Three new positive COVID-19 cases have been recorded in the British Virgin Islands while three patients have also recovered from the virus. This is according to the latest statistics issued by the Minister for Health Carvin Malone in his live […]
Archive for September, 2020
Curfew hours reduced as salons, barbershops permitted to reopen
Starting today, BVI residents will be permitted to spend more hours outside their homes as the territory’s new curfew hours will now be from 5 pm to 5 am daily. According to government’s new curfew order published in the gazette […]
Gov’t contemplating whether to pay unemployment benefits beyond three months
Hundreds of unassigned cheques are being held at the Social Security Board for persons approved for unemployment benefits and are one of the factors that have prompted the government to consider extending the maximum three-month benefit period. During the launch […]
Joint Task Force gets GPS, life vests, binoculars to fight at sea
The Joint Task Force created to secure the territory’s borders during the ongoing COVID-19 crisis has received several batches of maritime security equipment to support its work at sea. The security equipment was donated by the Office of the Governor […]
Premier decries recent murders, police have no leads yet
Premier Andrew Fahie has decried the two recent killings in the BVI, promising to make the penalties stiffer and uncompromising to deter anyone who contemplates committing nefarious crimes. The only two murders in the BVI this year occurred within two […]
BVI re-elected to serve as vice-chair of regional body
The British Virgin Islands has been reelected for its third consecutive two-year term on the Caribbean Development & Cooperation Committee (CDCC) where Premier Andrew Fahie will serve as a Vice-Chair on the board. A government-commissioned media release said Premier Fahie […]
Anguilla confident of COVID aid from UK as BVI scrapes for similar favour
As the BVI continues to experience challenges in securing a hurricane recovery ‘loan guarantee’ that the UK offered nearly three years ago, another British Overseas Territory in the region, Anguilla, is being positioned to get more UK aid to bolster […]
UPDATE: Body of ‘sudden death’ victim identified as St Vincent nat’l
The body of a female who was discovered in East End on Tuesday has been identified as St Vincent national, Joyce Woodley. She was 60 years old, police told BVI News. Previously-published story The Royal Virgin Island Police Force has […]
PHOTO OF THE DAY: Bumper-to-bumper rush!
As residents tried to beat the start of the territory-wide curfew which commences 1 pm daily, there was a major backup of traffic along de Castro Street in Road Town on Tuesday, September 15. Standing from the vantage point of […]
Top accounting firms to mentor 10 foodservice businesses who received UNDP grant
Two of the territory’s leading financial accounting firms will be assisting the 10 foodservice businesses recently selected to each receive a $4,000 grant under the government’s joint partnership with the United Nations Development Programme. As a mandatory requirement of the […]