Miss BVI for 2018 A’yana Keshelle Phillips has been crowned Miss World USVI for 2019/2020. The beauty was crowned on Sunday during the US territory’s annual Miss World USVI pageant. In a post on Monday, the official Instagram page for […]
Archive for October, 2019
No deterrence: Magistrate says new sentencing guidelines for drugs ‘won’t work for BVI’
A local magistrate has said she believes the list of umbrella sentencing guidelines recently launched for all courts in the Eastern Caribbean is not suitable for drug-related offences committed in the British Virgin Islands. These sentencing guidelines were developed so […]
Another anti-Dolphin Discovery petition emerges, several rally behind online protest
More than 2,000 persons have affixed their signatures to an online petition to protest the return of the Dolphin Discovery franchise to the British Virgin Islands. The online petition titled ‘Stop the return of captive dolphins to the British Virgin […]
Anegada to become first island in BVI with largescale renewable energy
Plans are being put in place to make Anegada the first island in the British Virgin Islands with large-scale renewable energy. This is according to the General Manager of the BVI Electricity Corporation (BVIEC) Leroy Abraham who told BVI News […]
‘I am resilient’: Malone comes up short at World Champs, shifts focus to Olympics
The British Virgin Islands’ last hope of attaining a medal at the recently concluded 2019 IAAF World Championships in Doha, Qatar, was shattered after long jumper Chantal Malone failed to qualify for the finals in her event. Competing in Group […]
The mighty vocations
A workforce that possesses appropriate technical and vocational skills is critical for the Virgin Islands economy, and the welfare of the country’s youth It is a fact that the former UK colonies and Overseas Territories of the UK, owing to […]
Oleanvine Maynard replaces Pickering to act as Acting Deputy Managing Director of BVIPA
Oleanvine Maynard is the new Acting Deputy Managing Director at the British Virgin Islands Ports Authority (BVIPA). Maynard takes over from Akim Pickering who served in that post for the past year-and-a-half. Pickering has since been demoted to the post […]
Customer Service Touch Terminals to be launched throughout the BVI
Government has revealed plans to launch Customer Service Touch Terminals throughout the British Virgin Islands. This initiative is to promote a culture of exceptional customer service in the Public Service. An October 4 media release from the Office of the […]
New deal to be signed | Dolphin Discovery to make a comeback in 2020 — Premier
Negotiations for the return of Dolphin Discovery in the British Virgin Islands are currently underway between government and the aquatic company; with hopes of inking a deal in the next several weeks. Making the announcement this week, Premier Andrew Fahie […]
$185K contract signed for temporary housing units to be constructed on Tortola and Anegada
The Ministry of Social Development has awarded a local construction company a contract valued nearly $200,000 for the construction of temporary housing units on Tortola and Anegada. The Recovery & Development Agency (RDA) said on its official Facebook page that […]
