Opposition Leader Andrew Fahie has stressed that the BVI needs investors. However, he said some public service workers and government policies are discouraging these investors from doing business in the territory. He said both local and foreign investors have lost […]

Education Minister Myron Walwyn wants H Lavity Stoutt Community College (HLSCC) graduates included in the controversial Virgin Islands Recovery and Development Agency legislation. Walwyn said if the legislation passes and the Agency is established, the Agency should facilitate jobs and […]

Residents are concerned that the Irma-destroyed retaining wall at the Cane Garden Bay public cemetery could hurt their tourism product if the problem is not addressed promptly. Using the NDP Radio forum recently, one resident complained that tombs could get […]

Deputy Chief Agricultural Officer Arona Fahie-Forbes believes the time is ripe for the territory to make good on the vision of developing the agriculture sector and transforming it into the territory’s main economic pillar. Minister with responsibility for agriculture Dr […]

By Dickson Igwe, Contributor Governments, even micro administrations of tiny jurisdictions, have the ability to raise finance, to an exponentially greater degree than individuals and small businesses. In the aftermath of the September 2017 natural disasters that devastated the Virgin […]

The United Kingdom is facilitating the BVI to borrow up to $426 million (just under half-a-billion dollars), though the territory is not legally allowed to borrow more than a quarter billion over a specified period. Under a BVI-UK agreement called […]

By Davion Smith, BVI News Journalist The British Virgin Islands will spend five times as much on loan repayments if it refuses the United Kingdom’s £300 million loan guarantee and borrows from the BVI Social Security Board (SSB). That is […]

While sentencing a father and his daughter for trying to enter the BVI with fake visas, Senior Magistrate Tamia Richards believes there are a number of persons who have already breached the territory with counterfeit documents. Thirty-five-year-old Leonel Calderon will spend […]

German sportswear giant Puma has signed two British Virgin Islands athletes. The two athletes are 400-metre hurdles sensation Kyron McMaster, and long-jumper Chantel Malone. McMaster and Malone are popularly known for making major accomplishments last year. McMaster was the fastest […]

Communications and Works Minister Mark Vanterpool has impliedly demanded respect for Premier Dr D Orlando Smith, who he said endured ‘hostility’ from UK parliamentarians to get assistance for the BVI. Vanterpool said parliamentarians in the UK were hostile towards Premier […]