The management of the National Health Insurance (NHI) scheme said it is awaiting legal opinion on whether it is allowed to suspend benefits enjoyed by employees, whose bosses are delinquent in making contributions to the NHI on their behalf. Deputy […]

President of the British Virgin Islands Filipino Association Dr Christine Harry has charged her compatriots who have made the BVI their temporary or permanent home to continue working towards making the territory a better place. She stated that Filipinos who […]

The British Virgin Islands has proposed relatively tough actions against employers who fail to carry out court orders under the territory’s first comprehensive legal framework that is seeking to address the vexing issue of child maintenance. Under the proposed Child […]

A boat captain died suddenly on Virgin Gorda on New Year’s Day, prompting a police investigation into the circumstances of the death. The deceased is 48 year-old North Sound resident Leslie Shortte, otherwise known as Shabba. He is a native […]

Reports are that there is so far no obvious sign of foul play regarding the death of prominent businessman and radio announcer, Neil Blyden, also known as Mr Melee. Blyden was displaying flu-like symptoms over his last few days, but […]

While making it clear that the sale of Road Town Wholesale (RTW) to North West Company out of Canada is yet to be finalised, founder of RTW Peter Haycraft has criticized the government for taking more than a year to […]

Ending a year in which gunmen robbed more than 10 local businesses and physically harmed a few entrepreneurs, the BVI Chamber of Commerce and Hotel Association (BVICCHA) said it is ‘very concerned’ about the attacks. It further stated that it […]

A proposed law currently before the House of Assembly is seeking to punish persons with fines or imprisonment for misusing funds they receive for the maintenance of children. “A person who has received funds for the maintenance of a child […]

The government has outlined how it will fund a fully fledged entity, which will be tasked with comprehensively ensuring the British Virgin Islands (BVI) – among other things – complies with requests by international partners for tax-related information. Legislative action […]

Some politicians in the British Virgin Islands (BVI) have paused to pay early tributes to the late businessman and former chairman of the BVI Tourist Board, Neil ‘Mr Melee’ Blyden, who himself tried unsuccessfully to serve in the territory’s parliament. […]