortola Pier Park on Tortola on Friday, May 26, 2023, to join in mourning the loss of 19 children in a school dormitory fire in Guyana on May 21, 2023.

May 28th, 2023
Tamarac Commissioner to host Meet & Greet for VI Premier & Hon Rymer Wednesday

MIAMI, Florida, USA- In celebration of the start of direct commercial flights from the mainland USA to the [British] Virgin Islands on June 1, 2023, Commissioner of the City of Tamarac, Hon Morey Wright Jr will be hosting a Meet and Greet for Premier and Minister of Finance Dr the Hon Natalio D. Wheatley (R7) and Minister for Communications and Works Hon Kye M. Rymer (R5) on Wednesday, May 31, 2023.

May 27th, 2023
Hon Rymer Launches monthly mobile clinic in D5

HUNTUMS GHUT, Tortola, VI - Virgin Islands (VI) Minister for Communications and Works, Hon Kye M. Rymer (R5) along with the committee to Keep District 5 Alive, have officially launched the 5th District’s Mobile Clinic today, May 27, 2023.

May 27th, 2023
UPDATE: Shooting victim identified as Vicardo Farrell aka ‘Scar’

MANCHESTER, Tortola, VI - Our news desk can now confirm that the shooting victim gunned down early this morning May 27, 2023, in the area of Manchester, on Tortola has been identified as Vicardo Farrell aka ‘scar’ originally from Greenland, in Eastern End of Tortola.

May 27th, 2023
Phase 1 of Long Bay Beach Management plan nears completion

BEEF ISLAND, VI - Phase 1 of the Long Bay, Beef Island Beach Management Plan is nearing completion which includes the construction of public and taxi parking lots, and a beach dune protection barrier to protect the eastern sand dune from vehicular traffic while also facilitating its restoration.

May 27th, 2023
Ohio fugitive nabbed at Cyril E. King Airport, UVSI

VI CONSORTIUM

ST. THOMAS, USVI — Daron O. Babrow was apprehended at Cyril E. King Airport on Thursday by officers with the V.I. Police Department's Criminal Investigation Bureau, following the revelation that he was a fugitive from justice.

May 27th, 2023
UPDATE: Control tower strike ends, VI airports resume full operation

TRELLIS BAY, Beef Island, VI- The BVI Airports Authority (BVIAA) has announced that airports in the territory have resumed normal operations effective today, Saturday, May 27, 2023, at 7:00 a.m, following a brief closure yesterday at the T.B. Lettsome International Airport.

May 26th, 2023
If UK wants to help OTs 'they have to look @ their individual needs'– Hon Hodge-Smith

BAUGHERS BAY, Tortola, VI – The United Kingdom (UK) Government has been called upon to listen to their Overseas Territories (OTs) on an individual basis if they truly want to help these territories. This is according to Virgin Islands (VI) legislator and 4th District Representative, Hon Luce D. Hodge-Smith.

May 26th, 2023
Samuel Jack Husbands appointed Chair of Labour Arbitration Tribunal

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The new Virgin Islands Party (VIP) Government of Dr the Honourable Natalio D. Wheatley (R7) has moved swiftly to appoint a Labour Arbitration Tribunal.

May 26th, 2023
UPDATE: 2 males & 1 female charged with firearms/ammunition offences

SPOONER’S ESTATE, Tortola, VI– Three of the five arrested in Thursday’s, May 25, 2023, firearm seizure in Spooners Estate were charged and will appear in Magistrate’s Court at the next available sitting.

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