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Image of the field fire in Paraquita Bay.

UPDATE: Field fire destroys over 100 bales of recyclables and aluminium

More than a hundred bales of recyclable plastics and aluminium were destroyed in the massive fire that spread across a large field near the H Lavity Stoutt Community College in Paraquita Bay Tuesday night. This is according to Green VI […]

by / on February 24, 2021 at 6:48 AM /
A section of the main island of Tortola. (BVI News Photo)

EU updates tax haven blacklist, BVI not named

The European Union (EU) this week updated its tax haven blacklist and the BVI has not been named among the worst offenders. This means that the BVI has managed to avoid that list for one year as it was upgraded […]

by / on February 23, 2021 at 2:03 PM /
Penn

Penn calls for gov’t to provide another COVID-19 stimulus package

Opposition Leader Marlon Penn is calling on the government to disperse a second round of economic stimulus to further support residents and businesses still reeling from the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. Just last May, the government rolled out a […]

by / on February 23, 2021 at 9:15 AM /
Governor John Rankin. (GIS Photo)

Governor aims to give police extra resources to probe recent murders

Governor John Rankin has said he aims to provide the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) with “any extra resource necessary” to investigate the murders that have happened in the territory since the start of 2021. The BVI has experienced […]

by / on February 23, 2021 at 8:02 AM /
Nearly half of BVI’s 16 vaccination centres to be ready this week

Nearly half of BVI’s 16 vaccination centres to be ready this week

Seven of the 16 COVID-19 vaccination centres the Ministry of Health is looking to set up in the British Virgin Islands are expected to be ready this week. The respective locations from where these centres will operate are the Jost […]

by / on February 23, 2021 at 7:55 AM /
Reckless driver arrested after engaging cops in vehicular chase

Reckless driver arrested after engaging cops in vehicular chase

BVI News understands that a man was last week arrested after engaging police in a vehicular chase in West End, Tortola. It is understood that police officers were on mobile patrol when they saw a car moving suspiciously along the […]

by / on February 23, 2021 at 7:40 AM /
Persons gathered for evacuation during a previous Caribe Wave  Exercise.

Residents urged to increase quake, tsunami response at Caribe Wave

BVI residents are invited to improve their readiness for earthquake and tsunami events by joining the regional Caribe Wave exercise taking place on Thursday, March 11. Caribe Wave is organised by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the United […]

by / on February 23, 2021 at 7:15 AM /
Emergency personnel at the scene on the crash on Virgin Gorda. (Photo provided)

Four injured in vehicular accident on VG

Four persons have been injured in a vehicular accident that happened on Virgin Gorda this morning. Police indicated that two of those individuals were seriously injured. None of the victims’ medical condition is known to BVI News at this time […]

by / on February 22, 2021 at 12:31 PM /
Why is UK inviting volunteers to be infected with the coronavirus?

Why is UK inviting volunteers to be infected with the coronavirus?

The United Kingdom will again make history in the fight against coronavirus as the country gets ready to infect healthy, young volunteers with coronavirus in the world’s first COVID-19 “human challenge” study. The historic human challenge is set to begin […]

by / on February 22, 2021 at 11:16 AM /
The Ralph T. O'Neal Administration Complex where the main government offices are located.

Inquiry Response Unit established to cooperate with COI

(Press Release from the Office of the Premier): Following the decision of the former Governor, His Excellency Augustus J U Jaspert, to institute a Commission of Inquiry (the “Inquiry“), the Government of the Virgin Islands established the Inquiry Response Unit […]

by / on February 22, 2021 at 7:54 AM /