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Minister denies Agriculture Dept’s VG staff paid for doing nothing

Minister denies Agriculture Dept’s VG staff paid for doing nothing

Agriculture Minister Dr Natalio Wheatley has denied that staff at the Agricultural Department’s Virgin Gorda office have been getting paid while doing no work. “I don’t think that’s true. We have, I know, one particular worker over there, Leslie Maduro. […]

by / on February 14, 2022 at 6:53 AM /
Premier Andrew Fahie

‘I wasn’t trying to hide anything’, says Premier on BVIHSA matter

Amid having his honesty come into question at a press conference today, Premier Andrew Fahie said it was not his place to disclose to the media that he had written a letter to Health Minister Carvin Malone about the audit […]

by / on February 11, 2022 at 5:34 PM /
Education Minister Dr Natalio Wheatley

Althea Scatliffe classroom roof fixed! More work will be done

  The assessment on the roof at the Althea Scatliffe Primary School has been completed and works have been done to correct the issue. In late October of last year, the ceiling of a classroom at the primary school caved […]

by / on February 11, 2022 at 3:01 PM /
Faulty online system the major factor behind work permit backlog

Faulty online system the major factor behind work permit backlog

One of the general consensuses emerging from the stakeholders meeting about the issues faced at the Labour Department is that the transition to an online application platform last year has caused a severe backlog in processing work permits. The Acting […]

by / on February 11, 2022 at 8:10 AM /
Premier Andrew Fahie

Premier: No link between my home contractor and Frenchman’s bridge

Premier Andrew Fahie has insisted that there is no impropriety involved regarding a personal home he is building and the reconstruction of the Frenchman’s Cay bridge; both of which reportedly involve the same contractor. When the Premier appeared on his […]

by / on February 11, 2022 at 7:55 AM /
Wheatley

Labour ‘begging’ Governor’s Group to assign them more workers

Minister of Labour and Immigration Vincent Wheatley said he cannot assign anyone to the Labour Department to help alleviate the short staff issue because public service workers are the responsibility of the Deputy Governor’s Office. Speaking at a stakeholders meeting […]

by / on February 11, 2022 at 7:54 AM /
Seventh District Representative Dr Natalio Wheatley.

Education review coming this year

Education Minister Dr Natalio Wheatley has promised that a comprehensive education review will be done for the local school system this year. Dr Wheatley made the promise while appearing on the governing Virgin Islands Party’s (VIP) Let’s Talk radio show earlier this […]

by / on February 11, 2022 at 7:45 AM /
An NHI card. (BVI News photo)

NHI has fundamental problem, says Social Security Minister

Social Security Minister Vincent Wheatley has argued that the territory’s National Health Insurance scheme has a fundamental problem. Minister Wheatley made the assertion when he appeared on JTV’s the Big Story recently. “NHI has a fundamental problem that we are […]

by / on February 11, 2022 at 6:21 AM /
American music mogul P Diddy spotted in the BVI

American music mogul P Diddy spotted in the BVI

American rapper and music mogul Sean ‘P Diddy’ Combs has been sighted in the British Virgin Islands. The 52-year-old was captured on amateur video footage arriving through the Terrance B Lettsome International Airport on Beef Island. He was spotted with […]

by / on February 10, 2022 at 5:25 PM /
Three more COVID-related deaths recorded

Three more COVID-related deaths recorded

Just days after announcing the BVI’s COVID-19 death toll to be 58, the Ministry of Health today announced even for fatalities. The territory’s COVID-related deaths have increased by three persons, bringing the total to 61. These latest casualties were all […]

by / on February 10, 2022 at 3:59 PM /