The Ministry of Works is renovating the Command Room of the Virgin Islands Fire & Rescue Services — a project expected to be completed by July. The area — also known as the Watch Room — is where emergency calls […]

The government has decided that the quarantine period for unvaccinated travellers entering the territory will be increased from four days to seven days. During a national broadcast Friday morning, Health Minister Carvin Malone said if people are travelling in mixed […]

Judges who serve on the bench of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court (ECSC) will now benefit from better retirement packages with the passage of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court Judicial Officers Pensions Act, 2021. The House of Assembly effortlessly passed […]

Territorial At-Large Representative, Shereen Flax-Charles has drawn attention to the fact that sexual harassment in the workplace could be viewed, in some instances, as an equal-opportunity offence, affecting both men and women in offices in the BVI. “There are men […]

Workers at the Water & Sewerage Department have received high praise from Agriculture Minister Dr Natalio Wheatley following the creation of an all-day water supply for farmers at Paraquita Bay. “They endeavoured for over a month now to make sure […]

For today only, the Royal Virgin Islands Police (RVIPF) will be making itself available to test the window tint on vehicles and there will be no penalty for those found in breach. The police will be present at the Red […]

PRESS RELEASE: Flow and BTC, consumer brands of C&W Communications – the region’s leading communications and entertainment provider, have signed on as platinum co-sponsors of the upcoming Caribbean Girls Hack Technocreativity Hackathon which takes place on Saturday, May 8, 2021.  […]

Opposition Leader Marlon Penn has insisted that no assent should be granted to any law that seeks to censor the media in the execution of their duties or restricts persons from expressing their democratic rights. Penn was commenting on the […]

After receiving some amount of public backlash, Health Minister Carvin Malone has dismissed as “fake news” a BVI News report that Cabinet will consider whether mandatory vaccination should be implemented locally. Malone had given indications about plans to make those […]

Sir Gary Hickinbottom, the sole Commissioner of the Commission of Inquiry (COI), has invited the Attorney General Dawn Smith to make submissions as to why he should not publish the full transcript of the Commission’s first hearing held on May […]