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June 11th, 2024
VI will continue pushing for removal of reserved Order in Council– Premier tells UN C-24

NEW YORK, NY, USA– Virgin Islands Premier and Minister of Finance, Dr the Hon Natalio D. Wheatley (R7) says the [British] Virgin Islands will continue pressing the United Kingdom (UK) to remove its reserve Order in Council to suspend the local constitution if triggered.

June 9th, 2024
UPDATE: VI show courage in 0-3 defeat to Guatemala

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The [British] Virgin Islands put up a strong showing against Guatemala in their debut match of the group stages of the CONCACAF leg of the 2026 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers at A. O. Shirley Ground on Saturday, June 8, 2024.

June 8th, 2024
UPDATE: Police hunting gunman in Bath & Turtle robbery

SPANISH TOWN, Virgin Gorda, VI – Police in the Virgin Islands (VI) are on the hunt for a lone gunman who pounced on the Bath and Turtle Restaurant on Virgin Gorda last evening June 8, 2024, taking cash and escaping on foot.

June 8th, 2024
Premier announced 2024 Environment Month Green Pledge Drive

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Virgin Islands Premier and Minister of Finance, Dr the Hon Natalio D. Wheatley (R7) has announced the launch of the Environment Month Green Pledge Drive and the Public Sector Green Pledge with the drive seeking to scale up “greening” in The Virgin Islands under the Green Pledge Programme launched in June 2012.

June 7th, 2024
VI Outdoor Gallery of Arts & Culture postponed to June 17, 2024

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - The Virgin Islands (VI) Outdoor Gallery of Arts and Culture which was scheduled for Monday, June 10 between 10:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m, has now been postponed until June 17, 2024.

June 1st, 2024
UN Associate Members push for more financing @ SIDS4 conference

ST JOHN’S, Antigua & Barbuda - The Virgin Islands and other Associate Members of the United Nations (UN) regional commissions (ECLAC and ESCAP) have completed successful participation at the Fourth International Conference on Small Island Developing States (SIDS4) in Antigua and Barbuda that ended on May 30, 2024.

May 29th, 2024
VI delegation completes 'successful' 2nd leg of Asia Trade Mission in Shenzhen

SHENZHEN, China- The BVI Asia Trade Mission, led by Deputy Premier and Minister for Financial Services, Hon Lorna G. Smith, OBE (AL) held a meeting with the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT) in Shenzhen, which serves to foster international economic and trade cooperation.

May 28th, 2024
Residents now see vision of new reclamation ground- is the Premier a visionary?

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - As the curtains fall on the Virgin Islands Music Festival 2024, so has the controversial one-woman boycott that never got off the ground.

May 27th, 2024
Governor Pruce presented ‘a fair, balanced & factual’ quarterly review- Premier

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI– Premier and Minister of Finance Dr the Hon Natalio D. Wheatley (R7) has praised Governor Daniel Purce for what he called a "fair, balanced, and factual" press briefing during his first Quarterly Review of the Commission of Inquiry (CoI) Recommendations in the Virgin Islands.

May 25th, 2024
Humane Society of the BVI receives $100K donation

PURCELL ESTATE, Tortola, VI – Local non-profit The Humane Society of the BVI which is an animal shelter in the Virgin Islands (VI), has received a donation of $100K from a late supporter of the organization.

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