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BVI strengthening service to improve healthcare access

BVI strengthening service to improve healthcare access

PRESS RELEASE – The Government of the Virgin Islands is making strides towards strengthening service delivery and increasing healthcare access. To this end, a training workshop on WISN (Workload Indicator of Staffing Needs) was held from March 14 to17 for […]

by / on March 23, 2017 at 5:24 AM /
Social workers told: Children abused behind your backs

Social workers told: Children abused behind your backs

Delores Christopher has told social workers to become more creative in exercising vigilance, adding that as parents and guardians have been abusing children behind social workers’ backs. As such, the government lawmaker said she wants social workers to habitually pay […]

by / on March 22, 2017 at 3:59 PM /
Mitch blasts governor: Nobody elected him!

Mitch blasts governor: Nobody elected him!

Melvin ‘Mitch’ Turnbull, who is a first-term member of the House of Assembly, yesterday blasted Governor John Duncan for using constitutional powers to force Government to allocate an additional $800,000 to the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF). The government […]

by / on March 22, 2017 at 7:55 AM /
BVI seeks way around Brexit at Brussels meeting

BVI seeks way around Brexit at Brussels meeting

The British Virgin Islands (BVI) said it has engaged stakeholders in Brussels on an alternative relationship between the territory and the European Union (EU) after Brexit. Brexit effectively is the United Kingdom’s departure from the EU. On March 13, BVI […]

by / on March 22, 2017 at 7:40 AM /
Inmate reprimanded moments before death

Inmate reprimanded moments before death

BVI News Online has been informed that, moments before US Virgin Islands native Treh Williams was found hanging in his cell at Her Majesty’s Prison, he was refusing to eat, and was reprimanded for not obeying certain instructions. Reports from […]

by / on March 22, 2017 at 7:33 AM /
Arch rivals clash over who ‘wasted’ public funds

Arch rivals clash over who ‘wasted’ public funds

Leader of the Opposition Andrew Fahie is likely to be investigated for more than $600,000 that was spent on a study to test the feasibility of establishing a medical school in the British Virgin Islands while he served as minister […]

by / on March 22, 2017 at 7:32 AM /
Fahie wants special law, incentive to protect CCT

Fahie wants special law, incentive to protect CCT

Leader of the Opposition Andrew Fahie said the government and its Telecommunications Regulatory Commission (TRC) should formulate regulations and legislation to protect local companies, adding that a special incentive should be provided to the only telecom company that is fully […]

by / on March 22, 2017 at 7:18 AM /
Lawmakers bemoan murders: Prayer needed daily

Lawmakers bemoan murders: Prayer needed daily

With three murders reported in the British Virgin Islands since the start of the year, some government lawmakers yesterday suggested that something is amiss, adding that divine intervention is now needed more than ever. Representative of the Sixth Electoral District […]

by / on March 22, 2017 at 6:53 AM /
3 investors knocking; education board approved

3 investors knocking; education board approved

While successfully seeking approval to appoint a board to start regulating tertiary education locally, Minister of Education Myron Walwyn yesterday announced that at least three investors already are seeking to operate territory institutions in the British Virgin Islands. “We have […]

by / on March 22, 2017 at 6:33 AM /
Booths are to be Registered for Virgin Gorda Festival

Booths are to be Registered for Virgin Gorda Festival

PRESS RELEASE – Food vendors and businesses participating in the upcoming Virgin Gorda Easter Festival are to register their booths by March 31. Acting Chief Environmental Health Officer, Mrs. Yolanda Penn said this notice applies to all stalls and vending […]

by / on March 22, 2017 at 6:30 AM /