Opposition Leader Ronnie Skelton claimed that the government has halted its policy of granting pioneer status to those initiating new business ventures in the territory. Pioneer status generally refers to a designation given to certain businesses or investors that are […]

BVI News understands that the elderly woman who perished in a house fire in Kingston, Tortola sometime after 8pm on New Year’s Day was a Canadian national and BVI Belonger. Our sources say the deceased woman — Judy Morgan — […]

Sixth District Representative Myron Walwyn has bemoaned the lack of adequate response from the government regarding local projections showing that some areas of the financial services industry are declining. The financial services industry is not fully understood by the average […]

Deputy Premier Lorna Smith is displeased with the level of customer service dispensed at banks in the territory. While debating the 2024 budget in the House of Assembly recently, Smith said she witnessed customers at local banks left to wait […]

Justice Kathleen Williams has directed prosecutors to submit a summary outlining the “substance” and meaning of the aspects of foreign law matters mentioned in their recent motion, filed before the court in preparation for the upcoming trial of former premier […]

Labour Minister Lorna Smith has hinted that the Governor’s Office and law enforcement authorities are too focused on the charges linked to Commission of Inquiry while murders, shootings, burglaries and other serious crimes continue to rise in the BVI. Speaking […]

The government’s census has not been moving as quickly as expected and Deputy Premier Lorna Smith has expressed concerns about the pace. “I just want to take a moment to talk about the census,” Smith said in the House of […]

General Manager of the BVI Electricity Corporation (BVIEC) Neil Smith has confessed that the power company is concerned about fires that occur at the Pockwood Pond dump site, as they affect workers and have the potential to affect the power […]

A call was made for a complete review of the education system in the territory, and the government is being urged not to play politics in the process. Territorial At-Large Representative Stacy Mather made that call after poor responses during […]

Kyron McMaster is the territory’s newest recipient of an Order of the British Empire (OBE) for his remarkable contributions to sports. At just 21 years of age, McMaster made history by winning the Virgin Islands’ first-ever Commonwealth Games medal, clinching […]