The United Kingdom wants local government to relinquish control of the territory’s financial portfolio in exchange for the £300 million loan guarantee it had promised to the British Virgin Islands. This is according to Premier and Minister of Finance Andrew […]

By Esther Durand, BVI News Staff Tessa Callwood said she “took a chance” when she left her Australian home for the Caribbean in 1971. She in was in search of a worthwhile business venture. That chance has since resulted in […]

Notwithstanding its oversight of telecoms providers in the BVI, the Telecommunications Regulatory Commission (TRC) might not be getting involved in the ongoing dispute between the BVI Electricity Corporation (BVI) and BVI Cable TV. CEO of the TRC, Guy Malone gave […]

Results have shown that the majority of the 336 local Grade 6 students who sat the Caribbean Primary Exit Assessment (CPEA) have passed their exams. The assessment which is administered by the Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) is used as a […]

After being knocked down and damaged during Hurricane Irma nearly two years ago, the traffic lights at the intersection of Administration Drive and Waterfront Drive in Road Town has finally been remounted. They are not yet functional but Transportation & […]

The Taddy Bay Airport on Virgin Gorda has reopened. Acting Managing Director of BVI Airports Authority Clive Smith said the facility reopened at 4 pm on Friday, August 16. The BVIAA reported the airport closed on Monday, August 12, because of […]

Premier Andrew Fahie is encouraging global soccer organisation, the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), to invest more in the British Virgin Islands. The Premier made the call during the historic visit of FIFA President Giovanni Infantino last weekend. His […]

Preliminary results indicate that the British Virgin Islands recorded a 100 percent pass rate across nine subjects in the 2019 Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) examinations. Some 375 local candidates sat 28 subjects in the examinations which are administered by […]

In a bid to target a more extensive section of the population, plans are underway to construct a dozen homes in North Sound on Virgin Gorda. Minister for Natural Resources and Ninth District Representative Vincent Wheatley told BVI News on […]

Commissioner of Police Michael Matthews is urging the government to update the necessary legislation that would result in faster operations in critical areas of the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF). Matthews made the call at the official reopening ceremony […]