By Davion Smith BVI News Online Staff Business owners based locally may not have to pay customs duties on merchandise they ship into the British Virgin Islands while the territory recovers from the devastation caused by Hurricane Irma. This is […]

Government minister Myron Walwyn is calling for all hands on deck as the territory moves forward with clean-up and rebuilding efforts. He said residents should chip in and not wait on Government to get things done. “We can’t leave everything […]

PRESS RELEASE: The National Bank of the Virgin Islands hereby advises of the following loan concessions, due to Hurricane Irma’s severe impact on the Territory. Personal Loans: The bank will grant a three-month moratorium, (that is, a temporary suspension) on […]

Government workers are being told not to worry about losing their jobs as there is sufficient money in the Reserve Fund to cover salaries, even as the government scurries to find funds for post Hurricane Irma recovery efforts. “We have […]

While the United Kingdom has billions of dollars set aside in its aid budget to assist Overseas Territories in times of need, the British Virgin Islands might not receive a cent from the budgeted amount. This is because the BVI […]

Electricity was restored to the Peebles Hospital and sections of Road Town last evening as the Government ramps up recovery efforts following the destruction caused by Hurricane Irma last week. Premier Dr D Orlando Smith – while stating that regular […]

Coming out of a meeting with UK Foreign Secretary, Boris Johnson, who visited the territory yesterday, Premier Dr D Orlando Smith said he called on the UK to back the territory’s two main economic pillars which took a clobbering from […]

Tonnes of relief supplies from the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) are reportedly headed for the territory, the British Virgin Islands Government has said. The Government made the announcement yesterday, adding that it met with members of CARICOM this week and they […]

Persons whose visas expire while they are seeking refuge outside the territory because of the destruction caused by Hurricane Irma will be allowed to return. Works Minister, Mark Vanterpool gave the assurance to a group of concerned residents on Monday, […]

Works Minister, Mark Vanterpool, has said that residents could start seeing water flowing through their pipes as early as the end of this week, noting that assessment is being carried out on some pipelines. “What we are doing right now, […]