The 70th Emancipation Festival promises a variety of acts for this year’s festivities, featuring new wave dancehall artiste Rajah Wild for Wild Out Wednesday and Jamaican-born artiste Shenseea for International Reggae Night. The festivities will run from July 14 to […]

Scores of people gathered on Saturday, June 22, for the funeral service of the BVI’s first local police commissioner, Vernon Malone, who passed away last month at the age of 76. Several officials, including members of the Royal Virgin Islands […]

Local attorney Daniel Davies has raised concerns over the necessity for the BVI Health Services Authority (BVIHSA) to pay electricity bills after reports surfaced that some of its clinics had their electricity disconnected due to unpaid bills. The issue was […]

The Virgin Islands Recovery and Development Agency (RDA) has announced the appointment of Shaina Smith-Archer as the new Director of Programme Delivery, effective June 10, 2024. With over 20 years of project management and engineering expertise, Smith-Archer’s appointment is expected […]

Willis Potter, principal of the Virgin Islands School of Technical Studies (VISTS) said he would like to see a greater appreciation for technical subjects in the BVI. There was a shift away from technical subjects in schools across the Caribbean, […]

The Department of Labour is set to officially launch a new online Labour Management System (LMS) on July 1. Deputy Labour Commissioner Felina Moss said implementing the LMS means all the department’s service offerings will be moved online. Among other […]

A law firm in the local financial services industry has pledged US$70,000 to support the redevelopment of the Eslyn Henley Richiez Learning Centre, which caters to children with special needs in the community. The Maples Group said the donation will be […]

Former BVI Ports Authority Managing Director Oleanvine Pickering-Maynard was given a nine-year and four-month prison sentence for her role in a drug trafficking plot that involved convicted former Premier Andrew Fahie. Besides the time in jail, Maynard, who is 62 […]

Communications and Works Minister Kye Rymer has acknowledged the dire state of the roads in the territory but said his ministry is actively working towards improving the infrastructure. Appearing on the Talking Points radio show this week, Rymer conceded that […]

The Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court overturned the gun conviction of Darryl Frett, who had been sentenced to 73 months imprisonment in his absence for keeping a firearm without a licence. The Court of Appeal ruled that there was insufficient evidence […]