The governing Virgin Islands Party has commenced the process to rename the Central Administration Complex in Road Town in honour of former Premier, Ralph T O’Neal. Moving a motion in the House of Assembly recently, government minister Kye Rymer said […]
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Law enforcers seize large quantity of cocaine from vessel on VG
Local law enforcers have made what is being suggested to be a major drug bust on the sister island of Virgin Gorda. The bust was made during a joint operation between the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) and Her […]
‘Being a BVIslander or a Belonger is not enough to get a job’ — Premier warns
BVIslanders and Belongers are being told that their bare Immigration status is not enough to earn them employment in the territory. Premier Andrew Fahie made that remark on the heels of his announcement that employers are now required to exhaust […]
Contracts being drafted | Repairs to fire substations to commence soon
The substations of the Fire & Rescue Service across the territory will soon be repaired, Works Minister Kye Rymer has said. The minister gave that indication during Thursday’s sitting of the House of Assembly. He said: I wish to take […]
Hopeful of 2020 return to its own location | Special needs school celebrates 47 years
Despite being out of their John’s Hole-based facility for more than two years now, the staff and students of the Eslyn Henley Richiez Learning Centre are keeping hope alive that they would return to their own quarters sometime next year. […]
COMMENTARY: Brexit a mess with no end
By Dickson Igwe, Contributor In spite of Boris Johnson’s supposed breakthrough deal, Brexit remains an eternal conundrum. This is why now, Boris Johnson’s Brexit deal of October 17, 2019 has been described by the anti-Brexit crowd as a Theresa May […]
CGB’s temporary sewerage solution working well, Rymer reports
The interim measures implemented to alleviate the troubling issue of a malfunctioning sewerage system in Cane Garden Bay is working well, Works Minister Kye Rymer has said. Speaking in the House of Assembly on Thursday, the minister said: “Some remedial […]
Employers must ‘exhaust’ an actual list of unemployed locals before getting work permits
Employers in the British Virgin Islands are now required to prove that they have fully exhausted the territory’s pool of unemployed locals before any of their work permit applications are approved. Premier Andrew Fahie described this as one of government’s […]
More than $1M cost overrun announced for construction of Iris O’Neal Medical Centre
Phase one of construction of the new Nurse Iris O’Neal Medical Centre on Virgin Gorda is costing the government more than one million dollars in overruns. This is according to Minister of Health Carvin Malone who said this phase of […]
HLSCC receives additional 134 acres of Crown land
More than 100 acres of addition Crown land has been given to the state-owned H Lavity Stoutt Community College (HLSCC). Making the announcement in the House of Assembly on Thursday, Education Minister Dr Natalio Wheatley said the move is a […]
