Premier Andrew Fahie has described the recurring issue of escaping Immigration detainees as a national security issue. Numerous detainees have escaped the clutches of private security officers and police in recent months after they were placed under guard mainly at […]
Archive for March, 2022
Premier declines to offer reprieve on remittance tax
Premier Andrew Fahie has declined to offer a reprieve to persons facing a seven per cent remittance tax when they use money transfer services in the territory. When asked at a press conference last week if he felt this was […]
Integrity Commission, Contractor General posts to be filled in weeks
Premier Andrew Fahie has said posts within the Integrity Commission and the Office of the Contractor General are expected to be filled and operational within the next four weeks. Fahie gave that indication in a press conference last Friday. Citing […]
Premier says gov’t spent roughly $5M on COI so far
The government spent approximately $5 million during the recently concluded Commission of Inquiry (COI). Speaking at a press conference last Friday, Premier Andrew Fahie said the money was used to defend the name of the territory during the COI. “I […]
Retired civil servants enlisted to assist with work permit backlog
Retired civil servants reportedly make up the bulk of a task force established to reduce the months-long work permit backlog at the Labour Department. Speaking at a press conference recently, Labour Minister Vincent Wheatley stated that their expertise and experience […]
All Customs duties reduced to 5%! Oil import tax slashed by 50%
By Fitsroy Randall, BVI News Premier Andrew Fahie has announced that all Customs duties on imports that are above five per cent will be reduced to five per cent starting April 15 for the next three months in the first […]
Customs boss hits back at detractors for ‘misrepresentation’
Customs Commissioner Wade Smith has accused his detractors of presenting alternative facts, following criticisms of his agency’s recent crackdown on companies that fell afoul of the territory’s maritime regulations. Her Majesty’s Customs (HMC) fined several companies, including the popular Moorings […]
People can’t take unimplemented legislation to pay bills — Penn
The government’s inability to implement some of the legislation that it has passed in the House of Assembly (HOA) over the years has been brought under scrutiny by Opposition Leader Marlon Penn. Penn, who is also the Eighth District Representative, […]
Cops search accused woman’s house without warrant, court hears
The defence attorney representing Maybelline Rodriguez in the trial for Trumayne ‘Passion’ Daway’s murder has contended that police searched her client’s Huntums Ghut apartment without a signed warrant from a magistrate. While under cross-examination from Rodriguez’s lawyer Valerie Stephens-Gordon, Detective […]
Gov’t criticised for poor diversity in revenue-generating schemes
Leader of the Opposition Marlon Penn has accused the Virgin Islands Party (VIP) government of what he described as a lack of innovation in finding areas to generate revenue for the territory. Speaking on the National Democratic Party (NDP) radio […]
