Health Minister Marlon Penn has warned that businesses should be prevented from entering the territory and becoming ‘predatory’ to other businesses. Legislators were at the time debating the Business Licensing Act, 2020 in the House of Assembly (HOA). “You cannot allow businesses […]

The government is being warned against developing legislations that discourage business owners, especially young and aspiring entrepreneurs, from conducting business in the Virgin Islands.  Businessman and legislator, Mark Vanterpool, delivered that word of caution yesterday as the House of Assembly […]

Third District Representative Julian Fraser has said it is a “travesty” that the Valerie O Thomas Community Centre remains inaccessible to his constituents and that a cloud of uncertainty still exists in relation to the state of the facility. The […]

Territorial At-Large Representative, Carvin Malone remains adamant that his decision to resign from the Government of National Unity and cross over to the parliamentary Opposition did not come from a place of bitterness. Malone, who was Minister of Health & […]

Premier and Minister for Finance Dr Natalio Wheatley has noted that the Business Licensing Act, 2020 seeks to transform the business environment in the Virgin Islands by making it easier, more convenient, more efficient, and competitive for persons looking to […]

Former Premier of the BVI, Andrew Fahie has signed an extradition waiver that prevents him from remaining in another country if he takes flight while out on bond ahead of his trial next month. The extradition waiver was part of […]

Territorial At-Large Representative Carvin Malone said he has received correspondence from former Premier, Andrew Fahie now that he (Fahie) is out on bail. When a member of the local media asked Malone yesterday whether he contacted his colleague and longtime […]

Territorial At-Large Representative Carvin Malone said he has not made a definite decision on whether he will contest the next general election which is constitutionally due before May of next year. Speaking at a press conference yesterday evening, Malone explained […]

Territorial At-Large Representative Carvin Malone said he believes that the United Kingdom (UK) will still have to suspend the BVI’s constitution in order to implement certain Commission of Inquiry (COI) recommendations. This is despite an assurance by Governor John Rankin […]

Carvin Malone, the former Health Minister in the now-dismantled Andrew Fahie administration, has declined to say whether he feels the BVI has elements of corruption as was suggested in the Commission of Inquiry (COI) report released recently. Malone, who yesterday […]