The British Virgin Islands’ Under 17 football team ended the CONCACAF Championship on a winning note, after coming from behind to beat Saint Martin 2-1 in Bradenton, Florida earlier today. Saint Martin netted the first goal against the local boys but they battled back to pull level through the cool finish of Johari Lacey to … 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
Virgin Islanders are encouraged to submit applications for the 2023/24 Chevening Scholarships programme by November 1. Chevening Scholarships are the UK Government’s global scholarship programme, funded by the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO), partner organisations, and partner universities. The scholarships support study at UK universities – mostly one year taught master’s degrees – for … Continued
As a people with a heritage of caring for one another, we should always be willing to take the best of our achievements and endeavors and to improve on them for the benefit of all. Too many of us seize the opportunity when empowered to take retrograde steps because the achievements were not under our … Continued
In her first week as Prime Minister, Liz Truss says she will seek to address the United Kingdom’s energy crisis which has resulted from the geopolitical conflict between Russia and Ukraine. Truss declared this commitment as one of her three early priorities in her first speech since being appointed Prime Minister of the United Kingdom … Continued
