News
Road Town Partnership comes to the public July 2
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The Road Town Partnership (RTP) moves into the public consultation phase beginning July 2, 2025.
BVI Hong Kong Office & WINBVI launch scholarship partnership
HONG KONG, China- Women in Need BVI (WINBVI) and the BVI Hong Kong Office have entered into a partnership for a scholarship programme.
CIBC staff donate 2024 hurricane provisions to FSN
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- CIBC Caribbean donated dry goods to the Family Support Network (FSN) on Tuesday, January 21, 2025.
UK Labour Gov’t can mend fences with Caribbean territories
E. Benito Wheatley
The Labour Party's landslide victory at the polls presents a fresh opportunity for the United Kingdom to establish a genuine modern partnership with the Overseas Territories (OTs) after 14 years of Conservative Party rule in which the relationship with the Territories was severely strained by heavy-handed UK Government policies and actions that smacked of colonialism, particularly in the Caribbean where Anguilla, Bermuda, Virgin Islands, Cayman, Montserrat and Turks and Caicos Islands.
BVI Yachting Hotel & Tourism Association forges strategic alliance with Gov’t
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Demonstrating their shared resolve towards advancing the Virgin Islands' tourism product, the BVI Yachting, Hotel and Tourism Association (BVIYHTA), and Premier Dr the Honourable Natalio D. Wheatley (R7) held dialogues on advancing the industry.
'We wish for partnership, not a confrontation' with UK– Premier Wheatley
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI– The relationship between the [British] Virgin Islands and the United Kingdom Government is at another crossroads, with the unelected governor John J. Rankin, CMG requesting additional powers that could infringe on democracy in the territory.
British OTs, UK Gov’t agree to a more collaborative ‘modern partnership’
LONDON, UK – The British Overseas territories (OTs) of Anguilla, Ascension, Bermuda, [British] Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Falkland Islands, Gibraltar, Montserrat, Pitcairn Islands, St Helena, Tristan da Cunha, and Turks and Caicos Islands, along with the Government of the United Kingdom, have agreed to a Joint Declaration for a more collaborative and ‘modern partnership’ between the two.
It's time to think about our ‘self-determination & our freedom’- Willock
SEA COWS BAY, Tortola, VI- As the people of the [British] Virgin Islands (VI) observe this year’s Emancipation activities–marking the abolishment of slavery–former Speaker of the House of Assembly (HoA) Mr Julian Willock believes the time is right to seriously reconsider “self-Determination” and ultimately “freedom” from the United Kingdom (UK).
UNDP Head visits VI
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Limya Eltayeb, Resident Representative (RR) for the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean Multi-Country Office (MCO) recently wrapped up a 3-day visit to the [British] Virgin Islands (VI).
WINAIR enters into partnership with JetBlue
SIMPSON BAY, St Maarten– WINAIR, which serves the [British] Virgin Islands and other destinations in the region, has announced it has entered into an interline agreement with US-based JetBlue.

