Leaders in the British Virgin Islands financial services industry said there is still no sense of loss of confidence or business in the industry despite the territory being hit severely by Hurricane Irma on September 6. Gary Hales, Head of […]

By Davion Smith, BVI News Online Journalist Since the British Virgin Islands (BVI) was pounded by Hurricane Irma, a number of individuals and organizations such as Government have taken to the World Wide Web with outstretched palms seeking financial donations. The most […]

While Premier Dr D Orlando Smith is yet to report on the high-level meeting he attended with the World Bank over the weekend, Permanent Secretary in the Premier’s Office Broderick Penn said he suspects the United Kingdom joined Dr Smith […]

The government said it is allowing persons to visit the British Virgin Islands (BVI) to assist their relatives with recovery efforts, but they will be allowed to stay initially for only four weeks. A restriction was imposed on visitors after […]

Minister of Education Myron Walwyn has decried the level of negativity spreading through the territory following the hurricanes, and has called for naysayers to desist. “Too many of us seem to be finding faults in everything rather than celebrating what […]

By Celeste Malone, PhD, MS (BVI News Online contributor) Although I have never lived in the British Virgin Islands (BVI), both of my parents are native BVIslanders and grew up there – my father in Tortola and my mother in […]

By Edgar Leonard, Contributor Hurricane Irma, a category 5 (156+ miles an hour) hurricane and one for the annals of recorded history, ferociously slammed into the British Virgin Islands with a vengeance and ravaged, battered and decimated thousands of properties. […]

The Department of Disaster Management (DDM) said, although the tropical wave that affected the territory over the weekend has passed, it will continue to influence weather conditions locally today, October 16. “Remnant of moisture associated with the passage of a […]

A representative of the international governing body of association football, FIFA,  said the British Virgin Islands (BVI) looks ‘like after a war’ and should be assisted urgently in restoring football fields and the headquarters of the BVI Football Association (BVIFA). […]

The shelter box pictured was being installed at Frenchman’s Cay on Tortola today, October 13. Shelter boxes are provided and installed by the Rotary Clubs in an effort to assist with temporary housing as a form of relief for those left in […]