Government has finally reinstated the public road connecting Belmont Estate to Long Bay in West End, which was destroyed during Hurricane Irma nearly a year ago. Government reinstated the public road within 24 hours of a Belmont Estate landowner closing […]

Fashion was served ‘sizzling’ hot at Global Glamour Runway Show at the weekend. Thirteen designers, 10 of whom are known internationally, showcased their latest work to a well-attended gathering at Save the Seed Energy Centre in Duff’s Bottom, Tortola. Designers […]

A mobile application that will allow smart device users to receive real-time alerts when a disaster/hazard will affect the territory has been launched. Telecommunications giant Digicel collaborated with the Department of Disaster Management (DDM) to launch the app named BVI […]

PRESS RELEASE: Young, aspiring British Virgin Islands athletes Stephan Deleon (basketball), Nashawnta Smith (baseball), Adaejah Hodge (track & field) and Angel George (tennis), are bound for Bradenton, Florida next month. The quartet, are the recipients of scholarships to attend the […]

By Davion Smith, BVI News Staff The private road which residents use to access Belmont Estate has been closed, reportedly because of a dispute between government and a local landowner. Lemuel Smith and his family opened up their property to […]

Local businesses are invited to a workshop on August 1 to gain access to information and practical tools for preparing successful bids for Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) funded projects. The workshop is a collaborative initiative between the Government of the Virgin […]

The public is informed that a section of the Purcell Road from Brewley’s Supermarket to Caribbean Transport will be partially closed from Thursday, August 2 to Friday, August 3 from 9am to 5pm daily. The purpose of the closure is to […]

Education Minister Myron Walwyn has marked Elmore Stoutt High School’s (ESHS) graduation this year as vindication for criticism surrounding his ministry’s so-called ‘rushed’ efforts to reopen schools after the September 2017 hurricanes. Captioning a photo of the graduates which he […]

Interdicted police officer and businessman Brian Penn has been convicted and sentenced for multiple counts of defrauding the state-owned Social Security Board (SSB). Magistrate Ayanna Baptiste DaBreo fined the offender $8,400 for 84 counts of failure to make payments to […]

Millions are being spent yearly to house various government departments in rented accommodations in the British Virgin Islands. That is what statistics from the Ministry of Finance for the last five years has indicated. The statistics say government spent more […]