A three-year extension that would have seen the Recovery and Development Agency (RDA) remain in operation up till December 2026 has been declined. RDA Chairman Ronnie Skelton was the one to seek the 2026 extension. The Cabinet has instead decided […]

Amid uncertainty surrounding general elections in the territory, Minister for Health & Social Development Marlon Penn has indicated that he intends to run for office the next time residents go to the polls. Speaking on a Umoja radio talk show […]

BVI News understands that the police recently recovered a quantity of counterfeit US$100 notes in an abandoned building on the western end of Tortola. Our news centre was not able to determine the total number of notes recovered by the […]

Education Minister Sharie de Castro has signalled that the Elmore Stoutt High School (ESHS) redevelopment project is drawing to a close but stopped short of giving any new projected opening date. Premier Dr Natalio Wheatley previously assured residents repeatedly that […]

The government has not been thrown into despair over the escalating challenge it faces in relation to serious crime in the territory and has promised to do more to help stamp out the scourge.  Premier Dr Natalio Wheatley gave that […]

The British Virgin Islands has officially started to feel the impacts of former UK Prime Minister, Lis Truss’ resignation and the recent appointment of her successor, Rishi Sunak. Since Sunak’s appointment this week, he has assembled a new UK Cabinet […]

Premier Dr Natalio Wheatley has equated the prospect and threat of the BVI’s constitution being partially and temporarily suspended with the enslavement of Africans by European colonisers.  The current administration averted that constitutional suspension when it joined forces with the political […]

Deputy Premier Kye Rymer said he has noticed that many public officers are afraid of executing their duties because of the public officers who were recently arrested and charged in the territory. Former Director of the International Affairs Secretariat Najan Christopher and […]

Premier Dr Natalio Wheatley has expressed outrage over the recent gun murders that took place in his constituency and has admonished youths to choose a path away from crime. The Premier also shared an emotional tale of personally witnessing the […]

Opposition Leader Julian Fraser has expressed a lack of sympathy towards the governing administration in the wake of an accusation that it continues to unjustifiably employ tender waivers in executing government contracts.  In a recent review of the ongoing governance reforms being […]