The Royal Virgin Islands Police Force has arrested three people on suspicion of murder in relation to the shooting death of Jaquan Thomas. According to a police press release, the arrests happened during an operation yesterday morning which targeted several […]

Information reaching BVI News is that a Haitian national escaped Immigration custody late last month. Highly placed sources told our news centre the illegal immigrant was scheduled to leave the territory on February 27 and while at the Terrance B […]

Works Minister Kye Rymer said the government’s recently launched shuttle service is part of a bigger programme to push free parking facilities towards the outskirts of Road Town, particularly at the Festival Grounds and the parking lot opposite the Dr […]

Premier Andrew Fahie has suggested that a miscommunication between himself and members of the Economic Advisory Council (EAC) may have led to stagnation in their work. Premier Fahie established that ad hoc committee in 2020 to advise the government on […]

BVI institutions run by locals have come in for high praise by political commentator and clergyman, Pastor Claude Skelton Cline. But he contrasted these institutions with the public service which is helmed by the United Kingdom (UK) appointed governor and […]

Following the fatal two-vehicle crash yesterday, and a seeming rise in motor vehicle-related accidents in the territory, Transportation Minister Kye Rymer is appealing to all road users to exercise caution and consideration when traversing the territory’s roadways. In a statement, […]

The Virgin Islands will be joining various organisations from across the Caribbean to share scientific best practices and techniques for mangrove restoration in a virtual Regional Mangrove Symposium.  The symposium started yesterday and will go on until March 3. It […]

Following the imposition of sanctions by the United Kingdom’s government on Russia for the military invasion of Ukraine last week, Governor John Rankin announced that the sanctions would take effect in the Virgin Islands as well. “The UK has introduced […]

A scooter rider was found unresponsive at the scene of a vehicular accident this morning. The accident happened in the Havers area of Tortola and involved a motor scooter and an SUV. The scooter was found wedged beneath the vehicle. […]

Her Majesty’s Customs (HMC) has been ordered to file a legal defence in a matter involving a boat seized by the law enforcement agency following a drug bust on Virgin Gorda in October 2019. In the matter heard by Court […]