Queen’s Counsel and former Acting High Court Judge, Gerard Farara wants a policy to be implemented that makes it mandatory for legislators to be fully furnished with documents relating to all bills introduced in the House of Assembly. Farara made […]

An inmate at Her Majesty’s Prison in Balsam Ghut has been accused of assaulting a prison officer, BVI News has been told. It is said that the inmate in question expelled a noxious substance in the prison guard’s face. Details […]

There are calls for the Virgin Islands Constitution to be amended to include at least two additional legislators in the House of Assembly. Sister Islands Coordinator Vincent Wheatley is suggesting that Virgin Gorda, Anegada, and Jost Van Dyke should each […]

Premier Dr D Orlando Smith is still the preferred leader overall for the British Virgin Islands but residents have named Opposition Leader Andrew Fahie and Education Minister Myron Walwyn as close contenders. This is according to a second political survey […]

Premier Dr D Orlando Smith has shot down claims that agents from the United Kingdom have been deployed to the BVI to monitor his government. These rumours came out of the House Of Assembly recently from members of the Premier […]

Government member Delores Christopher said she would have voted against the Recovery and Development Agency bill had she been present on the day of the vote. Christopher said she was absent on decision day because of illness. While speaking on radio […]

By Dickson Igwe, Contributor The recent 10 to two vote in the Virgin Islands legislature allowing for the establishment of the Disaster Recovery Agency is a vote for transparent, accountable, equitable, measured, and well-audited governance. The Virgin Islands has taken […]

The BVI’s young swimming sensation Elinah Phillip has won two silver medals at the 2018 CARIFTA Games. She took second place in the 50-metre Butterfly at National Aquatic Centre in Kingston, Jamaica where the swimming segment of the Games was […]

The just-concluded 47th BVI Spring Regatta and Sailing Festival recorded a slight drop in registered boats in light of the hurricanes. Nevertheless, organisers put on a stellar show during the week-long event. The regatta took place from March 26 to […]

Majority of eligible voters in the British Virgin Islands currently have no political preference and believe the territory is heading in the ‘wrong direction’. This was the finding of a Caribbean Development Research Services political survey conducted between February and […]