By Horace Mills, BVI News Online Staff Minister responsible for telecommunications Mark Vanterpool has disclosed that Government intends to put legislation in place to facilitate local number portability in the British Virgin Islands. Local number portability essentially allows a cellphone […]

Minister of Education Myron Walwyn said he has had discussions with the leadership of H Lavity Stoutt Community College (HLSCC) regarding the need for capital works to be undertaken to – among other things – help resolve the longstanding issue […]

The National Democratic Party (NDP) administration, which has styled itself a government in the sunshine, is finally making progress in having its slogan reflected in its handling of the territory’s finances. It yesterday announced the completion of long overdue financial […]

Grenada native Roger Alexander has denied allegations that he stole from his ex-lover and beat her to the point of physical injury. He pleaded not guilty to the three charges that arose out of the alleged beating – assault occasioning […]

Government Information Service (press release) – The three main network service providers operating in the Territory have said that they are working towards considerable network improvements. At the ceremony awarding the winners of the Telecommunication Regulatory Commission’s (TRC) video competition […]

While disclosing an 87 percent pass rate among the territory’s first batch of Grade 12 students, as well as the performance of public secondary schools, Minister of Education Myron Walwyn said the overall grades being provided this year are more […]

By Horace Mills, BVI News Online Staff Minister responsible for airports Dr Kedrick Pickering today declined to answer specific questions posed about the fate of the proposed extension of the runway at Terrence B Lettsome International Airport, adding that the […]

Director of Public Prosecutions Kim Hollis has told the court that, during a police interview, Lennox Da Silva ‘clearly admitted’ to cutting his Jamaican wife’s throat on the ill-fated night of Saturday, June 10, 2017. The 52-year-old native of St […]

By Davion Smith, BVI News Online Staff In a bid to employ more young locals, Government said it will be cracking down on employers who are hiring persons from abroad to do entry-level jobs here in the British Virgin Islands […]

  Noting that the British Virgin Islands (BVI) has been experiencing an influx of visitors and expats who speak Mandarin and French, Minister of Education Myron Walwyn said, come September, six schools will participate in the pilot programme to introduce […]