The BVI’s young swimming sensation Elinah Phillip has won two silver medals at the 2018 CARIFTA Games. She took second place in the 50-metre Butterfly at National Aquatic Centre in Kingston, Jamaica where the swimming segment of the Games was […]

The just-concluded 47th BVI Spring Regatta and Sailing Festival recorded a slight drop in registered boats in light of the hurricanes. Nevertheless, organisers put on a stellar show during the week-long event. The regatta took place from March 26 to […]

Phase-two of renovation works at Her Majesty’s Prison in Balsam Ghut is set to get underway today and will cost $1 million. Superintendent of Prisons David Foot told BVI News that Phase-one of the project repaired wings C, D and […]

Principal of Elmore Stoutt High School (ESHS) Sandy Underhill has called on businesses to emulate the Tortola Pier Park by enforcing policies to curb public displays of student indiscipline. She also wants parents to be more responsible where their children […]

Despite the severe scale-down of the Virgin Gorda Easter Festival this year, the three-day event turned out to be a record-breaking success. According to Chairwoman of the Virgin Gorda Festival Committee, Lyra George, this year’s Easter Fest food fair had […]

Sugar Boys have continued their winning streak with a commanding 6-1 victory over FC Sea Argo in the National Football League on Sunday, April 1. At the end of the first half of the match, the scorecard read 1-1 for […]

While Rikkoi Brathwaite still holds a medal for the British Virgin Islands in the 2018 CARIFTA Games, the BVI sprinter has moved one place down on the podium. The 19-year-old runner had been awarded a silver medal in the Under-20 […]

The vessel named Mayflower that toppled next to the ferry dock in Road Town has been removed. It was removed before 10 o’clock Saturday morning, March 31. Workmen used a large crane to remove the vessel. Mayflower has been resting […]

The Virgin Gorda Easter Festival kicks off today with the the Cultural Food Fair and Kids Day at the Little Dix Bay Field across from the island’s ferry dock. Today’s event will feature Leon and the Hotshots, Bamboula/Heritage Dancers, It’s […]

Her Majesty’s Prison in Balsam Ghut is seeking to tighten security. Superintendent of the state-owned penitentiary David Foot told BVI News on Thursday that the prison is recruiting 12 additional staff to do just that. “Some officers left the territory subsequent […]