The BVI government has moved to ban all tourist-related travels from the Dominican Republic to the territory effective Monday, January 11. Health Minister Carvin Malone said in a statement on Friday that Cabinet decided to implement the ban due to […]
Archive for January, 2021
Restaurants, bars, nightclubs disregarding health protocols
The government has levied fines and taken remedial action against several restaurants, bars and nightclubs that breached public health protocols over the recent holiday period. “Investigations have been conducted and a number of these businesses have been placed under additional […]
Health Ministry reports that 6 residents test positive for COVID
Health Minister Carvin Malone has announced that six members of the BVI community have contracted COVID-19 with one person currently receiving treatment at hospital. The minister confirmed that the person who is hospitalised isn’t critically ill. In addition to the […]
Premier unfazed by ‘bloggers’ on online news sites
Premier Andrew Fahie has said he is unfazed by the comments scores of readers leave below news stories on local online news sites. Speaking during the January 5 sitting of the House of Assembly, Premier Fahie said he doesn’t pay […]
Companies, residents to cash in on derelict vehicles
Health & Social Development Minister Carvin Malone has announced that his ministry will be entering into a sales agreement with companies interested in purchasing scrap metal directly from the government. Minister Malone said the move is part of the territory’s […]
Tourist Board signs incentive deal with evoJets
The BVI Tourist Board & Film Commission (BVITB&FC) has entered into a partnership agreement with the private aviation company, evoJets, to provide incentives valued more than a thousand dollars when persons utilise the service to travel to the territory. This […]
Improved and publicly accessible disaster plan needed for BVI
Territorial At-Large Representative, Neville Smith has said he believes a national disaster plan easily accessible to the general public is needed in the British Virgin Islands. Smith made the comments during a recent session in the House of Assembly while […]
Possible COVID exposure if you were at an Old Year’s party on VG
Following a positive COVID-19 result from a person who recently attended an old year’s party at a club in Virgin Gorda, the Ministry of Health is advising all persons who visited the location on the night to contact local health […]
VIP has done more for D3 in 2 years than the NDP did in 8 years
Senior Opposition legislator Julian Fraser has said he has gotten more achieved for his constituency under the Andrew Fahie-led administration than the previously governing National Democratic Party (NDP). The Fahie administration has only been in the government for almost two […]
Baba Aziz’s nationality cost him the Attorney General position
While noting the difficultly in finally getting a local to hold the post, Premier Andrew Fahie has said if the former Attorney General (AG) Baba Aziz was a BVIslander, he would still have been in that position to date. Aziz, […]