Third District Representative Julian Fraser said he felt the Retiring Allowances (Legislative Services) Amendment Act, 2021, commonly referred to as the ‘Greedy Bill’, simply needs to be amended and not repealed as some persons have been clamouring for. Fraser, who had […]

Managing Director of Prospect Reef, Allen O’Neal has stated that there was never any legal entanglements preventing the government from moving forward with plans to develop the Prospect Reef Resort on Tortola. For years, promises have been made by successive […]

Police Commissioner Mark Collins has described the recent spate of gun crimes and drug seizures in the territory as distressing and unsettling.  Collins shared that observation in a media release sent out by the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) […]

While admitting that he’s had a cooperative relationship with Premier Wheatley and his VIP government, Governor John Rankin has stated that he would like to see “more concrete delivery” on important reforms the Commission of Inquiry (COI) recommended for the […]

Radio commentator Julian Gordon has suggested that expatriates should be asked to leave the BVI after working in the territory for two years. According to Gordon, this will help to address the immigration challenges that are currently being faced in […]

Special Envoy to the Premier, Benito Wheatley has expressed that the UK-BVI relationship will not be directly affected by the ascension of King Charles III to the throne. King Charles was officially crowned on May 6 and even before that, […]

BVI News understands that an 18-year-old student was arrested and charged this week after allegedly firing shots from a firearm police later found strapped to his body. The young man’s school hasn’t been confirmed but it is reported that he […]

Third District Representative Julian Fraser has urged the media not to focus on the lack of visible success that may be achieved through his promised no-confidence motions in the House of Assembly (HOA).  Fraser assured the public weeks ago that […]

Director of the Central Statistics Office (CSO), Raymond Phillips, has announced that the BVI’s 2023 Population and Housing Census will be starting from June 15. The Director made the disclosure in a release issued yesterday, May 10, advising that preparations […]

The following is a media release from the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF). The two men detained in relation to Tuesday morning’s boat chase and drug seizure on Beef Island have been charged. Vibert Morgan and Okello James, both […]