Premier Dr Natalio Wheatley has posited that there is a common belief that elected leaders shouldn’t be financially stable, saying that’s the reason past leaders shied away from increasing the salaries of politicians. The Premier made the statement on September […]

Opposition Leader Ronnie Skelton has called on the minister responsible for the Customs Department to address problems at the facility, as residents are finding it more difficult to get the goods they need to conduct business. “I don’t know what […]

Sixth District Representative Myron Walwyn has shed light on the plight of some residents who, he says, have been forced to live in their cars while refugees in the Virgin Islands are being accommodated in hotels at the taxpayers’ expense. […]

Local authorities say they’ve received multiple reports by fishers and other concerned residents about persons who are harvesting turtle eggs and juvenile fish. Director of Agriculture and Fisheries Theodore James is reminding residents that the harvesting of turtle eggs is […]

Deputy Governor David Archer Jr said the historical general orders that govern the way public service officers function have now been put to rest. Archers said the orders, which date back to the early 1970s, will be replaced with new […]

Sixth District Representative Myron Walwayn has pointed out that some retired politicians already collected up to $10,000 per month under the controversial “Greedy Bill”, although sections of the law were finally thrashed in the House of Assembly on September 19. […]

Police have confirmed the arrest of one male who returned to the territory earlier today. The individual is suspected of being involved in a spate of violent gun crimes which occurred in the territory recently, police suggested. Officials did not […]

The Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) said it is investigating what it described as a recent unauthorised landing of an aircraft at the Auguste George Airport on Anegada. The incident is said to have happened in the early morning […]

Opposition Leader Ronnie Skelton has lambasted insurance companies and banks in the territory for what he suggested were Ponzi schemes and predatory practices being meted out to their customers. “I am 65 and my life insurance doubled. I hit sixty-two, […]

Bankrupt businesses in the territory have been endangering lives as they desperately try to remain open just to save face, Social Development Minister Vincent Wheatley said recently. Wheatley decried the lack of bankruptcy protection laws for businesses in the BVI […]