Financial services firm Harneys has donated $6,535 for the Virgin Islands Search and Rescue (VISAR) group to purchase a key piece of life-saving technology for rescues. This technology is an Automated External Defibrillator (AED) which is a portable device used […]

Local author Walter Barrett is hoping to reignite reading among residents now that three new devotional books have become available locally. Barrett along with Dr Albert Thompkins and Joshua Edwards launched their latest work at Save the Seed Energy Centre […]

Despite Governor Augustus Jaspert’s declaration that there will not be a by-election for the Fourth District, House of Assembly Speaker Julian Willock still maintains that the district seat is vacant. The Speaker reiterated his position in a statement on Thursday, […]

The BVI Electricity Corporation (BVIEC) has announced that it is now “going green” with its renewable energy programme. A media release from the BVIEC said residents can now apply to receive renewable energy. “Customers wishing to install distributed generation renewable […]

A territorial transportation policy and emergency response plan is being developed in the British Virgin Islands and is expected to be presented to Cabinet within three months. This policy/plan is promised to improve the public transportation bus service across the […]

By Esther Durand, BVI News Staff Plans are afoot to provide plumbing and utilities to residents still living in temporary houses in the territory. Four domes costing $9,000 each were purchased for persons living in emergency shelters but did not […]

Repairs to Peebles Hospital are now underway in preparation for the 2019 hurricane season which starts in June. The repairs being done are for damage caused to the Road Town-based facility during the natural disasters of 2017. CEO of the […]

A Tread Falls man was fined $1,200 at the Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday after pleading guilty to possession of a controlled drug. Twenty-two-year-old Akeem Headley was reportedly found with 16 grams of the substance on January 18, 2017. He has […]

By Dickson Igwe, Contributor The implacable and unbridgeable divisions created by Brexit in the UK means the whole Brexit mess will only be solved by a Second people’s vote — a second referendum. But even if the British voted to […]

Twenty-nine candidates sat the February 2019 Virgin Islands High School Certificate Programme (VIHCP) exams but only two managed to pass. One of those successful candidates is an inmate at Her Majesty’s Prison. That inmate is young Omarie Winter whose inspiring […]