City Manager Janice Brathwaite-Edwards wants an alternative route to be developed to access the McNamara area of Tortola. She made her wishes known in light of the new, ultra-modern National Emergency Operations (NEOC)/DDM building that is to be built in […]

Pointing out that it is the 21st century, Justice Vicki Ann Ellis has called on the Smith-led administration to place the territory’s laws online. Justice Ellis made the call during the recent opening of the new law year. She said […]

By Dickson Igwe, Contributor OK. Street soundings are pointing towards a coalition government for the British Virgin Islands after the upcoming General Election in 2018-2019. Is the belief that there will be no clear majority for either of the two […]

PRESS RELEASE: “Flow Caribbean customers are well-positioned to enjoy unparalleled access to the rapidly expanding data needs of an evolving digital lifestyle,” said Magnus Ternsjo, C&W’s Vice President, Central Caribbean as he addressed the Caribbean Telecommunications Union’s (CTU) 17th Caribbean […]

The Virgin Islands Party (VIP) has officially confirmed its candidates for the Third and Eighth electoral districts. Former Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Communications and Works Dr Arlene Smith-Thompson is the VIP’s Third District candidate while former Deputy Commissioner […]

As government moves to make the procedures surrounding general elections more efficient, Cabinet has approved for the territory to utilise what is known as a single ballot process. This means that, unlike previous elections, voters will be given a single […]

Residents are being warned that unstable weather conditions may affect the British Virgin Islands this weekend. The Department of Disaster Management (DDM) issued that warning in its latest weather update on Friday. While citing forecasts from the Antigua and Barbuda Meteorological […]

The Venezuelan couple held at the Terrance B Lettsome International Airport with nearly $80,000 cash this week, confessed to the crime when they appeared before Magistrate Shawn Innocent on Thursday. Twenty-three-year-old Anthony Kall Yanez Duarte and Elianneth Isabel Espinoza Montilla […]

Government has retained a UK attorney at a cost of up to $400,000 to draft a piece of legislation for the territory’s financial services industry. Specifically, the Premier Smith government hired Queen’s Counsel Michael Furness to draft laws in an […]

By Esther Durand, BVI News Staff The BVI has moved to join other countries in the Caribbean and Latin American to establish a local cancer registry by January. This move is being made in consideration of statistics which shows that […]