Underscoring the significance of the Norman Island development and the Peter Island resort to the territory, Junior Minister of Tourism Dr Hubert O’Neal said booting the William Thornton (Willy T) floating bar and restaurant for a second time was a […]

With what is being described as an ‘unprecedented increase’ in issued visas in the British Virgin Islands, persons requiring the travel document to visit or work during the Christmas season must now wait roughly two weeks before their visa process […]

Government has signed a $323,350 contract for design and construction management services on several government buildings which were damaged or destroyed by Hurricane Irma. Premier and Minister of Finance Dr D Orlando Smith signed the 12-month contract with local architectural […]

Renovations to the BVI Autism Center in Lower Estate, Tortola are now complete. Programme Director of the BVI Autism Centre, Lorna Dawson, told BVI News this week that they were forced to scale down operations for more than a year […]

Residents residing at Free Bottom and Purcell Estate have resorted to dumping garbage on the ground since two public dumpster containers were removed from the communities, which comprise nearly 500 residents. Representative for the Sixth Electoral District Alvera Maduro-Caines told […]

Amid pressure from yet another global superpower on the territory’s main revenue-earner — the financial services, several legislators in the House of Assembly are now crying for greater focus to be placed on other industries. “We need to continue to […]

The Government of the Virgin Islands has paid in excess of $23 million in lawsuits and settlement claims in the last seven years, Premier and Minister of Finance Dr D Orlando Smith has said. The Premier made the revelation at […]

With a decrease in the number of available accommodation for visitors since the September 2017 hurricanes, the BVI Tourist Board has signed a memorandum of understanding with Airbnb Incorporated — an online marketplace and hospitality service for people to lease […]

A Huntums Ghut man who was caught wearing a pair of acid washed jeans and white sneakers that were reported stolen after a burglary last year has admitted to being the thief. Reynaldo Hewlett pleaded guilty to burglary when he […]

By Davion Smith, BVI News Staff Offshore financial services companies registered in the British Virgin Islands are expected to physically set up office spaces in the territory if they are to continue doing business with/through the BVI. That is the essence […]