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Archive for September, 2020

Minister of Health & Social Development Carvin Malone.

Three new positive COVID-19 cases and 3 new recoveries

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 […]

by / on September 16, 2020 at 12:10 PM /
Photos by Kamal Haynes/BVI News

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 […]

by / on September 16, 2020 at 9:16 AM /
Labour & Immigration Minister, Vincent Wheatley.

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 […]

by / on September 16, 2020 at 8:04 AM /
Her Majesty's Customs is one of the local law enforcement agencies providing enhanced border patrols as the territory closes its ports of entry because of the coronavirus pandemic.

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 […]

by / on September 16, 2020 at 7:39 AM /
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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 […]

by / on September 16, 2020 at 7:22 AM /
Premier Andrew Fahie

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 […]

by / on September 16, 2020 at 5:45 AM /
Anguilla Flag 3D Rendering on Blue Sky Building Background

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 […]

by / on September 15, 2020 at 4:30 PM /
UPDATE: Body of ‘sudden death’ victim identified as St Vincent nat’l

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 […]

by / on September 15, 2020 at 4:09 PM /
BVI News photo of de Castro Street captured minutes before 1 pm on Tuesday, September 15.

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 […]

by / on September 15, 2020 at 1:13 PM /
Top accounting firms to mentor 10 foodservice businesses who received UNDP grant

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 […]

by / on September 15, 2020 at 1:01 PM /