Government has signed a $408,000 contract to receive consultancy services for the National Sewerage Programme. Government signed the contract with St Lucia-based firm, FDL Consult Incorporated. The firm has worked with the BVI on a number of other contracts over […]

Acting Deputy Chief Conservation and Fisheries Officer, Mervin Hastings has called on residents to harvest the brown floating, troublesome seaweed known as sargassum. The marine alga which originates from the Sargasso Sea – a region in the Gyre of the […]

Organisers of the annual Junior Minister of Tourism Speech Competition are trying to raise additional funds to rebuild the Eslyn Henley-Richez Learning Centre in John’s Hole. Events Coordinator at the BVI Tourist Board Cindy Rosan Jones told BVI News yesterday […]

Local authorities are reporting that the three-and-half-week-old fire at the Cox Heath dump on Tortola has finally been extinguished. “The fire has been extinguished to the point where the emissions of smoke are negligible. The site no longer poses a threat […]

Members of the outspoken Decision March Committee have distanced themselves from recent comments by a fellow member, Bishop John Cline, who said he will be boycotting the Queen’s birthday parade slated for Saturday, June 9. Since making those comments at […]

As the British Overseas Territories continue to voice their objection to the United Kingdom’s ‘public registers’ controversy, Britain’s minister responsible for Overseas Territories, Lord Tariq Ahmad visited a number of those territories to hold discussions with the respective leaders last […]

GPS tracking of a stolen cellular phone reportedly has led police to the suspected thief. Information reaching BVI News are that police arrested an East End man on suspicion of burglary. The entire incident began to unfold during a late […]

Fourteen students from various primary schools in the territory have advanced to the semi-final round of the 2018 Spelling Bee Competition slated for Monday, June 11 while 10 were eliminated. A total of 12 primary schools represented by 24 students […]

The Adina Donovan Home for the Elderly has been retrofitted with solar panels; making it the first government building to ever have that accessory from Alternative Energy Solutions. Solar panels were installed to the elderly home as renovation works have […]

As the territory moves deeper into the 2018 Atlantic hurricane season, the Telecommunications Regulatory Commission (TRC) is distributing items to help residents weather future disasters. The TRC said it will be distributing items such as power banks, night lights, charging […]