A 19-year-old BVI woman, Rene Jack, has been killed in the neighbouring Puerto Rico where she resides. Media reports coming out of the Spanish-speaking nation are that Jack’s body was found with gunshot wounds to head in an abandoned house […]

By Kamal Haynes, BVI News Staff The BVI Ports Authority (BVIPA) has developed a Cargo Vessel Pandemic Plan, the draft of which they have already released to local shipping companies. According to the nine-page draft document dated May 9, the […]

Health officials in the British Virgin Islands are targeting residents, via an online survey, to determine their level of understanding as it relates to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19). A government-commissioned media release said the results of this survey would […]

Rehabilitation of the Little Dix Hill Road in East End, Tortola is now open to tender, paving the way for some much-needed attention to that thoroughfare. According to an invitation to tender document from the Recovery & Development Agency (RDA), […]

Local contractors are being urged to attend the Recovery & Development Agency’s (RDA) capacity-building workshops. Speaking at a recent contract-signing, the RDA’s Acting Chief Executive Officer Anthony McMaster said the workshops are designed to better equip contractors with the required […]

Thirty-five more business establishments in the British Virgin Islands have been given the proverbial green light by health officials to commence operations today. Chief Environmental Health Officer Lionel Michael told BVI News that the type of businesses range from money […]

With the reopening of money transfer agencies across the British Virgin Islands on Monday, May 11, a considerable amount of residents were seen at popular outlets on the main island of Tortola. On Fleming Street, a steady line consisting more […]

More than 100 vehicles belonging to BVI residents are sitting in storage facilities in other parts of the region at the growing expense of the car owners; says local port agents Island Shipping, who claim they are being treated unfairly […]

Two men are facing criminal and traffic-related charges following their reported involvement in a police chase on the main island of Tortola on Saturday, May 9. Charged are 34-year-old Little Dix Hill resident, Shannon John and 24-year-old Greenland resident, Mackebo […]

Governor Augustus Jaspert has urged residents of the British Virgin Islands to begin preparations for the upcoming 2020 Atlantic Hurricane Season which researchers predict to be very active. In a statement on May 8, Governor Jaspert said despite the ongoing […]