News
Virgin Voyages’ Valiant Lady to make inaugural cruise call to VI Sunday
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- For the first time, a cruise ship from Virgin Voyages, owned by [British] Virgin Islands Belonger Sir Richard C.N. Branson, will make a port call to the territory.
US I.C.E tried to wrongfully deport US Citizen with VI roots
WASHINGTON DC, USA - United States (US) Immigration and Customs Enforcement (I.C.E) will pay Brian Bukle; a man with strong VI roots, some $150,000 under a settlement over the U.S. citizen’s unlawful arrest and detention in 2020.
NY Times lists VI as #2 travel destination for 2020
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - US publication, The New York Times, has listed the [British] Virgin Islands as the No. 2 must travel tourism destination for the new year 2020 in a raving review that lists the territory as one of 52 top global destinations.
BVI makes Top 15 as Russia wins Mrs Globe 2019
SHENZHEN, China - Mrs BVI Shondrea N. Turnbull has defied odds to make it to the Top 15 of the international Mrs Globe 2019 pageant, however, came short of claiming the crown which went to Mrs Ksenia Krivko out of Russia.
Bank of Asia Appoints Dr. Peter Reichenstein as President
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Bank of Asia (BVI) Limited, one of the world’s first fully digital global cross-border banks and the first digital bank in the Virgin Islands (VI), today Tuesday, March 19, 2019, announced the appointment of Dr Peter Reichenstein as President effective March 15, 2019.
Manhattan Yacht Club Claims Liberty Trophy
GREAT HARBOUR, Jost van Dyke, VI - The 2019 Manhattan Yacht Club (MYC) Liberty Trophy challenge was held on Saturday, February 2, 2019, with racers from the Royal BVI Yacht Club (YBVIYC) and the (Loyal) West End Yacht Club (WEYC) ferried out to Great Harbour to join in on the action.
Faster warming ocean spells bad news for Caribbean
VI CONSORTIUM
CHARLOTTE AMALIE, St. Thomas, USVI - The Caribbean islands, seen as dots in the Atlantic Ocean, have been ravaged by hurricanes throughout history. But as global warming continues to accelerate, the impact of storms on the islands—scientists have said—will become more dire, a reality that could make many Caribbean islands uninhabitable overtime.
ONE CARIBBEAN PEOPLE
By Lorna M. George
We are one Caribbean people. It does not matter in which West Indian island we were born, be it Cuba, Antigua, Nevis or St. Vincent, we are brothers and sisters in the Lord. We share a common heritage.
Premier Smith 2019 New Year Message
2019 New Year’s message by Premier and Minister of Finance
Dr. The Honourable D. Orlando Smith (AL)
Happy New Year!
In bidding farewell to 2018 and welcoming 2019, I am filled with much emotion as I address you, my fellow Virgin Islanders, residents and friends, for the last time with me serving as Premier of the Virgin Islands.
‘We are in trouble’ - Hon Julian Fraser RA on Economic Substance Bill
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - The Virgin Islands (VI) could see itself facing economic blacklisting from the European Union (EU), if a Bill entitled “Economic Substance Company and Limited Partnership Act 2018,” tabled in the House of Assembly (HoA) yesterday, December 18, 2018, is not passed.