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One of the first passengers to use the new In-Transit Lounge at the TB Lettsome Airport on Beef Island.

BVIAA to make roughly $130K to $156K yearly with new In-Transit Lounge

By Kamal Haynes, News Staff The BVI Airports Authority (BVIAA) is projected to earn an approximate $130,000 to $156,000 in increased annual revenue with the new In-Transit Lounge that opened at the Terrance B Lettsome International Airport on Saturday, February […]

by / on February 3, 2020 at 7:40 AM /
Local hospitality worker seeks to raise $200K as she battles cancer

Local hospitality worker seeks to raise $200K as she battles cancer

By Esther Durand, BVI News Staff Learning of the cancer that has increasingly begun to devastate Marilyn Glasgow’s life, the owner of Mala’s Bar in Baughers Bay, Mala Ragnaudh, knew she had to help. Glasgow — an employee in the […]

by / on February 3, 2020 at 7:20 AM /
Chief Environmental Health Officer, Lionel Michael.

No need for panic | Personal hygiene an effective tool to combat coronavirus

Chief Environmental Health Officer Lionel Michael has sought to dispel public fear and misconceptions surrounding the dreaded coronavirus, which has killed 361 persons in China alone and infected 17,000 people globally. In an interview with BVI News recently, Michael said […]

by / on February 3, 2020 at 6:08 AM /
Horseracing action at the Ellis Thomas Downs in Sea Cows Bay on Sunday, February 2, 2020. Photos by Andre 'Shadow' Dawson/BVI News Photographer

Tortola’s COURAGE & HONOUR wins feature horse race on Sunday

COURAGE & HONOUR from the BVI’s Top Priority Racing Stables — which is owned by President of the Horse Owners Association Lesmore Smith — swept the feature prize of $10,500 at the Ellis Thomas Downs on Sunday. The race marked […]

by / on February 3, 2020 at 5:20 AM /
Scene of the fatal early-morning accident on the Dual Carriageway on Tortola on Saturday, February 1. (Photo by Esther Durand/BVI News)

One dead, another seriously injured in two separate Tortola accidents

Police have confirmed that one man is dead while another is in critical medical condition following two separate traffic accidents on the main island of Tortola within the last several hours. The deceased man has been identified as 25-year-old Guyanese […]

by / on February 1, 2020 at 9:39 AM /
COMMENTARY: Brexit is simple English tribalism

COMMENTARY: Brexit is simple English tribalism

By Dickson Igwe, Contributor A redefined relationship between the post-Brexit UK and the British Overseas Territories is inevitable if as is expected, the turmoil of a post-Brexit Britain becomes convulsion.  Britain is going to be reshaped by Brexit in myriad […]

by / on February 1, 2020 at 9:00 AM /
Horseracing back on this Sunday with seven races!

Horseracing back on this Sunday with seven races!

Horseracing action will return to the Ellis Thomas Downs in Sea Cows Bay, Tortola this coming Sunday. The event, labelled the Pre-Valentine’s Day Races, is the third attempt by the BVI Horse Owners Association to host the Boxing Day races […]

by / on January 31, 2020 at 2:52 PM /
Governor Augustus Jaspert

MOU signed to give territorial rescue team specialised training, $261K in equipment

Governor Augustus Jaspert has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) that will see the British Virgin Islands (BVI) benefitting from specialized training and equipment worth $261,106 from the United Kingdom Foreign and Commonwealth Office. The training and equipment will be […]

by / on January 31, 2020 at 2:04 PM /
Residents at the community meeting in Sea Cow's Bay on Thursday.

Study finds that Sea Cows Bay is ‘vulnerable’, residents urged to establish committee to take action

Residents of Sea Cows Bay in the Third District were urged on Thursday to formulate a committee to mitigate against the community’s vulnerabilities in the face of a natural disaster. Enhanced Vulnerability Capacity Assessment (EVCA) Officer, Anisha Brewley, made the […]

by / on January 31, 2020 at 8:19 AM /
Former Health Minister Carvin Malone

Hospital ready | Health screening for Coronavirus in place at ports

By Esther Durand, BVI News Staff The British Virgin Islands is moving full steam ahead in its thrust to guard against the dreaded Coronavirus, Minister for Health Carvin Malone has said. Malone gave that indication while delivering an update on […]

by / on January 31, 2020 at 7:56 AM /