The man largely in charge of managing the territory’s purse, Glenroy Forbes, has said the time is ripe for the British Virgin Islands to explore the idea of having greater self-determination. The Financial Secretary said the territory needs to have a […]

A Long Trench resident charged with manslaughter two years ago has been acquitted. Anthony Cheltenham was found not guilty by a nine-member-jury last Thursday. His attorneys Valerie Stephens-Gordon and Stacy Abel successfully argued that the incident was nothing more than […]

Seventeen new recruits have been sworn into the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) and nearly half of the batch are BVIslanders. The other countries represented are St Vincent, Jamaica, Guyana, St Lucia and Dominica. A media release from the […]

By Dickson Igwe, Contributor Self-sufficient economies are good for national security, national health, and economic growth. Non-self-sufficient economies are slave economies, dependent on foreign powers, for their existence. Now, countries that feed their populations from their own geography and natural […]

PRESS RELEASE: The Child Maintenance and Access Bill, 2016 that strengthens the system of laws and policies that recognise children’s rights to special protection is now in effect. The bill addresses the concerns and challenges presented in the Magistrate’s Code of […]

Just a few short months away from the territory’s next General Election, Governor Augustus Jaspert has been accused of abusing the privilege of his office to meddle in the electoral affairs of the British Virgin Islands. Education Minister Myron Walwyn […]

A prison officer has been taken into police custody for drug possession. The officer was held at Her Majesty’s Prison in Balsam Ghut with an unknown quantity of drugs on Saturday (December 15), BVI understands. It is not clear whether […]

Second District Representative Melvin ‘Mitch’ Turnbull has categorically said he never asked to join the Virgin Islands Party (VIP) nor has he ever requested any ministerial position under a VIP government. The first-term legislator made that assertion a few short […]

Police have now gotten involved in the controversy surrounding the perimeter wall erected around Elmore Stoutt High School. Governor Augustus Jaspert said the police department’s involvement in the matter is as a result of the ‘special report’ from the Office […]

Opposition Leader Andrew Fahie has wished his successor Ronnie Skelton well as the incoming holder of the post. Fahie is expected to be booted from the post shortly, considering that the Skelton-led Progressive Virgin Islands Movement (PVIM) now has the […]