A number of persons who government commissioned to clean up the territory after the hurricanes nearly seven months ago have not been paid. That is according to Junior Minister responsible for Trade, Marlon Penn. He described the situation as unacceptable. […]

The BVI Health Services Authority (BVIHSA) is searching for a new Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Trinidad national Paula Chester-Cumberbatch had taken up the post of CEO back in November 2016 but told BVI News on Monday that she will vacate […]

The Town and Country Planning Department has been selected among thousands of organisations globally to receive a ‘Special Achievement in Geographic Information System’ award for its ‘BVI Open for Business’ map application. An award ceremony will take place at the […]

By Davion Smith, BVI News Journalist The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) have each come to the defence of the BVI and other Overseas Territories, whose financial services sector the United Kingdom parliament has […]

An infant was pronounced dead on Monday (April 30) after being left in a vehicle by itself. Reports are that a close male relative of the baby visited the Ritter Building on Wickham’s Cay II to run an errand. It […]

The late Ellen Benjamin-Skelton was officially laid to rest today, April 30. The funeral service took place at the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah Witnesses in Huntums Ghut. Benjamin-Skelton was the mother of Minister for Health and Social Development Ronnie Skelton. […]

Police are warning residents of thieves who are stripping parts from unsecured vehicles. The Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) gave the warning while noting an increase in the number of reports of vehicle-related heists in the territory. “Evidence indicates […]

While the rest of the territory complains about poor internet service locally, government workers on Virgin Gorda would be happy to get any internet at all. But, according to Education and Culture Minister Myron Walwyn, other residents on the island […]

Government has been performing ‘satisfactorily’ in clearing public debt for the British Virgin Islands, says Premier and Minister of Finance Dr D Orlando Smith. “Although our total public debt was somewhere around the region of $284 million, by the end […]

Government Minister Myron Walwyn wants Premier Dr D Orlando Smith, former Chief Minister Ralph O’Neal, and other locals who were instrumental in the development of the territory to be given honours while they are still alive. Walwyn made the clarion […]