Territorial At-Large Representative and Deputy Speaker, Neville ‘Sheep’ Smith has encouraged residents to support small businesses since big businesses bank in other places than the BVI, among other things. Smith was at the time debating the Business Licensing Act which […]

Minister for Communications Kye Rymer has pledged his support to the continued improvement and development of the telecommunications sector in the Virgin Islands. Rymer was addressing celebrations to observe World Telecommunication and Information Society Day 2022, at the Noel Lloyd […]

The victim of last evening’s fatal shooting has been identified as Corey Butler, the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force has said. According to the police, Butler, 35, was shot and killed in the Scatliffe Alley area around 6:30 pm yesterday. […]

By Fitsroy Randall, BVI News Staff Executive Director of the BVI Chamber of Commerce and Hotel Association (BVICCHA) Keiyia Jackson-George said the new proposed increase in trade license fees will negatively impact business in the territory and may put the […]

Theresa Van Vliet, the attorney representing disgraced former Premier, Andrew Fahie, has filed a motion to extend a filing deadline in his drug and money laundering case. The attorney explained that due to technical difficulties being experienced in accessing files […]

Former government contractor, Pastor Claude Skelton Cline, has taken aim at the National Unity Government regarding public meetings it organised about a recent agreement made between the United Kingdom (UK) and the BVI. The government embarked on the series of […]

Deputy Governor David Archer Jr has announced that there is an extension of the mask mandate at certain government offices with high public interaction. Following Health Minister Marlon Penn’s recent announcement that the government will be removing the mask mandate […]

The Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) has confirmed that an unidentified male was shot and killed earlier this evening, Tuesday, June 21. In a brief statement, the police said the man was fatally wounded during a shooting incident that […]

The Recovery and Development Agency (RDA) has assured residents that there will be ample space for students at Elmore Stoutt High School to engage in physical activities, adding that the lack of space seen currently on the Lower Estate campus […]

Health Minister Marlon Penn said government needs to rethink the way it does business with residents of the territory. “Let’s reform the way that government operates; the way that government does business with the public, with the business community,” Penn […]