Education Minister Myron Walwyn has marked Elmore Stoutt High School’s (ESHS) graduation this year as vindication for criticism surrounding his ministry’s so-called ‘rushed’ efforts to reopen schools after the September 2017 hurricanes. Captioning a photo of the graduates which he […]
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BVI cop fined over $40K for defrauding Social Security Board
Interdicted police officer and businessman Brian Penn has been convicted and sentenced for multiple counts of defrauding the state-owned Social Security Board (SSB). Magistrate Ayanna Baptiste DaBreo fined the offender $8,400 for 84 counts of failure to make payments to […]
Gov’t spends millions on rent every year
Millions are being spent yearly to house various government departments in rented accommodations in the British Virgin Islands. That is what statistics from the Ministry of Finance for the last five years has indicated. The statistics say government spent more […]
Females dominate top achievers list at ESHS graduation
Female students dominated the list of top achievers graduating from the Elmore Stoutt High School (ESHS) this year. Four of the five top achievers, who maintained an ‘A’ average every term from Grade 7 to Grade 12, were female. They […]
Post-summer introduction? Still no sign of Freedom of Information
With only four months remaining till the 2018 calendar year ends, the National Democratic Party (NDP) government is still yet to put forward a Freedom of Information Act in the House of Assembly. Governor Augustus Jaspert had said in his […]
Audit being conducted into BVI Airways deal
An audit is being conducted into the flopped agreement between the Government of the Virgin Islands and BVI Airways. The Office of the Auditor General is investigating the matter, Governor Augustus Jaspert said during a media conference on Thursday. He […]
COMMENTARY: Toward a vision for recovery of BVI
By Benito Wheatley, Contributor As the British Virgin Islands’ (BVI) continues to rebuild from Hurricanes Irma and Maria, a compelling vision is needed to capture the imagination of the people of the islands and gain the confidence of the Territory’s […]
UK Minister for Overseas Territories to visit BVI next week
UK minister responsible for Overseas Territories, Lord Tariq Ahmad is visiting the British Virgin Islands next week. His upcoming two-day visit comes weeks after he reportedly skipped the BVI and made stops to other Overseas Territories such as Montserrat and […]
First 40-foot container of recyclables head to US from BVI
Green and Clean VI, is getting ready to ship its first container of hurricane associated trash out of the British Virgin Islands. The 40-foot container of recyclable items weighing approximately 25.7 metric tonnes will be US-bound as early as Friday, […]
HOA Speaker told to enforce House rules ‘despite friendship’
By Davion Smith, BVI News Staff Speaker of the House of Assembly Ingrid Moses-Scatliffe is being urged to ensure the policies governing parliament are upheld ‘despite the friendship’ she may share with parliamentarians. Dr Natalio ‘Sowande’ Wheatley made that appeal […]
