Doctors employed with the BVI Health Services Authority (BVIHSA) have reportedly been operating outside the public health system by privately offering clients the same services as those they perform at the Dr D Orlando Smith Hospital. Speaking in the House […]
Archive for August, 2021
BVIAA racks up $2M debt in less than 5 months
Opposition Leader Marlon Penn recently expressed surprise when it was revealed that the BVI Airports Authority (BVIAA) racked up more than $2 million in debt in a little more than four months this year. During the most recent sitting of […]
Health Officials confirm that COVID Delta variant was in BVI!
Less than two weeks after Chief Medical Officer (CMO), Dr Ronald Georges said residents could not blame the territory’s deadly COVID-19 outbreak on the delta variant, health officials have now announced that the variant was in the BVI. At the […]
Reduced bookings leads to less daily ferry trips from now to October
A reduction in bookings have caused international ferry operators to decrease the number of trips between the BVI and the neighbouring US Virgin Islands (USVI) daily. Starting tomorrow, Tuesday, August 17 until October 15, there will only be one daily […]
Single COVID case in schools unlikely to lead to a shutdown
With most of the territory’s students now allowed to return to face-to-face learning, Education Minister Dr Natalio Wheatley said it is unlikely that a COVID-19 case in any of the territory’s classrooms may lead to a shutdown of that school. […]
Dalan Vanterpool and partners donate book to HLSCC graduates
The following is a media release from DV Global Group on ‘No Boss Only Clients’ book donation to HLSCC. What does it take to empower a generation? To shift the course of history? To plant seeds of greatness that could […]
Tropical Storm Watch for BVI discontinued
Weather officials have discontinued the Tropical Storm Watch that was issued for the British Virgin Islands. This is because Tropical Storm Grace has moved further south and now the chances of the BVI feeling sustained tropical-storm-force winds are significantly reduced. […]
Death toll from Haiti’s powerful earthquake exceeds 300
LES CAYES, Haiti (AP) — The death toll from Saturday’s powerful magnitude 7.2 earthquake in Haiti has reached 304 with another 1,800 people injured. Rescue workers and bystanders were able to pull many people to safety from the rubble. Meanwhile, hundreds […]
Penn says HOA ‘compromised’ as Speaker flip-flops on naming vendors
Controversy erupted in the House of Assembly (HOA) on Thursday as Speaker Julian Willock opted to block the disclosure of names of businesses to who the BVI Airports Authority (BVIAA) owes money. Willock at first stated that the House had […]
$1M contract for German firm to design, manage WE Terminal works
After setbacks caused by the onset of COVID-19, plans to rebuild the West End Ferry Terminal are finally moving forward. Premier Andrew Fahie announced on Thursday that German company, INROS Lackner SE, was awarded a $1,048,909 contract to provide project […]
