Premier Dr Natalio Wheatley has rebuffed claims that Ninth District Representative Vincent Wheatley was not fit to sit in Cabinet and has further dispelled the belief that the government had to seek permission from the United Kingdom to make Wheatley […]

The Virgin Islands government needs another ministry. That’s the position taken by Premier Natalio Wheatley who said an additional ministry would enable the government to properly handle all the areas they are appointed to oversee. There are currently five overarching […]

A promised disruption to the work of the newly elected government made by members of the political Opposition is not being taken lightly by Premier Dr Natalio Wheatley. Even before Opposition members set foot in the Fifth House of Assembly […]

The much-talked-about referendum on same-sex marriage within the territory is likely to be put forward to the public within the next weeks, Premier Dr Wheatley has confirmed. Premier Wheatley made the statement yesterday May 2, during his first press engagement […]

Global watchdog the Tax Justice Network (TJN) this week wrote an open letter to King Charles, urging him to clamp down on the country’s financial services jurisdictions which are often regarded as tax havens — jurisdictions where the wealthy hide […]

Newly-appointed Deputy Premier Lorna Smith will today sit in the seat of Premier for the first time as she takes over the reigns from Premier Dr Natalio Wheatley who will be leaving the country to attend King Charles’ coronation in […]

The territory’s leader has expressed dissatisfaction with the way the Labour and Trade Departments are being operated and has called for some level of reform to be implemented to turn things around.  Premier Dr Natalio Wheatley gave that indication at […]

The backlog of applications for residency and Belongership that has existed for nearly a year now must be addressed, Governor John Rankin has expressed. While acknowledging that the issue of immigration is a sensitive one that is devolved to the […]

Information from the Royal Virgin islands Police (RVIPF) indicate that the latest murder committed on BVI soil on Sunday was a drive-by shooting. The RVIPF gave that indication while releasing the identity of the victim — 37-year-old Kemo Lettsome of […]

Premier Dr Natalio Wheatley has urged that much more must be done to stem the rising tide of gun crime facing the territory and has called for an action plan to be prepared on how to address this challenge. Dr […]