Following a temporary closure of Foxy’s Tamarind Bar on Jost Van Dyke due to a failed health inspection, a struggle about the future of the iconic establishment burst into the public domain on Monday as Philicianno “Foxy” Callwood sparred with his wife and children during...
October 17, 2019
October 17, 2019
39 registered as British citizens
Thirty-nine people were registered as British citizens last week after having been previously naturalised as British overseas territory citizens. They received certificates of naturalisation during an Oct. 8 ceremony at Government House, where they recited the Oath of Allegiance to the Queen and the Pledge...
October 16, 2019
BVI Ports Authority planning forensic audit
The BVI Ports Authority has issued a request for proposals for firms to conduct a forensic audit of the agency’s accounts, which could be the first actual audit conducted for the period in which the cruise pier project was constructed. According to the RFP, which...
October 16, 2019
Boutique hotel could be coming to Pier Park
An upscale boutique hotel may be coming to the Cyril B. Romney Tortola Pier Park, according to a call for expressions of interest released Friday by Tortola Pier Park Limited, which operates the property. TPPL CEO Vance Lewis said that the EOI call is not...
October 14, 2019
Cruise execs look for culture, history
In an effort to brainstorm ways to earn more from the cruise ship passengers who visit the Virgin Islands, representatives from four cruise lines hosted a public meeting last week alongside Premier Andrew Fahie to gauge business owners’ interest in experimenting and expanding. During the...
October 14, 2019
Contract signed for 3 temp housing units
More than two years after Hurricane Irma damaged most homes in the territory, the government has allotted funds to build three temporary housing units in Tortola and Anegada. The Recovery and Development Agency granted a $185,189.19 contract to Roy Garaway of Quality Construction on Sept....
October 14, 2019
New traffic plan presented to businesses
Government has plans to privatise parking in Road Town as part of efforts to decrease congestion in the busiest section of the capital. Transportation, Works and Utilities Minister Kye Rymer presented a map of new traffic patterns in Road Town to the BVI Chamber of...
October 14, 2019
Rymer: Central Administration Building work to pick up soon
Work is expected to accelerate soon on renovations to the Central Administration Building while public officers are relocated to temporary accommodations, Transportation, Works and Utilities Minister Kye Rymer said Monday after announcing that Cabinet had decided that Deputy Governor David Archer Jr. should officially hand...
October 10, 2019
Government may sue US lawyer over BVI Airways
After $7.2 million of taxpayers’ money was funneled into a failed deal with BVI Airways in 2016 and 2017, angry residents called for answers, and then-Premier Dr. Orlando Smith promised last year to hire an outside firm to try to recoup the funds. Now, citing...
October 10, 2019
As tourist season approaches, Cane reopens
Kate Mathew was eating nachos on the beach in Cane Garden Bay Sunday evening, while a few yards away kids tossed a ball in the surf and swimmers lazed around in the clear water. Because there is so much to do in Cane Garden Bay...
