Senior Opposition legislator Julian Fraser has called for the House of Assembly to establish a new committee that will hold government departments accountable for carrying out projects for which they’ve received budgetary allocations. The board Fraser is suggesting is called […]

Government has, yet again, deferred the reopening of the territory’s local seaports — specifically the Road Town Ferry Terminal — to international traffic for roughly another two months. The originally-planned December 8, 2020 reopening date was later pushed to January […]

The year 2020 was another active news year in which you, our valued readers, read, analysed, and commented on various issues impacting the BVI and the world. Here’s a list of the top stories you enjoyed in 2020: 1. Residents ordering […]

Health Minister Carvin Malone has indicated that when testing for new strains of COVID-19, the BVI will be seeking help from the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA). He said the territory’s lab doesn’t have the testing capacity to identify these […]

Minister of Health & Social Development Carvin Malone has said persons selected to receive low-interest loans under government’s Housing Recovery Assistance Programme have either refused to accept the loans or failed to complete the process to be granted loans. The […]

By Kamal Haynes, BVI news Staff The British Virgin Islands recently welcomed the birth of three special babies — two girls and one boy — who were all born on Christmas Day and New Year’s Day, respectively. BVI News spoke […]

The BVI and other British Overseas Territories will no longer have access to any future funding for sustainable development from the European Union as the UK’s Brexit deal took effect on January 1, 2021. According to a statement from Premier […]

As of January 1, 2021, the UK officially transitioned from the European Union (EU), a move which has snatched away a number of benefits that the BVI previously enjoyed under that economic bloc. According to a statement from Premier Andrew […]

Recently-installed Acting Financial Secretary, Jeremiah Frett has already recommended a number of new initiatives to the government, including establishing a two-tier Revenue Committee, which will assist the territory in generating new revenue streams ahead of the 2022 financial year. This […]

In an effort to, once and for all, end the disturbance caused in residential areas, Premier Andrew Fahie has called for riders to put silencers on their motorcycles, lest there be repercussions from his government. Premier Fahie said the bikers […]