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The government closed out 2025 by signing a series of major infrastructure contracts totalling nearly $19 million, including one that leaders described as the largest roadworks deal in Virgin Islands …
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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 …
House of Assembly members publicly debated the 2026 budget estimates for three days last week, sharing widely divergent perspectives on the territory’s future before passing an appropriations bill with amendments …
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As 2025 draws to a close, we are encouraged by significant progress over the past year but frustrated by shortcomings that are no longer excusable. The past 12 months offered …
Our hearts go out to Jamaica, Haiti, Cuba and the Dominican Republic as they grapple with the devastating aftermath of Hurricane Melissa. The full impact is still being tallied, but …
Leaders from five United Kingdom overseas territories met last week on Scrub Island to discuss shared issues including climate change, security, governance, UK relations and more, according to government. The …
Despite ongoing police operations across the territory this week, two men accused of serious crimes are still on the loose after they escaped from His Majesty’s Prison on Saturday evening, …
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Every year, Heroes and Foreparents Day should be a big deal. The observance — created under the landmark 2021 public holiday reforms — is meant to honour the many people …
After six days of debating constitutional reform in public, the House of Assembly entered a closed-door committee session on Friday to continue the talks in private — despite calls for …
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The first leg of the ongoing Scrub Island Billfish Series got under way over the weekend as more than a dozen teams of sportfishers chased giant marlin and competed for …
Record sargassum growth in the Atlantic Ocean this year has swamped the Virgin Islands — straining filtration systems, blackening jewellery and other metals, and inundating homes, beaches and ports with …
Up-and-coming businesses in the Virgin Islands have received a “handshake, not a hand-out” through $200,000 worth of grants, according to government. Micro, small and medium-sized enterprises were praised during a …
Caribbean climate scientists have confirmed that 2024 was the hottest year on record for the region since measurements began in 1950, according to the University of the West Indies. In …
With less than a day’s notice on Friday, the BVI Postal Service stopped shipping all mail containing goods bound for the United States and its territories until further notice. In …
A communications professional is suing the National Democratic Party and Opposition Leader Myron Walwyn for more than $39,000 in unpaid fees and other costs linked with services she claims were …
Authorities are still investigating a boat wreck that left 10 people stranded but unhurt in late July after their vessel struck a buoy near Brandywine Bay. Police said at the …
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Incorporation numbers for the first half of this year show a picture of steady growth, building on 2024’s modest recovery from the 25-year low recorded in 2023. All told, 14,008 …
Leaders in the Virgin Islands and London will soon discuss the territory’s plan to limit public access to the new beneficial-ownership register set to launch here early next year, Governor …
An outreach initiative is under way across the territory to build links between public agencies, businesses and the community, government said. Four public gatherings are set to be held in …
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Governor Daniel Pruce this week downplayed London’s two-month delay in providing its final assessment of the Commission of Inquiry process. June had been widely anticipated as the point when the …
Virgin Islands musician Raul “Jougo” Sprauve received the Carifesta XV Icon Award on Sunday at the 15th annual Caribbean Festival of the Arts in Bridgetown, Barbados. And that was just …
Marine police on routine patrol seized a semi-automatic Glock pistol and two magazines of ammunition after intercepting a vessel shortly after midnight on Aug. 20, according to the Police Information …
Police are investigating separate reports of gunfire on Tortola and Virgin Gorda, they announced last Thursday. In the early hours of Aug. 15, they said, officers tipped off by an …
The United Kingdom Home Office is still vetting some Virgin Islands police officers despite a High Court ruling temporarily limiting the government’s power to force them to comply with the …
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The Virgin Islands government plans to follow the example of other Caribbean islands that are working to develop a year-round tourism season, according to Premier Natalio “Sowande” Wheatley. “We want …
