Days after gifting the British Virgin Islands with a shipment of medical supplies, the United Kingdom government donated more equipment and items to the territory. The supplies arrived in the territory last Friday, May 22. A brief statement posted on […]

By Benito Wheatley, Contributor The British Virgin Islands’ (BVI) economic recovery from COVID-19 will be very different from its economic bounce back after Hurricanes Irma and Maria and the public must prepare for a challenging economic period ahead. Following the […]

A Virgin Gorda man was denied bail when he appeared before the Magistrate’s Court for allegedly wounding a relative and escaping lawful custody. Raynard Matthew was not required to plead when he appeared before Senior Magistrate Tamia Richards on Friday. […]

By Esther Durand, BVI News Staff Whenever Dr Chrisel Bovell-Chichester arrives home from work, her husband regularly asks, “did you wash your hands?” Of course, the answer is always ‘yes’. But he doesn’t double-check simply because of the ‘new normal’ […]

In a statement copied within its recent job notice for a consultant, the BVITB said the pandemic is ‘severely’ impacting the industry globally, so the Board’s goal is to now navigate through the ‘new regular’ by providing “an exceptional tourism […]

The 2020 Population & Housing Census which was initially scheduled to be conducted next month has been postponed indefinitely due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This is according to the Director of Central Statistics Raymond Phillips, who told BVI News he […]

With the 2020 Atlantic Hurricane Season set to commence in the next seven days, Governor Augustus Jaspert has said the government is considering to acquire new emergency shelter facilities. Governor Jaspert gave that indication while responding to questions during a […]

There will be no Mrs BVI Pageant this year, and the reigning queen Shondrea Turnbull will remain in that position for an additional year. This is according to a post on the official Mrs BVI Pageant Facebook page. The post […]

Former First Lady of the British Virgin Islands, Reverend Edris O’Neal has died. Family members said she died this morning, May 24 after what they describe as an “extended period of illness”. Her passing comes just six months after the […]

By Dickson Igwe, Contributor Tiny economies cannot print massive reserves of cash, by raising vast amounts of financial capital from global investors as multi-trillion dollar economies can. Multi trillion dollar GDPs, such as the US, Germany, and UK, have the […]