Labour Minister, Vincent Wheatley, has expressed concern at the absence of a local labour force to meet the needs of green jobs that are on the horizon for the BVI. He said the existing reality is that climate change is […]

On Wednesday, December 1, 2021 BVI News Online published a letter under the headline: “LETTER TO EDITOR: Help! One good deed has put my home in jeopardy”. In that letter, which was authored by Mr Lionel Richardson, he claimed he […]

The Bitter End Yacht Club in Virgin Gorda is set to reopen later this month with the first and only overwater bungalows available in the BVI. The 64-acre private retreat was opened by the Hokin family in 1973 and quickly […]

The Disability Services Division in the Social Development Department handed out certificates to 19 participants in five subject areas today as World Disability Day is observed in the territory. The participants were certified in meal preparation, horticulture, water skills, ‘myself […]

Fourth District Representative, Mark Vanterpool has questioned why the Recovery & Development Agency’s (RDA) Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Anthony McMaster, is still serving in an acting capacity after nearly two years in the job. Vanterpool suggested that this was in […]

Though the entire student population of Elmore Stoutt High School (ESHS) must finish the remainder of the academic term online because of COVID-19, the Ministry of Education believes the cases are isolated incidents and not a signal that there might […]

Suggesting that the BVI is subjected to this treatment, political commentator Pastor Claude Skelton Cline has expressed that modern-day colonisation is essentially an “inhumane” act. “This whole notion of direct rule, by its very nature … is against everything that […]

Premier Andrew Fahie said there’s been no recent dialogue with an investor who previously indicated an interest in the BVI‘s medical marijuana industry. Premier Fahie was responding to questions about any progress made with the now-stalled Cannabis Licensing Act that […]

With the festive season fast approaching, the Department of Waste Management continues its beautification project by ramping up its efforts to remove derelicts that line the streets of the territory under its campaign ‘No Derelicts Left Behind’. The Manager of […]

‘Tis the season of giving and local public officials were in a generous mood today as they pledged monies to the Recovery and Development Agency (RDA) for the construction of new buildings at Elmore Stoutt High School (ESHS). Deputy Speaker […]