Government is laying off the 16 security officers currently assigned to Peebles Hospital to improve security services at the medical facility. Health Minister Ronnie Skelton gave that indication on Thursday while confirming that the BVI Health Services Authority (BVIHSA) is […]

The Virgin Islands School of Technical Studies (VISTS) will be undergoing an accreditation process by the Caribbean Examination Council (CXC) in September. That is according to the Principal at the VISTS, Andy Francis. Francis said the school is aiming to […]

PRESS RELEASE: Another milestone has been reached for Digicel with the welcomed addition of a number of new permanent sites in the British Virgin Islands (BVI), six months after the territory was impacted by Hurricanes Irma and Maria, followed by Digicel’s […]

By Dickson Igwe, Contributor Physical and economic recovery for the Virgin Islands, post the natural disasters of September 2017, requires a fitting of the country’s economic restorative models into the moulds of the twin western economic cultures of stimulus and […]

Minister responsible for agriculture Dr Kedrick Pickering has sidestepped questions in parliament about whether he is to be blamed for the territory’s food issues following the September 2017 hurricanes. Several days after Hurricane Irma smashed into the territory, residents complained […]

A father and daughter have been remanded for allegedly trying to enter the territory with fake BVI visas. Charged with uttering forged documents are Dominican Republic natives, Leonel and Leonela Calderon. They were not made to plead to the charge […]

One of the persons accused of murdering Trumanyne Daway has tried to commit suicide, BVI News understands. Highly-placed sources said the suicide attempt happened sometime after appearing in the Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday. Our news centre was told that the […]

An advanced training facility for local farmers is to be built in the British Virgin Islands and government is not sponsoring the development. Minister responsible for agriculture, Dr Kedrick Pickering said a private investor who is opting to remain incognito […]

Opposition member Julian Fraser has called on government to bring back educated British Virgin Islanders living abroad to help rebuild the hurricane-ravaged territory. Speaking Wednesday night at a public meeting at St Mary’s Church Hall on Virgin Gorda, Fraser said […]

PRESS RELEASE: President of the BVI Football Association, Andy Bickerton has expressed optimism and confidence following the inaugural CONCACAF Nations League draw held in Miami, Florida. The Senior men’s team will be facing Martinique, Suriname, Bonaire, and the Turks and […]