By Esther Durand, BVI News Staff Chairman of the National Democratic Party (NDP) Myron Walwyn has dismissed speculations that he is throwing his proverbial hat in the ring for the upcoming by-election in the Fourth Electoral District. Walwyn was not […]

Management of the National Health Insurance (NHI) scheme is threatening to take legal action against employers who have not been paying their monthly contributions to the scheme. The NHI gave the notice while making specific note of employers they describe […]

Residents wanting to tap into the multimillion-dollar marine industry will soon have the training opportunity to do so, Premier Andrew Fahie has said. Speaking at a thanksgiving service at the Cyril B Romney Tortola Pier Park on Wednesday, Premier Fahie […]

A man who allegedly discarded two bags containing a substance suspected to be cannabis while he was being pursued by police has been brought before the Magistrate’s Court. Charged with possession of 37 grams of cannabis and possession of a […]

By Alred Frett, Contributor All I am about to say is common knowledge and my words simply serve to refresh your memory. Months ago I cautioned of our traditional propensity to be represented by preachers, doctors and lawyers where, for […]

PRESS RELEASE:The Virgin Islands Recovery and Development Agency (RDA) – a statutory Agency established by the Government of the Virgin Islands with the purpose of ensuring the timely and proper implementation and execution of the Recovery to Development Plan of the Virgin […]

More than a year after making a single arrest in connection to the murder of Devern ‘Snoopy’ Stanley, police have now made two other subsequent arrests. Charged are 30-year-old prison inmate Kareem Durrant, and 24-year-old Dakheme Cheltenham of Belle Vue. […]

Describing it as a ‘vexing issue’ in need of urgent attention, Premier Andrew Fahie has pledged to regularise expatriates who are eligible to benefit from residency status in the British Virgin Islands. “There are people here who have lived and […]

Another local athlete has qualified for this year’s CARIFTA Games that will take place in the Cayman Islands next month. Quarter-miler Akrisa Eristree qualified when she ran 56.71 seconds in the Under-17 female 400-metre race at the BVIAA Dag Samuels […]

While acknowledging the number of young voters who came out to participate in the recently-concluded general election, Premier Andrew Fahie is promising to provide them with avenues for professional development. “We will start by ensuring that a young person forms […]