PRESS RELEASE – The Government of the Virgin Islands is making strides towards strengthening service delivery and increasing healthcare access. To this end, a training workshop on WISN (Workload Indicator of Staffing Needs) was held from March 14 to17 for […]
Archive for March, 2017
Social workers told: Children abused behind your backs
Delores Christopher has told social workers to become more creative in exercising vigilance, adding that as parents and guardians have been abusing children behind social workers’ backs. As such, the government lawmaker said she wants social workers to habitually pay […]
Mitch blasts governor: Nobody elected him!
Melvin ‘Mitch’ Turnbull, who is a first-term member of the House of Assembly, yesterday blasted Governor John Duncan for using constitutional powers to force Government to allocate an additional $800,000 to the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF). The government […]
BVI seeks way around Brexit at Brussels meeting
The British Virgin Islands (BVI) said it has engaged stakeholders in Brussels on an alternative relationship between the territory and the European Union (EU) after Brexit. Brexit effectively is the United Kingdom’s departure from the EU. On March 13, BVI […]
Inmate reprimanded moments before death
BVI News Online has been informed that, moments before US Virgin Islands native Treh Williams was found hanging in his cell at Her Majesty’s Prison, he was refusing to eat, and was reprimanded for not obeying certain instructions. Reports from […]
Arch rivals clash over who ‘wasted’ public funds
Leader of the Opposition Andrew Fahie is likely to be investigated for more than $600,000 that was spent on a study to test the feasibility of establishing a medical school in the British Virgin Islands while he served as minister […]
Fahie wants special law, incentive to protect CCT
Leader of the Opposition Andrew Fahie said the government and its Telecommunications Regulatory Commission (TRC) should formulate regulations and legislation to protect local companies, adding that a special incentive should be provided to the only telecom company that is fully […]
Lawmakers bemoan murders: Prayer needed daily
With three murders reported in the British Virgin Islands since the start of the year, some government lawmakers yesterday suggested that something is amiss, adding that divine intervention is now needed more than ever. Representative of the Sixth Electoral District […]
3 investors knocking; education board approved
While successfully seeking approval to appoint a board to start regulating tertiary education locally, Minister of Education Myron Walwyn yesterday announced that at least three investors already are seeking to operate territory institutions in the British Virgin Islands. “We have […]
Booths are to be Registered for Virgin Gorda Festival
PRESS RELEASE – Food vendors and businesses participating in the upcoming Virgin Gorda Easter Festival are to register their booths by March 31. Acting Chief Environmental Health Officer, Mrs. Yolanda Penn said this notice applies to all stalls and vending […]