Chairperson of the Constitutional Review Commission (CRC) Lisa Penn-Lettsome has said her team welcomes the impending referendum on same-sex marriage that was recently announced in the BVI. The referendum is being proposed because of an ongoing case involving a same-sex […]

Minister of Natural Resources and Labour Melvin ‘Mitch’ Turnbull recently engaged Territorial At-Large legislator Carvin Malone in a mini war of words during the debates for the 2023 budget in the House of Assembly recently. The two legislators clashed after […]

Millions of dollars are expected to be saved by the government in rental fees once repairs at the Ralph T O’Neal Central Administration Complex have been completed. But Premier Dr Natalio Wheatley has suggested that the long-running process has taken up far […]

Territorial At-Large Representative Shereen Flax-Charles has argued for better planning and more preparation ahead of Standing Finance Committee (SFC) meetings.  Effectively, the Standing Finance Committee comprises the territory’s legislators who meet with all government departments and statutory bodies annually to […]

Premier Dr Natalio Wheatley has urged public servants and others employed by the government to be grateful, citing the fact that some employers elsewhere have been dismissing persons amid uncertain economic times. While touting the territory’s ability to double its […]

Third District Representative Julian Fraser has highlighted a weight of grief touching his constituency this festive season; noting that this burden has taken a toll on some residents within the community. “If I was to stand here and say that […]

Sixth District Representative, Alvera Maduro-Caines has bemoaned the 2023 funding allocated for His Majesty’s Prison in Balsam Ghut, stating that more should have been given for critical programmes at the facility. “I noticed that the budget for the prison was […]

BVI News understands that a man was recently arrested and charged for firing shots at a house during an altercation with another male. It is alleged that the suspect was initially involved in an argument with a woman. Our sources […]

As the territory remains on track to exceed half-million visitors by the end of 2022, one legislator has called out residents who give poor customer service to visitors. Fourth District Representative Mark Vanterpool said he has intimate knowledge of the […]

Labour Minister Melvin ‘Mitch’ Turnbull has revealed that there were members of the House of Assembly who tried to ‘sacrifice’ the BVI for their own political interests during an important meeting that occurred when the UK was threatening to suspend […]