The following is a media release from the Governor’s Office. A team of international election observers has arrived in BVI to observe next week’s General Election. The Commonwealth Parliamentary Association British Islands and Mediterranean Region (CPA BIMR) Mission consists of […]

The Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) has charged an immigration officer with three counts of breach of trust in a public officer. Thirty-five-year-old Naima Grante of Old Plantation was arrested over the weekend and remains in police custody, while […]

Attorney General (AG) Dawn Smith has decried a recurring pattern of government members using persons in her post as a scapegoat whenever issues in governance are highlighted to the public. Smith raised the concern in response to the Dr Natalio […]

Territorial At-Large Representative Shereen Flax-Charles delivered an emotion-filled presentation in the House of Assembly (HOA) yesterday, arguing, among other things, that Virgin Islanders appear to be fighting against themselves as they strive for independence. “We are in an uphill battle […]

Premier Dr Natalio Wheatley opted for the proverbial rose-tinted glasses as he assessed yesterday’s sitting of the House of Assembly (HOA), calling the abnormal legislative gathering an historic event.  The unprecedented recall of the House, mere days before the general elections, […]

Amidst the Belongership brouhaha that overshadowed proceedings during yesterday’s House of Assembly (HOA) sitting, Ninth District Representative, Vincent Wheatley, said he felt strongly that the entire affair could have been resolved in a much more private fashion. The issue of […]

Deputy Premier Kye Rymer today condemned rumours he said have been circulating across the Virgin Islands that the spouses of three Virgin Islands Party (VIP) legislators were granted Belonger status even though they did not qualify. Rymer addressed those rumours […]

There is simply no excuse or redemption for lawmakers who participated in passing the Retiring Allowances (Legislative Services) Amendment Act, 2021 which is sometimes referred to by members of the public as the greedy bill. That was the position adopted by Ninth District […]

Former Deputy Premier Dr Kedrick Pickering has suggested that there is much more than meets the eye after Governor John Rankin moved to recall the House of Assembly (HOA) last Friday. In recalling the HOA, Governor Rankin argued in part, that he […]

Accused money launderer, Nyron Erickson, has successfully had his trial date postponed until later this year in a St Thomas, US Virgin Islands courtroom. Erickson was charged with International Money Laundering Conspiracy and Bulk Cash Smuggling in September 2020. However, […]