To mark the 5-year anniversary of the passing of Hurricane Irma, representatives of two of the territory’s most vital and most impacted utilities reflected on the progress that has been made on the winding road to recovery. Director of the Water and Sewerage Department Perline Scatliffe Leonard and General Manager of the BVI Electricity Corporation … Continued
The government has expressed that they are on top of the growing Sargassum Seaweed issue in the territory which has now made its way to uncommon areas on the sister island of Anegada, following the passage of the then Tropical Storm Earl. Photos and videos depicting the extent of the seaweed on the southern side … Continued
All students of the Enis Adams and Althea Scatliffe primary schools will now be able to attend full day sessions of classes after the Cane Garden Bay Baptist Church (CGBBC) agreed to allow the Ministry of Education to use their facility until December. This decision comes two weeks after the announcement by the Minister for … Continued
The Government of the Virgin Islands acting through the Attorney General’s Chambers is inviting qualified, professional, experienced, and resourceful candidates to submit Expressions of Interest to create a specialist panel to provide legislative drafting services for the comprehensive review of the maritime laws of the British Virgin Islands. The primary objective of this undertaking is … Continued
We are more alike than we are different. Those were the sentiments shared by Premier Dr. the Honourable Natalio Wheatley as he addressed the AfriCarribean Forum on the issue of culture. “When we meet each other, we learn things about each other because really we realise that we’re the same people”, he said. Using the … Continued
Rising like the phoenix from the ashes describes the BVI’s strength after being devastated in 2017 by Hurricane Irma, the longest-lived category 5 hurricane in recorded history. This week’s BVI360° report looks at Resilient BVI: Hurricane Irma Five Years On. No one could have anticipated that five years ago today, on September 6, 2017, the … Continued
Minister for Health and Social Development Honourable Marlon Penn has welcomed the commencement of a review of social assistance benefits and grants administration systems in the Virgin Islands. The main purpose of the review is to support a shift in the design and administration of social assistance benefits, as well as the issuance of grants … Continued
The East End Community Officers made sure that children in this policing division had essential supplies for making this a great school year. Sergeant in charge of that Community Support and Partnership Programme Jacqueline Tom and her officers handed out close to 200 school supply kits to children from preschool years and to high school. … Continued
Claude Skelton Cline has named Dame Janice Mesadis Pereira as the woman he believes should be the next premier of the British Virgin Islands. Cline made the revelation on his “Honestly Speaking” radio show this week, after several previous indications to his views of his belief that the next premier will be a woman. “I … Continued
The 25-year-old female from Horse Path, Tortola who was recently jointly charged with keeping an unlicensed firearm and unlawful possession of ammunition, pleaded not guilty to both charges and was granted bail. Rhondella Guishard entered a not-guilty plea when she and her codefendant 42-year-old Rashon Lewis appeared virtually before Magistrate Tamia Richards on Tuesday. Lewis, … Continued
