The Ministry of Health has moved to defend the BVI’s track record, stating that the territory has been successfully preventing mother-to-child transmission of HIV and syphilis for the past five years. The Ministry’s defence of the territory’s reduction efforts for […]

The Department of Waste Management (DWM) is moving towards a cleaner Virgin Islands with the relaunch of its house-to-house garbage collection programme. The four-month pilot project, which runs from June 3 to September 30, aims to revolutionise waste management strategies […]

Talk show host Dr Kedrick Pickering has stated that the BVI needs to consider how much development the territory has achieved and craft a vision for the future that residents can embody and work towards. On the May 21st airing […]

Communications and Works Minister Kye Rymer promised that lawmakers would address severe deficiencies in the government’s Crown Lands Management Bill during the closed-door committee stage of proceedings in the House of Assembly (HOA). The Committee stage is essentially a line-by-line […]

A photo of a woman nestled deep inside an enormous pothole on a damaged road leading to the Brewers Bay area yesterday drew hundreds of reactions on social media. A wooden pole stood upright at the centre of the chasm, […]

Minister for Financial Services Lorna Smith has announced that the BVI intends to host its first financial services trade show in Shenzhen, China in early 2025, as the jurisdiction seeks to strengthen ties with one of its biggest markets. Minister Smith, […]

Second District Representative Melvin ‘Mitch’ Turnbull, has called out Premier Dr Natalio Wheatley who was absent from the May 28 House of Assembly sitting where elected leaders debated the Crown Land Management Bill 2024. The bill — which was drafted […]

The government published its first-ever medium-term debt strategy yesterday, describing the move as a guide to its borrowing policies and debt management operations. The 2024-2026 Medium-Term Debt Strategy (MTDS) is aligned with the 2024-2026 Budget and Medium-Term Fiscal Plan (MTFP) […]

Sections of the territory are currently being affected by a widespread power outage. There have been reports of power outages in communities across Tortola, including Pockwood Pond, Long Swamp, Greenland, and other areas on both the eastern and western ends […]

As his government moves to overhaul the territory’s immigration laws, Premier Dr Natalio Wheatley said amendments to the legislation should have been implemented earlier and not in response to external pressures. While addressing the House of Assembly recently, Dr Wheatley […]