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Public company registers, sanctions and ongoing legislative reforms in the Virgin Islands were among the topics discussed when Premier Dr. Natalio “Sowande” Wheatley hosted a financial services roundtable during his …
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Premier Dr. Natalio “Sowande” Wheatley is leading a delegation to London this week to meet with United Kingdom ministers and other officials. The delegation, which left Saturday and is scheduled …
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In honour of its 20th anniversary this year, the BVI London Office at 15 Upper Grosvenor Street in the west end of London is represented on a new commemorative stamp …
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A government programme launched in November has already found temporary employment for several residents, Premier Dr. Natalio “Sowande” Wheatley announced during a press conference on Friday. “A number of persons …
As part of efforts to protect the public from hurricanes and other disasters, the Department of Disaster Management is developing an enhanced emergency alerting app that is scheduled to launch …
A community police officer has launched a new programme designed to educate Virgin Islands schoolchildren about the dangers of drugs. The ten-week Drug Abuse Resistance Education programme — known as …
Kadeem Jimenez, a 31-year-old Brady Ghut resident, was the man killed in a shooting in the Major Bay area on Dec. 12, police announced two days later. At 3 p.m. …
An optimistic look back on 2022 might conjure a year-end image of the Virgin Islands as a phoenix preparing to rise from the ashes of its former self. And after …
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The Atlantic Hurricane Season ended last week without bringing major damage to the territory, but the Department of Disaster Management is urging residents to stay alert. “We are very grateful …
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The Department of Youth Affairs and Sports is updating the Virgin Islands National Sports Policy, and it needs your help. To that end, the agency is asking residents to complete …
The board of directors and senior managers at the BVI Airports Authority received training when they hosted the director general of Airports Council International for Latin America and the Caribbean …
The Roger Downing Mangrove Boardwalk in Paraquita Bay was only partially completed when it was badly damaged by hurricanes Irma and Maria in 2017. But soon it will be restored …
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Foot care, medication management, and mental health were among the topics covered by a panel of healthcare experts during the Living Well with Type II Diabetes Expo on Nov. 17 …
More than 40 performers will take the stage at H. Lavity Stoutt Community College on Saturday to bring to life a children’s book by a Virgin Gorda author and a …
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A database is being developed to improve the storage and analysis of fisheries data as part of larger efforts to support research and decision-making for fisheries management in the territory, …
With the help of its annual Grand Raffle, the Rotary Club of Tortola raised $45,000 for the purchase of equipment to expand the blood bank laboratory services at the BVI …
Statistics matter. That was the message on Oct. 14 when government joined its regional counterparts in observing Caribbean Statistics Day. “Statistics Day gives the Statistics Department the opportunity to tout …
As part of the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force’s efforts to improve service to the public, a second set of sergeants began a two-week training in leadership and management on …
The Virgin Islands is home to 31 new British overseas territory citizens who recited the Oath of Allegiance and Pledge of Loyalty to the United Kingdom during a naturalisation ceremony …
World-renowned Caribbean writers including Kei Miller, Tiphanie Yanique, Tobias Buckell, and Desiree C. Bailey are scheduled to headline the second BVI Literary Arts Festival from Nov. 3-6 as part of …
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As the Recovery and Development Agency works to complete four new buildings on the main campus at Elmore Stoutt High School, it signed a contract for demolition of the temporary …
The Ministry of Communications and Works has experienced administrative delays in attending to bush-cutting across the territory, according to MCW Permanent Secretary Ronald Smith-Berkeley. The delays were caused by “changes …
At a time when the Premier’s Office is helping spearhead comprehensive reforms recommended by the recent Commission of Inquiry, it now has two permanent secretaries. Elvia Smith-Maduro has been appointed …
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Hurricane season began last week, bringing with it the first named storm of the year. The system that became Tropical Storm Alex on Sunday killed three people in Cuba, flooded …
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The Virgin Islands is a step closer to establishing a Rescue Coordination Centre after 14 members of the territory’s search-and-rescue response teams received five days of training last month. The …
