The sound of music and the smell of pork roasting on a spit drew beachgoers to try out local cuisine on Monday during the second annual Cane Garden Bay Rum …
February 27, 2026
February 20, 2026
2026 Food Fete kicks off on JVD
The 2026 BVI Food Fete kicked off on Saturday as the month-long Jost Lime & Dine event series got under way with 15 restaurants celebrating Valentine’s Day on Jost Van …
February 20, 2026
Greenland field unveiled in evening tour
Work on the Greenland football arena is nearing completion as the BVI Football Association unveiled the newly finished turf field last week. During a Feb. 10 tour, BVIFA President Avanell …
February 19, 2026
Long-delayed EE sewer system promised soon
Elected leaders and other residents gathered in Long Swamp on Tuesday to inaugurate a pump station that takes East End and Long Look one step closer to getting a 5,000-population …
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February 13, 2026
Series returns with lecture on Chagos Islands
Students and other residents packed the Green Room at the H. Lavity Stoutt Community College’s Learning Resource Centre to welcome history professor Dominic Alessio at the latest installment of the …
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February 12, 2026
College fair features schools from here, abroad
High school students swarmed the Multi-purpose Sports Complex last Thursday for the 2026 College Fair, where they met with representatives from seven colleges and universities. The two-day event was a …
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February 12, 2026
VI cameos in Super Bowl LX
The Virgin Islands made two brief cameos during Super Bowl LX on Sunday, catching the spotlight during one of the most-watched sporting events in the world. The first was during …
February 9, 2026
So many stories in a dozen cells
A radio with a plastic fork for a tuner played softly in the small room that serves as the lobby of the H.M. Prison Museum on Main Street. Museum guide …
February 6, 2026
HOA moves to align courts’ rules
The rules governing the Magistrates’ Court will better align with those governing the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court under a bill passed last week by the House of Assembly, leaders said. …
February 5, 2026
Cops called amid dispute over school playground
Playground equipment that was not approved by the government was removed from the grounds of Ivan Dawson Primary School last week following a confrontation between police and District Two Representative …
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February 2, 2026
‘Lit Circle’ celebrates Caribbean authors
Sitting in front of a full bookcase in his Boston home, Jamaican-American author Desmond Hall explained to a virtual book club in the Virgin Islands last Thursday evening how creating …
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January 30, 2026
Government eyes salt pond in Cane Garden Bay
The government has allocated funds to purchase a small salt pond in Cane Garden Bay as part of efforts to tackle flooding and preserve beaches in the area, District Two …
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January 27, 2026
Farming, fishing grants launched
Farmers and fishers in the territory can now apply for government grants as large as $50,000 under a new initiative designed to help the sectors’ businesses level up. Premier Natalio …
January 23, 2026
Rymer: Airport traffic record shows need to expand
A steady increase in passenger traffic at Terrance B. Lettsome International Airport demonstrates the need to expand the facility to accommodate rising tourism numbers following Hurricane Irma and the Covid-19 …
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January 22, 2026
Fire destroys bus fleet in Lower Estate
A fire in the wee hours of Tuesday morning in Lower Estate swept across a lot filled with safari buses as firefighters stymied by a paved-over hydrant waited for a …
January 16, 2026
Christmas bird count wraps up in Anegada
In the back of a white Dodge pickup bouncing along Anegada roads thick with heat, Nancy Woodfield-Pascoe reached over and banged the side of the truck with her palm. The …
January 15, 2026
Blaze destroys houseboat at Nanny Cay
A raging fire consumed a 67-foot houseboat last Thursday as a salvage team rushed to move the vessel away from the Nanny Cay Marina. The boat Kelly Jayne was docked …
January 8, 2026
Virgin Islands rings in the New Year
As midnight struck on Jost Van Dyke on New Year’s Eve, fireworks exploded over Great Harbour and a loud cheer rose from a crowd that extended from Foxy’s Tamarind Bar …
December 19, 2025
Anegada switches to solar
Following the Friday launch of a glistening new solar field on Anegada, officials said the island is now getting up to 65 percent of its electricity from the sun. The …
December 19, 2025
YEP marks 20 with fundraiser
Twenty years of progress sounds like “Please” and “Thank you,” “Good Morning” and the swing of a door being held open for you. At the Youth Empowerment Project in Fat …
December 12, 2025
Port Purcell honoured by regional group
The BVI Port Authority was awarded the Ludlow Stewart Container Port of the Year Award on Tuesday in a ceremony at Maria’s by the Sea. Soft piano music played as …
December 11, 2025
Cops stay tight-lipped about pier park robbery
Police have stayed tight-lipped about the details of a robbery last week at the Cyril B. Romney Tortola Pier Park, where armed men stormed the House of Luxury jewellery store …
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December 11, 2025
6 charged after 772 kilos of coke seized
Six men were arrested and charged after 772.4 kilograms of cocaine was seized from a vessel intercepted this week in Virgin Islands waters, police said this afternoon. The seizure came …
December 11, 2025
Road Town rings in the season
It was Christmas in the City, and all through Road Town, people gathered to celebrate — even when the rain came down. The 27th annual holiday festival took place Friday …
