HUNTUMS GHUT, Tortola — The British Virgin Islands has opened its first Entrepreneurial Zone and business incubator, providing local entrepreneurs with access to affordable commercial space and business development support.Eight entrepreneurs received the keys to their units during an opening ceremony on Friday, September 11, 2026. They are part of the first cohort of nine businesses approved to operate from the facility.Junior Minister for Financial Services and Economic Development, Honourabl...

ROAD TOWN, Tortola — The Department of Agriculture and Fisheries is renewing its call for responsible dog ownership following continued reports of livestock being chased, injured and killed by roaming dogs across the Territory.Veterinary Officer Dr Nadya George said the attacks have become a serious and recurring concern for farmers, resulting in both financial losses and significant distress.“Year after year, we see sheep, goats and other livestock chased, bitten, severely injured or killed b...

ROAD TOWN, Tortola — A retired Royal Virgin Islands Police Force sergeant who was among those seriously injured in last week’s omnibus crash along La Croix Public Road in St. Vincent has died.Calvin Cockburn, 50, of Greiggs, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, died at the Milton Cato Memorial Hospital on Wednesday, September 16, after being hospitalised following the September 9 crash.According to the Royal St. Vincent and the Grenadines Police Force, the crash occurred at approximately 2:26 p.m. ...

ROAD TOWN, Tortola — A delegation from the House of Assembly of the Virgin Islands participated in the 48th Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) Regional Conference in Jamaica, where parliamentarians and parliamentary officials from across the Caribbean, Americas and Atlantic region examined how legislatures must adapt to an increasingly digital world.The conference, held from August 31 to September 4 at the Moon Palace Hotel in Ocho Rios, Jamaica, was held under the theme “Strengtheni...

ROAD TOWN, BVI — British Virgin Islands tourism executive Natasha J. Chalwell has been named among the Caribbean leadership laureates to be celebrated at the 2026 Caribbean Media Exchange (CMEx) Leadership Awards and Fundraiser.The event is scheduled for Sunday, December 6, 2026, at the Loews Coral Gables Hotel in the Miami area.Chalwell has served as Deputy Director of Tourism with the British Virgin Islands Tourist Board & Film Commission since January 2025. She brings more than two decades o...

There is a governance problem in the Virgin Islands that we do not talk about nearly enough.It is not always about policy.Sometimes, it is about people — and more specifically, the people we put in charge of other people.We spend a great deal of time talking about whether an organisation is meeting its targets, whether a department is delivering, whether a project was completed and whether the numbers look good.But how much attention do we pay to how those results are being achieved?Who is meas...

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, British Virgin Islands — With the next General Election still ahead, questions are already being raised about the line between Government employment, political campaigning and the use of public resources.The questions have been prompted in part by the appointment of former House of Assembly Speaker Julian Willock as a Ministerial Special Adviser II to Premier Dr. Natalio Wheatley.The Government has confirmed that Willock is among the Premier’s ministerial staff. The Governm...

ROAD TOWN, Tortola — The Virgin Islands will once again put its farmers, fishers, entrepreneurs and local producers in the spotlight when the 2027 Virgin Islands Agriculture and Fisheries Exhibition and Market returns from February 26 to 28, 2027.The public is being asked to save the date for the three-day event, which will bring together members of the agricultural and fisheries communities and the wider public in celebration of two sectors that Government has increasingly identified as critic...