Government Consultant Claude Skelton Cline said some residents are abusing the government’s free grocery initiative that was implemented to assist needy persons during the ongoing 24-hour lockdown period. Skelton Cline said persons have been requesting the welfare food packages for […]
Archive for April, 2020
Virtual training for secondary school educators to start today
Private and public secondary school teachers will commence online training in the Google Classroom today, April 23. The training for all secondary school teachers has come just after the Ministry of Education successfully completed training for all primary school teachers […]
Man who was allegedly found with items to ‘commit burglary’ remanded
A 50-year-old man with no fixed place of abode has been placed on remand at Her Majesty’s Prison after he was allegedly found with several items police suspect would have been used to commit a burglary. Howard Hughes pleaded not […]
‘Uniformed’ essential workers now allowed supermarket access
Commencing Wednesday, April 22, essential workers in uniform can access approved supermarkets on Tortola and Virgin Gorda. A government-commissioned media release said these supermarkets are only allowed to serve persons with government-issued identification cards between the hours of 8 am […]
Online graduation likely if COVID-19 continues to affect BVI — Wheatley
Students in the British Virgin Islands, for the first time in the history of the territory, may have to graduate online if the COVID-19 pandemic continues to affect normal operations in the BVI. Minister of Education Dr Natalio Wheatley gave […]
Taxi operators seek to offer services in other areas as COVID-19 crashes tourism livelihood
By Esther Durand, BVI News Staff With a shutdown of the tourism sector because of the coronavirus pandemic, local taxi and livery operators are reeling from the impact. Local tour operator Julio ‘Sam’ Henry said the transportation-for-sector, which depends heavily […]
BVI to begin exporting fish to the region
Premier Andrew Fahie has said government has started plans to export fish regionally. Speaking in the House of Assembly recently, Premier Fahie said the export initiative will seek to boost the fishing industry in the British Virgin Islands. “The members […]
BVI ready for CXC e-testing as other countries in region reject proposal
By Kamal Haynes, BVI News Staff Chief Education Officer Connie George has said she believes the recent proposal by the Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) to possibly conduct e-testing for its 2020 examination cycle is quite viable in the British Virgin […]
BVI launches ‘Airmid’ app for diagnosed, suspected or quarantined COVID-19 cases
Persons requiring medical assistance relating to the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) can now access it virtually, thanks to the newly-launched mobile application called ‘Airmid’. A government-commissioned release said the application was launched on April 15 by the BVI Health Services Authority […]
Still waiting for food
Despite the available online options to order food items and the measures in place for ‘in-need’ persons to seek free food packages, some residents are still unsure where their next food supplies will come from. A number of residents indicated […]
