When the BVI first elected its own representatives, Premier Dr Natalio Wheatley said everything took a leap forward, including the territory’s tourism and financial services industries. While celebrating the territory’s past leaders recently – including his grandfather Willard Wheatley – […]

More than two decades of service to community and tourism has landed Virgin Islander Lynette Harrigan on His Majesty King Charles III’s 2023 New Year’s Honours List. Harrigan, the Niche Marketing & Tourism Liaison Manager at the BVI Tourist Board […]

Former Education Minister Myron Walwyn and the Assistant Secretary responsible for Projects during the previous National Democratic Party administration – Lorna Stephens appeared before the Magistrate’s Court this morning on charges of breach of trust by a public officer. The […]

BVI News has been reliably informed that former House of Assembly Speaker Julian Willock had made a complaint to the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) days before his arrest. The nature of the reported complaint is not yet clear […]

Education Minister Sharie deCastro has indicated that a review of the curriculum for the territory’s schools is expected to be rolled out this year. According to the minister, that review will be done to ensure the school’s curriculum is aligned […]

Health Minister Marlon Penn has implored government officials to move on with sewerage works in his Eighth District constituency that have been neglected for decades. Nearly 10 years ago, some $8 million in funding was diverted from the East End/Long […]

Territorial At-Large Representative Carvin Malone has expressed disappointment at the prevailing uncertainty over the prospect of the BVI having general elections in the coming months. Malone questioned why residents were constantly expressing scepticism over whether there would be general elections […]

By Kedrick Malone The 2007 Constitution Oder, in its excellent and well-articulated preamble on page 5, states that “the people of the territory of the Virgin Islands have over centuries evolved with a distinct cultural identity which is the essence of […]

Embattled former House of Assembly (HOA) Speaker, Julian Willock has suggested he was detained on trumped-up allegations when he was held yesterday, January 10 on suspicion of human trafficking. In a statement sent to BVI News today, Willock confirmed his arrest, but […]

Attorney-at-law Michael Fay, KC has ridiculed the current state of the BVI’s Legal Profession Act, describing it as rushed and needing amendment. The law, in part, speaks to how attorneys are to be called to the Bar in order to […]