Opposition legislator Melvin ‘Mitch’ Turnbull is throwing his support behind Premier Andrew Fahie’s decision to hire personal bodyguards. Turnbull declared his support for the decision while noting that Fahie had extended support to him when his (Turnbull’s) own colleagues and […]
Archive for April, 2019
Officials want BVI to host regional CARIFTA Games
Officials in the local sporting industry now have the ambition to host a staging of the regional CARIFTA Games in the BVI. This was made known by Minister of Sports Dr Natalio Wheatley who was speaking at Friday’s sitting of […]
Cavaliers lead point standings in local T20 competition
BVI Cavaliers lead the point standings in the Ralph O’Neal T20 Cricket competition after recently completing round-one of the tournament. Six of the eight teams in the competition currently sit on six points each, but the Cavaliers’ superior run-rate has […]
2019 budget passes
The 2019 budget has been passed in the House of Assembly. The budget, which is legally titled the Appropriation Act 2019, has retroactively come into force on January 1. The budget passed with amendments at roughly 8:30 pm on April […]
‘Claude will be fired if he doesn’t deliver’ — Premier
Premier Andrew Fahie has assured that Claude Skelton Cline and his company Grace Consultants will be “fired” if they fail to deliver on the terms of their six-month contract with government. The Premier gave that assurance at Thursday’s sitting of […]
Statutory bodies in major jeopardy, HLSCC at risk of losing accreditation
The H Lavity Stoutt Community College (HLSCC) is facing more financial woes, and this time it is placing the institution’s accreditation at risk. This is according to Premier Andrew Fahie who was making his contribution to the 2019 budget debate […]
Ban vehicles older than 10 years or impose stiff taxes on buyers — Rymer
Transportation Minister Kye Rymer wants vehicles older than 10 years to be banned from entering the British Virgin Islands. Rymer made the suggestion while making his contribution to the 2019 budget debate at the House of Assembly on Thursday. He […]
Psychological games won’t work, can’t bully me to make erratic decisions
Premier Andrew Fahie said, since taking up office, he has come under considerable pressure to transform the British Virgin Islands almost overnight. But the leader of government business made it clear he will “not be bullied” into making hasty and […]
BVI to benefit from EU’s $2M resilience programme
Government is to benefit from a project valued at 2 million euros ($2,227,520) which is geared towards resilience-building in the BVI. The sum follows a financing agreement between the European Union and the Pan American Health Organisation (PAHO) which, according […]
2020 budget will be passed by December 15 this year, says Premier
Premier Andrew Fahie has scheduled the next budget for the British Virgin Islands to be passed in approximately eight months. He made the announcement while making his introductory contribution to the 2019 budget debate in the House of Assembly on […]