Government has revealed plans to secure an additional 20,000 COVID-19 test kits for the British Virgin Islands to ramp up territory-wide testing. This comes amid the announcement by Minister for Health Carvin Malone that a passenger who travelled from the […]

Representative of the Seventh District Dr Natalio Wheatley has said he believes the unemployment rate within his constituency is the highest in comparison to the other districts in the British Virgin Islands. Dr Wheatley made the statement during a community […]

A local author has created the territory’s first-ever colouring book series for both children and adults, which depicts the heritage, culture and history of the territory dating as far back as the late 1700s. She is Gabrielle Skelton-Bardo who spoke […]

Chairman of the H Lavity Stoutt Community College (HLSCC) John Samuel said the educational facility has not suffered any financial constraints, despite the near stand-still of the global economy brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic. The businessman and former election […]

General Manager of BVI Electricity Corporation (BVIEC) Leroy Abraham has said the company has been offering hundreds of thousands of dollars in electricty subsidizes to Anegadians every year. Despite the cost of their operation being much more expensive, residents of […]

Local health authorities have been whipped into action to locate persons who may have been exposed to the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) in recent times. This is according to Health Minister Carvin Malone who announced in a late-night social media broadcast […]

US-based solar energy company Power52 has been awarded the contract to complete the Anegada Hybrid Renewable Energy & Battery Energy Storage System project on the sister island. Speaking at a media conference on Friday, Chairwoman of the BVI Electricity Corporation […]

Ingrid Alcantara De Polanco, the Dominican Republic woman who entered the territory illegally from St Thomas has been fined $1,000 and will spend four months at Her Majesty’s Prison. The woman also has seven days to pay the fine or […]

At least one resident from the Seventh Electoral District is urging government to raise the minimum wage in the British Virgin Islands from the hourly rate of $6. The concerned resident made that appeal at a district meeting held by […]

By Esther Durand, BVI News Staff Shamoy Davis of East End began selling cupcakes in his second year at the Elmore Stoutt High School to prevent himself from being a burden to his grandmother. The 24-year-old is now the owner […]