Premier Dr Natalio Wheatley has called for stronger teamwork across the public service, saying collaboration between government ministers, permanent secretaries and department heads is critical to the territory’s development. Speaking at the government’s mid-year review on Wednesday, Dr Wheatley addressed […]

Communications and Works Minister Kye Rymer has challenged the long-running argument that the United States Virgin Islands (USVI) is taking business opportunities away from the Virgin Islands because the BVI government has failed to act. Rymer, speaking recently in the […]

Despite numerous complaints about frequent power outages across the territory, the BVI Electricity Corporation (BVIEC) insists that electricity supply in the BVI has actually improved over the years. According to the corporation, residents and businesses appear less tolerant of interruptions […]

Commentator and clergyman Claude Skelton Cline has declared that only Virgin Islanders by birth should participate in any referendum on self-determination for the Virgin Islands. “Unless you are a Virgin Islander by blood and birth, with the proper requisite of […]

Egg prices in the BVI have been cut in half following the launch of the new ‘Oh So Good’ brand of cage-free eggs at RiteWay supermarkets. The announcement came during a press conference this week, attended by Premier Dr Natalio […]

Talk-show host Claude Skelton Cline said the BVI must pause its planned constitutional talks with the United Kingdom, arguing that the territory is not in a fair position to negotiate. “We are in no position to negotiate a new constitution […]

Civil servants in the Virgin Islands are struggling with low morale and inadequate resources, according to commentator Claude Skelton Cline. He warned that the public service is being “paralysed” by poor management and chronic underfunding. During his Honestly Speaking radio […]

Talk-show host Claude Skelton Cline has accused the Department of Trade of frustrating Virgin Islanders who want to do business, saying the licensing process is broken and stifling local entrepreneurship. “Getting a trade license is having to have muscles like […]

Global watchdog Transparency International (TI) UK has published comprehensive guidelines for implementing publicly-accessible beneficial ownership registers in the UK’s offshore financial centres. If the guidelines are adopted by the UK government, they could have major implications for the BVI, which […]

Premier Dr Natalio Wheatley has urged residents to study the Constitutional Review Commission Report and to tune in to next week’s House of Assembly debate on the document. The House will meet on Thursday, September 18, to consider the report, […]