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Premier and Minister of Finance Andrew has made it clear that although cruise ship passengers would be operating within a bubble, it does not mean closing off a particular beach to them. At a press conference last Friday the Premier announced that Cabinet agreed to remove the requirement for rapid testing for fully-vaccinated Cruise ship […]
The U.S. Coast Guard seized $51 million of cocaine in an at-sea drug bust near the coast of Anegada, British Virgin Islands about a week ago. The Royal Virgin Islands Police Force said it joined in the multi-agency operation to seize about 1,700 kilograms of cocaine. U.S. Coast Guard, which led in the operation, said […]
At Large member and Deputy Speaker of the House of Assembly Neville Smith is peeved about the lack of maintenance of sporting facilities. During a sitting of the House of Assembly last week, Smithsaid a lot of the facilities are crying out for attention and he also said there is no excuse why they are […]
It’s the 4th anniversary since Hurricane Irma devastated the territory. It’s an experience many persons don’t want to relieve and for some, there are lessons and a chance to do things better. The Acting Deputy Director at the Department of Disaster Management Sheniah Armstrong during a Health Bytes Programme on Disaster Management recently, said although […]
After not getting the necessary support from Attorney General Dawn Smith, Speaker of the House of Assembly Julian Willock and his legal team of Silk Legal, have been forced to withdraw an injunction against 3 lawyers of the Commission of Inquiry which they claim are practicing law illegally in the BVI. Willock and his lawyers […]
19-year-old Zara Rutherford has embarked on a journey of trying to become the youngest woman to fly around the world solo and she landed in the BVI on Wednesday. She was welcomed by Junior Minister for Tourism Sharie de Castro, Director of the BVI Tourist Board, Clive McCoy, and other tourism officials. Minister Decastro said […]
Acting Chief Medical Officer Dr. Ronald Georges said the number of active positive cases of Covid 19 in the BVI is creeping back up. Dr Georges said the number of active positive cases have doubled over the past week and hospitalizations have increased from three to five patients. His comments were made at a meeting […]
Officials in the Cruise Industry have given the BVI an ultimatum to remove the rapid antigen testing from cruise passengers visiting the BVI or risk losing the ships. Director of the BVI Ports Authority – BVIPA Oliviene Maynard told an emergency meeting of Transportation, Industry and taxi officials Tuesday evening that Cabinet amended the Covid-19 […]
Much needed classroom furniture have arrived for the Elmore Stoutt High School, ESHS and the Bregado Flax Educational Centre, BFEC. Education Minister Dr. Nathalio Wheatley had said in a statement a few weeks ago that all the furniture procured through the Caribbean Development Bank 65 million dollar loan have been completed and was expected to […]
Chief Immigration Officer, Ian Penn said preparations are currently being made to repatriate a group of nine Haitian nationals who entered the Territory illegally. Penn thanked everyone who was involved in the apprehension and detention of these individuals. He said their respective departments will continue to work together and remain vigilant while we protect the […]