The government has been advised to implement measures to make it more difficult for work permit holders to be eligible for residency and Belongership status. The advice was given in a recent report spearheaded by former permanent secretary Kedric Malone, […]

Cassandra Sutton was one of the many who applied for a home under the Housing Recovery Assistance Programme after the 2017 hurricanes hit the BVI. However, unlike many applicants who were able to collect their keys, she recently passed before […]

BVI News understands that a 15-year-old boy from the Greenland community was recently slapped with a charge of theft, after it was determined that he was the one who stole a scooter that was reported missing in May. Reports are […]

Eighth District Representative Marlon Penn took issue with the government’s Market Square space and questioned the Communications and Works Minister, Kye Rymer, over what he felt were some of the site’s shortcomings and its purpose. The $1.7 million facility debuted […]

The government budgeted roughly $2.4 million for social assistance funding through the Social Development Department (SDD) this year, after welfare assistance grants had been moved from the purview of lawmakers, the House of Assembly (HOA), and the Premier’s Office last […]

The government has repaid just a little more than half of the $8 million loan that was taken from the East End/Long Look (EE/LL) Sewerage Project and re-routed to the Tortola Pier Park (TPP) Project under the previous National Democratic […]

Sixth District Representative Myron Walwyn made an urgent plea to Premier Dr Natalio Wheatley in the House of Assembly (HOA) this week, for the government to focus its attention on getting the territory’s roads fixed. Walwyn asked Premier Wheatley whether […]

The controversial Retiring Allowances (Legislative Services) Amendment Act, 2021, often referred to by some residents as the ‘Greedy Bill,’ has found its place on the House of Assembly’s agenda for proposed amendments. In its existing form, this law granted lawmakers […]

The Taddy Bay Airport on Virgin Gorda, which was closed to undergo a scheduled maintenance exercise, will remain closed a few days longer. This is according to the BVI Airports Authority (BVIAA), which had initially planned to have the airport […]

Two suspects have been arrested after police conducted raids at two separate locations on Tortola this week and recovered a high-powered weapon and a pistol. The Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) said officers of the Criminal Investigations Department seized […]