While urging residents to ensure their homes have non-perishable food items and medical supplies, Minister of Communication and Works Mark Vanterpool said the government is working to heighten its level of preparedness for hurricanes such as Irma. He noted that […]

PRESS RELEASE: With the potential threat of Hurricane Irma bearing down on the BVI, Digicel has put its hurricane contingency plan into high gear and has ensured that everything is in place to best manage the events of the coming […]

The government said persons who were employed to clean up after the recent flood should submit the relevant documents to facilitate timely payment. Financial Secretary Glenroy Forbes said the onus is on persons to ensure the proper documentation with accurate […]

A government lawmaker, Alvera Maduro-Canes, has called on the National Democratic Party administration to act ‘by any means necessary’ to ensure ponds filled with dirt and other materials in Cane Garden Bay (CGB) are reopened to collect water when it […]

A new judge has been appointed to serve for a year in the Commercial Division of the High Court here in the British Virgin Islands. Justice K. Neville Adderley, whose appointment took effect yesterday (September 1), is a former Bahamian […]

Cabinet approved a total of 287 work permit exemptions on Tuesday, August 29. According to a notice published in the latest edition of the Virgin Islands Gazette, majority of the persons (169 or nearly 60 percent) were ‘definitely exempted from […]

The government said 34 cases of conjunctivitis, which is commonly known as pink eye, have been recorded on the island of Virgin Gorda. Residents are therefore being urged to practice good hygiene to minimise the spread of the infection. Public […]

The Department of Disaster Management (DDM) is urging residents in the British Virgin Islands to ‘intensify preparations’ further now that Irma has elevated to a Category 3 hurricane that is expected to strengthen and become a ‘major hurricane’ within the next few days. While […]

While noting that the Labour Department is yet to fully recover from the recent flood, Minister of Natural Resources and Labour Dr Kedrick Pickering said the August 7 tropical wave that caused flooding and landslides across Tortola should be used […]

Former President of the Virgin Islands Party Carvin Malone said members of the public who are British Virgin Islanders should also be blamed for the fact that several of the territory’s most sensitive top jobs are being held by expatriates, […]