Lekhoy Hughes, one of three men implicated in a 2020 robbery at a supermarket in Virgin Gorda, was handed a prison sentence of 11 years and four months when he appeared before the High Court recently. Hughes, 22, was accused […]

As the territory moves further into the 2022 Atlantic Hurricane Season, Acting Director for the Department of Disaster Management (DDM) Jasen Penn is urging residents to look into renters’ insurance to protect belongings if destroyed in a hurricane. Penn noted […]

Jeremiah Frett has been confirmed to the post of Financial Secretary, having acted in the position since January 2021. In a recent press release, Deputy Governor David Archer, Jr said Frett’s confirmation became retroactively effective as of July 11, 2022. […]

The Environmental Health Division is heightening surveillance of early childhood centres across the Virgin Islands following the report of eight suspected cases of Hand Foot and Mouth Disease (HFMD) locally. Chief Environmental Health Officer Lionel Michael encourages owners and teachers […]

The following is a media release from the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF). Police charged a 22-year-old man with having a prohibited weapon and ammunition after a search of his residence early yesterday uncovered the illegal items. Deandre Donovan […]

Minister for Natural Resources Melvin ‘Mitch’ Turnbull has issued a public apology to all the members of the Virgin Islands Climate Change Trust Fund Board whose membership – as he puts it – were wrongfully revoked in 2019. He further […]

Premier Dr Natalio Wheatley has suggested that one of the factors responsible for the BVI Electricity Corporation’s (BVIEC’s) success as a statutory body is its fearlessness. “Electricity will collect more revenue than Water and Sewerage,” Premier Wheatley said in the […]

Territorial At-Large Representative Shereen Flax-Charles revealed that elected representatives sometimes suffer significant abuse from their constituents as they seek solutions to some of the problems being experienced in their districts. However, she suggested that she is not phased by the […]

As the government tries to confront its longstanding waste management issues, Minister for Health and Social Development Marlon Penn, along with a team from the ministry, is visiting Bermuda to look at the country’s waste treatment facilities. The delegation — […]

Opposition Leader Julian Fraser has expressed concern for the government’s senior citizens programme, which he suggested was being run at a deficit. Fraser was at the time contributing to the debate in the House of Assembly (HOA) on the government’s […]