Third District Representative Julian Fraser is not happy about expatriates having access to the National Health Insurance (NHI) soon after moving to the territory. The Opposition legislator raised the issue during last Friday’s sitting of the House of Assembly. He […]
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Underperforming gov’t workers not being disciplined! New persons being hired to fill void
Premier Andrew Fahie has blasted the Human Resources Department for not taking disciplinary actions against delinquent workers under the employ of the Government of the Virgin Islands. Fahie said the practice of not taking action against these workers who he […]
Control panel for incinerator installed! Electrical works in final stages
The long-awaited control panel for the Solid Waste Incinerator plant at Pockwood Pond has been installed and is now in its final stages of electrical wiring. Deputy Premier and Minister of Health Carvin Malone made that announcement in the House […]
Another ‘goalpost shift’? Int’l community forces new changes to BVI Business Companies Act
Additional amendments with specifications about how companies in the British Virgin Islands should ‘file’ their registers of directors with the BVI Registry of Corporate Affairs has been made to the BVI Business Companies Act. Premier Andrew Fahie introduced the amendments […]
Painful | Another Christmas and many still in damaged homes, offices — Governor
Governor Augustus Jaspert has bemoaned that another Christmas season has met some residents still working and living in hurricane-damaged quarters. Addressing the issue at a press conference on Tuesday, Governor Jaspert said he is hoping that the government addresses this […]
Teen charged in Huntums Ghut shooting, denied bail
Nineteen-year-old, Deschon ‘Dede’ Hodge has been hauled before the Magistrate’s Court for the Huntums Ghut shooting incident which left a 16-year-old man nursing injuries at the Dr D Orlando Smith Hospital this month. He was charged with possession of a […]
‘Rookie move, Mr Speaker!’ Opposition questions 10-minute rush to close budget debate during their absence
By Kamal Haynes, BVI News Staff Some members of the Opposition have said they believe the recent decision by the Speaker of the House of Assembly to close last Friday’s budget debate session without having an actual debate was ‘amateur’. […]
Give gov’t employees extra $50K to invest, encourage early retirement — Vanterpool
Fourth District Representative Mark Vanterpool has said he believes one way to reduce the national recurrent expenditure is by encouraging early retirement among government employees. Recurrent expenditure effectively involves ongoing government spending that does not result in the creation or […]
More than 1,500 awarded certificates of residency, Belongership
Some 1,523 persons have now been awarded their certificates for residency and/or Belongership under the Virgin Islands Party administration. The certificate recipients included persons from government’s Fast-Track Programme to regularise expatriate residents who had been living in the territory for […]
Fraser bats for the HoA to become a statutory body
Third District Representative Julian Fraser wants the House of Assembly (HoA) to become a statutory body. The veteran legislator made his sentiments known during last Friday’s budget debate inside the House of Assembly. “This House of Assembly has a budget […]
