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August 24th, 2023
Customer Service Care Centre relocates to Burhym Building

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The Customer Service Care Centre has fully relocated to the first floor of the Burhym Building on De Castro Street in Road Town.

July 31st, 2023
Long Swamp Library moving to Major Bay in East End

MAJOR BAY, Tortola, VI- Librarian Ms Suzanne Greenaway has said the new location of the public library at Major Bay in East End will allow for improved space and an expansion of the services offered to the public.

July 31st, 2022
ASPS students to be housed @ Enis Adams & Francis Lettsome schools- Hon de Castro

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Students of the Althea Scatliffe Primary School will mainly be temporarily housed at Enis Adams Primary School in Meyers Estate and Francis Lettsome Primary School in Greenland, while the school building remains shut due to safety concerns.

June 9th, 2021
Domestic ferry operations return to RT Jetty on Sunday, June 13, 2021- BVIPA

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Domestic passenger ferry operations, currently relocated to the Cyril B. Romney Tortola Pier Park, will return to the Road Town Jetty this weekend, the BVI Ports Authority (BVIPA) has said.

October 24th, 2020
Change of plans: New JvD Primary to be located on the ‘hillside’– Dr the Hon Wheatley

GREAT HARBOUR, Jost van Dyke, VI- Minister for Education Culture, Youth Affairs, Fisheries, and Agriculture, Dr the Honourable Natalio D. Wheatley (D7) has announced that there has been a change of plans which will see the new Jost van Dyke Primary school constructed on the hillside.

March 10th, 2020
Eslyn Henley Richez Learning Centre to swap land with Magistrate’s Court

PARAQUITA BAY, Tortola, VI- Minister for Education, Culture, Youth Affairs, Fisheries and Agriculture, Dr the Honourable Natalio D. Wheatley (R7) has revealed that the Eslyn Henley Richez Learning Centre, which was destroyed by the hurricanes of 2017, will be rebuilt on land occupied by the Magistrate’s Court.

February 20th, 2020
Where are the walk-in freezers for Fishing Complex?- Opposition wants to know

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- With allegations being peddled by the Opposition that the freezers for the BVI Fishing Complex have been given away, the whereabouts of the equipment will be asked at the Fifth Sitting of the Second Session of the Fourth House of Assembly of the Virgin Islands today, February 20, 2020.

December 10th, 2019
This year may have been the last Christmas on De Castro Street!

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- After a few years on DeCastro Street in Road Town, Tortola, the annual cultural showcase currently known as ‘Christmas on DeCastro Street’ is facing a venue shift. The event was formally known as Christmas on Main Street, until it was relocated to DeCastro Street some three years ago.

October 31st, 2019
Josiah’s Bay resident: ‘I don’t want any animal shelter next to me’

JOSIAH'S BAY, Tortola, VI- A Josiah’s Bay resident is mulling initiating a petition to prevent the Humane Society of the BVI from moving next door.

December 11th, 2016
Funds needed to consider relocating Xmas on DeCastro St- City Manager

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- While moving the annual Christmas on DeCastro Street is not a farfetched concept, City Manager Janice Brathwaite-Edwards says some funds will be needed to be injected into the event for it to be considered.

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