Local businesswoman, Patsy Lake, has complained that the BVI may have too many critics, especially when it comes to decisions made by the government. Appearing on the Honestly Speaking radio programme recently, Lake defended decisions made by the current Virgin […]

Nearly 50 percent of local businesses that participated in a recent survey from the BVI Chamber of Commerce and Hotel Association (BVICCHA) have said they support requiring employee vaccination. Almost 20 percent of these businesses also indicated that vaccines should […]

Samples returned from the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) have revealed no variants of concern, and more importantly, no traces of the much-feared Delta variant of COVID-19 in the BVI. This news, which the Acting Chief Medical Officer (CMO), Dr […]

The government has issued a contract to dump more than a quarter-million dollars worth of asphalt to service multiple road development projects in the BVI. The Ministry of Transportation & Works in collaboration with the Recovery & Development Agency (RDA) […]

Health officials this evening (Friday, July 23) announced two more COVID-19 related deaths; pushing the territory’s coronavirus death toll to 25 persons. The news comes as current positive cases saw a significant decline and now stand at 1,109 — down […]

The BVI’s athletes have touched down in Tokyo and the world had their first glimpse of them during the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games at the National Stadium in Tokyo, Japan Friday morning. Local track sensation Kyron McMaster and […]

A study published on Wednesday has shown that two doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine — which is available in the BVI — are nearly as effective against the highly transmissible Delta variant of COVID-19 as they are against the previously […]

The VIP government introduced a new consultancy post titled Ministerial Political Adviser (MPA) but has waived the required tender process to get this done. In a summary of Cabinet’s latest decisions released yesterday, July 22, government said the post is […]

Almost $600,000 has been allotted for demolition works at the Ralph T O’Neal Administration Complex — the designated building to house government offices. The complex was severely damaged in the September 2017 hurricanes and government said the rehabilitation works are […]

Health Minister Carvin Malone has sought to dispel claims that a cruise ship that visited the territory at the start of July caused the BVI’s current COVID-19 outbreak.  The last few weeks of this outbreak has seen a spiralling death […]