The BVI Tourist Board’s Events Manager, Dirk Walters, has raised questions over whether the just-concluded BVI Music Fest event was adequately promoted and whether the government received real value for its investment. The government announced just two months ago that it would pump an […]

Premier Dr Natalio Wheatley has emphasised the need for public reeducation to adapt to the new governance systems that will have been born from implementing the Commission of Inquiry (COI) recommendations. In a recent interview, the Premier stated that the […]

Premier Dr Natalio Wheatley has welcomed Governor Daniel Pruce’s first quarterly review of the Implementation of the COI Recommendations under the Framework Agreement between the BVI and UK governments. At a press conference last week, Governor Pruce said his office is […]

BVI News has received details of the attempted robbery at Leverick Bay Marina, Virgin Gorda on May 26. It’s understood that the two masked gunmen, dressed in black, entered the restaurant and asked the manager to open a safe, which […]

Premier Dr Natalio Wheatley has defended the government’s investment in the Music Fest site, arguing that the venue will be repurposed for future events and community use.  In a recent interview, Dr Wheatley emphasised that the festival is a national […]

Premier Dr Natalio Wheatley said he was not the one who requested an extension of the deadline for implementing the Commission of Inquiry (COI) recommendations. Premier Dr Natalio Wheatley clarified that the decision was a collective recognition of the need […]

Sixth District Representative Myron Walwyn has slammed UK critics who have accused the BVI of poor governance, which led to the Commission of Inquiry (COI), arguing that their governance systems are no better. Speaking in the House of Assembly, Walwyn […]

Governor Daniel Pruce has stated that he doesn’t see a need to request additional powers over the BVI at this time but said he’d like to keep that option open as the elected government continues to implement the remaining reforms […]

Minister for Financial Services, Lorna Smith has stated that she felt a resurgence of interest in the BVI’s financial services products among stakeholders in Hong Kong, one of the territory’s biggest markets. Minister Smith and representatives from the financial services industry are currently on a trade mission in Asia. They’ve deemed the […]

This year’s controversially held BVI Music Festival — sponsored by the Virgin Islands government, BVI Tourist Board, Roadtown Wholesale and Digicel — saw varying turnouts on its first two nights. On Friday, May 24, the opening night, the turnout was […]