While suggesting that the BVI’s openness to immigrants is contributing to cultural erosion, local attorney Patricia Archibald-Bowers said aspiring citizens should be required to take a written test to prove they know indigenous BVI culture. She said this is one […]

Amid widespread pleas from entrepreneurs across the territory, the government has added another three months to the lay-off period. This means employers now have until January 31, 2021 to deliver severance packages to staff they’ve laid off. The lay-off period […]

The GPS tracking technology that all visitors to the territory must use come December 1 will have the capability to conduct random video check-ins. This is according to developer Amber Group Limited (AGL) who outlined a number of the key […]

Following the discovery of a number of key threats to turtles in the territory, the government has partnered with the Marine Conservation Society (MCS), the University of Exeter, and the Association of Reef Keepers (ARK) to execute a three-year sea […]

The Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) made a major drug bust in the territory on Friday, November 6. In a brief statement to our news centre on Saturday, the Information Unit of the RVIPF said, “a large quantity of […]

Donald Trump has lost his campaign to serve a second term as President of the United States. He was defeated by his Democratic contender, Joe Biden. His running mate, Kamala Harris — who is of Jamaican heritage — is set […]

PRESS RELEASE (Saturday, November 7): The Royal Virgin Islands Police Force continues the fight to remove guns from the streets with the arrest of four persons on firearm charges, while yet another life is lost due to gun violence. Police […]

One male is dead after being fatally shot in the Baughers Bay community of Tortola Friday afternoon. This information was confirmed in a statement issued by Information Officer of the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF), Diane Drayton. “Police can […]

As the COVID-19 disease extends its unwelcome stay, a more familiar but equally unwelcome visitor – dengue fever, is quietly wreaking havoc in the Eastern Caribbean region. Just yesterday, StmLucian health authorities reported nearly 900 confirmed cases of the mosquito-borne […]

All schools across Tortola presently connected to Flow BVI’s fixed-line network have received free upgraded broadband speeds, in some instances, up to 600 megabits per second. This according to a recent media release from the telecommunications provider which said the […]