Managing Director of the BVI Electricity Corporation (BVIEC) Leroy Abraham has officially retired from the organisation. According to a Cabinet document only released last Thursday, Abraham’s retirement from the government-owned power company took effect since December 31, 2022. During a […]

Jessica Lewis, the 14-year-old girl who was reported missing, has been located. The Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) said the youngster was found unharmed and has been returned to her parent. The police did not give details on her […]

The issue of lying politicians on the campaign trail has deeply affected at least one outspoken local commentator and political pundit. Clergyman Claude Skelton Cline took umbrage as he pointed to the various aspiring politicians and those seeking re-election whom […]

Ninth District candidate, Shereen Flax-Charles, has pushed back against the Virgin Islands Party (VIP) for using an old recording of her endorsing the VIP during the 2019 elections. Now a candidate with the Progressive Virgin Islands Movement (PVIM), Flax-Charles is […]

Premier Dr Natalio Wheatley struck a buoyant tone as he sought to rouse constituents at his campaign launch in the Seventh District last evening, assuring them that despite mistakes made, he remains their best option to deliver on the issues […]

Cabinet has made plans to have the BVI Arbitration Centre (BVI IAC) placed under the direct control of the Government of the Virgin Islands in the next three years. Launched in late 2016, the BVI IAC was established to administer […]

Former First Lady Lorna Smith has called on members of the Virgin Islands Party (VIP) to stop spreading false claims about the eligibility of candidates from her party to serve in the House of Assembly (HOA).  Smith, who is contesting […]

The Department of Town & Country Planning is cracking down on individuals and organisations erecting election billboards without authorisation. Town & Country Planning said in a recent statement that the public erection of election campaign billboards is “strictly prohibited unless […]

Third District Representative, Julian Fraser, has said he refuses to accept any blame for his district’s decades-long water woes, placing that firmly in the lap of his opponents in the Virgin Islands Party (VIP) and the National Democratic Party (NDP) […]

The Immigration Department has announced multiple vacancies on its board of governors. The department said in a media release this week that the government is now seeking five qualified persons to serve as members on the Board of Immigration, at […]