The Central Statistics Office has announced plans to commence the 2020 Population and Housing Census in June this year. The Statistics Office said it has already begun working towards that timeline and is collaborating with the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean […]

The Department of Disaster Management (DDM) has reported that yet another major earthquake has been felt in the Puerto Rico/Virgin Islands region. In an alert minutes after 9 o’clock on Saturday, January 11, the DDM said this latest reported quake […]

A small craft warning remains in effect over the British Virgin Islands as hazardous sea conditions are expected across the territory within the next 24 hours. This is according to the Department of Disaster Management (DDM) which published on social […]

For the first time, the law year of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court (ECSC) will open in January. The new law year has been typically held during September, and it ends in July of the following year. Efforts to contact […]

Government employees who are still owed their salary increments have been told that this will be rectified no later than February 28. Deputy Governor David Archer, Jr gave that indication in a government-commissioned media release on Thursday. The release said: […]

A Long Look man was granted $50,000 bail with one signed surety when he appeared before Magistrate Christilyn Benjamin for gun-related charges recently. Charged with unlawful possession of explosives and carrying a firearm without a license is 33-year-old Kavarne Richards, […]

Persons who intend to host events at community centres across the British Virgin Islands will once again have to pay fees to do so. Deputy Social Development Officer in the Ministry of Health, Stacie Stoutt-James, made that announcement during a […]

Government has been granted permission to continue to temporarily store derelict vehicles and materials at an area in Pockwood Pond since the collection process remains ongoing. This follows the December 31 expiration of the lease agreement between government and the […]

By Kamal Haynes, BVI News Staff France has blacklisted the British Virgin Islands as a non-cooperative territory in tax matters. The BVI was added to the French-speaking nation’s blacklist on Tuesday, January 7. According to French media station Rivera Radio, […]

Principal Crown Counsel Tiffany Scatliffe-Esprit is now acting in the capacity of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP). BVI News understands that as the most senior prosecutor in the department, Scatliffe-Esprit was placed in charge of the department since United […]