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January 6th, 2024
Public consultations on VI Crown Land Policy takes to VG

NORTH SOUND, Virgin Gorda, VI – Virgin Islands (VI) Premier and Minister of Finance with responsibility for Lands, Dr the Honourable Dr. Natalio Wheatley (R7), and a team from the Ministry of Environment, Natural Resources and Climate Change met with residents of North Sound, Virgin Gorda on Thursday, January 4, 2024.

December 16th, 2023
‘Set It Off’ is the 2023 VG Basketball League Champion, Sr Skillful ballers forfeit

VALLEY, Virgin Gorda, VI - Set it Off Basketball Team coached by Kennedy H. Bass has been declared the 2023 senior basketball champion in the A division.

December 12th, 2023
VG Summer Jam: Set It Off & In Dah Zone close in on titles

VALLEY, Virgin Gorda, VI- Jevone Demming had a stellar 29-point performance as Set It Off staved off a tough challenge from fellow Tortola team Sr Skillful Ballers to go 2-nil up in their best-of-5 Championship Series in Group A of the Summer Jam Basketball Tournament on Virgin Gorda on Saturday, December 9, 2023.

November 17th, 2023
‘Momentus occasion’ as Tradewind Aviation starts VG-San Juan service

SPANISH TOWN, Virgin Gorda, VI– Calling the commencement of service a momentous one for the Virgin Islands, Minister for Communications and Works Hon Kye M. Rymer (R5) says the Government welcomes Tradewind Aviation on its commencement of commercial flights between Virgin Gorda and San Juan, Puerto Rico.

November 8th, 2023
28th Mourant HLSCC College Classic Race Series kicks off on VG

VALLEY, Virgin Gorda, VI- On Saturday, October 28, 2023, the first of the two Mourant HLSCC College Classic races being held in Virgin Gorda kicked off at the new location of the HLSCC Virgin Gorda Centre at The Village Rose, The Valley.

October 20th, 2023
Jahnai L. Caul blasts GM mosquito programme on VG

VALLEY, Virgin Gorda, VI- As controversy continues to brew over the release of genetically modified mosquitoes in the Virgin Gorda Community, as part of a mosquito reduction programme, one outspoken resident has blasted the programme’s organisers for not taking the concerns of residents seriously.

October 18th, 2023
Critics of mosquito reduction strategy are ill-informed- Hon Vincent O. Wheatley

VALLEY, Virgin Gorda, VI- The Green VI Bug Out programme, which began in July 2022, with the releasing of male mosquitos infected with Wolbachia bacteria, has come under criticism from a few residents of Virgin Gorda, including Jahnai L. Caul, a constant critic of District Nine initiatives.

October 10th, 2023
Gov’t tackling waste management on Anegada & VG starting with RFP's

VALLEY, Virgin Gorda, VI– Waste management is being made a focus on the sister islands of Anegada and Virgin Gorda, with a number of Request for Proposals (RFPs) out for waste management and recycling options on the islands.

October 8th, 2023
UPDATE: 4 charged in police operations on Friday; Guns, ammo & cocaine seized

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – The Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) has said police seized two assault rifles, and a significant amount of assorted ammunition, and cocaine during a series of search operations on Friday, October 6, 2023.

October 4th, 2023
UPDATE: VI airports reopen

TRELLIS BAY, Beef Island, VI- Airports in the [British] Virgin Islands closed due to the passage of Tropical Storm Philippe have reopened.

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