Yvonne E. Milliner Brown Bowsky CHARLOTTE AMALIE — It is with profound sorrow that we inform the Virgin Islands community of the sudden passing of our beloved Mrs. Yvonne E. Milliner Brown…
Category: British Virgin Islands News
ONE LOVE? BVI’s ‘Green’ Tourism Campaign Is Making People Red In The Face
ROAD TOWN, Tortola — A change in the British Virgin Islands’ tourism slogan is starting to stir up controversy there. The BVI used to bill itself as “Nature’s Little Secrets.” But the…
Antigua Says It Is Willing To Help UK Seize Abramovich Yachts
ST. JOHN’S — Antigua and Barbuda is willing to help Britain seize yachts owned by sanctioned Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich, the Caribbean nation said on Friday, adding London must seek such assistance…
Expert Weighs In On BVI’s ‘Perception of Corruption’ Problem With Offshore Accounts
ROAD TOWN, Tortola — International expert on governance Carlyle Corbin will make an official presentation of the independent self-governance assessment of the British Virgin Islands in an interview today. Permanent Secretary in…
C&W Brings Paramount+ To 15 New Markets In The Caribbean
BRIDGETOWN — Paramount+, the SVoD service from Paramount, has announced an alliance with C&W Communications, the communications and entertainment provider in the Caribbean, to bring its content exclusively to subscribers of Flow…
Puerto Rico Says It Made Putin’s List of ‘Unfriendly Countries’ … BVI, Too
MIAMI — A Miami Herald columnist is reporting this morning that no “Latin American” country has made Putin’s list of “unfriendly countries.” Puerto Rico is a territory of the United States, so…
12 of 22 Countries CDC Says To Avoid Are In The Caribbean As COVID Crimps Travel
ROAD TOWN, Tortola — Some 12 of the 22 countries the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warn travelers to avoid are in the Caribbean The Caribbean has also had the steepest…
Bahamas, Sint Maarten and BVI Are Countries CDC Says To Avoid For COVID-19
ROAD TOWN, Tortola — More than 100 countries are on U.S. federal health officials’ list of destinations to avoid because of a high risk of COVID-19, including Australia, Israel, the Bahamas and the British Virgin Islands. With 42…
Coast Guard Rescues 3 Dutch And 1 French Boater Adrift for Three Days Near BVI
CHARLOTTE AMALIE, Saint Thomas — U.S. Coast Guard crews and British Virgin Islands authorities rescued four men from a disabled vessel that was adrift for three days near the British Virgin Islands….
3 BVIslanders And 1 Dominican Caught With 1,470 Pounds Of Cocaine At Sea
CHRISTIANSTED — A federal joint task force including U.S. Customs agents seized more than $20 million worth of cocaine after it intercepted a smuggling speedboat near St. Croix this weekend. “Transnational criminal…