Governor John Rankin has given Sir Gary Hickinbottom an additional six months to conduct his Commission of Inquiry (COI) and produce a report. This decision follows a June 2 request to Governor Rankin from Sir Gary asking for an extension. […]

Financial Secretary, Jeremiah Frett has characterised as madness, the situation within the government when it sought to distribute COVID-19 stimulus packages during a territory-wide lockdown last year. Speaking at a hearing before the Commission of Inquiry (COI) on Tuesday, Frett […]

Talk show host, Pastor Claude Skelton Cline yesterday said he might have to call yet another ‘gangster’s summit’ in the BVI to discourage illegal border entries. Illegal entry is suspected by some as a key contributing factor to the massive COVID-19 […]

The government has awarded a contract valuing just under a quarter-million dollars to furnish the Ministry of Finance’s offices located at RFG Place on Waterfront Drive in Road Town. This $247,871.7 contract was awarded to Island Services (BVI) Ltd. Cabinet […]

Five additional government departments have adjusted their operating hours, with some only offering remote services because of the concerning uptick in COVID-19 cases. These departments are the Civil Registry & Passport Office, the Virgin Islands Shipping Registry, Town & Country […]

Leader of Her Majesty’s Loyal Opposition Marlon Penn said the BVI is in a significant battle with the current surge in COVID-19 cases and has offered prayerful support to persons experiencing loss at this time. The territory has experienced at […]

The following is a media release from the Ministry of Health dated Tuesday, July 13, 2021. The Ministry of Health & Social Development has confirmed another COVID-19 related death, which brings the death toll to three in a one-week period […]

A few minor connection glitches were not enough to disrupt a virtual launch of the government’s online work permit system on Monday, July 12. The first of several expected elements of an e-government platform, the work permit system has been […]

Speaker of the House of Assembly (HOA), Julian Willock has made a formal complaint to the UK Minister responsible for Overseas Territories, Dominic Raab, about the way Sir Gary Hickinbottom is conducting the ongoing Commission of Inquiry (COI). In his […]

The Leader of Her Majesty’s Loyal Opposition, Marlon Penn has called on government to hire a logistics specialist to assist with the rollout of its COVID-19 testing and vaccination strategies. “This gives us an opportunity now to start to think […]