Opposition Leader Marlon Penn has protested that the government has made it seem as if members of the Opposition are being negligent within their constituencies. According to Penn, government officials have halved their district funding allocations and also have control […]
Archive for April, 2022
VG Fest an overwhelming success! Plans begin for emancipation
Minister of Culture Dr Natalio Wheatley has said the Virgin Gorda Easter Festival was an overwhelming success; adding that the Virgin Islands Festival and Fairs Committee can build on this success to stage emancipation festivities come July/August. Speaking with BVI […]
Local CARIFTA contingent returns home to celebrations
The air at the Sir Olva Georges Plaza was pierced with vuvuzelas and screams of excitement as some of the 32-member Virgin Islands CARIFTA Games delegation returned home last night. The delegation was met by Governor John Rankin, Premier Andrew […]
‘Maintain confidence gov’t can control economy’, residents told
Premier Andrew Fahie is urging all Virgin Islanders to maintain confidence in the government, particularly the Ministry of Finance, that it will guide the BVI through what he described as a tumultuous economic time. Fahie, who is also the Minister […]
BVI legislators ‘taken to task’ about Russian oligarchs during UK visit
Third District Representative Julian Fraser said a delegation of BVI legislators that recently visited the United Kingdom (UK) were accosted and criticised over the BVI’s financial services practices. “We just came out of the UK and we were basically, literally […]
BVI should resist any COI recommendation for a caretaker gov’t
Radio commentator and clergyman, Pastor Claude Skelton Cline has issued a series of warnings about potential recommendations that may arise from the Commission of Inquiry’s (COI) report now in the hands of Governor John Rankin. Among his warnings was that […]
Gov’t has made petty contract system almost non-existent — Penn
Opposition Leader Marlon Penn has criticised the government for what he describes as ‘forcing small contractors out of business’. His accusations are premised on the argument that the government made the petty contract system virtually obsolete by having the Public […]
BVI finishes 3rd at CARIFTA; Hodge wins Austin Sealy Award
The British Virgin Islands capped off a historic CARIFTA Games by finishing with seven medals and seeing local athletic sensation, Adaejah Hodge leave with the Austin Sealy Award for a most outstanding athlete at the 49th staging of the meet. […]
Hard to see whistleblowers being fearful of coming forward — Fahie
Premier Andrew Fahie has argued that it is hard to imagine witnesses being fearful following the institution of a wide-ranging suite of good governance legislation passed by his government “May I say that with the multiple layers of protection in […]
Adaejah Hodge locks in third gold at CARIFTA Games!
Local athletic sensation, Adaejah Hodge won gold in the Under-17 Girls 200-metre final at the CARIFTA Games in Kingston, Jamaica on Monday afternoon, April 18. This represents her third win at this year’s games; having also won gold in the […]
