Using Haiti as an example of why the BVI should not seek independence from the UK at this junction, government minister Vincent Wheatley said residents should be clear about what the territory is seeking to obtain through a constitutional review. […]
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Gov’t to request UN’s Special Committee on Decolonisation to assist with constitutional review
Government will be inviting the United Nations Special Committee on Decolonisation to deploy a team to the British Virgin Islands to assist the territory with its constitutional review process. The Premier announced those plans in the House of Assembly on […]
BVI’s first major regatta for 2020 slated for October
The British Virgin Islands will host its first major regatta event for the year in the next three months. Typically, the BVI would have hosted at least one major sailing event this far along in the year but things have […]
National League football competition resumes
After a four-month break due to COVID-19, the National League football competition resumed on Sunday, July 26. This is according to a media release from the BVI Football Association (BVIFA) which said National League games are scheduled to be played […]
Creque says BVIEC was untruthful about no locals bidding for Anegada solar project
Former Deputy General Manager at the BVI Electricity Corporation (BVIEC), Henry Creque is refuting recent statements from the power company that no local contractors showed interest in the $4.6 million Anegada Hybrid Renewable Energy & Battery Energy Storage System project. […]
Start preparations! High chance weather disturbance develops into tropical storm — DDM
All eyes are peeled on a weather disturbance which the Department of Disaster Management (DDM) said continues to develop in the eastern Atlantic and has a very high chance of upgrading to a Tropical Depression or Tropical Storm today or […]
COVID-19 has pushed back timeline for medical school’s opening
The medical school which the previous NDP government approved to operate in the British Virgin Islands back in 2018 will now take an even longer time to commence operations. Responding to queries from BVI News via email, Founder and President […]
No more congestion! Fresh tweaks to RT traffic-turnaround yielding positive results
By Kamal Haynes, BVI News Staff Stemming from a recent incident in which traffic was seen backed up from Waterfront Drive down to the roundabout in Road Town, BVI News conducted multiple days of surveillance on sections of the city […]
LIAT devises plan to ‘reorganise’ as opposed to liquidating | Plans to fly in two to three months
Residents in the British Virgin Islands with credited accounts in the cash-strapped regional airline, LIAT, may soon be able to utilise their credit as plans have been announced to ‘reorganise’ the airline, therefore staving off previously-announced plans to liquidate the […]
LETTER TO EDITOR: Banning right-hand drive vehicles won’t solve BVI’s road safety issues
Dear Editor, It was just a few days ago I was tuned in to one of my favourite local talkshows Honestly Speaking on the radio station ZBVI, hosted by a famous and well-renowned Social Commentator Pastor Claude Skelton Cline. I […]
