Chairperson of the Constitutional Review Commission (CRC), Lisa Penn-Lettsome has said residents should note that the United Kingdom may not accept all the changes proposed to the BVI constitution. Penn-Lettsome made the revelation on the Real Talk Show hosted by […]

Former BVI police prosecutor Jefferson Knight has posited that police officer Marley Sebastien was arrested maliciously and those responsible for his arrest are the ones guilty of perverting the course of justice. Sebastien, who was part of former Premier Andrew […]

The BVI’s two major political parties — the National Democratic Party (NDP) and the incumbent Virgin Islands Party (VIP) — have been characterised as cash-strapped ahead of the upcoming general elections which are due around mid-May of next year. For […]

The BVI government continues to be in conversation with other airlines besides American Airlines in attempts to boost the territory’s airlift capacity, Works Minister Kye Rymer has revealed. The government recently announced plans by American Airlines to have direct flights between […]

Deputy Governor David Archer says he has maintained a clean accountability record over the years and doesn’t believe his office was operating below good governance standards at the time the Commission of Inquiry (COI) was called in the territory. Archer […]

Former legislator Ronnie Skelton is the latest public figure to submit his views on term limits for elected leaders, stating that this measure isn’t necessary for everyone elected to office in the BVI. Term limits for elected leaders has been […]

Transportation Minister Kye Rymer has approved increased rates for the transportation-for-hire industry in the British Virgin Islands. Fares have been updated for island tours, for taxi tours to all destinations, and for the cost of travel between cruise ship disembarkation […]

Constitutional Review Commission (CRC) Chairman, Lisa Penn-Lettsome, said she did not believe now is the wrong time to hold a constitutional review in the territory.  Some legislators and several other residents have been on record as saying the BVI is being asked […]

The government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the CARICOM Implementation Agency for Crime and Security (IMPACS) for the exchange of Advance Passenger Information (API). The signing was done in a brief ceremony held on December 6, between Premier […]

Wayne Stout, Jr, the 35-year-old BVI boat captain who was nabbed in June as part of a multi-million dollar drug bust in the United States, has been sentenced to nine years in prison for conspiracy to distribute cocaine. Stout was arrested following […]