Local authors Donald de Castro and Nurse Diana Stewart-Walker have recently published books which are now available for sale in stores around the Territory.

The BVI community gathered on Wednesday, January 1 for a “Time of Prayer and Praise” at the Queen Elizabeth II Park. 

On December 2, BVI House Asia hosted an in-house visit by the BVI’s Mrs. Globe International Pageant delegation, led by former Mrs. BVI Globe Alicia Green now BVI Director, as they transited to mainland China through the city of Hong Kong to attend the competition. Mrs. British Virgin Islands, Shondrea N. Turnbull, is representing the BVI in the 2019 edition of the Mrs. Globe International Pageant (November 29-December 7), hosted by the Southern Chinese tech-city of Shenzhen. The delegation, comprised of friends, family, and government officials travelled to China in support of Shondrea’s bid for the crown.

Dr. Katherine Smith has been appointed as Director in the Department of Culture effective December 2.

Sunday, 24^th November marked 70 years since the people of the Virgin Islands, our fore-parents marched through the streets of Road Town, in what we now refer to as THE GREAT MARCH OF 1949.

Faulkner at the Front - The Demonstration of 1949: Its Beginning, Golden Jubilee and Implications

Today,  I give God thanks for another beautiful Sunday as I continue to reflect on the Territory’s Budget Address given on 19th November, 2019 titled Transformation for Resilience and Sustainability: SMART strategies, Empowered People, and Green Development.

Local Author Lenore Liburd,in collaboration with the Department of Culture, is inviting the public to the official book launch ceremony for “Second Chance at Love” on Friday, November 22 at the Village Cay Conference Room at 5:00 p.m.

The Virgin Gorda plantation era grave site will receive a face lift following the donation of funds to the British Virgin Islands Tourist Board.

This week the Territory is celebrating Virgin Islands Culture Week under the theme, “Revitalising Virgin Islands Culture as we Celebrate 25 Years”.