Premier Dr Natalio Wheatley has extended a warm invitation to UK officials to visit the British Virgin Islands. He extended the invitation during a parliamentary reception put on by the BVI All-Party Parliamentary Group on the first day of the […]

Political commentator and clergyman Claude Skelton Cline has once again proclaimed the leadership qualities of former Health Minister Ronnie Skelton as a likely prospect for Premier ahead of the upcoming general elections. General elections are constitutionally due by mid-May and […]

Reports to the Standing Finance Committee (SFC) are that Paraquita Bay Crown lands that were subdivided and given to persons for farming purposes “have been transformed into living quarters in some instances”. Opposition Leader Julian Fraser highlighted this concern when […]

The Department of Immigration will be focusing on greater training for its members of staff to improve the customer service profile of the British Virgin Islands. Permanent Secretary in the Premier’s Office, Carolyn Stoutt-Igwe gave that indication while responding to […]

Health Minister Marlon Penn said his political organisation — the National Democratic Party (NDP) — remains active and he intends to lead the party as it campaigns for the upcoming general elections. Penn expressed in a recent interview on ZBVI […]

Opposition Leader Julian Fraser has encouraged Premier and Minister of Finance Dr Natalio Wheatley to avoid the advice of bureaucrats as he makes critical decisions concerning the distribution of funds in the budget. “I’m urging the Minister of Finance to […]

Health Minister and Chairman of the NDP, Marlon Penn said he is in favour of term limits for the post of Premier of the BVI and argued that the territory should follow other countries in adopting this practice. “I support […]

The Government Information Service (GIS) will be launching a television station and has inked a deal with one local telecommunications company for broadcasting purposes. This is according to Director of Communications Arliene Penn who said engagements have been had with […]

Premier Dr Natalio Wheatley has argued that his government has made significant strides in implementing governance reforms — an argument he believes can bolster his planned request for the UK to remove a Parliamentary Order in Council against the BVI. […]

Four dogs found to be perpetrators of attacks on people and livestock in the territory have been put to death. The Royal Virgin Islands Police (RVIPF) said in a media release yesterday that it ordered that the dogs be euthanised […]