A Miami court has once again deferred the sentencing hearing date for former BVI Ports Authority Managing Director, Oleanvine Maynard. Maynard confessed last year to helping the just-convicted former Premier Andrew Fahie orchestrate a drug and money laundering conspiracy to […]

Premier Dr Natalio Wheatley has challenged residents to hold officials directly responsible for crime accountable given the current spate of escalating crime in the territory. Dr Wheatley warned that residents should not allow the corrupt and immoral practice of crime […]

Premier Dr Natalio Wheatley has suggested that the Opposition is attempting to score political points by focusing on the $3.48 million travel bill his government racked up between 2019 and 2023. Fresh criticisms are being thrown at the government, following […]

BVI News understands that a carpenter who resides in the community of Greenland, was recently arrested and slapped with multiple charges after badly assaulting his wife and one other person. It’s understood that the suspect is a national of St. Vincent […]

BVI News has received more details on last Saturday’s incident on a barge, in which two men lost consciousness and another died after allegedly inhaling toxic chemicals. It’s understood that the deceased is a 55-year-old Jamaican national who was employed […]

Sixth District Representative Myron Walwyn was displeased by the government’s marketing plan for the territory when it was presented in the House of Assembly (HOA) recently. Walwyn asked Premier and Tourism Minister Dr Natalio Wheatley to provide lawmakers in the […]

Eighth District Representative Marlon Penn has rejected the $200,000 that the government has allocated to support small businesses across the territory. The Opposition members have been calling for financial support for businesses that are still recovering from various shocks and […]

Premier Dr Natalio Wheatley has dismissed concerns that a sluggish BVI economy is at the root of an apparent rise in serious crime in the territory. Over the past few years, there have been multiple daring daylight robberies and murders, […]

A promised visitor centre at Trellis Bay, Beef Island may soon be a reality for residents and visitors to the territory, Premier Dr Natalio Wheatley has indicated. Premier Wheatley told lawmakers that the Virgin Islands Recovery and Development Agency (RDA) […]

Premier Dr Natalio Wheatley has revealed that more than $2.5 million is expected to be paid to politicians — under the controversial Retiring Allowances law passed in 2021 — who were not returned to office at the last election.  Premier […]