The following is a media release from the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF). Police are again recording an upsurge in incidents involving persons with mental illness. Within the last month, the RVIPF recorded eight incidents involving persons who either […]

Former Deputy Premier and Seventh District Representative, Dr Kedrick Pickering has announced he will throw his hat in the ring as a Territorial At-Large candidate in the next general elections. Dr Pickering made the announcement at his campaign launch at […]

Justice Adrian Jack has refused an adjournment requested by Attorney General (AG) Dawn Smith over a matter involving a same-sex couple before the High Court.  According to a recent court document, the AG requested the adjournment for a hearing currently listed for […]

Territorial At-Large Representative Carvin Malone has bemoaned the outcome of a recently defeated motion in the House of Assembly (HOA) that he had proposed, arguing that the people have been clamouring for such a debate for years. The Opposition legislator, while appearing […]

Opposition Leader Julian Fraser has argued that some residents of the BVI have deliberately reserved ill-will for locals and may not want to see the territory achieve self-determination. Legislators were at the time debating amendments to the terms of reference […]

Former District Seven Representative Dr Kedrick Pickering has said two successive governments — one of which he was a member — dropped the ball in educating people on the way forward and implementing change after the 2007 constitutional review. Speaking […]

The police has released the name of the man accused of assaulting his wife and badly wounding his stepdaughter with a machete this week. He has been identified as 35-year-old Esworth Barnwell of Diamond Estate. Barnwell is charged with inflicting […]

Three suspected drug traffickers are now in the custody of authorities in the neighbouring United States Virgin Islands (USVI) following an operation that led to the seizure of multiple bales of “suspected cocaine” near BVI waters. The US Coast Guard […]

The Ministry of Health will be hosting a workshop to educate clinicians, caregivers, and the public on the signs and symptoms of depression. Chief of Drugs and Pharmaceutical Services, Gracia Wheatley-Smith said the workshop will be held on Wednesday, October […]

Ninth District Representative Vincent Wheatley said he is opposed to the BVI moving forward with a constitutional review if an Order in Council from the United Kingdom (UK) parliament remains hanging over its head.  Wheatley made that argument as legislators […]