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Dr Pickering says COVID v...Local physician and former legislator, Dr Kedrick Pickering said the AstraZeneca vaccines now available...
February 25, 2021 at 2:34 PM -
Youth Parliament to debat...A date has been set for the 23-member Virgin Islands Youth Parliament to host its first-ever sitting. The...
February 25, 2021 at 2:06 PM -
Further delays in reopeni...Opposition Leader Marlon Penn said the constant ‘false starts’ for the reopening of the BVI’s...
February 25, 2021 at 12:33 PM
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RT ferry terminal reopening now pushed to mid-April
The BVI Ports Authority (BVIPA) has yet again decided to delay the reopening of local seaports to international traffic. Listing multiple reasons for its decisions, the BVIPA announced the deferral in a late-evening statement on Wednesday. It...
February 25, 2021 at 7:42 AM -
‘Premier lodged police complaint against me’, Rosan-Jones claims
Former employee of the state-owned BVI Tourist Board and host of the Cut Deep talk show, Cindy Rosan-Jones was allegedly warned by police because one of her Facebook posts was deemed threatening to Premier Andrew Fahie. On the February...
February 25, 2021 at 7:28 AM -
Upbeat! VG businessman talks tourism on the sister island
With the number of active COVID-19 cases in the BVI down to zero, at least one local tourism stakeholder on Virgin Gorda is now upbeat about seeing a boost in tourism pretty soon. Businessman Allington ‘Gumption’ Creque who owns...
February 25, 2021 at 6:40 AM
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Premier takes COVID-19 vaccine!
Premier Andrew Fahie has now made good on his promise to get vaccinated for COVID-19. He was jabbed with the AstraZeneca vaccine at the Capoon’s Bay Clinic in his constituency Wednesday morning, February 24. The Premier did so...
February 24, 2021 at 12:00 PM -
UN group launches blueprint to tackle global tax abuse
A group of world leaders have launched a blueprint for a United Nations (UN) tax convention and a new intergovernmental tax body under the UN to radically tackle rampant global tax abuse. The blueprint was prepared by the UN High-Level...
February 24, 2021 at 10:21 AM -
Over 6% of BVI’s population vaccinated so far
A total of 2,050 persons have been vaccinated in the British Virgin Islands as at Tuesday, February 23. Based on estimates from the World Bank’s data catalogue which places the territory’s population at 30,030, the number...
February 24, 2021 at 8:08 AM
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Gov’t’s unprecedented hostility towards UK concerning — Penn
Opposition Leader Marlon Penn has criticised the Andrew Fahie-led government for projecting what he said has been unprecedented hostility towards the United Kingdom (UK). Penn said while there has been some level of friction between...
February 24, 2021 at 8:01 AM -
How can frontline workers refuse COVID vaccines?
Public commentator and government consultant Claude Skelton Cline has decried the reported decision of some essential workers who’ve refused to take Astrazeneca COVID-19 vaccine. He has now questioned whether the BVI should consider...
February 24, 2021 at 7:35 AM -
Virgin Islands Trade Commission to take business to another level
The government yesterday launched the Virgin Islands Trade Commission, a statutory agency tasked with developing policies, programmes and initiatives to improve trade relations of the BVI. The agency will also be tasked with undertaking...
February 24, 2021 at 7:25 AM
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UPDATE: Field fire destroys over 100 bales of recyclables and aluminium
More than a hundred bales of recyclable plastics and aluminium were destroyed in the massive fire that spread across a large field near the H Lavity Stoutt Community College in Paraquita Bay Tuesday night. This is according to Green...
February 24, 2021 at 6:48 AM -
EU updates tax haven blacklist, BVI not named
The European Union (EU) this week updated its tax haven blacklist and the BVI has not been named among the worst offenders. This means that the BVI has managed to avoid that list for one year as it was upgraded to whitelist status...
February 23, 2021 at 2:03 PM -
Penn calls for gov’t to provide another COVID-19 stimulus package
Opposition Leader Marlon Penn is calling on the government to disperse a second round of economic stimulus to further support residents and businesses still reeling from the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. Just last May, the government...
February 23, 2021 at 9:15 AM
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Governor aims to give police extra resources to probe recent murders
Governor John Rankin has said he aims to provide the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) with “any extra resource necessary” to investigate the murders that have happened in the territory since the start of 2021. The...
February 23, 2021 at 8:02 AM -
Nearly half of BVI’s 16 vaccination centres to be ready this week
Seven of the 16 COVID-19 vaccination centres the Ministry of Health is looking to set up in the British Virgin Islands are expected to be ready this week. The respective locations from where these centres will operate are the Jost...
February 23, 2021 at 7:55 AM -
Reckless driver arrested after engaging cops in vehicular chase
BVI News understands that a man was last week arrested after engaging police in a vehicular chase in West End, Tortola. It is understood that police officers were on mobile patrol when they saw a car moving suspiciously along the...
February 23, 2021 at 7:40 AM
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Residents urged to increase quake, tsunami response at Caribe Wave
BVI residents are invited to improve their readiness for earthquake and tsunami events by joining the regional Caribe Wave exercise taking place on Thursday, March 11. Caribe Wave is organised by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric...
February 23, 2021 at 7:15 AM -
Four injured in vehicular accident on VG
Four persons have been injured in a vehicular accident that happened on Virgin Gorda this morning. Police indicated that two of those individuals were seriously injured. None of the victims’ medical condition is known to BVI...
February 22, 2021 at 12:31 PM -
Why is UK inviting volunteers to be infected with the coronavirus?
The United Kingdom will again make history in the fight against coronavirus as the country gets ready to infect healthy, young volunteers with coronavirus in the world’s first COVID-19 “human challenge” study. The...
February 22, 2021 at 11:16 AM
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Inquiry Response Unit established to cooperate with COI
(Press Release from the Office of the Premier): Following the decision of the former Governor, His Excellency Augustus J U Jaspert, to institute a Commission of Inquiry (the “Inquiry“), the Government of the Virgin Islands...
February 22, 2021 at 7:54 AM -
Gov’t moves to strengthen anti-money laundering, terrorism laws
Amid a number of international financial reports that have accused the BVI’s financial services industry of aiding money launderers in recent times, the Cabinet is moving to pass new laws to tackle tax evasion and money laundering. The...
February 22, 2021 at 7:50 AM -
Gov’t grants White Bay developer hotel aid for the next 10 years
A local company will not be required to pay import duties on select construction items and other equipment for the next decade. Cabinet granted the import waiver to White Bay Development Project Ltd. The company was granted the waiver...
February 22, 2021 at 7:30 AM
