Ninety-three-year-old Edna Forbes Turnbull who was missing since Monday afternoon has been found. Police made the announcement minutes after 7 o’clock Tuesday morning, February 27. They did not specify when or how she was found. PREVIOUS ARTICLE Police are seeking […]
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Major scale-down: Village being excluded from VG Easter Fest
The Virgin Gorda Easter Festival is being significantly scaled down this year. The Ministry of Culture’s announcement comes exactly a week after a BVI News survey revealed that most residents did not want the event to be held this year. […]
Students call for resident doctor on Anegada
Students at the Claudia Creque Educational Centre are calling on local government to assign a resident physician to Anegada. However, the high school seniors said not only Anegada needs a resident physician. “We need a dentist and a resident doctor on […]
Miss World head: Branson should start commercial flights in BVI
Chairwoman of the Miss World Organisation Julia Morley has called on British billionaire and founder of Virgin Atlantic Airways, Sir Richard Branson to commence commercial flights in the British Virgin Islands. “Mr Richard Branson, please bring your Virgin airline. If […]
Sugar Boys, Old Madrid net big wins in nat’l league
PRESS RELEASE: Goals galore punctuated week two of the Football Association’s National League as the Sugar Boys hit the Wolues for six and Old Madrid went one better with a seven-goal performance against FC Sea Argo. The weekend’s action had […]
Robinson O’Neal school to be ready for September
The Robinson O’Neal Memorial Primary School on Virgin Gorda is set to receive a massive upgrade in time for the 2018/2019 academic year in September. Speaking at the groundbreaking ceremony on Friday, David Johnson of the Oil Nut Bay North […]
Jack Husbands new head of Insurance Tribunal
Local attorney Jack Husbands has been appointed as the new chairman of government’s Insurance Tribunal. Eric Ball previously chaired the Tribunal, which was created to help fast-track settlements between aggrieved residents and insurers. The government did not explain why Ball is […]
Gov’t workers battling mould on VG too; building in disrepair
Some employees at the Government Administration Complex on Virgin Gorda reportedly have been forced to abandon their once sound office spaces and seek refuge on the outside because of a mold infestation at the facility. BVI News sources said while […]
Flow network rebuild making progress
PRESS RELEASE: Flow is pleased to advise the British Virgin Islands community that significant progress is being made in the rebuild of its network, with more than 60 percent of the infrastructure operational and customers being reconnected daily. Fixed-line and broadband reconnections […]
Expats struggle to survive while awaiting work permit transfers
Expatriate workers throughout the territory are being faced with yet another challenge — surviving without a salary as they await their work permit transfer. Hundreds of expats were left jobless after last year’s hurricanes ravaged the territory. But, under BVI law, […]