The Ministry of Finance flagged a $25 million gap in the budget for public service salary increases in 2024, but the warning was not disclosed to Cabinet or the House of Assembly, according to the Auditor General’s latest report. The […]

Education leaders have highlighted resistance among some parents, which undermines the government’s ability to curb escalating violence and bad behaviour in schools. Administrators are calling for urgent cooperation that is needed to keep campuses safe. Chief Education Officer Orlandette Crabbe […]

UK critics who portray the British Virgin Islands (BVI) as a tax haven simply misunderstand the territory’s financial services sector, according to Martin Kenny, a veteran anti-fraud expert who has worked in the BVI’s financial services industry for two decades. […]

Education Minister Sharie deCastro disclosed that nearly 50 teachers left the public education system in 2023, the highest number of departures recorded in recent years. Speaking in the House of Assembly, deCastro presented a year-by-year breakdown of teacher exits. “In […]

The Adina Donovan Home for the Elderly in Tortola is operating at near full capacity while surviving on a budget that Health Minister Vincent Wheatley said only covers its “basic operations”. Wheatley told the House of Assembly that the facility, […]

Members of the House of Assembly (HOA) more than doubled their salaries in 2024, according to a special report from the Auditor General. The increases, approved by lawmakers themselves, pushed the annual bill for their emoluments from $681,000 to nearly […]

The government has admitted that it continues to breach the Virgin Islands Constitution Order 2007 by housing juveniles at His Majesty’s Prison alongside adult inmates. The Constitution Order 2007 provides that juveniles in custody must be separated from adults and […]

Eight years after Hurricanes Irma and Maria left it battered and unusable, the Brewers Bay Community Centre is finally ready to reopen its doors — bringing a wave of hope and excitement to the small seaside community. Health and Social […]

Premier Dr. Natalio Wheatley has declared that sewage running through the streets of East End and Long Look will no longer be tolerated, as the Long Swamp Pump Station nears completion and preparations begin to connect households to the system. […]

Premier Dr Natalio Wheatley has insisted that the BVI will not permit “fishing expeditions” into its beneficial ownership registers, defending the territory’s approach to company transparency. The Premier’s comments come as the territory prepares to implement a new system of […]