The BVI Airports Authority (BVIAA) has announced that the operating hours at the Terrence B Lettsome International Airport (EIS) have been cut for the coming weeks. This change takes effect on Wednesday, January 5 and is in response to a […]
Archive for January, 2022
Top cop’s 2021 review: Charges laid for 5 of 9 murders in last 2 years
The Commissioner of Police, Mark Collins said the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) has arrested and charged persons for five of the nine murders committed in the territory over the last two years. In a new year’s press statement, […]
Who is the BVI developing for with all these work permits?
As work permits continue to be handed out in the territory, Immigration and Labour Minister, Vincent Wheatley, has questioned who will be the ultimate beneficiary of the process. “If we are developing and developing full speed, and all development is […]
BVIEC office only accepting cheque payments amid office closures
The BVI Electricity Corporation (BVIEC) is currently not accepting cash and credit card payments at its office at Long Bush in Tortola. A notice posted by the entity said the move is effective from today, January 5 and extends for […]
Elected officials everywhere need protection from themselves
Premier Andrew Fahie has argued that elected officials everywhere “need protection from themselves” because of the prevalence of greed. “Because if you’re not careful as an elected official in politics anywhere in the world, the greedy will never let you […]
COMMENTARY: New Year’s resolutions by the people
By Dickson Igwe, Contributor Twenty-five years of lack of vision and planning demands that residents hold their governments accountable in the coming years, through an independent investigative agency with teeth. Now, accountability is not driven by the accountable. That is […]
COI extended by another three months
Just two weeks before the scheduled conclusion of the Commission of Inquiry (COI), the Commission has yet again been extended. Governor John Rankin made the announcement in a press statement moments ago. He said: “I have today informed the Honourable […]
First phase of ESHS redevelopment completed ahead of schedule
Demolition and site clearance of old foundations at the Elmore Stoutt High School has been completed ahead of the January 7 deadline. The project was undertaken by Sandwise Limited as they won the $136,079.50 contract to provide the demolition and […]
John’s Hole man slapped with 14-year sentence for store robbery
Twenty-four-year-old Shadrach Thompson of John’s Hole has been sentenced to 14 years and six months in prison for the March 2020 armed robbery committed at the E&B Supermarket in Palestina. High Court judge, Justice Richard Floyd, handed down the sentence […]
What’s the BVI’s electricity cost compared to the region and world?
A study by the United Kingdom firm, Cable.co.uk, has ranked the British Virgin Islands as having the twelfth cheapest cost of electricity in the Caribbean. The countries which have cheaper electricity than the BVI are Puerto Rico, oil producers Trinidad & Tobago, St […]
