Premier Dr Natalio Wheatley said a local lawyer has been contracted to conduct a review of the discretionary powers of the Cabinet and ministerial government. This was one of the recommendations outlined in the government’s framework for implementing the agreed […]

Premier Dr Natalio Wheatley said the terms of conditions of the government’s contract with Withers Law did not explicitly call for the firm to produce a parallel Commission of Inquiry (COI) report. Opposition legislator Carvin Malone had previously expressed concerns […]

Education Minister Sharie DeCastro said her Ministry continues to address the issue of an alternative location to house displaced students of the Althea Scatliffe Primary School (ASPS).  The school was closed abruptly just before the end of the last school […]

Health & Social Development Minister Marlon Penn is encouraging persons to take advantage of public assistance if they are experiencing financial hardships. Minister Penn made the appeal while appearing before the House of Assembly (HOA) recently, calling on such persons […]

Premier Dr Natalio Wheatley has said a BVI All-Party Group has been officially established in the United Kingdom (UK) and is ready to work to represent the territory in UK parliament. In giving an update on international affairs in the […]

The following is a media release from the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF). Forensic results of skeletal remains found in a ghut leading to Brewers Bay positively match that of the missing male Walter Todman.  DNA samples taken from […]

A man who claimed that a gun used in an attempted abduction and robbery back in August 2018 had belonged to him, was handed six months in prison when he appeared before the High Court earlier this month. K’vawn Choucoutou, a resident […]

Fourth District Representative, Mark Vanterpool and former Speaker of the House of Assembly, Julian Willock have both called for the BVI to cut ties with the United Kingdom (UK) as the territory’s administering power.  Vanterpool, while speaking in the House […]

The new $1.7 million state-of-the-art Cane Garden Bay Wastewater treatment plant has officially been commissioned. Speaking at the ribbon-cutting ceremony earlier this week, Works Minister Kye Rymer noted that Cane Garden Bay is a hub for regional and international visitors. […]

Opposition Leader Julian Fraser, in his contribution to the Commission of Inquiry (COI) debate in the House of Assembly (HOA), has raised discontent with where the powers of the governor and the legislature come from about making laws in the […]