Financial allocations to electoral districts could be abolished under a Progressive Virgin Islands Movement (PVIM) government, PVIM candidate for the Fifth District, Wade Smith, has suggested. Smith said if elected, those funds would be utilised ‘more wisely’ and diverted to […]
Archive for February, 2019
Up to residents to pressure local authorities if they’re unhappy with BVI politics
While noting that their remit is not to police the 2019 election season, the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association British Islands and Mediterranean Region (CPA BIMR) has said residents of the British Virgin Islands are the ones who are ultimately responsible to […]
UPDATE: Power restored at airport, operations resume
Power has been restored at the Terrance B Lettsome International Airport on Beef Island and the facility has now reopened. Electricity was restored at the facility at 1:15 pm, Diana Maduro of the BVI Airports Authority told BVI News. PREVIOUSLY PUBLISHED ARTICLE The […]
We have the $$, outstanding salary increments roughly $9M — Walwyn
The three years worth of outstanding salary increments that the National Democratic Party (NDP) said it will pay to civil servants by mid-March amounts to approximately $9 million, party leader Myron Walwyn has said. He said those monies are now […]
Turnbull to D2 voters: I was there for you, why would you switch on me?
Pointing to his track record as Second District Representative over the last three-and-a-half years, Progressive Virgin Islands Movement (PVIM) candidate Melvin ‘Mitch’ Turnbull believes he has done enough to be given a second chance at the upcoming polls. Speaking in […]
Premier’s farewell address: ‘I have no regrets’
Premier Dr D Orlando Smith said he feels no penitence as he concludes his nearly two decades of service in representational politics. Dr Smith expressed those sentiments as he gave his final address to the territory Monday evening. Premier Smith […]
Man accused of selling borrowed goods
A Jamaican man accused of selling a fishing boat and engine that did not belong to him has been granted $40,000 bail at the Magistrate’s Court. Charged with theft is fisherman and construction worker, Chevon Russell. He was not required […]
Phase 1 of construction complete | VG medical centre to be handed over Friday
Phase one of the construction of the Iris O’Neal Medical Centre on Virgin Gorda is substantively complete. The Ministry of Health gave that notice in a media release on Monday. “This completion supports the improvement of community-based healthcare delivery as […]
NDP promises to give reserve fund $20M top-up by year’s end
Chairman of the National Democratic Party (NDP) Myron Walwyn is promising to grow the territory’s reserve fund by roughly $20 million in a matter of months if his party is re-elected into government. Speaking at an NDP political event in […]
PVIM says it will ‘greatly’ cut cost of food in BVI
The Progressive Virgin Islands Movement (PVIM) believes it can “greatly decrease” the cost of food in the British Virgin Islands. At-Large candidate Curnal Fahie, the man the PVIM has presented to champion the undertaking, proposes to cut food costs through […]
