News from BVI:
Diverse range of artistes for British Virgin Islands Music Festival
April 30, 2012
TORTOLA, British Virgin Islands -- This year’s BVI Music Festival includes something for every music lover: Jamaica’s legendary reggae band Third World, Grammy award winning British songstress Estelle, rhythm and blues group Forever Motown...
UK minister, premier dodge question on BVI budget approval
April 25, 2012
ROAD TOWN, British Virgin Islands -- The question as to whether or not the British Virgin Islands’ budget will go to Britain for pre-approval before it is tabled in the House of Assembly has been avoided by BVI Premier, Dr Orlando Smith, and UK’s Minister...
Renewed investigation of unsolved murders in BVI
April 19, 2012
ROAD TOWN, British Virgin Islands -- Since the year 2000, there has been a total of 32 murders in the British Virgin Islands (BVI) and to date only six of them have been solved. This is according to police inspector in the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force...
Cruise ship passengers missing in BVI, passports maybe fake
April 18, 2012
ROAD TOWN, British Virgin Islands -- Police in the British Virgin Islands are investigating a report that a couple from the cruise ship ‘Costa Luminosa’ is missing. According to the Police Information Office, the port agent for the M/V Costa Luminosa stated...
British Virgin Islands to grant Taiwan visa-free entry
January 5, 2012
TAIPEI, Taiwan (CNA) -- The British Virgin Islands (BVI) will be the 125th country or region to grant visa-free entry or landing visas to Taiwan passport holders, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) in Taipei said on Wednesday.
British Virgin Islands sponsors newly launched sail charter channel
December 15, 2011
NEW YORK, USA -- The British Virgin Islands – known among yachtsmen as the "Sailing Capital of the World" – continued its efforts to promote and support yacht charters by sponsoring SAIL Magazine's new Charter Channel.
BVI launches new financial management website
December 8, 2011
TORTOLA, British Virgin Islands -- The British Virgin Islands Financial Services Commission (FSC) has launched a new website dedicated to helping individuals make sound and well informed financial decisions.
Overseas territories meeting concludes in London
November 25, 2011
LONDON, England -- Henry Bellingham, Minister for the Overseas Territories, hosted the Overseas Territories Consultative Council (OTCC) on 23-24 November 2011 in London with premiers, chief ministers and other elected representatives...
New strategy for British overseas territories
November 22, 2011
LONDON, England -- The UK government's new strategy for its Overseas Territories will be at the heart of discussions at the annual Overseas Territories Consultative Council (OTCC) in London on 23-24 November.
Opposition wins BVI elections
November 9, 2011
ROAD TOWN, BVI -- Election officials in the British Virgin Islands announced on Tuesday that the main opposition National Democratic Party (NDP) had won 9 of 13 parliamentary seats in Monday's general elections in the territory.
BVI named to top categories in Conde Nast Traveler's 2011 Readers' Choice Awards
October 27, 2011
NEW YORK, USA -- Over 8 million votes were cast by Conde Nast Traveler readers to determine the world's best hotels, resorts, cruises, airlines, cities, and islands of 2011, and the British Virgin Islands was among several of the top categories this year.
FIFA bans four Caribbean officials
October 17, 2011
ZURICH, Switzerland -- The FIFA Ethics Committee on Friday banned four Caribbean Football Union (CFU) officials and reprimanded others as part of ethics proceedings that had been opened in August. The proceedings had been opened following...
Overseas territories attorneys general meet in Cayman Islands
October 13, 2011
GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands (GIS) -- Attorneys general from Britain’s Overseas Territories are meeting at their 20th annual conference, which opened on Tuesday morning in the Cayman Islands. Attorneys general from Anguilla, BVI, Montserrat...
BVI is calling me, says transatlantic rower
October 13, 2011
NEW YORK, USA -- Victor Mooney of Forest Hills, New York, recently received the sponsorship of the British Virgin Islands Tourist Board (BVITB) for his upcoming 5,000-mile transatlantic row from Las Palmas, Canary Islands to New York City.
British Virgin Islands welcomes new adventure watersports flotilla
October 13, 2011
NEW YORK, USA -- The British Virgin Islands Tourist Board has announced a new watersports flotilla in the BVI hosted by Sunsail and SAIL Magazine. Taking place from December 9-16, 2011, this inaugural trip will kick-off in Tortola.
Public input sought in Overseas Territories new White Paper consultation
October 12, 2011
BRADES, Montserrat (GUI) -- Montserratians and residents of other British Overseas Territories are being invited to share their views on a new White Paper to look at the future relationship between the UK government and the Overseas Territories.
Overseas territories legal officials meet in Cayman Islands
October 11, 2011
GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands (GIS) -- Attorneys general from seven British Overseas Territories (OTs) will gather in the Cayman Islands for three days this week. They are scheduled to deliberate with officials from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office...
Britain launches dialogue with overseas territories
September 30, 2011
HAMILTON, Bermuda -- Henry Bellingham, Minister of State at Britain’s Foreign and Commonwealth Office, has formally launched a consultation process in respect of the 2012 White Paper on the UK's relationship with its Overseas Territories.
New white paper on Britain's overseas territories to be produced
September 22, 2011
BRADES, Montserrat (GIU) -- In a written ministerial statement to the House of Commons last week, Henry Bellingham, Britain’s minister in charge of the Overseas Territories, announced that a new White Paper would be produced and published in 2012.
American rower points to BVI for resupply during transatlantic attempt
September 14, 2011
NEW YORK, USA -- Victor Mooney of Forest Hills, New York, is looking to make his first landing point in the British Virgin Islands. Mooney will be making his fourth attempt to cross the Atlantic Ocean from Las Palmas, Canary Islands to New York City.
Tropical storm Maria drifting northwestward
September 13, 2011
MIAMI, USA -- At 5:00 pm EDT on Monday, the centre of tropical storm Maria was located about 360 miles east-southeast of the southeastern Bahamas and about 800 miles south-southwest Bermuda, drifting toward the northwest near 2 mph.
Tropical storm Maria to pass well north of Puerto Rico
September 12, 2011
MIAMI, USA -- At 5:00 pm EDT on Sunday, the centre of tropical storm Maria was located about 115 miles north-northeast of San Juan, Puerto Rico, moving toward the west-northwest near 9 mph. A turn toward the northwest was expected Sunday night.
Tropical storm Maria approaching Leeward Islands
September 10, 2011
MIAMI, USA -- At 8:00 pm EDT on Friday, the centre of Tropical Storm Maria was located about 135 miles north of Barbados and about 185 miles east-southeast of Guadeloupe. On the forecast track, the centre of Maria will move over the Leeward Islands...
Tropical Storm Maria expected to weaken a little as it approaches Caribbean
September 9, 2011
MIAMI, USA -- At 5:00 pm EDT on Thursday, the centre of Tropical Storm Maria was located about 560 miles east of the Windward Islands, moving toward the west near 21 mph. According to the National Hurricane Center in Miami, this general motion...
British Virgin Islands named for best quality of life in the Caribbean
September 7, 2011
NEW YORK, USA -- The British Virgin Islands was ranked as the #1 country for quality of life in the Caribbean and Central America in a recently released report by fDi Intelligence. In addition to this top accolade, the BVI was also named as #2 in...
Tropical Storm Irene threatens Puerto Rico, Hispaniola
August 22, 2011
MIAMI, USA -- At 8:00 pm EDT on Sunday, the centre of Tropical Storm Irene was located about 10 miles northwest of St Croix, US Virgin Islands, and about 90 miles east-southeast of San Juan, Puerto Rico, moving west-northwest near 15 mph.
Tropical wave still moving across Eastern Caribbean
August 17, 2011
MIAMI, USA -- A large tropical wave over the eastern Caribbean Sea is producing scattered showers and thunderstorms from Hispaniola eastward across Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands and the Leeward Islands.
Caribbean football official suspended over bribery allegations
August 13, 2011
ZURICH, Switzerland -- Colin Klass, a member of the Caribbean Football Union's (CFU) executive committee and head of the Guyana Football Association since 1989, was provisionally suspended on Thursday by the ethics committee of FIFA.
Fast-growing hotel brand to add first Caribbean resort in BVI
August 12, 2011
BETHESDA, USA -- The Autograph Collection, Marriott International's fastest growing brand, has announced that the Scrub Island Resort, Spa and Marina, in the British Virgin Islands, will join the Collection in early 2012, under a franchise...
British Virgin Islands Tourist Board presents innovative travel resource
August 5, 2011
NEW YORK, USA -- Conde Nast Traveler released its "Hot List" app Monday, which features 990 of the world's most exciting hotels, as well as a British Virgin Islands "hub." The BVI hub brings to travelers the best of the BVI, with interactive features...
BVI national team wins five gold medals at Caribbean culinary competition
July 1, 2011
NEW YORK, USA -- The British Virgin Islands National Culinary Team has won gold at this year's annual Taste of the Caribbean culinary competition and four other individual gold medal awards. Featuring culinary teams from ten Caribbean countries...
British Virgin Islands launches internet exchange point
June 22, 2011
ROAD TOWN, BVI -- Accessing locally hosted sites and files over the Internet has gotten a lot better for Internet users in the British Virgin Islands since the launch of the BVI Internet Exchange Point (IXP) on June 4, 2011.
BVI TEAM INTAC competes at US Nationals, brings home more hardware
June 16, 2011
RYE, USA -- British Virgin Islands sailors continue to make a name for themselves in international sailing, with TEAM INTAC returning from a successful challenge at the 2011 Melges 32 US National Championship at the American Yacht Club in Rye, NY.
US deports more than 88,000 to Caribbean and Latin America
April 20, 2011
WASHINGTON, USA -- The United States has deported 88,497 “criminal aliens” or migrants were deported to their country of birth in the Latin America and the Caribbean region in the past six months, according to figures released by...
Chickenpox outbreak reported in British Virgin Islands
April 14, 2011
ROAD TOWN, BVI -- The British Virgin Islands Ministry of Health and Social Development has reported that there has been a marked increase of the number of cases of chickenpox reported in the territory.
Premier to meet with Nevisians in the Virgin Islands
April 8, 2011
CHARLESTOWN, Nevis -- Premier of Nevis, Joseph Parry, in his continued effort to forge stronger relationships with Nevisians living abroad, will meet with nationals and friends of Nevis in St. Thomas in the US Virgin Islands and...
2011 Caribbean regatta clean sweep for BVI team
April 7, 2011
ROAD TOWN, BVI -- The British Virgin Islands, which are renowned for having some of the best sailing conditions in the world, did not disappoint last weekend, delivering three spectacular days of racing to hundreds of eager competitors.
Caribbean leads the world in telephone connections
April 5, 2011
LONDON, England -- When it comes to telephone connections, the Caribbean leads the world in global density. According to the Economist, which publishes an annual Pocket World in Figures, Bermuda, with 89 telephones for every 100 people...
BVI Team INTAC wins double Rolex victory in St Thomas
April 1, 2011
ST THOMAS, USVI -- Fresh after winning the St Maarten International Heineken Regatta, BVI-based “Team INTAC - M32” sailing their high performance Melges 32 race boat won top honours in CSA Spinnaker 1 Racing Class at the...
BVI up, Bahamas down in global financial centres index
March 24, 2011
ROAD TOWN, BVI -- The British Virgin Islands (BVI) has reversed recent trends by becoming the only offshore financial centre to have its rating boosted in the latest Global Financial Centres Index. The improvement comes against a backdrop...
