The Public Works Department has announced that the government’s new asphalt plant will be operational by June of this year. According to Director of Public Works, Jeremy Hodge, the commissioning of the plant, which has been highly anticipated, is expected […]

A UK-based research and consultancy firm, Pragmatix Advisory, has found that the BVI’s financial services sector facilitates an estimated $1.4 trillion in cross-border trade and investment globally. According to its report, ‘Beyond globalisation: The British Virgin Islands contribution to global […]

A local scooter rider racked up several charges recently after trying to evade the police while traversing Norman Fowler Drive on Tortola recently. Sources told our news centre that the police were conducting a stop-and-search operation on the thoroughfare when […]

Independent Territorial At-Large candidate, Mitsy Ellis-Simpson, has challenged the level of fairness exhibited during the Virgin Islands Party’s (VIP) congressional meeting, which took place earlier this month. Ellis-Simpson told the Talking Points radio show that she attempted to represent the […]

As he moves to secure a fresh mandate from voters at the upcoming general elections, Premier Dr Natalio Wheatley has set his sights firmly on finding new and innovative ways of growing the territory’s revenue base.  One of the means […]

Demolition works for the now-abandoned Althea Scatliffe Primary School (ASPS) structure in Road Town are expected to begin by the end of this week. This is according to Education Minister, Sharie de Castro, who told residents on the VIP Let’s […]

Local attorney-at-law Daniel Fligelstone-Davies announced himself this week as an independent Territorial At-Large candidate in the upcoming general elections and has put forward proposals to address everyday problems facing Virgin Islanders. One of the problems the political newcomer has identified […]

The 34-year-old scooter rider allegedly found with an unlicensed, loaded gun during a police stop-and-search operation last Friday has been granted bail. Akeem Robinson, who is charged with Carrying an Unlicensed Firearm, and Unlawful Possession of Ammunition, was offered $80,000 […]

The Virgin Islands Party (VIP) government must account for the inequity that has taken place under its watch, particularly with regard to the allocation of the territory’s resources as it relates to infrastructure development. That was the sentiment shared by […]

A resident has claimed that there have been instances where bodies are left languishing at local funeral parlours, simply because residents do not have the funds necessary to bury their dead. The person phoned into a radio programme recently, which […]