The BVI men’s national football team will be playing their first home game in 6 years this coming Friday June 3 at the A. O. Shirley Recreation Ground against the Cayman Islands. The BVI Football Association held a press conference this morning to speak on the readiness of the team ahead of the game. President … Continued
On Wednesday, 1st June and Thursday, 2nd June, the H. Lavity Stoutt Community College will host its graduation exercises at the Eileene L. Parsons Auditorium, Paraquita Bay Campus. The exercises, is said to have been deliberately guided through collaboration with HLSCC and its partners in the Ministry of Health and Social Development, will be split … Continued
President of the Lions Club of Tortola, Kevin S. Fahie, Melvin Jones Fellow (MJF) is the recipient of the prestigious President of the Year Award from the Lions Sub-District 60B. The award was announced by District Governor, Lion Claudio Buncamper, Progressive Melvin Jones Fellow (PMJF) at the recently concluded 42nd Multiple District 60 Convention held … Continued
The decline in sponsorship towards entertainment events from businesses and non-governmental organisations in the British Virgin Islands has been described to be at an all-time high. This is according to businessman and event organiser Steve Parillion who made the comment during an exclusive interview with 284Media. Parillion at the time of his interview was promoting … Continued
Bianca Dougan and her son Ty’Rique Charles are the 2022 winners of CCT’s Mommy and Me Challenge competition. The competition was scheduled for Sunday May 29 at the Multipurpose Sports Complex where a total of 6 mothers along with one child each were selected to compete for the top three prizes. However, due to reasons … Continued
From January 2021 to November 2021 the government spent just over $8 million in costs associated with the Commission of Inquiry (COI) according to the Premier Dr. the Honourable Natalio Wheatley. His comments came during a recent House of Assembly session in response to questions posed by the Opposition Leader Honourable Julian Fraser He explained … Continued
Law firm Silk Legal has claimed that it was the former Premier Andrew Fahie who instructed them to file the injunction matter against the Commissioner of Inquiry and his three attorneys. Silk Legal was the legal representation for the former Speaker of the House of Assembly Julian Willock during the Commission of Inquiry hearings. The … Continued
The Ministry of Health is presently monitoring the emerging presence of monkeypox across the globe to ensure that the territory is prepared to detect and respond to the virus should it reach the British Virgin Islands. Minister for Health Honourable Marlon Penn updated the territory on his ministry’s approach to the developing virus during Thursday’s … Continued
The Department of Waste Management will be enhancing security measures at the Pockwood Pond dumpsite after one of the two most recent major fires has been linked to the actions of copper thieves. Minister for Health and Social Development Honourable Marlon Penn made that disclosure during Thursday’s sitting of the House of Assembly in his … Continued
Former Speaker Julian Willock will have to pay just over $106,000 out of his pockets for the legal fees incurred during his discontinued injunction case which was filed against the Commissioner of Inquiry and his three attorneys. This after the Special Select Committee which was established under the former Premier Andrew Fahie concluded that the … Continued
