The Ministry of Labour & Immigration is looking to put systems in place to establish and have its promised online payment system operational in a few short months. According to the Minister of Labour & Immigration Vincent Wheatley, sometimes it […]
Archive for October, 2021
Man gets more bail after visiting woman he allegedly beat earlier
A Baugher’s Bay man who is said to have violated his bail by visiting a woman he allegedly hauled from a vehicle and badly beat a day earlier has been offered additional bail. The accused man is 24-year-old Earl Hazel […]
COMMENTARY: Close ‘talk shop’ and open real convo about BVI’s future
By Shaina Smith-Archer, Contributor There has been a “talk shop” over the last 20 years about where we want to see our country in the future. Two decades later we are still talking. I would like to close the “shop” […]
Security guard allegedly stores 172 bricks of cocaine for friend
A local government security officer allegedly caught with 172 bricks of cocaine has claimed he was holding it for a friend. Charged with possession of a controlled drug with intent to supply to another is 43-year-old and father of five, […]
Gov’t giving residency to former felon wasn’t a ‘cut and dry decision’
An unnamed person who had a criminal record was granted Residency status this year against the advice of the Immigration Board who had rejected the application. Premier Andrew Fahie was called before the Commission of Inquiry (COI) today, October 21, […]
Top gov’t officials’ link to criminal gangs helped prompt COI — Jaspert
In a shocking revelation, former governor, Augustus Jaspert, said high-level government officials have allegedly been linked to drug dealers and criminal gangs in the BVI. Governor Jaspert made the disclosure during a hearing before the Commission of Inquiry (COI) yesterday, […]
Webster signals at new stimulus audit gov’t might not want seen
Auditor General (AG), Sonia Webster, has suggested that more audit reports are likely to be forthcoming on the government’s COVID-19 stimulus grant spending which started last year. Webster gave that indication after being recalled before the Commission of Inquiry (COI) […]
Gov’t funding for public service training steadily declining
Governor John Rankin has raised concerns that government funding to train public servants has seen “a steady decline” over the last five years despite an expansion of the service in that same period. “In 2016, $138,000 was provided for local […]
K&C Construction awarded over $800K in gov’t contracts since 2021
Local firm K&C Construction has been awarded a contract for the construction of a public restroom facility at Brewers Bay Beach, making this at least the fourth such government contract received since the start of the year. This latest project […]
COI should not be an impediment — Premier
Premier Andrew Fahie has contended that the ongoing Commission of Inquiry (COI) should not be viewed as an impediment to the people of the BVI. The Premier’s remarks came last evening, October 19 during the governing Virgin Islands Party’s (VIP’s) […]
