Premier and Minister of Tourism Andrew Fahie is being asked to produce evidence of his plans to reboot the BVI’s struggling tourism industry. This request is from Second District Representative, Melvin ‘Mitch’ Turnbull, whose constituency makes up a large part […]

Although many locals have expressed fears that tensions between elected leaders and the UK government could negatively impact the BVI, Deputy Premier Dr Natalio Wheatley said such tensions are natural and have always existed. Dr Wheatley was speaking at the […]

Amid the government’s decision to further delay the reopening of local seaports until all resources are in place to protect against COVID-19, former legislator Myron Walwyn has posited that economic hardship can be as deadly as COVID-19. Last week, The […]

The online tourism publication, Travel Pulse has named the British Virgin Islands among the safest places the visit in Caribbean, as it relates to COVID-19. The BVI was listed at number-two among a total nine COVID-safe destinations currently open for […]

Government members, educators and members of the public today honoured the late Hamilton Lavity Stoutt at a Wreath-laying & Commemorative Celebration. This year marks the 26th anniversary year of his passing. Stoutt was the first and longest-serving Chief Minister of […]

Government has awarded more than a half-million dollars in contracts for the construction of three social homes in the territory. Cabinet awarded two-thirds of those contracts to K&C Construction — owned by Kendol Arthur & Colene Penn — on the […]

The BVI’s Financial Services Institute (FSI) has announced the launch of its fully-funded First Step Scholarship which will be awarded to a BVIslander or Belonger who wishes to pursue a Level II diploma from the international accounting body, ACCA. The […]

The presumed ‘economical damage’ local businesses are facing because of the Commission of Inquiry (COI) could have been avoided had the former governor, Augustus Jaspert, alerted the BVI government of his intentions. Premier Andrew Fahie gave that indication in a […]

Over a one month period, the BVI government racked up a $360,000 bill for two barges which it hired to secure the territory’s sea borders by serving as radar platforms. At its February 17 Cabinet meeting, leaders retroactively approved the […]

Other British Overseas Territories have noted concerns about the UK-sanctioned Commission of Inquiry (COI) launched in the British Virgin Islands. This is according to the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), which also declared its disapproval of the inquiry in an official statement […]