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You must now account for our $7.2M plane money, Premier told
Third District Representative Julian Fraser has placed Premier Andrew Fahie on notice that he (the premier) will be expected to provide answers about the controversial $7.2 million that the NDP government paid to the defunct BVI Airways airline. Speaking Tuesday […]
Gov’t to begin granting land titles to Anegada residents next month
More residents of Anegada will have titles to their land in a matter of weeks, Minister for Natural Resources, Labour & Immigration, Vincent Wheatley has said. He explained that, as promised during the VIP’s election campaign, this will be done […]
Go above and beyond to hire BVIslanders, hotels told
Businesses in the local tourism industry, particularly hotels and resorts, have been told to make provisions to populate their workforce with locals. Those instructions were given by Labour Minister and Ninth District representative Vincent Wheatley. Speaking at Tuesday’s sitting of […]
Jury finds cashiers guilty of stealing nearly $60K
Former RiteWay cashiers George Wells and Sharon Forde have been convicted for stealing close to $60,000 from the Roadtown Wholesale Cash and Carry in Pasea Estate back in 2017. A nine-member jury returned with a unanimous guilty verdict for the […]
Police investigating Waterfront burglary
Police have launched an investigation into a burglary that has been reported at the Waterfront Taxi Stand in Road Town. Information Officer at the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force, Diane Drayton, told BVI News the incident was reported early Wednesday […]
EU says we will not be placed on their blacklist
The BVI will not be placed on the European Union’s blacklist of non-compliant tax haven jurisdictions. Premier Andrew Fahie made that announcement on Tuesday in a report to the House of Assembly. He said: “The European Union has announced today […]
Willock appointed Speaker of HoA
Media owner Julian Willock has been appointed as Speaker of the House of Assembly. He was elected as Speaker inside the Multi-purpose Sports Complex in Road Town where the First Sitting of the First Session of the Fourth House of […]
Gov’t moves to convince UK to dump public registers, rely on BOSSs
Premier Andrew Fahie has said the focus of his office is now to convince Britain how the BVI’s Beneficial Ownership Secure Search system (BOSSs) is a better alternative to the UK-mandated public registers of company beneficial ownership. READ: What are […]
Accused killers were with Snoopy before he went missing, court told
Prosecutors are alleging that CCTV footage captured murder victim Devern ‘Snoopy Stanley in the company of two of his alleged killers the night he went missing in June 2016. These allegations of CCTV evidence, as well as cell phone records, […]