This article has been updated BVI News understands that a woman who reportedly serves as a senior government functionary has been arrested and charged for allegedly ill-treating a minor. The official, whose name our news centre has opted to withdraw […]
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Quality Construction awarded $4M JVD Primary School contract
After being awarded the contract for the construction of the Technical Block at the Elmore Stoutt High School, Roy Garroway of Quality Construction was recently awarded another contract in excess of $4 million for the construction of the Jost Van […]
SSB starts home-buyers selection process for Joe’s Hill Manor
Calls have been made for persons wishing to become residents of the government’s low-income housing initiative at Joe’s Hill to demonstrate their interest. The Social Security Board (SSB) announced yesterday that it has begun the applicant selection process for prospective […]
Premier to look into reports of lack of medical equipment at AO Shirley
Premier and Minister of Finance Dr Natalio Wheatley said he will take a look into why the medical room at the AO Shirley Recreational Grounds in Road Town is yet to be outfitted with proper equipment since being constructed more […]
BVI needs proper detention centre — Assistant Commissioner of Police
In the wake of yet another escape by a detainee from a temporary facility that acts as the government’s immigration detention centre, a senior police officer is calling for a new facility to be established. Acting Assistant Commissioner of Police […]
BVI Immigration launches passport control kiosks at Beef Island airport
The Immigration Department has installed Automated Passport Control (APC) kiosks at the Terrance B Lettsome International Airport on Beef Island to expedite entry for returning locals holding a British Virgin Islands or United Kingdom passport. A press release by the […]
BVI must pay greater attention to renewable energy — Vanterpool
Fourth District Representative Mark Vanterpool has urged the government to focus its attention in the direction of renewable energy. “I don’t know whether we have we have lost our focus or whether we are paying attention, but our focus on […]
Jahnai Pickering charged for possession of criminal proceeds
The following is a media release from the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF). Police charged the captain and lone occupant of a boat that fled from US authorities in the BVI waters yesterday. Jahnai Pickering, 25, of Spooners Estate […]
Justice Floyd leaving BVI to take up post in Dominica
Come September, Justice Richard Floyd will no longer be sitting on the Virgin Islands bench as head of the Criminal Division in the VI courts. The Canadian native and international attorney has accepted a position in the Criminal Division of […]
Political party system has failed BVI — Skelton Cline
The BVI’s political party system has not adequately served the needs of the people of the territory, Pastor Claude Skelton Cline has argued. “The party system, in my view, is floundering and has faltered and some even say have failed […]
