Health Minister Carvin Malone has said the Health Emergency Operations Centre (HEOC) is expected to offer recommendations today for adjustments on the territory’s existing health protocols. Malone stated that the territory “will be opening up while others are closing down”. […]
Category: All News
Trucking company contracted to haul JVD’s waste for next 3 years
Ever Ready Trucking has been awarded the responsibility to manage the Jost Van Dyke Transfer Station and provide hauling services for waste from Jost Van Dyke to the incinerator on Tortola. The trucking company will be providing these services for […]
Police arrest riders found with illegal bike engines
The police have arrested two riders who were found with bikes that had engines exceeding the legally permitted size. The illegal bikes in question had engine sizes 1300cc and 750cc, respectively. They were also seized. The BVI does not allow […]
First 35 travel to USVI to get alternative COVID vaccine
The first batch of BVI residents was yesterday, Tuesday, August 3, transported to the neighbouring US Virgin Islands (USVI) to receive an alternative COVID-19 vaccine. Only the AstraZeneca brand of the vaccine is available in the BVI. But through a […]
Wheatley ‘rejects notion of UK takeover’ as COI exposes BVI ‘flaws’
With a Commission of Inquiry (COI) still underway to learn whether corruption or abuse of office may have taken place in recent years, some members of the public who’ve lost confidence in government have embraced the inquiry and want “Britain […]
My heart bleeds for the sister islands — Opposition Leader
More needs to be done for the BVI’s heavily tourism-reliant sister-islands to be able to survive following the latest round of COVID-19 restrictions put in place. This is the view of Opposition Leader, Marlon Penn, who said a balance needs […]
Rymer decries non-compliance with protocols
Government Minister, Kye Rymer, has lamented the actions of persons who continue to flout existing health protocols which were put in place for their own safety. Rymer said he recently saw a video of partygoers on the island of Jost […]
5-yr contract issued to fix Customs system after misuse claims
The government has moved to engage a Bahamas-based company to the tune of more than $1 million for the next half decade to address several needs of the Customs Automated Processing System (CAPS). In the most recent Cabinet post-meeting statement, […]
McMaster now the 8th fastest 400m hurdler of all time
This story has been updated Neither of the BVI’s two Olympic finalists — Kyron McMaster or Chantel Malone — was able to finish with a medal but their performances at the Tokyo Games has been nothing short of exceptional. McMaster […]
VIP met a depleted public service with low morale — Premier
Premier Andrew Fahie said when his governing Virgin Islands Party (VIP) administration first entered office in 2019, it met the public service in a depleted state with low morale. Fahie argued on his party’s Let’s Talk radio programme recently that this […]
