The following is a media release from the Ministry of Health dated Thursday, July 8, 2021. The Ministry of Health & Social Development confirms the unfortunate second COVID-19 related death in the territory. The deceased is a 32-year-old male with […]

The state-owned Tourist Board has rebranded its annual BVI Staycation programme currently running from 15 June to 30 November. BVI Staycation is an incentive programme that invites persons residing in the territory and select neighbouring destinations (USVI, Puerto Rico and […]

First-term legislator Sharie de Castro suggested that there is a need for legislative improvements in campaign-financing as well as transparency and accountability in governance. The legislator made the suggestions while giving evidence before the ongoing Commission of Inquiry (COI) Monday. […]

After seeing an unsolicited offer for radar platforms from EZ Shipping’s owner, Clyde Chalwell, former Police Commissioner Michael Matthews had suggested for government to allow others to present bids. Government had hired the shipping company to host radar equipment to […]

A protest motorcade initially staged in response to the House of Assembly’s (HOA) proposed special insurance plan for active and retired legislators, has been met with greater support in its second bid. In the near three-hour long motorcade that wound […]

Cabinet has made additional strides in reviewing the territory’s Gaming and Betting Control Act. A Cabinet post-meeting statement issued Thursday revealed that the legislation is being amended to allow for online gaming and betting activities. Cabinet has therefore agreed for […]

Referring to some elements as ‘an overkill’, Opposition legislator Melvin ‘Mitch’ Turnbull has objected to the government’s request to implement a special comprehensive insurance plan for members of the House of Assembly (HOA). A recently publicised tender notice from the […]

While disregarding concerns raised about inappropriate timing, Premier Andrew Fahie has debunked suggestions that there is any impropriety in his administration’s move to make adjustments to the retirement package for legislators who have served in the House of Assembly. Drawing […]

Territorial At-Large Representative, Shereen Flax-Charles has drawn attention to the fact that sexual harassment in the workplace could be viewed, in some instances, as an equal-opportunity offence, affecting both men and women in offices in the BVI. “There are men […]

The Virgin Gorda-based resort, Rosewood Little Dix Bay has made Travel+Leisure’s 2021 ‘It List’ of the best new hotels in the world. The ‘It List’ recognises 73 of the most impressive new and revamped properties that debuted within the last […]