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Eastbound lane between Fort Recovery & Cox Heath to reopen today
WEST END, Tortola, VI- The eastbound lane of the road between Fort Recovery and Cox Heath is scheduled to reopen on Monday, September 14, 2026, as work continues on the roadway improvement project.
Simone Foster is CIBC Caribbean VI’s 2026 Unsung Hero
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Founder of Lemonade BVI Mrs Simone Foster has been named CIBC Caribbean’s 2026 Unsung Hero for the Virgin Islands.
Anegada road rehabilitation project begins
NORTHWESTERN Anegada, VI- Work has commenced on the Anegada Road Rehabilitation Project, with approximately 4,800 linear feet of roadway set to be paved with concrete along the route toward Cow Wreck.
Mentally ill man reportedly attacks & injures elderly woman
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- A landlord on Tortola is calling on the government to intervene after a young man suspected of severe mental illness allegedly attacked two of her tenants, leaving a senior citizen hospitalised with stitches, but remains free in the community despite reports of prior assaults.
Teen charged for murder 'points to critical rupture in social fabric'- ACoP Ullger
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The Acting Interim Commissioner of Police (ACoP), Richard Ullger, has said the recent developments in the murder investigation of airport fire officer Eric Alexis Albert bring him and the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) no satisfaction, as the individual charged is a child.
Work on stretch of road from Palestina to Havers resumes
HAVERS, Tortola, VI- Motorists and residents of the Palestina Estate and Havers communities have been calling for urgent action on a deplorable stretch of road from Palestina to Havers that was dug up months ago but remains unrepaired, even as other sections of the Sir Francis Drake Highway have been paved.
‘Why are we still talking about food baskets?’- Levor A.H. Lettsome
BAUGHERS BAY, Tortola, VI- Former British Virgin Islands Health Services Authority (HSA) Human Resource Manager and At-Large candidate for the upcoming general election, Levor A.H. Lettsome is urging the government to replace the current “food basket” approach with a modern, card-based social assistance system while also questioning the prioritisation of nearly $800,000 in sidewalk and tree-removal works on DeCastro Street in Road Town.
Opposition Leader calls for sustained electricity subsidy until end of 2026
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The Opposition Leader and Chairman of the National Democratic Party (NDP), Hon Marlon A. Penn (R8), has called on the government to provide an electricity subsidy until the end of 2026.
VICTF adds bonus points for outer-island & vulnerable-group projects
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The Virgin Islands Climate Change Trust Fund (VICCTF) has opened its first Call for Proposals with a scoring incentive designed to spread climate-resilience benefits beyond Tortola and toward the territory’s most vulnerable residents.
BVIEC advances grid upgrades to improve electricity reliability on VG
VALLEY, Virgin Gorda, VI- The BVI Electricity Corporation (BVIEC) has begun critical upgrades to the electrical grid on Virgin Gorda, part of a broader effort to improve the reliability and resilience of power supply across the territory.
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