Five students from the Virgin Islands have been selected to represent the Territory at the 2025 FIRST Global Robotics Competition, scheduled to take place in Panama from 29th October to 1st November.The team comprises Jayron Gibson and Denae Scatliffe Chalwell, graduates of the Elmore Stoutt High School, Grade 12 students Judiah Case and Keyara Smith and Grade 11 student Eleazar Brooks of the Bregado Flax Educational Centre Secondary Division.The announcement was made by the Honourable Sharie de...

The Office of the Deputy Governor will launch its second Customer Service Care Centre at the Vanterpool Administration Building in Virgin Gorda on Thursday, 24th July.The Customer Service Care Centre which was launched on Tortola in 2020, serves as a multi-function hub for accessing Government services while providing in-person support for clients in need.Permanent Secretary within the Office of the Deputy Governor, Mrs. Sharleen DaBreo-Lettsome, MBE highlighted the importance of the centre&rsqu...

The RVIPF has spent the past 36 hours dealing with gun incidences in the Territory, all incidences taking place in various areas of the Capital (Road Town). Four of the incidences which occurred in the past 12 hours, has seen one male arrested in the Huntum’s Ghut area last night Friday 18 July around 11pm, for gun possession. Police were on patrol in the area when the arrest was made. Police have confirmed an armed robbery outside of a nightclub in Road Town last night where one...

Hello You! It surely is Summer, that Tortola heat is undeniable. So is your freedom and glow up. Oh it's showing! And they are noticing the difference in the swing, in your hugs and smile on your face. The temptation is roaring again loudly. But oh please hunny, that ain't for you. Not anymore. Now They Want to Come BackNow they want to come back—now that the glow-up is loud,now that your joy moves through roomsbefore you even step in.They see the face shining in the sun,the n...

The Foreign Office is sending Margaret Hodge, to the Territory in response to its displeasure with the Territory’s efforts to implement mechanism to fight financial crime. See yesterday’s article in the Guardian…https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jul/16/uks-anti-corruption-champion-to-go-to-offshore-haven-on-fact-finding-missionThe Territory has missed the deadline to implement public Registers of company ownership. The Territory is also battling the Bank of Asia...

The annual Rotary Club of Road Town Kiddies Fiesta is back for another year, the club announced in a press conference held yesterday Tuesday July 15.The Kiddies Fiesta which has been going for 30 years, will take place on Saturday, July 26, 2025, at the Enid Scatliffe Primary School playground.The Kiddies Fiesta Parade will be making an exciting return as well this year, after a short hiatus. The parade returns with the theme ‘Under the BVI Sea’ and starts at 9:00am. Registration for...

Top student Johnney Immanuel Benjamin is the Ivan Dawson Memorial Scholarship Committee’s 2025 recipient of its annual scholarship award. Benjamin, a Class Six student at the Ivan Dawson Primary School, graduated as the top-performing student of the Class of 2025.Benjamin was presented with multiple awards and trophies in recognition of his academic achievements during the school’s graduation ceremony held on July 2, which also included the coveted Ivan Dawson Memorial Scholarship fo...

Police are confirming a shooting incident in the Purcell area a short while ago. Officers are currently on the scene. More information will be provided  as it becomes available.This is a breaking news story. 

The Ministry of Health and Social Development in collaboration with Unite BVI, launched their Wrap it Up campaign with key messages for the public to promote sexual health this festival season.Among key messages the Acting Chief Medical Officer would like the community to give serious consideration to the issue of consent in sexual relationships.  “Women are particularly vulnerable. Sexual violence is under reported in the Caribbean and we need to highlight the need for people an...

The matter has now been turned over to the RVIPF.

From 1987 - 1994, Susan Howatch published a riveting 6 book series on the Church of England in which she dealt with faith, structure, societal and generational issues.  She was clear as she discussed aging for one of her protagonists that even when one travels in good health, the expectation is that ‘the circle of friends constricts; tales of illness and suffering multiply.’Elder neglect in the BVI is rampant regardless of the presence of caregivers.  For in those cases, tr...

The 2025 Atlantic Hurricane Season has been off to a slow start, which presents an opportunity for residents to prepare for the possibility of rapidly developing storms or hurricanes later this summer, said Director of Disaster Management Mr. Jasen Penn. “If we look back, Beryl was an example of a system that went from a tropical depression to a hurricane in just 48 hours,” Mr. Penn said on the Virgin Islands Voice programme. Recent dangerous systems including Hurricanes Irma an...

The Department of Human Resources has relaunched the Summer Apprenticeship Programme in the Public Service. The programme is designed to provide working opportunities for Virgin Islanders studying locally or abroad to gain experience. This year with over 50 students registered, the programme aims at fostering early career development, talent, and raise awareness of the work in the Public Service. Permanent Secretary in the Office of the Deputy Governor, Mrs. Sharleen DaBreo-Lettso...

Hello you! Festival is almost here. Are you ready. If not, why? When the memories tug, when the healing hurts, or when you just need a reminder of who the hell you are. You are the peace you used to pray for. The calm within the storms. Be unavailable, untouchable and unbothered!  Festival- Ready and FreeFace beat, nails fresh,brows shaped like destiny.Hair catching breeze like it knowsBVI Festival is calling you, to dance in the village, your waistline telling a story. ...

Virgin Gorda Resident Shernard Gloster 47, a Vincentian Native, was shot dead while visiting his Homeland of St. Vincent. Gloster was shot yesterday Wednesday 9 July while doing business at the Kingstown Cooperative Credit Union. He was a member of the institution. The fatal shooting occurred after an altercation which turned into a tussle with an on duty security guard at the financial institution. The incident allegedly occurred over the Gloster switching lines while doing business at the...

The official funeral of former legislator, Mrs. Eileene L. Parsons OBE, will be held on Thursday, July 17 at the Multi-purpose Sports Complex. Her body will lie in state, at the House of Assembly Chambers in Road Town, on Wednesday, July 16. The public will have an opportunity to pay their last respects between 11:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m.The official funeral will commence with a procession on July 17 from the House of Assembly Chambers, at 8:00 a.m. to the Multi-Purpose Sports Complex.A pre-service...

Early reports are indicating that a RVIPF vehicle crashed into a pole last night Saturday 5 July 2025, while on the way to attend an emergency in the Zion Hill area. Sources are confirming that the Ambulance was called to an emergency at a home in the Zion Hill area last night. However, we understand that when the ambulance arrived, the elderly female was deceased, and the Responders then contacted Police to come to the scene. While waiting for the Police to arrive, the Ambulance received y...

At some point we need to stop and ask ourselves the simple question:For whom are we building the BVI?We are on the slippery slope; Have been for some time.  It takes more resources to maintain the lifestyle to which we have become accustomed.  But each time we decide upon investments in the economy, a chain reaction is set up.For starters, we need workers.  The BVI market is a workers’ market.  We bring them in by the droves.  And we have the disclaimer in every jo...

Liverpool and Portugal football star Diogo Jota has tragically died in a car crash July 3, 2025 at around 12:30am. He was 28. Jota played Forward and Midfielder and was known for his finishing, pace, dribbling ability and work rate.The Premier League footballer and his brother Andre Felipe both lost their lives in a car crash in Zamora near Spain’s north-west border with Portugal. He was driving his Lamborghini at the time of the crash. The devastating incident occurred after the Lamborghi...

Samuel Jack Husbands has been reappointed to the Labour Arbitration Tribunal as Chairman for a second term. The new period is expected to run for two years, which started on May 1, 2025. The appointment will end on 30th April 2027. Husbands was first appointed on May 1, 2023. The Labour Arbitration Tribunal makes decisions on labour disputes, and regulates its own procedures as to how it will do so. The parties appearing before the body are entitled to the same rights or privilege...