By Shaina Smith, Contributor When you think about the increase in the cost of living in the Virgin Islands over the past 10 to 15 years for basic necessities such as food, clothing, shelter and transportation, there is reason for […]
Archive for January, 2019
Discussions on local sports development come to forefront on Thursday
Representatives from the Progressive Virgin Islands Movement as well as the Virgin Islands Party and the National Democratic Party will be featured on public radio this Thursday for what is being said to be a two-hour special on the local […]
Accused cop seen leaving police station with evidence bag, court hears
Pamphill Prevost — one of the three interdicted police officers currently on trial in relation to allegations of conspiracy to steal — was seen leaving the precinct of the Road Town Police Station with an evidence bag, the High Court […]
NDP launches app ahead of elections
The National Democratic Party (NDP) has upped the ante on the campaign trail with the launch of an app ahead of the February 25 general elections. The app gives insight on the 11-member team (individually and as a group) and […]
We don’t need to pay others to market BVI, use local scholarship recipients — Scatliffe
Tourism stakeholder and Progressive Virgin Islands Movement (PVIM) candidate for District Four, Karl Scatliffe, believes there is a more effective way of promoting the British Virgin Islands than the strategies currently being used. With a number of local students benefitting […]
Ministry runs out of $$ to complete Anegada road repairs, awaits next budget
As the election seasons heats up, road improvement projects on Anegada are now halfway complete but have reached a standstill because the Ministry of Public Works has run out of funds to continue. Permanent Secretary in the ministry Anthony McMaster told […]
Audit them! Fahie promises to probe post-hurricane insurance ‘scams’
The so-called questionable insurance payouts local insurers gave to property owners after the September 2017 hurricanes are to be assessed if the Virgin Islands Party (VIP) becomes the next government, party chairman Andrew Fahie has said. While speaking at a VIP […]
BVI takes overall victory in pre-election races on Sunday
MOONLIGHT BANDIT captured a stunning victory in the feature event of Sunday’s pre-election day races to win a lofty $8,000 cash prize and bragging rights for Top Priority Racing Stables of Tortola, British Virgin Islands. The BVI emerged overall winners […]
COMMENTARY: Demographic politics and the BVI
By Dickson Igwe, Contributor The Virgin Islands population mix, demographic, and migration pattern matrix, and how it responds to Julius Caesar’s campaign rhetoric, is the great unmentionable in the room. OK. Virgin Islands General Election seasons are a volatile, tumultuous, […]
VIP proposes high-rise parking facilities for Road Town
It is no secret the capital city of Road Town struggles to provide adequate parking for the convoy of motorists who traverse the area daily. Virgin Islands Party (VIP) Chairman Andrew Fahie has therefore proposed a solution that is commonly […]
