British Virgin Islands

Prev    Next  Unstable weather conditions affecting the BVI Tuesday, May 5, 2009 TORTOLA, BVI -- The British Virgin Islands experienced heavy showers during the early part of Monday morning. This was due to a mid to upper level trough combined with existing tropical moisture. These conditions are expected to persist for the next few days and the potential for showers and thunderstorms is likely. read more... BVI hosting trust conference in Puerto Rico next week Saturday, May 2, 2009 ROAD TOWN, BVI -- The British Virgin Islands is hosting this year's Caribbean Conference for the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners in Puerto Rico next week. The Conference has become the leading international forum for discussion, networking and learning for the offshore financial services industry. read more... Higher swine flu alert sees change in clearance procedures in BVI Friday, May 1, 2009 ROADTOWN, BVI -- New customs clearance procedures will be implemented from this Friday, in the British Virgin Islands' ongoing quest to strengthen its effort to mitigate the impact of the Swine Flu (H1N1) virus on the Territory. Visitors who fail to comply with the new procedures may be charged with illegal entry. read more... Commonwealth Human Rghts Coordinator to hold talks in BVI Thursday, April 30, 2009 ROARDTOWN, BVI -- The Commonwealth Foundation's Human Rights Coordinator for the Caribbean Region, Marilyn Conolly, will visit the British Virgin Islands on Thursday and Friday, During her visit she will hold discussions with several affiliated departments and stakeholders including the Attorney General. read more... BVI passes record $279 million budget despite economic downturn Thursday, April 30, 2009 ROAD TOWN, BVI -- The British Virgin Islands House of Assembly has passed a record  $279,841,000 budget after four weeks of intensive deliberation at Standing Finance Committee and two days of debate in the House. Government's projected revenue for 2009 is $279,841,000. read more... Virgin Islands under no apparent threat from potential Guadeloupe tsunami Friday, April 24, 2009 ROAD TOWN, BVI -- An article published in the recent EOS Journal by UK scientists stated that “the volcano Morne aux Diables on Dominica’s Northern coast displays evidence of slope instability.” Dr Richard Teeuw of the University of Portsmouth, indicated that it is only a matter of time before this event occurs. read more... Bahamas-inspired environmental case comes to trial in BVI Wednesday, April 22, 2009 ROAD TOWN, BVI -- A landmark environmental case in the British Virgin Islands, that was inspired in part by the Save the Guana Cay Reef action in the Bahamas, will be heard in the British Virgin Islands High Court from 27th - 29th April 2009.The case is being fought by the Virgin Islands Environmental Council (VIEC). read more... Greenland agreements by Caribbean offshore centres mock G20 Monday, April 20, 2009 ZURICH, Switzerland (Reuters) -- Offshore centres are rushing to sign data exchange tax deals with small Nordic countries such as Greenland to be taken off a "grey" list of tax havens, making a mockery of a G20 bid to clamp down on evasion, campaigners said. The G20 summit named 40 or so countries. read more... BVI participates in regional pandemic simulation exercise Saturday, April 18, 2009 TORTOLA, BVI -- The Humanitarian Allied Forces, with support from the United States Army Southern Command in coordination with Caribbean Disaster Emergency Response Agency and others, executed a regional exercise today for the Pandemic Influenza in the Caribbean and Central America. read more... Airlift between Virgin Islands and St Kitts-Nevis raises concern Thursday, April 16, 2009 BASSETERRE, St Kitts (CUOPM) -- The difficulty in getting to St Kitts and Nevis from the British Virgin Islands and the United States Virgin Islands has been raised by a national residing in Virgin Gorda. A male caller to “Ask the Prime Minister,” said he had just returned to St Kitts and how difficult it was. read more... World class commercial court for Eastern Caribbean Monday, April 13, 2009 ROAD TOWN, BVI: The Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court (ECSC) is to get a world class commercial court within the next two months. A highly experienced Queen's Counsel has been appointed to preside over the court, and the building that will house the court will be completed early June. read more... British minister concludes BVI visit Friday, April 10, 2009 ROAD TOWN, BVI: Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at Britain’s Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) with responsibility for the Overseas Territories, Gillian Merron, has concluded her two day visit to the British Virgin Islands and issued a statement on Thursday before her departure. read more... British overseas territories minister in BVI for talks Thursday, April 9, 2009 ROAD TOWN, BVI: Gillian Merron, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at Britain’s Foreign and Commonwealth Office with responsibility for the Overseas Territories is visiting the British Virgin Islands for talks with Premier Ralph O’Neal, Deputy Premier Dancia Penn, and other ministers of government. read more... BVI Premier issues statement on G20 meeting Monday, April 6, 2009 ROAD TOWN, BVI: British Virgin Islands Premier, Ralph O'Neal, has issued a lengthy statement on the G20 Summit and an Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Progress Report. The G20 conference decided to take action against non-co-cooperative jurisdictions. read more... OECS member states discuss new harmonisation legislation Friday, April 3, 2009 ROAD TOWN, BVI: Nine Eastern Caribbean states and territories are incorporated in the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court (ECSC), and the governments want to ensure that laws and regulations for these territories are harmonised. Attorneys general for six countries and territories met recently in St Lucia read more... BVI Disaster Management concludes LANTEX simulation drill Friday, April 3, 2009 TORTOLA, BVI: First responders along with public and private sector agencies completed the LANTEX (North Atlantic Tsunami Exercise) drill on Thursday. The British Virgin Islands was one of many disaster management agencies along the Atlantic Coast that participated in the earthquake and tsunami exercise. read more... Top European Commission official visits BVI on Wednesday Tuesday, March 31, 2009 ROAD TOWN, BVI: The Directorate General for Development of the European Commission, Lut Fabert, will visit Tortola, British Virgin Islands, on Wednesday for discussions on a wide range of matters including financial services and tourism. Fabert will meet Premier Ralph O'Neal and Deputy Premier Dancia Penn. read more... Net News Group signs on as contributor to McClatchy-Tribune Information Services Saturday, March 28, 2009 GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands: The Net News Group (NNG), a widely-read media publishing and communications company based in the Cayman Islands, has established a contributor partnership with McClatchy-Tribune Information Services (MCT), one of the largest media groups in the United States. read more... BVI welcomes adoption of OECD principles by other countries Wednesday, March 25, 2009 ROAD TOWN, BVI: British Virgin Islands Premier Ralph O’Neal has welcomed statements from other offshore financial centres adopting the principles and standards of exchange of information and transparency of the Organisation of Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). read more... British minister to visit BVI early next month Tuesday, March 24, 2009 ROAD TOWN, BVI: The British Virgin Islands will be visited by British Foreign and Commonwealth Office Minister Gillian Merron early next month. Merron, who was appointed to oversee all British Overseas Dependent Territories less than six months ago, will visit the BVI from April 7 to 9. read more... BVI Premier welcomes UK financial team Tuesday, March 24, 2009 TORTOLA, BVI: British Virgin Islands Premier, Ralph O'Neal has welcomed the Head of the UK Government Independent Review of British Offshore Financial Centres, Michael Foot ,and his team from the UK Treasury. The team is in the territory to hear first-hand the BVI government's views on the review. read more... New airline service for 12 Caribbean countries Tuesday, March 24, 2009 GEORGETOWN, Guyana: A new airline is expected to serve 12 Caribbean countries from next month. The airline intends to use the Fairchild Dornier 328 jet, the world's first 32-seat regional jet. A regional jet is a short-haul, turbofan-powered aircraft used for commuter flights and means shorter flight times. read more... British financial officials in the region for talks with dependent territories Saturday, March 21, 2009 HAMILTON, Bermuda: The Head of the United Kingdom Government Independent Review of British Offshore Financial Centres, Michael Foot, and his team from the UK Treasury are now in the region visiting some of the Overseas Territories.  The team has already visited the Cayman Islands. read more... Five Caribbean islands and Bermuda in top 10 luxury islands Saturday, March 14, 2009 SYDNEY, Australia (Reuters): While city breaks, country retreats and resort getaways are all well and good, nothing beats the decadence of escaping to a luxury island. Men's website Askmen.com has come up with a list of its Top 10 Luxury Islands, which includes five Caribbean islands and Bermuda. read more... BVI hedge funds accuse Cayman fund of $2.7 million fraud Saturday, March 14, 2009 MIAMI, USA: Two Tradex Global hedge funds located in the British Virgin Islands and their trading advisor, Tradex Global Advisors, based in Connecticut, have accused a Cayman Islands fund and its associates of a $2.75 million securities fraud and misrepresentation of their activities and capacity to make profits. read more... BVI Premier presents $279.8 million budget Friday, February 27, 2009 ROAD TOWN, BVI: British Virgin Islands Premier Ralph O'Neal on Thursday afternoon presented the territory's budget for 2009.  The projected revenue as outlined by O'Neal is $279,841,000 and its operational expenses are $252,485.400. The Development Fund allocation is $23,875,600. read more... BVI artist and cultural ambassador honoured at Caribbean Arts & Crafts Festival Thursday, February 26, 2009 ROAD TOWN, BVI: Reuben Vanterpool is being honoured this year at the Caribbean Arts and Crafts Festival held in the British Virgin Islands, for the significant impact he has had on the British Virgin Islands and Caribbean art scene and for his contributions in raising awareness of local culture on the Island. read more... Knowledge of BVI will be a requirement for belonger status Tuesday, February 24, 2009 ROAD TOWN, BVI: It will soon be a requirement that before an applicant can become a Belonger of the British Virgin Islands (BVI) he or she must have a fair knowledge of the territory. Premier Ralph O'Neal made the announcement at last Friday's presentation of certificates to new belongers. read more... Sands runs Bahamian record in Ghent Thursday, February 12, 2009 GHENT, Belgium: Shamar Sands set a new Bahamian record for the 60-metres hurdles during the KBC Indoor meeting, an IAAF Indoor Permit event held in Ghent, Belgium on Sunday evening. Also recording victories at the meeting were veteran sprinter Chandra Sturrup of Bahamas and Cuba’s Misleidis González. read more... Digicel announces sponsorship of BVI National Cricket League Wednesday, February 4, 2009 ROAD TOWN, BVI: Digicel on Tuesday signed an agreement with the British Virgin Islands Cricket Association to sponsor the national cricket tournament for the next three years in the first instance. The contract, valued at close to $40,000, was signed by Digicel’s Chief Executive Officer Alan Bates. read more... BVI regulator accused local trust company of providing 'false and misleading information' Tuesday, February 3, 2009 MIAMI, USA: Financial newsletter OffshoreAlert has reported that the local financial services regulator in the British Virgin Islands, the British Virgin Islands Financial Services Commission accused locally-based trust company Commonwealth Trust Limited of providing “false and misleading information". read more... BVI appoints first Complaints Commissioner Tuesday, February 3, 2009 ROAD TOWN, BVI: The British Virgin Islands has appointed its first Complaints Commissioner, known as Ombudsman, at a ceremony which was attended by the territory's Governor, David Pearey, and Premier Ralph O'Neal. Both the Governor and the Premier praised the appointee, Elton Georges. read more... BVI conducts health risk factor survey Saturday, January 31, 2009 ROAD TOWN, BVI: A survey to learn about the incidence of risk factors associated with cancers, diabetes, high blood pressure, heart disease and other forms of chronic non-communicable diseases will be conducted in the British Virgin Islands for six weeks beginning on Monday. read more... BVI financial services chief warns about problems facing offshore centres Friday, January 30, 2009 ROAD TOWN, BVI: The Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the British Virgin Islands Financial Services Commission, Robert Mathavious, spoke about the problems facing the financial services sector. Mathavious is regarded as one of the leading financial services specialists in the Caribbean. read more... BVI reaches significant milestone in civil aviation development Thursday, January 29, 2009 ROAD TOWN, BVI: VI Air Link, an air transportation company owned and operated by Captain Neville Brathwaite Jr, became the first commercial aircraft to be added to the British Virgin Islands (UK) Aircraft Register since the Territory achieved Category One status under the FAA Programme. read more... OECS secretariat receives Spain's Permanent Representative Monday, January 26, 2009 CASTRIES, St Lucia: The OECS Secretariat, on Wednesday January 21 received Jesus Silva as the Permanent Representative of Spain to the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States. In the first ever ceremony of its kind held at the OECS Secretariat, Ambassador Silva presented his letters of credence. read more... BVI bar will support legislation to regulate legal profession Thursday, January 22, 2009 ROAD TOWN, BVI: Any legislation that is enacted to guide and regulate the legal profession in the British Virgin Islands will be supported by the BVI Bar Association. Minister of Education, Andrew Fahie said he has been speaking with the Attorney General to formulate legislation. read more... Coast Guard suspends search for 12 missing Haitian migrants Thursday, January 22, 2009 SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico: The Coast Guard suspended its search Wednesday for 12 Haitian migrants who went missing Monday in the waters off the British Virgin Islands. Still missing are seven men, two women and three children, who reportedly were part of a group of migrants traveling from the Island of St Maarten. read more... Coast Guard searches for Haitian migrants in BVI waters Tuesday, January 20, 2009 SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico: Coast Guard rescue crews continue searching on Tuesday for 10 Haitian migrants in British Virgin Islands waters, after their grossly overloaded vessel collided with shoal water on Monday evening and broke apart throwing all the passengers on board into the water. read more... Pathologist says no foul play connected to bodies found in BVI Friday, January 16, 2009 ROAD TOWN, BVI: A pathologist from the US Virgin Islands who conducted autopsies on four bodies that were washed up on the shores on Salt Island in the British Virgin Islands has confirmed that there was no foul play. The four bodies, believed to be Haitian migrants, were found washed up on the shoreline. read more... Prev    Next

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