Moves are underway to merge and transform several government agencies including the Labour Department, Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Natural Resources and Labour Ronald Smith-Berkeley has said. Smith-Berkeley said by year-end, the Labour Department will be renamed the ‘Labour […]
Archive for January, 2019
Maduro sentenced to one year in prison for Tread Falls burglary
Kilmo Maduro, the man who burgled a Tread Falls apartment on Tortola last year, has been sentenced to serve the next 12 months at Her Majesty’s Prison. In sentencing the offender on Tuesday, Magistrate Shawn Innocent said he considered the […]
VIP promises ‘district councils’, reduced imported labour, whistleblowing law
Chairman of the Virgin Islands Party (VIP) Andrew Fahie is promising to implement ‘district councils’ in local constituencies if his party is elected as the next Government of the Virgin Islands. He said this strategy will make district representatives more […]
West End station reopening nears, cops to share space with Customs, Immigration
Customs and Immigration officers based on the western end of Tortola have been offered a space at the West End Police Station when the facility reopens. Police Commissioner Michael Matthews said the “virtually fully restored” and is hopeful the station will […]
RTW employee runs to raise support for Diabetes Association
PRESS RELEASE: On Sunday, December 29th, NorthWest employees and community members from store locations challenged themselves with the Grand Cayman Marathon a 26.2 mile run in support of the Company’s Healthy Horizons Foundation. Representing the British Virgin Islands was Mr […]
No telling when hospital project will be completed, $114M spent so far
Newly-appointed Health Minister Marlon Penn ‘cannot say’ when the construction project for Peebles Hospital in Road Town will be completed. Responding to questions in the House of Assembly on Tuesday, Penn said the construction cost for the medical facility to […]
2023 reprieve: UK extends deadline for BVI to implement public registers
By Davion Smith, BVI News Staff The United Kingdom government has granted its Overseas Territories a reprieve and is now allowing the British Virgin Islands to go without implementing the bedevilling public registers of company beneficial ownership until 2023. This […]
Changes: Prisoners could vote before election day under amendments to law
Select inmates at Her Majesty’s Prison might become eligible to vote prior to election day if a pending amendment to the territory’s 25-year-old Elections Act is passed in the House of Assembly. The Elections (Amendment) Act, 2019 is currently being […]
We face ‘constitutional crisis’ if elections don’t happen early — Skelton
Political leader of the Progressive Virgin Islands Movement (PVIM) and former Finance Minister Ronnie Skelton is calling for the 2019 General Election to happen at least two months before the end of April so that the territory’s economy does not […]
Walwyn not under police investigation, says Premier
Education Minister Myron Walwyn is not under police investigation. Premier Dr D Orlando Smith made that statement while answering questions from opposition legislator Melvin ‘Mitch’ Turnbull in the House of Assembly on Tuesday. Turnbull’s questions were phrased to ask about […]
