Premier Dr Natalio Wheatley has condemned Labour Minister Melvin ‘Mitch’ Turnbull over his recusal from a recent debate in the House of Assembly (HOA), threatening to play a tape which would highlight Turnbull’s inconsistency. Turnbull recused himself from the debate […]

Opposition Leader Julian Fraser has argued that the BVI should be trying to avoid law enforcement tactics that will infringe upon the rights of residents of the territory. Fraser’s comments were made after Premier Dr Natalio Wheatley withdrew a controversial […]

The Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) is taking an unusual approach to community policing this week in observance of its Family Friday’s initiative. The RVIPF has partnered with UMI Fashions and officers attached to the Force will be hitting […]

Premier Dr Natalio Wheatley moved a motion in the House of Assembly moments ago to withdraw the controversial Police Bill. The motion was seconded by Opposition Leader Julian Fraser. Premier Wheatley said attempts were made to modernise the bill and […]

All government departments are slated to start digitising their records by June 1 of this year. Cabinet made this decision during its January 25 meeting where it accepted and approved the draft management framework for the territory’s Records Management Centre. […]

Governor John Rankin has condemned the release of a leaked version of the audit report into the Public Assistance Grants issued by lawmakers and government ministries between January 2019 and May 2022. The audit was commissioned in the wake of […]

A lack of cross-ministry communication and collaboration in government assistance grant programmes meant that applicants received assistance from multiple programmes for the same purpose, with some receiving even more funds than requested in some instances. This was revealed in the […]

An audit into Public Assistance Grant programmes controlled by lawmakers and government ministries between January 2019 and May 2022 showed that there was possible abuse within those programmes and across all programmes. According to the audit report issued by the […]

BVI Chamber of Commerce and Hotel Association (BVICCHA) is undergoing what it described as a “rebranding” of the organisation to provide a greater focus on tourism. The organisation indicated in a media release yesterday that the BVICCHA has established a […]

A local youth group leader in the Virgin Islands said he felt the territory has lost a generation of young persons and now needs to rebuild from the core. Henderson Tittle, the Coordinator of Mentoring Anointed Leaders Everywhere (MALE), said […]