By Kedrick Malone The 2007 Constitution Oder, in its excellent and well-articulated preamble on page 5, states that “the people of the territory of the Virgin Islands have over centuries evolved with a distinct cultural identity which is the essence of […]

Embattled former House of Assembly (HOA) Speaker, Julian Willock has suggested he was detained on trumped-up allegations when he was held yesterday, January 10 on suspicion of human trafficking. In a statement sent to BVI News today, Willock confirmed his arrest, but […]

Attorney-at-law Michael Fay, KC has ridiculed the current state of the BVI’s Legal Profession Act, describing it as rushed and needing amendment. The law, in part, speaks to how attorneys are to be called to the Bar in order to […]

Unprecedented scrutiny on the BVI may have left officials troubled on how to approach traditional landscaping efforts and the general upkeep of the territory which had often been outsourced to unemployed residents in the past. That scrutiny came as a […]

The government remains in search of available land space for a promised junior high school campus, Education Minister Sharie deCastro has confirmed. The minister made that disclosure during a recent press conference where she discussed issues such as the maintenance […]

American newspaper USA Today has ranked two local establishments in the BVI as among the top 10 best beach bars in the Caribbean. And of the hundreds of bars that exists across the region, Soggy Dollar on Jost Van Dyke […]

Information coming out of the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) has suggested that former House of Assembly Speaker, Julian Willock has been arrested on suspicion of human trafficking. In a Whatsapp message to the RVIPF Information Unit on Tuesday […]

Attorney and Partner at financial services firm Conyers Dill & Pearman, Robert Briant, has argued that muted talks between the BVI and United Kingdom (UK) governments may be the best approach in reaching a consensus over the contentious issue of […]

Media personality, Cindy Rosan, has shot back at critics over questions she directed towards Premier Dr Natalio Wheatley at a recent press conference. Rosan requested information about recent government hires — some of whom are expatriates — and asked Premier Wheatley to […]

Ninth District Representative Vincent Wheatley has called on the government to take a better approach to equity in the territory’s budget. He said this should include the matter of the coordinating unit for funding for the sister islands of Virgin […]