Finance and Business
Valley Heights Commercial Plaza brings enhanced shopping experience to VG
VALLEY, Virgin Gorda, VI- The shopping experience in Virgin Gorda is receiving a major boost with the completion of the Valley Heights Commercial Plaza in the Valley.
Retirees will be interviewed following exit of public service- David D. Archer Jr
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Retirees of the Virgin Islands Public Service are being called on to create a path for someone who is coming after them.
Influx of Sargassum could continue for days or weeks
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The influx of Sargassum seaweed may continue over the coming days and even weeks, a Ministry of Environment, Natural Resources and Climate Change press release on Friday, August 1, 2025, has advised.
3 new executive appointments @ Scrub Island Resort, Spa & Marina
SCRUB ISLAND, VI- Scrub Island Resort, Spa & Marina has made changes to its executive team with the hire of three new individuals.
AI & Robotics- As real & pressing dangers to humanity
ALRED C. FRETT
Providing Slavery for All:
As descendants of slaves and prisoners of a pre-programmed society, we are taught to follow the masses, and conform to traditions, so very few of us try to be as progressive as we can, by using the lessons and examples around us, to choose for ourselves… Even when Education advises that we think and reason for ourselves, we do not, because our Laws and Religion insist that we obey their ancient mandates.
Hon Walwyn’s Motion of No Confidence crushed in HoA
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI— In what was predicted by Virgin Islands News Online (VINO) in our story of July 29, 2025, the one-man-led Motion of No Confidence brought to the House of Assembly (HoA) by Opposition Leader Hon Myron V. Walwyn (R6) has been defeated.
Road from Paraquita Bay to Hodge’s Creek in final stages of repair
HODGE’S CREEK, Tortola, VI- The section of Blackburn Highway from Paraquita Bay to Hodge’s Creek is nearing completion, following the successful installation of essential box drains.
CIBC installs ATM on VG
VALLEY, Virgin Gorda, VI- Customers of Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC) and tourists on Virgin Gorda can now benefit from an Automated Teller Machine (ATM) on that island.
‘I wrote the Governor’ on $5M Bank of Asia deposit- Hon Myron V. Walwyn
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Leader of His Majesty’s Loyal Opposition, Hon Myron V. Walwyn (R6), has admitted to writing to Governor Daniel Pruce regarding the now defunct Bank of Asia (BVI) Limited situation.
Doctors’ services to BVIHSA & private sector will soon be reviewed- Health Minister
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Minister for Health and Social Development, Honourable Vincent O. Wheatley (R9) has announced that the government will soon review the operations of doctors working in both the BVI Health Services Authority (BVIHSA) and the private sector.

