The long-awaited Budget Address from Premier Dr D Orlando Smith has been postponed. A media release from the House of Assembly’s public relations department said the budget address, which was scheduled for today, is being put off until Monday, March […]

Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Communications and Works Anthony McMaster has said upgrades being are done to the ferry terminal in Road Town nearly complete. According to McMaster, the added development to the facility includes more floor space, a […]

Necker Island will officially reopen for business in October. Necker is one of the outer islands in the British Virgin Islands and is owned by British business tycoon, Richard Branson. Like the four main islands in the BVI, Necker was […]

Two schools from the sister islands have advanced to the final round of the Inter-Secondary School Debate after defeating schools on the main island of Tortola yesterday, March 14. Yesterday’s winners are Bregado Flax Educational Centre (BFEC) on Virgin Gorda […]

Leshaughn Smith has been sentenced to three-and-half years (42 months) in prison for importation of cannabis. He was sentenced on Wednesday, March 14. Senior Magistrate Tamia Richards ordered that the sentence run from the date he was first remanded. He […]

PRESS RELEASE: The British Virgin Islands (BVI) participated in a simulation exercise to test their tsunami response strategies. The exercise entitled ‘Carib Wave 18’ (Caribbean Wave 18) took place today Thursday, March 15. Caribbean Wave 18 provided an opportunity for the […]

Rafael Harrigan has been charged with murder. That officially makes the 27-year-old the third person accused of killing Trumayne Daway in Brandywine Bay late last month. The other two accused persons are 21-year-old Maybelline Rodriguez and 26-year-old Vernon Bernard. Up […]

Xiomara ‘Gia’ Malone of Fast Lane Track Club is now eligible to compete in two disciplines at the CARIFTA Games. She previously qualified to represent the BVI in the Women’s High Jump at the games this year and has also […]

Employees at the BVI Ports Authority (BVIPA) are on reduced pay. Roughly 50 of 180-member staff have been on reduced pay since the hurricanes last year. Acting head of the state-owned organisation, Akeem Pickering said the BVIPA initiated pay-cuts to […]

A number of families with relatives receiving care at the Safe Haven Transitional Centre have virtually abandoned these patients. The facility, which is formerly known Sandy Lane Centre, assists chronically homeless individuals to develop skills and resources for independent living […]