Efforts are underway to get the incinerator at Pockwood Pond back online after more than a year of inactivity. That’s the commitment given by Director of the Waste Management Department, Marcus Solomon, who visited the plant’s manufacturer Consutech Systems LLC […]

Eighth District Representative, Marlon Penn has warned the government against settling for what he described as a patch-and-go approach to fixing the territory’s roads, insisting that it will ultimately be an expensive exercise for the territory. “We need to get […]

Banks in the BVI need to be more generous as they consider loans from applicants in the territory Deputy Premier, Lorna Smith, said in the House of Assembly (HOA) recently. Smith, who is also the Minister for Financial Services, Labour […]

Premier Dr Natalio Wheatley has commended Deputy Premier Lorna Smith for the work the first-time legislator has been doing since she took office earlier this year. Smith – the Minister for Financial Services, Labour & Trade – held a series […]

As Guyana continues to chart a course for development resulting from its new-found oil reserves, the country is facing renewed issues with its neighbour Venezuela. Venezuela and Guyana share a border and have had serious clashes in the past over […]

Sixth District Representative Myron Walwyn said he was troubled by recent developments in the BVI and questioned whether the people of the territory have lost their pride. Walwyn, while speaking in the House of Assembly recently, described the sister island […]

Business operator and community activist Sharon Flax-Brutus said she is prepared to join other frustrated Virgin Gordians who are willing to march on the House of Assembly in protest of the water woes that continue to plague the tourism capital. […]

As the BVI continues to process news that cocaine was being transported by the small aircraft that crashed on Anegada last week, Governor John Rankin has stated that the scale of the guns and drugs trade is “deeply worrying.” The […]

Police discovered a number of guns near His Majesty‘s Prison at Balsum Ghut after a group of hooded men managed to escape their clutches late last week. Officers of the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) said as they conducted […]

As the territory continues to experience an uptick in criminal activities, BVI News understands that two men who live on Tortola, were last week arrested and slapped with rape charges. The first arrest was reportedly made last Wednesday and our […]