Premier Andrew Fahie has announced that his government is making considerations to increase the existing $10,000 fine attached to breaching the safety regulations that govern COVID-19 in the territory. He gave that indication at a press conference last Friday while […]

By Dickson Igwe, Contributor This is the most unpredictable time in Virgin Islands politics, in living memory. Now, any person claiming to know the political and constitutional outcomes for the British Virgin Islands from the very public Commission of Inquiry, […]

Dear Editor, I feel compelled as a resident in this territory to join in the chorus as to whether the three Lawyers from the COI are in breach of the Legal Profession Act 2015. According to the Honourable Attorney General […]

Former Minister for Communications under the previous NDP administration, Mark Vanterpool said the Telecommunications Regulatory Commission (TRC) was riddled with politics and this prevented him from carrying forward his agenda while he held the portfolio. The TRC is a government […]

Health Minister Carvin Malone was taken to task by senior Opposition legislator, Julian Fraser for his perceived efforts to dismiss and ridicule a counter-motion Fraser brought to the House of Assembly recently. Fraser’s proposed counter-motion was to have Jeanette Scatliffe-Boynes […]

Three years after BVI inmates returned from St Lucia where they were temporarily relocated due to the impact of hurricanes Irma and Maria, the Government of the Virgin Islands has only now moved to approve payment to the St Lucian […]

The government has awarded a $183,301.25 contract to construct a new social home in The Settlement on the sister island of Anegada. The contract was awarded to Lawrence Wheatley Construction. This was disclosed in a post-meeting statement about Cabinet’s August […]

Speaker of the House of Assembly, Julian Willock has withdrawn his court injunction against three Commission of Inquiry (COI) attorneys and will now be going after Attorney General (AG), Dawn Smith. Willock’s injunction sought to block the COI trio from […]

The BVI’s online entry portal requires persons to submit copies of their vaccination cards and COVID test results before they’re approved for entry into the territory, but this system is not entirely foolproof, according to health officials. Concerns have been […]

At least one local has questioned the BVI government’s policy of only providing tracking apps and bracelets to select arriving travellers – specifically those who may have tested positive for the COVID-19 virus. Speaking at the recent meeting with stakeholders […]