The government has confirmed through a post-meeting Cabinet decision issued earlier this week that it will demolish the Althea Scatliffe Primary School (ASPS) and build a new structure in its place. The educational institution was shuttered abruptly back in June […]

Ninth District Representative Vincent Wheatley has highlighted what he described as the fear of independence and self-determination in some sections of the territory. He added that people are afraid of the exact steps that are needed to move the BVI […]

Opposition Leader Julian Fraser has suggested that members of the BVI society may be stricken with an inferiority complex which he argued is a widespread phenomenon. Piggybacking on an earlier argument made by Fourth District Representative Mark Vanterpool, Fraser suggested that […]

Critical members of staff in at least one government department have reportedly been sent on vacation together in recent weeks, creating an inconvenient situation for members of the public. This situation has prompted Junior Trade Minister Shereen Flax-Charles to call […]

Former fugitive from justice, Nyron Erickson, has emerged unsuccessful in his latest quest to secure bail before the High Court earlier this month.  A Court judgment, published earlier this week, noted that this is the fifth instance that Erickson has […]

Eighth District Representative Marlon Penn has sought to explain that the approval of a new national budget doesn’t mean money had been set aside to address all the ills in districts across the territory. Penn said constituents often feel that […]

BVI News understands that a 25-year-old male was recently arrested and charged with robbery after snatching a gold chain from an unsuspecting resident. Reports are that the victim was in the Purcell Estate area when the suspect snatched his chain […]

Chairperson of the Constitutional Review Commission (CRC) Lisa Penn-Lettsome has said her team welcomes the impending referendum on same-sex marriage that was recently announced in the BVI. The referendum is being proposed because of an ongoing case involving a same-sex […]

Minister of Natural Resources and Labour Melvin ‘Mitch’ Turnbull recently engaged Territorial At-Large legislator Carvin Malone in a mini war of words during the debates for the 2023 budget in the House of Assembly recently. The two legislators clashed after […]

Millions of dollars are expected to be saved by the government in rental fees once repairs at the Ralph T O’Neal Central Administration Complex have been completed. But Premier Dr Natalio Wheatley has suggested that the long-running process has taken up far […]