The Department of Disaster Management (DDM) said it, as well as the Antigua and Barbuda Meteorological Services, is monitoring a number of weather events, especially an approaching tropical wave and an area of disturbed weather in the far eastern Atlantic. […]

Former President of the BVI Basketball Association and Pastor at the Church of God of Prophecy Word of Faith on Virgin Gorda, Steve Turnbull, has died. His family has announced that he passed away on August 7 at Peebles Hospital. […]

Technical drainage and landslide experts will arrive in Tortola today (August 12) to help assess the damage resulting from a tropical wave that caused flooding and landslides across the British Virgin Islands on August 7. Premier Dr D Orlando Smith, […]

Premier Dr D Orlando Smith has announced that 90 percent of the British Virgin Islands (BVI) again has electricity, while 70 percent now has access to water from the territory’s supply system. He made the disclosure in a statement last […]

While noting potential health hazards in the aftermath of the flood that took place on Monday, the BVI Red Cross is urging members of the public to wear protective gears while cleaning up. The advice comes hours before a major […]

Non-profit organisations in the British Virgin Islands are appealing for the full support of community members ahead of a food drive and cleanup to get underway at 7 o’clock tomorrow morning. The initiative is in response to the tropical wave […]

Minister of Education Myron Walwyn said his ministry has things totally under control at Elmore Stoutt High School, adding that a perimeter wall built recently has saved the institution from total devastation. He defended the soundness of the new wall […]

    By Dickson Igwe, Contributor A tropical wave that dropped over 8 inches of rain on the Virgin Islands left Tortola severely damaged through flooding. The rain damage also exposed human frailty, nastiness, and courage. Nothing exposes the true […]

By Davion Smith, BVI News Online Journalist While making it clear that they are not waiting on handouts from Government, vendors at the festival village in Road Town said they have missed out on profits because of the rainfall that […]

While persons continue to clean up the Ivan Dawson Primary School that was ‘completely flooded’ during heavy rainfall on Monday, Minister of Education Myron Walwyn said repair works are to be expedited on a leaking roof at the institution. Just […]