Scores of mourners turned out on Saturday to pay their last respects to the late Aubrey “Bego/ Deego” Levons of Anegada who passed away on November 3. The late entertainer and owner of Big Bamboo Guest House, Restaurant and Bar […]

Governor Augustus Jaspert today announced that the National Emergency Operations Centre (NEOC) is being deactivated. He said the NEOC will officially deactivate on Monday (November 20), adding that the decision was made after consulting with Premier Dr D Orlando Smith […]

The Government of the Virgin Islands received 50 generators to help facilitate the resumption of business operations. The generators were donated to Department of Trade, Investment Promotion and Consumer Affairs by the Bank of Asia (BVI) Limited to aid businesses […]

A fleet of vehicles that will aid in the cleaning up of debris caused by Hurricane Irma was donated to the territory by an overseas entity recently. The three pickup trucks, two wreckers, flat-bed truck, two bucket trucks, and one […]

Citing overcrowding at the cargo dock at Port Purcell and the need to improve services to the general public, the BVI Ports Authority (BVIPA) said as of today a new temporary container lot will open at Free Bottom. It will […]

Repair work is now being carried out on several roads damaged during the hurricanes with a promise by the Government that they will be better fortified to withstand future floods. Works Minister Mark Vanterpool said this will be done by lifting […]

Commissioner of Police, Michael Matthews has said that with help from external security personnel his team has successfully retrieved thousands of dollars worth of items that were looted following Hurricane Irma. “We have been, again, using the advantage of having […]

Businessman Ecedro Thomas who has been operating a small beverage business in the Paraquita Bay area for over 32 years is planning to file a lawsuit against the owner of two catamaran vessels that have been sitting on his property […]

It’s official. Chalkboards and textbooks which have long been used as instruments of pedagogy inside the territory’s classrooms have been replaced with digital textbooks. Well, at least in grades 7 and 8. The eTextooks which form part of the Virgin […]

President of the BVI Diabetes Association, Jean Vanterpool has called for the adoption of healthier lifestyle practices in the territory, amid troubling global statistics on diabetes. Diabetes is the condition in which the body does not properly process food for […]