Some $700,000 has been budgeted for this year’s emancipation festivities, which kick off in August. Culture Minister Myron Walwyn disclosed the figure during an interview with BVI News on Sunday. The Virgin Islands Festival and Fairs Committee is now expected to […]

A popular businessman known to operate in the Sea Cow’s Bay area was taken into police custody on reports of assault at the weekend. The businessman, who is a former law enforcement officer, was reportedly apprehended in connection with a lovers’ quarrel, […]

Opposition leader Andrew Fahie believes the United Kingdom’s ‘public register’ controversy goes beyond political differences, as he and Premier Dr D Orlando Smith head to London today, May 14. He has also called for prayers as they attend a series of […]

The government has responded to the ongoing controversy over the Willy T floating bar and restaurant, which is being booted from its usual location at Norman Island. In a statement issued late Friday, the government said the vessel must relocate […]

PRESS RELEASE: As of Friday, May 11, 2018, the fire at Cox Heath continues to be contained which means that the threat of the fire spreading has been eliminated at this time. Additional equipment to pump 1000 gallons of seawater […]

PRESS RELEASE: Emergency Communications Manager of the Department of Disaster Management (DDM), Mr Jasen Penn was elected Vice Chairperson of the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) Tsunami Programme for the Caribbean and Adjacent Region. Mr Penn’s duties will include conducting inter-sessional […]

Premier Dr D Orando Smith is heading to the United Kingdom on Monday to attend a series of meetings about the British parliament’s recent decision to impose public registers of beneficial ownership on the BVI and other Overseas Territories. Opposition […]

Owner of the famous William Thornton (Willy T) Floating Bar & Restaurant, Ewan Anderson says he is willing to legally fight for the vessel to remain off The Bight on Norman Island. The new and improved floating restaurant arrived in […]

This BVI News photograph of the festival grounds in Road Town was captured this week. The grounds, which was used as a ‘staging area’ to offload containers of relief supplies after the hurricanes, is seemingly now being used as a dump for […]

Premier Dr D Orlando Smith said his government will not comply with the United Kingdom’s controversial amendment to its Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Bill, which passed in British parliament last week. The amendment is forcing the BVI and other Overseas […]