A report released yesterday said motor vehicle dealers and operators throughout the territory suffered a major blow during Hurricane Irma, with one dealer reporting that 131 of its new vehicles have been damaged. “All  five  of  the  motor  vehicle  dealers  […]

As the government continues to forge ahead with plans to rebuild a territory severely damaged by Hurricane Irma, education minister Myron Walwyn has instructed the management of H Lavity Stoutt Community College (HLSCC) to urgently adjust its curriculum to put […]

When dawn broke on September 7, BVI News Online Journalist Horace Mills grappled with the fact that he was among residents left without the comfort of the house where he lived. It was flooded and partially destroyed by category 5 hurricane Irma, […]

By Edgar Leonard, Contributor  The Virgin Islands, along with its sister regional countries, is a coastal location lying along the path of hurricanes developed off the coast of Africa, and is highly vulnerable to the damaging impact of the high/strong […]

Minister of of Education Myron Walwyn has made an appeal for the business community to contribute towards the rebuilding of schools, adding that telecoms company Digicel has promised to undertake repairs at its adopted institution – Althea Scatliffe Primary. Five […]

Local authorities have reported that, at the end of September, there were 313 relief workers in the British Virgin Islands rendering assistance  following widespread devastation caused by category 5 hurricane Irma. Those workers are from 19 different regional and international […]

PRESS RELEASE: Digicel customers in the Anegada community can now connect to the people and things they love with a satellite internet solution that has been installed at the Anegada Health Clinic. In fact, this is the first online connectivity […]

Weeks after BVI News Online reported that a man was shot dead during a gun robbery at his home in Greenland, Tortola, police this afternoon confirmed the fatality and also released the victim’s name. That incident brings the territory’s murder […]

The total number of houses reported damaged or destroyed during Hurricane Irma stood at 4,240 up to the end of September, but the devastation to other types of building throughout the territory is also significant. The latest numbers regarding damage […]

Premier Dr D Orlando Smith has indicated that, based on preliminary calculations, more than 6,000 residents of the British Virgin Islands (BVI) were displaced when category 5 hurricane Irma hit the territory on September 6. The 2010 Population and Housing Census […]