Former Financial Services Minister Lorna Smith has announced plans to launch a financial services boot camp programme early in 2025. Speaking during the 2025 budget debate in the House of Assembly on Wednesday, December 18, Smith underscored the importance of […]

Deputy Premier Julian Fraser has expressed frustration over the lack of engaging activities for tourists arriving in the territory. During the budget debate in the House of Assembly yesterday, Fraser painted a vivid picture of visitors wandering aimlessly with little […]

Territorial At-Large Representative Lorna Smith has condemned the recent postponement of the minimum wage increase, calling the delay “immoral.” Speaking during the 2025 budget debate in the House of Assembly (HOA) on Wednesday, December 18, Smith highlighted the government’s initial […]

Territorial At-Large Representative Stacey Mather raised concerns during the 2025 budget debate about the similarity between the budget allocations for travel and road works. Speaking in the House of Assembly on Wednesday, December 18, Mather questioned why the travel budget […]

Sixth District Representative Myron Walwyn has argued that the BVI economy is “flat on its back”. He insisted that there are no apparent plans to revive it and declared that nothing is in the government’s budget for the territory’s people. […]

Despite the ‘doom and gloom’ rhetoric from Opposition members about the budget, First District Representative Dr Karl Dawson has highlighted encouraging signs of growth in the BVI. During yesterday’s House of Assembly debate on the 2025 budget, Dr Dawson praised […]

The Rotary Club of Central Tortola recently hosted its annual Christmas toy giveaway, delighting more than one hundred children in attendance. Rotary President Annill Daniel was present to personally deliver gifts, bringing smiles to the faces of the excited young […]

The Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) has launched an investigation into a Facebook video allegedly promoting violence as a form of political expression. In a statement on Wednesday, December 18, the RVIPF confirmed awareness of the video, which they […]

The House of Assembly will debate the 2025 budget today, 18 December. This follows weeks of deliberations in the closed-door Standing Finance Committee (SFC) stage of proceedings, during which lawmakers closely inspected budget allocations and questioned government officials. In his […]

Joanna Gaskin, President of the Overseas Filipino Workers Organization (OFWO), is calling on employers in the Virgin Islands to stop pocketing statutory contributions deducted from their expat employees’ salary and to ensure that contributions are paid directly to the Social […]