The BVI Red Cross has distributed more than $3.19 million to struggling households across the territory over the last three months — cash injections that officials said benefitted nearly 12 …
February 14, 2018
February 9, 2018
New daily ferry operating to Anegada
A newly launched ferry service offers people on Tortola or Virgin Gorda the chance to boat over to Anegada on one day and come back the next.
February 9, 2018
CDB loan to fund new DDM building
Out of the Caribbean Development Bank’s $65 million loan, about $4 million will be devoted to funding a long-sought new building for the Department of Disaster Management, according to Premier …
February 8, 2018
Minister pledges Port Purcell fix soon
The government is working on some “quick wins” to alleviate the cargo bottleneck at Port Purcell while devising a more permanent solution, Communications and Works Minister Mark Vanterpool said during …
February 7, 2018
Survivor’s Story: In their Words — Federica Dick-Read
Ms. Dick-Read, who first came to the territory in 1995 from her native Italy, helps run Aragorn’s Studio in Trellis Bay with her husband. They have been working to get …
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February 7, 2018
Cops trained to use new ballistics technology
Scenes of Crime officers were trained last week to use a new system that will make it easier to link bullets to firearms, police reported.
February 5, 2018
5 months in, boat wrecks draw fire
The yacht Rendezvous was the only thing of real value Geoff Day ever owned, and the government may soon sell it to someone who will chop it up for scrap …
February 2, 2018
Village Cay opens event centre
Village Cay Hotel and Marina opened a new conference and event centre that the manager said is designed to better meet the needs of business travellers and local organisations alike.
February 2, 2018
All Hands on deck
At what’s left of the gymnasium next to Joyce Samuel Primary School in Belle Vue, All Hands and Hearts volunteers in purple shirts and hard hats diligently tore up planks …
January 31, 2018
Sailing rally celebrates Polish captain
For more than a few Polish sailors who arrived in Trellis Bay on Tuesday night, Captain Wladek Wagner was something of an inspiration. “He was 19 when he left Poland …
January 31, 2018
Update: Beach reopens at Cane Garden Bay
Just in time for the weekend, Cane Garden Bay beach is once again safe for swimmers to enjoy, according to a statement from Acting Chief Conservation and Fisheries Officer Kelvin …
January 30, 2018
Rotaract hosts career expo for students
On Saturday morning, a group of 7-to-11-year-olds donned yellow plastic hardhats to learn about the territory’s electrical grid right from the source: BVI Electricity Corporation employees.
January 30, 2018
CGB to get new sewerage plant next year
Residents and visitors at Cane Garden Bay will enjoy cleaner seawater next year, according to officials from the Ministry of Communications and Works, who, alongside Second District Representative Mitch Turnbull, …
January 29, 2018
Survivor’s Story: In their Words — Bernard Ellis
Bernard Ellis, a resident of Virgin Gorda, has seen many changes in his life recently: He’s got a new job at the Workbench in the boatyard of the Virgin Gorda …
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January 27, 2018
Restoration planned for planters cemetery
The planters burial ground in Johnsons Ghut looks very different than it did a year ago. A sign at the entrance reads, “Please close the gate,” but thick vines make …
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January 26, 2018
Tsunami drill set for March 15
In the wake of a late-night tsunami scare earlier this month, the territory will take part in the Caribe Wave 18 tsunami drill on March 15, government announced last week.
January 26, 2018
CGB beach opened, then closed again
Cane Garden Bay beach remained closed for swimming yesterday despite an earlier press release declaring it open, Information Officer Nekita Turnbull confirmed.
January 24, 2018
Survivor’s Story: In their Words — Regis Bourdon
Mr. Bourdon is chef and owner of Brandywine Estate Restaurant. After Hurricane Irma, he started the Free Food for Kids programme in East End, as well as Adopt a Roof …
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January 24, 2018
VGYH struggles through recovery
Righting boats is tricky work.
January 23, 2018
Month five in emergency shelters
By Amanda Ulrich For a small band of people still living in the Long Trench Community Centre, the holidays were slightly different this year. In the corner of one communal …
January 19, 2018
Premier: 70% of financial workers back in VI
The financial services industry recently reported that about 70 percent of its practitioners are back to work in the Virgin Islands following a miniature post-hurricane diaspora when many left the …
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January 19, 2018
PS: New library still a priority
The new public library remains a priority even though the proposed location for the facility is currently being used as a high school, according to Dr. Marcia Potter, the permanent …
January 18, 2018
Catamaran is upside-down no longer
The iconic upside-down catamaran at the entrance to Nanny Cay is no longer as iconic, but a lot more comfortable.
January 18, 2018
Health meeting addresses clinics, financing
Hurricane Irma showed the territory’s health sector to be “largely resilient,” according to Petrona Davies, the permanent secretary in the Ministry of Health and Social Development.
January 18, 2018
Red Cross volunteers awarded for service
Since Hurricane Irma, the Red Cross headquarters in Road Town has served as a bustling epicentre for the relief effort.
