While promising leniency to customers affected by Hurricane Irma, CIBC FirstCaribbean International Bank recently donated $100,000 to the Virgin Islands’ National Relief Fund. The funds from the bank are to assist in the recovery efforts, following category 5 hurricanes Irma […]

By Davion Smith, BVI News Online Journalist While noting that BVIslanders also participated in looting after hurricanes Irma and Maria, Minister of Health and Social Development Ronnie Skelton yesterday called for expats who looted to be booted from the British […]

By Davion Smith, BVI News Online Journalist Based on a proposed law passed in the House of Assembly yesterday, Government will get powers to impose a curfew without the governor first declaring a state of emergency, and residents may be […]

Less than 24 hours after a new Curfew Act was rushed through the House of Assembly, Governor Augustus Jaspert announced that the new law has facilitated a brand new curfew, which is now in effect from 10pm to 6am daily. […]

By Dickson Igwe, Contributor This Old Boy manages a Facebook page he has named the Geography Game. On his page, he downloads data and information specific to geography, and how geography impacts human life. His page also attempts to give […]

By Davion Smith, BVI News Online Journalist Government parliamentarian Archibald Christian wept in the House of Assembly yesterday as he recalled the monstrosity of Category 5 hurricane Irma, which caused wide-scale wreck throughout the British Virgin Islands (BVI) a month […]

Local health authorities said they are concerned about the possibility of persons contracting gastroenteritis; this after  category 5 hurricanes Irma and Maria affected the territory last month. Viral gastroenteritis is a common infection of the stomach and intestines that results in […]

Leader of Opposition Andrew Fahie has called for the proposed curfew law to be amended to include specific cut-off hours for minors who he said are becoming unfavourably precocious. The curfew bill was passed eventually yesterday during the first House […]

Telecom company Digicel said it is giving the government $100,000 worth of building materials to distribute to homeowners who don’t have insurance coverage, adding that it will prioritize a list of financial services leaders to equip with full communication solutions […]

Most of the soldiers who arrived in the British Virgin Islands (BVI) to assist with recovery efforts after passage of the devastating Hurricane Irma on September 6 are gearing up to leave the territory in the coming days. Governor Augustus […]