10 February 2018 - two people are gunned down in a double murder, the Territory's first of the year.[3]
19 February 2018 - Deputy Premier Kedrick Pickering announces the Government is actively considering legalising medical marijuana.[4]
17–28 February 2018 - a rapid succession of shooting incidents occur in Tortola, including one fatality.[5][6]
March
1 March 2018 - David Archer succeeds Rosalie Adams as Deputy Governor.[7]
28 March 2018 - After a threatened "backbencher revolt", the House of Assembly passes the Virgin Islands Recovery and Development Agency Bill, paving the way for £300 million in loan guarantees from the United Kingdom to assist rebuilding after Hurricane Irma.[8]
1 May 2018 - The United Kingdom House of Commons votes in favour of an amendment to the Sanctions and Anti-money Laundering Act 2018 mandating public registers of beneficial ownership in all British Overseas Territories by 31 December 2020.[11]
24 May 2018 - A public rally - the "Decision March" - protests against the British Parliament's decision to unilaterally impose legislative changes on the Territory.[12] Opposition leader Andrew Fahie called for an immediate constitutional review,[13] and Deputy Premier Kedrick Pickering referred to "entering a divorce" with the United Kingdom.[14]
25 May 2018 - The immigration department announces that the population of the Territory has dropped by approximately 11% since Hurricanes Irma and Maria struck the previous year.[15]
30 May 2018 - The Territory is plagued by Sargassum blooms.[16]
June
8 June 2018 - A march organised to protest against the incumbent Government attracts fewer than 50 demonstrators.[17]
19 June 2018 - Premier Orlando Smith announces he will be stepping down.[18]
29 June 2018 - A judge rejects the extradition of Bob Hodge and Tico Harrigan, overturning a previous ruling.[21] The extradition proceedings have now been ongoing for nearly a decade.
July
18 July 2018 - One person is killed in a plane crash taking off from Beef Island airport.[22]
10 August 2018 - A man is gunned down in Purcell Estate, the Territory's fourth murder of the year.[25]
19 August 2018 - A 3.2 magnitudeearthquake is felt in the Territory, the third minor earthquake in the past five months. No damage or injuries ar reported.[26]
24 August 2018 - House of Assembly member Julian Fraser launches a new political party, the Progressives United.[27]
September
10 September 2018 - The Financial Services Commission publishes statistics for Q1 2018, which should a 12% jump in company incorporation rates.[28]
12 September 2018 - A 4.3 magnitudeearthquake is felt in the Territory, the fourth minor earthquake in the past six months. No damage or injuries ar reported.[29]
October
11 October 2018 - The Royal Virgin Islands Police Force issued a report indicating that crime had fallen 23% over a 5-year period. The report also indicated that during 2017 (the year of Hurricane Irma), crime fell by 8% despite the widespread perception of a spike in criminal activity during that period.[30]
22 October 2018 - Two people are murdered in separate, but possibly connected, incidents. They are the fifth and sixth murders in the Territory during the year.[31]
November
3 November 2018 - Another minor earthquake affects the Territory,[32] the fifth of the year.
19 November 2018 - Ronnie Skelton is fired as Minister for Health after stating proposals to form a rival party to the Government.[33]
26 November 2018 - An explosion leads a massive fire at the Pockwood Pond incinerator.[34]
December
7 December 2018 - A new party, the Progressive Virgin Islands Movement (PVIM) launches under the leadership of former Cabinet Minister, Ronnie Skelton.[35]
22 December 2018 - Ronnie Skelton is officially appointed as the Leader of the Opposition, by virtue of leading an opposition party with three sitting members of the House of Assembly.[36]
^"Gunmen target home in Belle Vue last night — police". BVI News. 21 February 2018. There has been a series of gun crimes in the territory since the start of the year. There were at least three reported shootings over the weekend. There was also a double murder and a spate of other shootings in previous weeks.
†Physiographically, these continental islands are not part of the volcanic Windward Islands arc, although sometimes grouped with them culturally and politically.
#Bermuda is an isolated North Atlanticoceanic island, physiographically not part of the Lucayan Archipelago, Antilles, Caribbean Sea nor North American continental nor South American continental islands. It is grouped with the Northern American region, but occasionally also with the Caribbean region culturally.
