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March 19th, 2021
Reports of bodies found @ Frenchman's Cay fake news!

FRENCHMAN'S CAY, Tortola, VI- Reports circulating on social media today, March 19, 2021, of at least two bodies found floating at Frenchman's Cay in West End have been confirmed as false.

December 11th, 2020
BVI News accused of misrepresenting statements by Health Minister

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Local online news, BVI News, has been accused of misrepresenting recent statements made by Minister for Health and Social Development, Hon Carvin Malone (AL).

August 25th, 2020
RVIPF debunks reports of illegal entry @ VG & Beef Island as ‘false alarms’

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Reports circulating on social media of persons suspected of entering the Territory illegally at Savannah Bay on Virgin Gorda and Trellis Bay on Beef Island have been labeled as ‘false alarms’ by the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF).

July 4th, 2020
Premier hints @ 'media conspiracy' to discredit VIP Gov't

DUFFS BOTTOM, Tortola, VI - Premier and Minister of Finance, Hon Andrew A. Fahie (R1) has hinted at a conspiracy by some sectors of the VI media to discredit him and the Virgin Islands Party (VIP) Government as they execute their duties and make legislative changes.

July 3rd, 2020
Fake News! Hon Fahie debunks article on crypto currency wealth loophole

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Virgin Islands Premier and Minister of Finance, Hon Andrew A. Fahie (R1) yesterday, July 2, 2020, found himself to be a target of an online phishing campaign designed to get Virgin Islanders to make investments into offshore businesses, including a bakery and the cryptocurrency market.

June 28th, 2020
Fake News! 2 returning locals test negative for COVID-19

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Contrary to reports erroneously published by BVI News on June 27, 2020, that two returning nationals were COVID-19 positive, Deputy Premier and Minister for Health and Social Development, Honourable Carvin Malone (AL) has said the two persons have both tested negative for the virus but are still undergoing the mandatory 14-day quarantine.

May 21st, 2020
Fake News! Ex Tourism Director was NOT escorted by Police

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Our news centre, well established for its accuracy, has investigated reports and headlines circulating in social media and some in the local press fraternity that the former Director of the BVI Tourist Board (BVITB), Mrs Sharon P. Flax-Brutus, was escorted out of the Tourist Board Office by Police. That information has been found to be false and misleading.

March 20th, 2020
Fake News! WhatsApp message circulating that VI confirms case of COVID-19

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- A WhatsApp message stating that local radio station ZBVI 780 AM has announced that the Virgin Islands has recorded its first confirmed case of Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) has been deemed as ‘fake news’.

November 13th, 2017
Premier scoffs & labels ‘Fake News’ report that Gov Jaspert is a hero

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Premier and Minister of Finance Dr The Honourable D. Orlando Smith (AL) today November 13, 2017 in the House of Assembly, while responding to a question from Opposition Member Hon Julian Fraser RA (R3), called reports written in the international media that Governor Augustus J. U. Jaspert was hailed as a hero, Fake News.

April 27th, 2017
UNICEF report 'Fake News' – Rhodni A. Skelton

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – At least one Virgin Islander, Rhodni A. Skelton, has publicly challenged the published United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) report of 2016, calling it 'Fake News'.

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