Powerline inspections, vegetation trimming and automation are among the works under way to address the widespread power outages that have plagued the territory in recent months, according to Communications and Works Minister Kye Rymer. However, Mr. Rymer stopped short of promising an end to all...
July 11, 2025
July 11, 2025
MPs blast VI company register plans, but Smith fires back
In a scathing attack on the Virgin Islands, two British politicians have called for London to take charge of implementing the territory’s new company ownership register to speed progress and boost transparency. In an article for The House magazine, which is considered the journal of...
July 11, 2025
Long Look marks 249 years of freedom
On Monday afternoon, residents young and old chuckled and chatted as they painted small canvases under the shade of The Stickett in Long Look. Following an instructor’s tips, most focused on reproducing a striking image of a fist adjacent to the word “Freedom” and the...
July 11, 2025
More Virgin Islands ‘icons’ honoured
Deborah Reynolds-O’Neal won a “Lifetime Achievement Award” for her work in fashion. Dean “The Sportsman” Greenaway was named “media presenter of the year.” Kenisha Sprauve was honoured for her children’s books, restaurateurs Jamal and Strassa Bradshaw for entrepreneurship, and Lakiesha and Natisha Claxton for dance....
July 10, 2025
WE port tendering to restart
After a protracted tender process drew only two bids that were dramatically over budget, the Recovery and Development Agency is going back to the drawing board with the planned West End ferry terminal. In January, a consortium of the Virgin Islands firms Metro Construction and...
July 10, 2025
NEOC contract scrapped
Government has cancelled the construction contract for the long-delayed National Emergency Operations Centre in McNamara after paying out more than half its value, and officials hope to hire a new contractor next month, according to Premier Natalio “Sowande” Wheatley. Mr. Wheatley gave the update on...
July 10, 2025
Crime, food security, climate on agenda at Caricom
Organised crime, food security and climate change were among the topics Premier Natalio “Sowande” Wheatley discussed with his regional counterparts this week in Jamaica. Mr. Wheatley attended the 49th Regular Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community, which kicked off...
July 9, 2025
VI police officers train in Bermuda
Two Virgin Islands police officers recently travelled to Bermuda for an eight-week “train-the-trainer” programme designed to boost armed policing capabilities across the British overseas territories. Now the pair — Sergeant Vic-Kaycee Winter and acting Sergeant Kimani Roberts — will teach their new skills to their...
July 7, 2025
BVIHSA hires consultant for salary review
At a time when healthcare facilities across the territory are facing staffing shortages, the BVI Health Services Authority has hired a consultant to undertake a comprehensive compensation review and job reclassification exercise. The contract for the project, which the BVIHSA said will help ensure its...
July 4, 2025
Gaming Night scores $39,000
Hermit-crab racing in the Virgin Islands has some competition. Between Peg Leg’s restaurant and the beach at Nanny Cay, more than 200 people gathered under the stars for the annual Gaming Night organised by the Humane Society of the BVI. Aside from the usual hermit-crab...
