The AO Shirley Recreational Grounds in Road Town is closed to the public. This is to facilitate works that just commenced at the sporting facility. These works are expected to last approximately four weeks, the ministry responsible for education, sports, […]

“Why should you be elected by 400 people and want to call the shots for 15,000?” National Democratic Party (NDP) Chairman Myron Walwyn fielded that question for voters to contemplate as he, once again, argued that persons vying to sit […]

While Virgin Islands Party (VIP) Chairman Andrew Fahie may not be short of supporters who are confident he is a strong leader locally, there are some who have questioned the politician’s ability to represent the territory on the international stage. […]

Moves are underway to merge and transform several government agencies including the Labour Department, Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Natural Resources and Labour Ronald Smith-Berkeley has said. Smith-Berkeley said by year-end, the Labour Department will be renamed the ‘Labour […]

Kilmo Maduro, the man who burgled a Tread Falls apartment on Tortola last year, has been sentenced to serve the next 12 months at Her Majesty’s Prison. In sentencing the offender on Tuesday, Magistrate Shawn Innocent said he considered the […]

Chairman of the Virgin Islands Party (VIP) Andrew Fahie is promising to implement ‘district councils’ in local constituencies if his party is elected as the next Government of the Virgin Islands. He said this strategy will make district representatives more […]

Customs and Immigration officers based on the western end of Tortola have been offered a space at the West End Police Station when the facility reopens. Police Commissioner Michael Matthews said the “virtually fully restored” and is hopeful the station will […]

PRESS RELEASE: On Sunday, December 29th, NorthWest employees and community members from store locations challenged themselves with the Grand Cayman Marathon a 26.2 mile run in support of the Company’s Healthy Horizons Foundation. Representing the British Virgin Islands was Mr […]

Newly-appointed Health Minister Marlon Penn ‘cannot say’ when the construction project for Peebles Hospital in Road Town will be completed. Responding to questions in the House of Assembly on Tuesday, Penn said the construction cost for the medical facility to […]

By Davion Smith, BVI News Staff The United Kingdom government has granted its Overseas Territories a reprieve and is now allowing the British Virgin Islands to go without implementing the bedevilling public registers of company beneficial ownership until 2023. This […]