Members of the four political organisations that will make up the next House of Assembly have been locked in discussions about forming a coalition since the last evening when the results of the general elections was announced. The previously governing Virgin […]

Elections Supervisor Scherrie Griffin has dismissed suggestions that the fairly high number of spoiled ballots coming from yesterday’s general elections was an indication that there was a significant language barrier at play. Some observers suggested that the quantity of spoiled […]

Following the recent election in the British Virgin Islands, the public is eager to know who will become the next Premier. The Virgin Islands Party currently holds six of the 13 seats in the House of Assembly, but they require […]

The Progressive Virgin Islands Movement (PVIM) may have sprung a major surprise in securing three seats in the House of Assembly (HOA) following yesterday’s general elections. That was the conclusion of several observers who watched as last evening’s elections proceedings […]

As one of its final acts as Cabinet under the previous government, the executive body again approved an extension of its stamp duty waiver initiative, this time for a further one-year period, effective March 24, 2023.  The exemption allows for […]

The counting of ballots for this year’s general elections concluded around 10:30pm on Monday, April 24, 2023, and in the end, no one party had a clear majority. To win the government, a party has to get at least seven […]

Hundreds of persons have flocked to polling stations across the British Virgin Islands to exercise their right to vote in the ongoing general elections happening today, Monday, April 24. Well before midday, thousands of persons were recorded to have cast […]

Weeks after the House of Assembly (HOA) passed a watered-down version of the highly controversial Police Act, Cabinet has now reviewed and approved a new draft Police (Amendment) Bill, 2023. While details of the new draft Bill have not yet been […]

Former governor, Augustus Jaspert, has been singled out as the reason behind the non-payment of public servants’ increments during the previous National Democratic Party (NDP) administration. Throughout the 2023 general elections campaign, the topic of public servants’ increments and whether […]

Premier Dr Natalio Wheatley has sounded a stern warning as voters take to the polls today, pleading that they should dismiss the concept of a coalition government since it is fraught with all manner of pitfalls. Premier Wheatley, in prefacing […]