The government’s Recovery Task Force established after widespread flooding this month has found it necessary to call for a micro-insurance scheme that targets low-income residents and small businesses. It also proposed the option of including content coverage in relation to […]

Newly appointed governor Augustus Jaspert today spoke highly of the government and people of the British Virgin Islands following his assessment of post-rain recovery efforts. He hit the ground running yesterday, moments after he touched the tarmac at Terrence B […]

While stating that the cost of quickly restoring normality to the territory that was battered two weeks ago by a tropical wave is significant, Premier Dr D Orlando Smith today said he will discuss how best the United Kingdom (UK) […]

The government has announced that August 25 is the deadline for persons affected by the recent flooding and landslides to file claims in order to get assistance through the Department of Disaster Management (DDM). It noted that small business owners […]

Just over a week after a tropical wave left widespread flooding and landslides in the British Virgin Islands (BVI), another flash flood watch has been declared for low lying and flood prone areas of the territory. It is in effect […]

The ground floor of both the Labour and Immigration Departments are still evacuated after being extensively flooded almost 10 days ago during a tropical wave that drenched sections of the territory. However, both departments, which are located in the same […]

The government has announced that a Recovery Task Force led by Permanent Secretary in the Office of the Premier Brodrick Penn has been mobilised to lead a number of initiatives following a tropical wave that devastated sections of the territory […]

While noting that the damage to the Brandywine Bay beach project seems significant, Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Natural Resources Ronald Smith-Berkeley said an assessment of the damage is underway and a report should be available next week. The […]

While imploring residents to do things such as remove garbage from their property and derelect vehicles from roadsides, Government said it hopes to address all major infrastructural damage before the territory reaches the height of the hurricane season. August to […]

Normality is returning to the St William’s Catholic Church in Road Town that was flooded severely last Monday during heavy rainfall, which also resulted in the sanctuary losing Bibles and various other items valued at some $6,000. The building was […]