The unmitigated spread of coronavirus is the result of gross incompetence in governance in China, the USA, and the UK Corona deaths globally have surged past 100,000. In the USA and UK, deaths approach 30,000. Just under a third. And […]

The British Virgin Islands, unofficially, now has two patients who have recovered from the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19). Health Minister Carvin Malone and Premier Andrew Fahie announced during a radio broadcast Thursday night that two of the territory’s three confirmed […]

Employers are being reminded that their essential service workers who are assigned to work during the Easter holidays must still “be paid in the prescribed manner”, as outlined in the territory’s Labour Code. A media release from the Department of […]

Legislation that makes it mandatory for aircraft and vessels coming or leaving the territory to provide information on its crew members and passengers prior to their arrival or departure is being introduced in the BVI. The Bill, which is titled […]

By Esther Durand, BVI News Staff In a bid to give local women an escape from onsets of depression caused by the coronavirus crisis, well-known beautician Felicia Tonge-Fenton volunteered herself by offering free online tutorials in her craft. The owner […]

Police have confirmed that the WhatsApp message being circulated that residents can leave their homes to donate O Negative blood to a patient at the Dr D Orlando Smith Hospital in Road Town is true. The Information Unit of the […]

Work permit holders currently not in the territory are among a special category of persons who will remain temporarily barred from entering the British Virgin Islands, even after the government-imposed curfew period is lifted on April 19. This according to […]

Exactly a week ago, local supermarkets were overwhelmed with shoppers who were prompted into a last-minute rush to stock-up on groceries and other essentials before the territory went into 14 days of complete lockdown. Today, supermarkets and virtually all other […]

Minister of Health & Social Development Carvin Malone has given the assurance that his ministry is taking measures to ensure the homeless are taken care of during the ongoing territory-wide lockdown period. Malone gave that assurance following a BVI News […]

By Esther Durand, BVI News Staff Since the territory went into a full lockdown that has restricted the social movement of residents, local musician Brent Hoyte has turned challenge into opportunity by using social media as a tool to not […]