The BVI will not be placed on the European Union’s blacklist of non-compliant tax haven jurisdictions. Premier Andrew Fahie made that announcement on Tuesday in a report to the House of Assembly. He said: “The European Union has announced today […]
Archive for March, 2019
Willock appointed Speaker of HoA
Media owner Julian Willock has been appointed as Speaker of the House of Assembly. He was elected as Speaker inside the Multi-purpose Sports Complex in Road Town where the First Sitting of the First Session of the Fourth House of […]
Gov’t moves to convince UK to dump public registers, rely on BOSSs
Premier Andrew Fahie has said the focus of his office is now to convince Britain how the BVI’s Beneficial Ownership Secure Search system (BOSSs) is a better alternative to the UK-mandated public registers of company beneficial ownership. READ: What are […]
Accused killers were with Snoopy before he went missing, court told
Prosecutors are alleging that CCTV footage captured murder victim Devern ‘Snoopy Stanley in the company of two of his alleged killers the night he went missing in June 2016. These allegations of CCTV evidence, as well as cell phone records, […]
Put mechanisms in place for absentee voters
As the dust settles on the 2019 election in the British Virgin Islands, former BVI/UK representative Benito Wheatley is calling on the authorities to implement new ways to capture the ballots of Belongers who live away from the BVI. “We […]
Gov’t to establish statutory body for climate change
The British Virgin Islands is expected to make more concerted efforts to tackle the growing issue of climate change. Premier Andrew Fahie said this will include forming an entity dedicated explicitly to the issue. “We will set up a statutory […]
House expected to elect Speaker tomorrow, gov’t quiet about its pick
The first sitting and first session of House of Assembly is fewer than 24 hours away and the Fahie administration has kept virtually quiet about who it will pick to become the next Speaker of the House. Though the Fahie […]
UK reassures commitment to support BVI recovery
Notwithstanding what could be described as a witchhunt from Britain on its Overseas Territories (OTs), the United Kingdom has expressed continued support to the recovery of its OTs that were affected by the September 2017 disasters. Policy Fellow at the […]
Commonwealth Day message from Her Majesty The Queen
Commonwealth Day has a special significance this year as we mark the 70th anniversary of the London Declaration when nations of the Commonwealth agreed to move forward together as free and equal members. The vision and sense of connection that […]
Police gift seniors with fruit trees
PRESS RELEASE: Activities to mark this year’s observance of Police Week continues this week with the planting of a fruit-bearing tree in the yard of two seniors living within each of the policing districts in part to replace those destroyed […]
