Residents with outstanding bill payments to the BVI Electricity Corporation (BVIEC) are being advised to settle their debts now that the power company has improved its disconnection capabilities. The BVIEC announced yesterday that it now can make disconnections remotely. With […]
Archive for May, 2021
No thresholds required to seize drug $$ under new Trafficking Act
Local law enforcement authorities now have the power to seize any amount of money, once they suspect it to be the proceeds of drug trafficking or drug money laundering. This is possible with new amendments to the territory’s Drug Trafficking […]
Over $2M collected from gov’t money transfer tax so far
Premier Andrew Fahie has announced that the government has reaped more than $2 million from its legislative initiative to tax persons sending money out of the territory through remittance services such as MoneyGram and Western Union. The legislation mandates that […]
More schools needed! Wheatley announces Junior High plans
Education Minister Dr Natalio Wheatley announced his intention to establish several new Junior High Schools across the territory within the coming years. “We need more schools,” Dr Wheatley said. “Right now we have plans, we’re moving forward steadily with plans […]
VIP gov’t revising its manifesto
Seeing that COVID-19 has derailed the government’s agenda, Premier Andrew Fahie said the Virgin Islands Party (VIP) administration will be revising the manifesto which won them the General Election back in February 2019. He said the government is currently reviewing […]
Several job ads for educators raise questions about teacher shortage
With nearly two dozen vacancies for educators being advertised in recent weeks, questions are being raised on whether the British Virgin Islands is experiencing a shortage of teachers. Before applications closed last Friday, May 7, the Ministry of Education had […]
Increased reports of leaked private photos and videos — RVIPF
The Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) has disclosed that there has been an increase in reports received of the circulation of intimate photos or videos, particularly among young people. As a result of this, the RVIPF’s Family & Juvenile […]
Local company signs $299K contract to repair EE/LL Community Centre
Like many other buildings in the BVI, the East End/Long Look Community Centre received extensive damage following the devastating hurricanes Irma and Maria which struck in 2017. Residents of the community have now been promised a speedy return to normalcy […]
Public consultation on controversial Police Act postponed
The government postponed its planned consultations with the public on the controversial Police Act of 2019 that was scheduled to be hosted last evening May 10. The consultations were slated to take place on the Government’s Public Eye program and […]
Fahie condemns bogus euro-news article targeting BVI’s reputation
Premier Andrew Fahie has debunked reports published by what is believed to be a fictitious European news agency claiming that his government developed a dubious cryptocurrency platform that has earned him and other BVI citizens “millions of dollars”. The article […]
