The government has urged residents to invest in solar panels for their homes, but the minister of health and social development is suggesting that Government should help the poorer residents purchase the solar panels. “There are quite a number of […]

Persons are now being prosecuted and punished for looting business establishments after Hurricane Irma. Governor Augustus Jaspert made the announcement today, September 26. “I’m pleased to report that a number of looters have been prosecuted and sentenced and I am […]

A prison official in St Lucia has noted that seven high-risk prisoners who were transferred from Her Majesty’s Prison, Balsam Ghut, have been separated from the local prison population in that country. This was disclosed by Virginia Lesmond-Joseph, programme manager […]

Davion Smith, BVI News Journalist Government ministers are calling on their leader, Premier Dr D Orlando Smith, to take action against landlords who have been hiking the cost of rent and wrongfully evicting tenants in the aftermath of Hurricanes Irma […]

With power already restored to some buildings in Road Town thanks to underground cables, residents are now calling on Government to do away with overhead power lines. Works Minister, Mark Vanterpool, said while he is prepared to answer the call, […]

Noting that fuel is in abundance in the British Virgin Islands, Government is appealing to motorists to stop creating long lines at gas stations. Government minister Archibald Christian made the appeal yesterday during a town hall meeting and radio broadcast. […]

The Terrence B Lettsome Airport, at long last, will reopen for commercial flights this week. Minister of Communication and Works, Mark Vanterpool, gave the announcement during a town-hall radio broadcast yesterday. “The airport on the commercial side should be opening […]

Inmates at Her Majesty’s Prison in Balsam Ghut will be transferred to St Lucia. This is according to Governor Augustus Jaspert who said he signed off on the transfer yesterday. “I signed an Emergency Powers for the Transfer of Prisoners, […]

By Davion Smith, BVI News Journalist Education Minister Myron Walwyn has promised to assist local students who decide to attend school in St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) in light of the hurricanes that gutted the British Virgin Islands. The […]

Government is offering loans to persons whose businesses were damaged or destroyed during the hurricanes. This is according to Premier Dr D Orlando Smith who made the announcement at a press conference on Friday. “I’d like to announce that the […]