Amid the COVID-19 pandemic that has dampened the spirit of many in the Caribbean, a 12-year-old Martinican boy living just a few hundred kilometres from the BVI has put a smile on many faces with his historic swim from St […]
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More families seeking help! FSN requesting donations
With poverty seemingly on the rise since the impact of COVID-19 locally, the Family Support Network (FSN) is appealing to residents and businesses to donate to the organisation to assist with feeding families across the BVI. In a recent video […]
Premier wrong to blame tourists for booking ahead of protocols — Penn
Opposition Leader Marlon Penn has said it is wrong for Premier Andrew Fahie to cast blame on tourists for pre-booking ahead of the announced travel protocols. Following Monday night’s announcement of the protocols for tourists to enter the territory, hundreds […]
Govt’s travel protocols ‘impractical’ and an ‘overkill’
The recently announced travel protocols by Premier Andrew Fahie is being labelled as “impractical” by a number of the Opposition members. Their statements came during the Opposition’s monthly media briefing held on Wednesday, October 28. Opposition Leader Marlon Penn said […]
Vanterpool has undergone Police Commissioner training
Police Commissioner Michael Matthews has revealed that the training Superintendent Jacqueline Vanterpool received in the UK recently is only done by future Commissioners of Police. The training is called the Strategic Command Program and Vanterpool underwent the course from January 6 to […]
Opposition backs call for protest against gov’t for tourism protocols
Some members of Her Majesty’s Loyal Opposition have expressed support towards the decision of some residents who recently took to social media calling for a protest against the government following its latest announcement. On Monday, October 26, the government finally […]
BVI doesn’t have the most stringent toursim protocols
While defending the recently-released COVID-19 protocols that will govern the tourism industry as of December 1, Premier Andrew Fahie has reminded critics that the BVI does not have the most stringent protocols in the Caribbean region. The Premier made that […]
Top cop post should be based on competence not local status
Police Commissioner Michael Matthews has stated that his successor should be decided based on competence and not whether he or she was born in the BVI. The Commissioner made the statement on the Honestly Speaking radio show on October 27 […]
Difficult for gov’t to accept full responsibility for cancellations
Premier Andrew Fahie has said it is difficult for his government to accept full responsibility for the growing number of pre-booking cancellations which commenced following his announcement of the territory’s protocols for reopening local tourism. The Premier made that statement […]
Hundreds of bookings cancelled since BVI’s reopening protocols
By Kamal Haynes, BVI News Staff Following the government’s recently-announced border reopening protocols, at least one marine taxi company which transports tourists from the neighbouring US Virgin Islands (USVI) to the territory is already reporting nearly 500 booking cancellations that […]
