The skeleton remains which were found in a ghut leading to Brewers Bay in December 2021 have been positively identified as 83-year-old Walter Todman, who was reported missing in 2018. This was confirmed by the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force on Thursday, July 21. The police revealed that forensic results proved that the DNA samples … Continued
Minister for Health and Social Development Honourable Marlon Penn has expressed that this is not the time for members of the House of Assembly to be arbitrary in their discourse surrounding the Commission of Inquiry (COI) report. Penn noted that in order to move the territory back on to the trajectory that its forefathers had … Continued
Temporary work permit applications for vendors operating within the Festival Grounds for the Emancipation Festival will be processed within a 2 to 3-day period. This is according to the Minister for Labour Honourable Melvin ‘Mitch’ Turnbull who made the disclosure during a recent interview with 284News. The minister sought to encourage those employers with temporary … Continued
The Royal Virgin Islands are seeking the public’s assistance in locating two missing men who were reportedly last seen boarding a vessel. They are Keevin Walker and Cleofoster Williams Jr. who according to their families, have not been seen since Sunday, July 17. The police said they received separate reports that both men boarded a … Continued
The Royal Virgin Islands Police Force, together with the BVI Chamber of Commerce and Hotel Association, is launching an initiative dubbed Family Fridays in hopes of generating some excitement for family time around the dinner table. Beginning Festival Friday, August 5, and the first Friday of every subsequent month, the occasion is intended to create … Continued
Registering his objection to the implementation of Recommendation A1 of the Commission of Inquiry (COI) Report on Tuesday, Leader of the Opposition Honourable Julian Fraser told the House of Assembly (HOA) that he found the document to be laced in contradictions. Recommendation A1 calls for the dissolution of the House of Assembly, the cessation of … Continued
Opposition Leader Honourable Julian Fraser is of the opinion that the system within the territory has failed the mentally ill. His comment came during a recent sitting of the House of Assembly, where he called on the relevant government ministries to get their act together. Fraser referenced several recent acts which occurred in the territory … Continued
Premier Dr. the Honourable Natalio Wheatley has made it clear that the members of his government are patriots and are not puppets. The premier’s statement came in response to a comment made by the Member for the Fourth District Honourable Mark Vanterpool, during Tuesday’s sitting of the House of Assembly. He said his government is … Continued
The following is commentary by Dr. Charles H. Wheatley. Mr. Howard R. Penn’s active public life began in 1938 when he joined the Civic League led by Mr Hope Stevens, a BVI lawyer resident in New York with a deep concern for the quality of life in the BVI. H.R. Penn joined in the fight … Continued
The H. Lavity Stoutt Community College’s (HLSCC) Institute of Education is pleased to announce a new partnership arrangement that offers support through grants and scholarships beginning in the fall of 2022 in honour of the late Reverend Edris O’Neal, OBE. Director of the HLSCC Institute of Education, Mrs. Sandy Harrigan-Underhill said she is very grateful … Continued
