The Inland Revenue Department, which is responsible for collecting taxes on Government’s behalf, has threatened legal action against delinquent taxpayers. It did so while announcing an amnesty on penalties and interest from March to June this year. Commissioner at the […]

Government Information Service (press release) – Women in outdoor professions in the BVI will be featured in a month campaign beginning tomorrow International Women’s Day. The women selected to be a part of the campaign include, Shaina Smith in the […]

  Two women and a man were rescued at Smugglers Cove Beach in the British Virgin Islands this afternoon, March 6. The three were swimming despite the presence of warning signs at the location, BVI News Online has been informed. […]

A number of persons escaped an inferno today (March 6) when the boat in which they were traveling went up in flames in the British Virgin Islands (BVI). According to a representative of the Virgin Islands Search and Rescue (VISAR), […]

Leaders from both sides of the political divide joined other residents this morning to again pay homage to the British Virgin Islands’ first chief minister, Hamilton Lavity Stoutt, who passed away on My 14, 1995. Premier Dr D Orlando Smith, […]

Minister of Education and Culture Myron Walwyn has noted that leadership goes far beyond just being considered the one in charge, adding that leaders must sometimes make tough decisions despite resistance from people who see things differently. As such, he […]

By Dickson Igwe, Contributor The measure of a country’s social and economic development is directly linked to its moral culture, and the quality of its ethical and values heritage Writers and commentators talk of a clash of civilizations when describing […]

Two government ministers in the British Virgin Islands (BVI) want immigration officers to conduct their duties outside the port in Road Town, Tortola. Minister of Education Myron Walwyn suggested that the immigration officers be stationed in the neighbouring US Virgin […]

The call for the decriminalization of marijuana is gaining momentum in the British Virgin Islands (BVI); this as a second lawmaker this week used the territory’s parliament to call for persons caught using the substance to avoid getting criminal records. […]

By Horace Mills, BVI News Online Staff Minister of Education Myron Walwyn has indicated that the economy of the British Virgin Islands (BVI) is still very robust, adding that the major challenge is in getting the money to trickle down […]