By Alred Frett, Contributor Only the lazy and misinformed celebrate before the mission is accomplished. Time is running out. We are still in the midst of recovery efforts and this is hardly the time to indulge in national holidays, which […]

PRESS RELEASE: Residents of the Virgin Gorda community are advised that Premier and Minister of Finance, Dr the Honourable D Orlando Smith, OBE will hold office hours on Tuesday, March 13 at the Virgin Gorda Administration Complex, Vanterpool Building. Persons […]

The 2018 Atlantic Hurricane Season has a 45 percent chance of being above normal. The Department of Disaster Management (DDM) said this is compared to a 35 percent chance of a near-normal season and a 20 percent chance of a […]

In this BVI News photo, eight-year-old M’Kyaih Turnbull steals the spotlight with the reigning Miss World, Manushi Chhillar. They were photographed at The Moorings on the island of Tortola during Chhillar’s four-day visit in the territory. The Indian beauty visited […]

Being in possession of the murder weapon allegedly used to kill Trumayne Daway in February is just one-half of the charges Rafael Harrigan has pending before the court. Harrigan is also charged with attempted arson. He allegedly committed that offence […]

Owner of International Motors, Neville Sorrentino believes the sense of ‘entitlement’ among British Virgin Islands natives is crippling their work ethics. He said this sense of entitlement particularly reeks on the younger generation. Sorrentino said while his remarks are not […]

Government is laying off the 16 security officers currently assigned to Peebles Hospital to improve security services at the medical facility. Health Minister Ronnie Skelton gave that indication on Thursday while confirming that the BVI Health Services Authority (BVIHSA) is […]

The Virgin Islands School of Technical Studies (VISTS) will be undergoing an accreditation process by the Caribbean Examination Council (CXC) in September. That is according to the Principal at the VISTS, Andy Francis. Francis said the school is aiming to […]

PRESS RELEASE: Another milestone has been reached for Digicel with the welcomed addition of a number of new permanent sites in the British Virgin Islands (BVI), six months after the territory was impacted by Hurricanes Irma and Maria, followed by Digicel’s […]

By Dickson Igwe, Contributor Physical and economic recovery for the Virgin Islands, post the natural disasters of September 2017, requires a fitting of the country’s economic restorative models into the moulds of the twin western economic cultures of stimulus and […]