Stating that backyard burning could potentially become a gateway for the coronavirus, minister responsible for the Virgin Islands Fire & Rescue Department, Kye Rymer, has renewed calls for residents to end the practice. Rymer made that public appeal following reports […]
Archive for April, 2020
Calypsonian was to use cancelled competition to promote legalizing marijuana locally
At least one calypsonian had planned to use the now-cancelled Calypso Competition during the Virgin Gorda Easter Festival as a platform to renew calls for marijuana laws to be relaxed in the British Virgin Islands. Lester ‘Mighty Leyley’ Fontelio, a […]
Pussers Restaurant in Road Town burglarized
The popular local establishment Pusser’s Restaurant & Bar reportedly has been burglarized. This is according to the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) who confirmed that the burglary took place at Pussers’ Main Street branch at approximately 11:45 am on […]
Non-essential persons prohibited from visiting fire stations
Residents are temporarily prohibited from entering all fire stations in the territory due to the COVID-19 precautionary measures implemented by the Virgin Islands Fire & Rescue Service (VIFRS). Chief Fire Officer Zebalon McLean told BVI News the protocol is in […]
Response Team on VG assisting residents — Wheatley
A few dozen individuals on Virgin Gorda are playing their part in keeping residents safe by delivering food and other necessities to their homes during the ongoing 24-hour curfew period. Ninth District Representative Vincent Wheatley said the team of individuals […]
‘This year’s VG Fest would have been epic!’ Patrice Roberts was among lineup — Organiser
Chairman of the Virgin Gorda Easter Festival Sub-Committee Franklin Walters said this year’s staging of the sister island event would have been one to remember, had it taken place. The 53rd staging of the event was scheduled for April 11 […]
BVI seeks UK’s help to retrieve shipment of COVID-19 protective gear seized by US
The Ministry of Health has sought the assistance of the United Kingdom government to retrieve a shipment of medical supplies that was bound for the BVI but seized by United States authorities. Health Minister Carvin Malone said the BVI shipment […]
COMMENTARY: Corona and the exposure of horrific leadership
The unmitigated spread of coronavirus is the result of gross incompetence in governance in China, the USA, and the UK Corona deaths globally have surged past 100,000. In the USA and UK, deaths approach 30,000. Just under a third. And […]
BVI unofficially records two COVID-19 recoveries
The British Virgin Islands, unofficially, now has two patients who have recovered from the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19). Health Minister Carvin Malone and Premier Andrew Fahie announced during a radio broadcast Thursday night that two of the territory’s three confirmed […]
Persons who work this Easter must still be paid ‘holiday wage’, employers told
Employers are being reminded that their essential service workers who are assigned to work during the Easter holidays must still “be paid in the prescribed manner”, as outlined in the territory’s Labour Code. A media release from the Department of […]
