The Virgin Gorda-based resort, Rosewood Little Dix Bay has made Travel+Leisure’s 2021 ‘It List’ of the best new hotels in the world. The ‘It List’ recognises 73 of the most impressive new and revamped properties that debuted within the last […]
Archive for April, 2021
Software to be introduced to manage BVI’s recreational facilities
The BVI Recreation Trust will be introducing a management software through which persons can apply to access facilities under the responsibility of the Trust. Sports & Culture Minister Dr Natalio Wheatley made that announcement in a recent sitting of the […]
Two men charged with murder-robbery; woman charged for aiding
Two men and a woman were today (Wednesday, April 28) charged in connection with the April 18 robbery-homicide in Paraquita Bay where Catherine Pickering was fatally shot outside her home. The Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) has charged 22-year-old […]
State all your business with gov’t! COI writes to Skelton Cline
The Commission of Inquiry (COI) has written to government consultant Claude Skelton Cline requesting him to disclose details of any business he and his companies has had with the government in the last three years. The VIP administration had hired […]
People committing crimes due to their circumstances
While condemning the murders that have taken place in recent months, Labour Minister Vincent Wheatley has stated his belief that people are committing crimes because of “circumstances”. “When the economy becomes stronger, we can hire more persons because persons who […]
Gov’t withholding tourism strategy to maintain competitive advantage
The BVI Tourist Board has reportedly developed a comprehensive marketing strategy to recover the local tourism sector. However, Premier and Minister of Tourism, Andrew Fahie said he will not be making that strategy public because he does not want to […]
No sharing at school, students told
As several schools reopen for face-to-face classes five days per week, students are being advised that sharing is forbidden on campus. Culturally, it is not at all uncommon for students to share textbooks and other stationeries as they receive lessons […]
Gov’t contracts British company to provide special training to RVIPF
The government has entered into a $125,000 agreement with a British company to provide special training to the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF). This is according to a recent post-Cabinet document which said the RVIPF will be receiving “ARV […]
Over 300 persons in the BVI now fully vaccinated against COVID
Some 351 persons in the British Virgin Islands have now been fully vaccinated against COVID-19. This is according to the territory’s epidemiological summary as of Tuesday, April 27. It said a total of 10,234 persons in the territory have received […]
Gov’t orders ‘internal review’ of local governance
Amid the Commission of Inquiry (COI) that has been launched in the BVI, the VIP administration has ordered an internal review of ‘all aspects of the governance of the Virgin Islands’, including areas of government activity that the COI is […]
