Director of Trade Karia Christopher has said an owner of multiple businesses can apply and benefit from more than one COVID-19 stimulus grants from government. Christopher gave that indication on Thursday, August 13, during social media interview about government’s $6.5 […]
Archive for August, 2020
Residents with credited accounts on LIAT asked to submit claims by August 15
Residents with credited accounts in the cash-strapped regional airline, LIAT will have until Saturday, August 15 to submit claims to the airline. In a notice published on Thursday, LIAT Administrator Cleveland Seaforth said the nature of the claims can be […]
Tropical Storm Josephine develops
Tropical Storm Josephine has developed in the Atlantic. A weather bulletin from the Department of Disaster Management (DDM) said Josephine, which was previously a tropical depression, was located about 1,074 miles east south-east of the BVI at 11 am on […]
Two Belongers arrested for illegal entry, RVIPF reports
Two men have been arrested for illegal entry in the British Virgin Islands. Charged are 35-year-old Julio Samuel of Cane Garden Bay and 24-year-old Danny Dennevil of Lower Estate on Tortola. The men, who are BVI Belongers, have also been […]
Banning entry of work permit exempt persons places BVI’s social infrastructure on ‘brink of disaster’
Former Minister for Labour Dr Kedrick Pickering has said he believes government’s recent decision to indefinitely ban work permit holders and work permit-exempt persons from entering the territory has more negatives than positives and could have ‘untold social damage’ for […]
Prominent local doctor endorses COVID-19 antibody testing for BVI
Medical doctor and former legislator, Dr Kedrick Pickering has said he believes antibody testing for the COVID-19 virus should be conducted in the British Virgin Islands. Antibodies are blood proteins produced by the immune system in response to, and to […]
Broken main leads to water disruption in several Tortola communities
Director of the Water & Sewage Department Perline Scatliffe-Leonard has said the water disruption affecting several residents on Tortola is because of a broken main. Leonard published a notice on the local community Facebook page after receiving a number of […]
HMP creating in-house hospital ward for minor medical needs
The territory’s sole correctional facility will soon have the capacity to handle certain medical needs of inmates in the comfort of an internal hospital ward. Acting Superintendent of Prisons, Mario Christopher said this was one of the ongoing changes taking […]
Grandstands at AO Shirley grounds nearly complete!
Repairs to the grandstand located at the AO Shirley Recreation Grounds in Road Town is nearly complete. A media release from the Recovery & Development Agency (RDA) said the final components needed to complete the project is the arrival of […]
UK naval ships to conduct hurricane response exercise in BVI in days
The British Virgin Islands is next in line for the United Kingdom ships –– the RFA Argus and HMS Medway – to conduct hurricane response exercises in the territory. A government-commissioned release stated that the training exercise would be conducted […]
