PRESS RELEASE: The author is a Policy Fellow at Cambridge University’s Centre for Science and Policy and the former BVI Representative to the UK and EU  As the peak of the 2018 hurricane season progresses, Britain is on standby as […]

The Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) has recovered yet another firearm as well as a quantity of crack cocaine during two separate operations on Saturday, September 22. Police said they seized a Smith and Wesson 9mm handgun along with […]

Tropical Storm Kirk has formed in the Atlantic while other weather systems continue to lurk in the area. During a weather update Sunday morning, the Department of Disaster Management (DDM) described Kirk as well as another weather system called Tropical Depression […]

The Office of the Supervisor of Elections is organising Mock Elections in order to demonstrate the vote-tallying technology that government wants to have implemented for real, upcoming general elections. There is a Mock Election scheduled for next week and, during […]

By Davion Smith, BVI News Staff Attorney General Baba Aziz has been asked to give his opinion on whether it is appropriate and lawful for Ingrid Moses-Scatliffe to remain as Speaker of the House of Assembly if she plans to […]

By Esther Durand, BVI News Staff Citing reports of China deceiving a number of developing African countries with bittersweet business deals, Opposition legislator Julian Fraser wants the government to reconsider giving the Chinese unfettered access to the territory. “The Chinese […]

The Ministry of Communication and Works has come up with a strategy to prevent utility companies from returning to dig up roads after they have been paved. Deputy Permanent Secretary for the Ministry of Communications and Works, Jeremy Hodge said […]

Cellmates Deron Walters and Nickail Chambers said they were not selling drugs at Her Majesty Prison despite allegations that 317 grams of cannabis were found in their prison cell this year. The accused men proclaimed their innocence by pleading not […]

The body that was established to ensure a fair and transparent execution of government’s recovery and development plan has been operating without regulations. While answering questions in the House of Assembly on Thursday, Premier Dr D Orlando Smith revealed that the […]

An independent summary report indicates that local police acted in self-defence when they fatally shot Santo Yamarco Hernandez last December. The two officers who were involved in the incident will, therefore, not face any sanctions for Hernandez’s death. “I am […]