Amid increased public calls for the territory’s governor to take a more assertive role in ensuring good governance, Governor Augustus Jaspert added his voice to the controversy surrounding the pier part audit, which has been ongoing for nearly two years […]

Government has finally reinstated the public road connecting Belmont Estate to Long Bay in West End, which was destroyed during Hurricane Irma nearly a year ago. Government reinstated the public road within 24 hours of a Belmont Estate landowner closing […]

Fashion was served ‘sizzling’ hot at Global Glamour Runway Show at the weekend. Thirteen designers, 10 of whom are known internationally, showcased their latest work to a well-attended gathering at Save the Seed Energy Centre in Duff’s Bottom, Tortola. Designers […]

A mobile application that will allow smart device users to receive real-time alerts when a disaster/hazard will affect the territory has been launched. Telecommunications giant Digicel collaborated with the Department of Disaster Management (DDM) to launch the app named BVI […]

PRESS RELEASE: Young, aspiring British Virgin Islands athletes Stephan Deleon (basketball), Nashawnta Smith (baseball), Adaejah Hodge (track & field) and Angel George (tennis), are bound for Bradenton, Florida next month. The quartet, are the recipients of scholarships to attend the […]

By Davion Smith, BVI News Staff The private road which residents use to access Belmont Estate has been closed, reportedly because of a dispute between government and a local landowner. Lemuel Smith and his family opened up their property to […]

Education Minister Myron Walwyn has marked Elmore Stoutt High School’s (ESHS) graduation this year as vindication for criticism surrounding his ministry’s so-called ‘rushed’ efforts to reopen schools after the September 2017 hurricanes. Captioning a photo of the graduates which he […]

Interdicted police officer and businessman Brian Penn has been convicted and sentenced for multiple counts of defrauding the state-owned Social Security Board (SSB). Magistrate Ayanna Baptiste DaBreo fined the offender $8,400 for 84 counts of failure to make payments to […]

Millions are being spent yearly to house various government departments in rented accommodations in the British Virgin Islands. That is what statistics from the Ministry of Finance for the last five years has indicated. The statistics say government spent more […]

Female students dominated the list of top achievers graduating from the Elmore Stoutt High School (ESHS) this year. Four of the five top achievers, who maintained an ‘A’ average every term from Grade 7 to Grade 12, were female. They […]