The monies that will be saved from scaling down the Virgin Gorda Easter Festival this year will be used to pay outstanding bills owed to vendors from last year’s staging, Culture Minister Myron Walwyn has said. The ministry initially budgeted […]

Kawa Cornwall was denied bail on Friday after making what prosecutors described as a brazen and credible threat in the presence of police. “He best not come on my block,” Cornwall reportedly said about the man he allegedly gun-butted and […]

By Davion Smith, BVI News Journalist A new security plan is being implemented in the British Virgin Islands and part of that plan includes police drone surveillance. Governor Augustus Jaspert said the drones are being purchased with a portion of […]

Community leaders are being selected to shepherd residents on the sister islands in the event of future disasters like hurricanes Irma and Maria. Leaders are being selected as part of a series of hurricane preparedness meetings on the sister islands. The meetings are […]

Local government is being challenged on why select expatriates who lost their jobs after the hurricanes are still being sent from the territory even though other local employers are willing to hire them. According to a policy implemented in December, expatriates living or […]

Senior Plant Health Consultant in the UK, Dr Christopher Malumphy has said some of the territory’s traditional plant species are under threat of becoming extinct. This is because of invasive pests imported in the British Virgin Islands. Agave Snout Weevil […]

Reigning Miss World Manushi Chhillar was treated to Indian food and given a welcome by her countrymen on Monday night at A Taste of India Restaurant in Road Town. The British Virgin Islands is among several stops Chhillar and other […]

The students of the Eslyn Henley Richiez Learning Centre (EHRLC) and the Althea Scatliffe Primary School were given a royal surprise on Monday. Reigning Miss World Manushi Chhillar of India along with other beauties from across the globe visited the […]

Ninety-three-year-old Edna Forbes Turnbull who was missing since Monday afternoon has been found. Police made the announcement minutes after 7 o’clock Tuesday morning, February 27. They did not specify when or how she was found. PREVIOUS ARTICLE Police are seeking […]

The Virgin Gorda Easter Festival is being significantly scaled down this year. The Ministry of Culture’s announcement comes exactly a week after a BVI News survey revealed that most residents did not want the event to be held this year. […]