PRESS RELEASE: Residents, visitors, and the public are urged to pay close attention to the 2018 Atlantic hurricane predictions and to ‘Be Ready and Stay Ready’ come June 1. Forecasters are becoming more confident in releasing predictions on the possible […]

While admitting that he did not believe the BVI Electricity Corporation (BVIEC) could restore power quickly, Minister for Communications and Works Mark Vanterpool has joined the list of persons who are now congratulating the team. BVIEC employees worked seven days […]

The businessman who police found driving with an unlicensed semi-automatic gun last year has been sentenced to 66 months in prison. Allison Vanterpool was also slapped with an additional four-month prison sentence for the four bullets that were uncovered with […]

By Davion Smith, BVI News Journalist All eyes will be on the BVI’s Kyron McMaster when he takes on some of the fastest 400-metre hurdlers in the Commonwealth this week. Having run faster than all his competitors this season, the […]

Persons suffering from a mental health illness are being given the opportunity to lead independent lives through employment. Mental Health Counselor at the Safe Haven Transitional Centre, Nevillie George told BVI News recently that persons living with a mental illness are […]

BVI 100-metre sprinter Tahesia Harrigan-Scott has been applauded for making it to the semifinal round at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia. Harrigan-Scott had advanced to the semifinals after finishing third with a time of 11.64 seconds in […]

By Dickson Igwe, Contributor Vision is critical to economics. The math, statistics, psychology, history, and sociology, that create the concepts and narratives of economic thought, are mere tools of the visionary. Vision is what economics is about. Vision makes economics […]

PRESS RELEASE: Owners of vessels operating in the Virgin Islands waters are reminded to properly insure their boats before the beginning of the 2018 hurricane season. In accordance with The Merchant Shipping Act of the Virgin Islands, every vessel, including […]

A 4.7 magnitude earthquake shook sections of the British Virgin Islands Friday afternoon, April 6. Initial readings from the Puerto Rico Seismic Network are that the earthquake had a depth of 40.9 kilometres. The epicentre was located 35.99 kilometres west […]

Education and Culture Minister Myron Walwyn is the best performing minister in government, according to a survey by the Caribbean Development Research Services (CADRES). Compared to the other government ministers, Walwyn scored highest for residents from all the various political […]