Minister of Health and Social Development Ronnie Skelton has told the territory to brace for possible fallout in the financial services industry, adding that the intensified clamp down on the industry  will directly affect especially businesses operating in the British […]

BLOOMBERG NEWS – The global campaign against money laundering combined with the Panama Papers made the Caribbean islands of sun, sand and offshore banking a near no-go zone for the world’s biggest banks. So the British Virgin Islands has a […]

Ronnie Skelton has declared that the Social Security Board for which he has ministerial responsibility is willing to invest in the government-owned National Bank of the Virgin Islands. He made the declaration last evening (May 11) while lawmakers debated and […]

Premier Dr D Orlando Smith yesterday indicated in the House of Assembly that not many airlines were interested in the ‘opportunity’ to fly direct between the British Virgin Islands (BVI) and Miami in the United States. But he was rebuffed […]

By Horace Mills, BVI News Online Staff In what has been presented as a rescue effort for the National Bank of the Virgin Islands, lawmakers yesterday approved a bill that will enable statutory bodies and other companies incorporated locally to […]

By Horace Mills, BVI News Online Staff Kareem-Nelson Hull is among four people who left Digicel BVI at the end of last month, and a number of other employees are said to be expecting approval of their requests under the […]

Digicel today announced the completion of its 4G LTE network upgrade, adding that the development has increased its coverage to more than 99 percent of the population in Tortola and Virgin Gorda – the most populated islands in the British […]

Member of the parliamentary opposition Julian Fraser wants Government to declare when proposed legislation “will be brought” to the House of Assembly to “liberate” local companies from “onerous” regulations that are best applicable only to offshore firms in the financial […]

By Horace Mills, BVI News Online Staff Government is paying the privately owned Virgin Gorda Yacht Harbour to temporarily accommodate members of the public at one of the Yacht Harbour’s docks, but parties to the rental arrangement are tight-lipped about […]

Government Information Service  – The British Virgin Islands (BVI) remains the top offshore jurisdiction in the world, according to the 2017 edition of the Vistra 2020 Report, launched in Hong Kong and Singapore last week. The report ranked the United […]