Eighth District Representative Marlon Penn has bemoaned the reduced allocation that the government has given for the yearly Summer Beautification Programme that employs many youth across the territory during the summer months. The yearly programme usually employs young people who […]

BVI News understands that a 50-year-old man was recently arrested and charged for attacking another who has known mental challenges. It’s not clear whether the two men are related, but reports say the attacker went to the victim’s house and […]

As concerns continue to grow over the budding inmate population at His Majesty’s Prison (HMP) at Balsam Ghut, Governor John Rankin has once again restated his belief that there are far too many persons on remand at the facility. While […]

Deputy Governor David Archer Jr has moved to clarify reports that several BVIslanders who applied for an Electronic System for Travel Authorisation (ESTA) visa waiver have been denied by the United States in recent months. ESTA is an automated system […]

Residents of Virgin Gorda recently told government officials that they are unhappy with the management of their landfill, which caused much disturbance in their community when fires broke out last week. Many residents and businesses were disrupted by the fire […]

Chairman of the Board of Directors of the BVI Airport Authority (BVIAA), Theodore Burke, said the Authority is making plans to ensure that it secures the territory’s position as a leading tourism hotspot in the region. Burke’s statement to the […]

Premier Dr Natalio Wheatley has expressed a strong commitment to addressing the issue of escalating crime that has been affecting the territory in recent months. Dr Wheatley gave that indication during a press recent briefing where he told members of […]

Former House of Assembly Speaker Julian Willock has given the new coalition government a seven out of 10 rating, stating that they are doing well given the number of challenges they’ve faced during the first one hundred days in office. […]

The Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) has advised that there was no evidence of criminality following the discovery of a decomposed body in Road Town earlier this week. The body was discovered in an abandoned building on upper Main […]

Chairman of the Virgin Islands Festival and Fairs Committee (VIFFC), Dirk Walters, said it is important that members of the public have a better understanding of the true cost of hosting the territory’s annual Emancipation Festival. While speaking on the […]