The BVI Tourist Board is challenging primary and secondary students territory-wide to put their best “sustainable foot” forward in a Trash to Treasure competition for tourism in the British Virgin Islands. Launching on the 20th February, the initiative is designed to foster interest and build awareness for the environment; stimulate activity ...

The Territory’s leader is making an appeal to restaurateurs to support local farmers and highlight on their menus the word ‘fresh’ and ‘local’ to assist with boosting the British Virgin Islands’  tourism product. Premier Dr. D Orlando Smith, who also holds the portfolio of Finance and Tourism Minister, was at the time ...

The world-renown and award-winning Corky Siegel will make a much anticipated return appearance in a chamber blues performance at the Eileene L. Parsons Auditorium, H. Lavity Stout Community College on Saturday 25 at 8:00 p.m. A composer, blues pianist and singer/songwriter, Siegel has earned an international reputation as one of the ...

International offshore law firm Harneys reaffirmed its commitment to the British Virgin Islands at a reception Wednesday evening to launch British Virgin Islands Commercial Law, the first and only textbook focussing exclusively on BVI law and practice. Addressing an audience of senior representatives from the public and private sectors Global ...

A detailed article entitled “Guana Island: Paradise Found,” tagged the BVI’s Guana Island as a must-visit destination. This article was published by author, Bob Taylor on the 6th of February on The Washington Times website. It deemed the small island in the BVI as a traveller’s paradise, highlighting many aspects of ...

A research essay by an H. Lavity Stoutt Community College Lecturer has been featured in a recent major publication on Caribbean history and culture. The publication, “Readings in Caribbean History and Culture: Breaking Ground,” features an essay by Dennis Gill, Lecturer in the Humanities, Social Sciences and Communications Department at HLSCC. A ...

“The Virgin Islands have a thriving tourism industry, and I am sure that we will recognise that this provides for us a ready market for home grown agricultural products…we have many opportunities that we can access and we need to exploit these opportunities,” declared Minister for Natural Resources and Labour, ...

Farmers’ Week celebrations are in full swing as residents continue to support the activities throughout the week on the sister islands. At agricultural exhibitions on Anegada and Jost Van Dyke held on February 13 and 14 respectively, Chief Agricultural Officer Bevin Braithwaite expressed how overwhelmed he was with the numbers that ...

When he would return to visit his father in St. Croix, Linval Joseph and his brother, Isaac, would make a makeshift basketball hoop out of a piece of board and a milk crate, attaching it to a telephone pole. Growing up in St. Croix, the Joseph boys would have to be ...

Complement of Dwight Pickering, a farmer, Premier Dr. D Orlando Smith now grows his own cucumbers, lettuce and tomatoes in his kitchen garden. Speaking at the opening of Farmers Week on February 10 at Paraquita Bay Hon. Smith revealed to the audience that the fresh vegetables given to him by Pickering ...

Beyonce and Jay-Z, the proud parents of their baby, Blue Ivy Carter posted over the weekend a series of intimate pictures with portraits of their beloved baby daughter, Blue Ivy Carter who was born just over 4 weeks ago. The megastar couple decided to publish Baby Blue Ivy Carter photos at ...

Two days to go before Valentine’s Day - February 14 -  and the question is have you chosen your gift for that special one? Hmmm if not many of the stores in Road Town and the outskirts have a wide variety of items from roses to jewellery to chose from. Let’s not ...

Whitney Houston, who ruled as pop music's queen until her majestic voice and regal image were ravaged by drug use, erratic behavior and a tumultuous marriage to singer Bobby Brown, died Saturday. She was 48. The 48-year-old singer died Saturday on the eve of the Grammy Awards. She had been expected ...

Hundreds turned out today to witness and celebrate the opening of Farmers’ Week 2012 where Deputy Premier and Minister for Natural Resources and Labour Dr. Kedrick Pickering spoke highly of the farming community and applauded them for their efforts over the years. Reminiscing on the past the minister recalls, “Over the ...

Minister for Communications and Works Hon. Mark Vanterpool, who is responsible for ports, presented a plaque in honour of the occasion on behalf of the Premier and Minister for Tourism, Dr. D. Orlando Smith, OBE. The minister welcomed the captain and his crew and invited them to make more calls to ...