Businessman and former minister of health Alred Frett has started the new year with a call for the territory’s politicians to cut their salaries and allowances to match their levels of productivity, and to impose a tax on persons owning […]

Halim Scatliffe, a US Virgin Islands native who is accused of dealing in drugs, has pleaded not guilty to marijuana and cocaine-related charges in the Magistrate’s Court here in the British Virgin Islands (BVI). Local police have charged him with […]

Former chairman of the BVI Tourist Board and stalwart in the local entertainment industry, Neil Blyden, passed away suddenly on Sunday (January 1). Blyden, who also made unsuccessful attempts to become a political representative, was widely known as Mr Melee. […]

A travel story by DICKSON IGWE, Contributor First impressions: and Paris is ruled by a rich French culture, freedom-loving peoples, good governance, and an exceptional ethical subset. Mixing the preceding with one of the world’s finest rail and metro networks, […]

By Alred C Frett, Contributor Addressing the miseries of 2016 The year 2016 has been terrible – not just with international wars and conflicts and the selection of Brexit and election of Trump, but even here in our little corner […]

The following is a media release from the Ministry of Social Development dated September 27, 2016. The Social Development Department has partnered with Comprehensive Security Solutions Incorporated to develop an Electronic Monitoring Pilot Programme in the British Virgin Islands. The Electronic […]