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 […]

The local business and entrepreneurial sector is experiencing a “substantial increase”. That is according to the Director of Trade, Investment Promotions and Consumer Affairs, Karia Christopher. The trade director did not provide statistics but said her department will be hosting […]

While noting that Education Minister Myron Walwyn has fed the public with some amount of ‘false’ information, Auditor General Sonia Webster has impliedly described the minister’s recent response to her office’s special report on the Elmore Stoutt High School perimeter […]

Quito’s Gazebo in Cane Garden Bay has reopened after a six-week setback caused by scarce building materials on Tortola and subsequent shipping interruptions. Owner of the tourist hotspot, Quito Rymer, said the million-dollar upgraded Gazebo was unveiled at a soft launch […]

By Esther Durand, BVI News Staff After about a 15-month hiatus due to the havoc caused by the 2017 natural disasters, the British Virgin Islands will once again host its annual Boxing Day races. Twenty-one horses are set to compete […]

A Carrot Bay man was sentenced to a total of three-and-a-half years at Her Majesty’s Prison after he was found cultivating more than 200 cannabis plants last year. Alson Quashie was sentenced on Friday after Senior Magistrate Tamia Richards found […]

Despite a mandate from the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) and the United Kingdom that the Recovery and Development Agency (RDA) should handle and have full control over monies from the CDB’s $65 million loan, local government is currently the body managing those […]