This story has been updated Speaker of the House of Assembly (HOA) Corine George-Massicote has announced that she will not grant leave/permission to First District Representative and former Premier, Andrew Fahie, to be absent from this and any future sittings […]

Minister of Works Kye Rymer has suggested that the new Procurement Act of 2021 altered the rules needed to execute community projects and has effectively slowed down the speed at which government is able to get work done in these […]

Fourth District Representative Mark Vanterpool said the BVI is negotiating the Commission of Inquiry (COI) report’s recommendations with a proverbial gun to its head. Vanterpool insisted that because of this, there should be no negotiations between the BVI and the […]

More than two months after publicly announcing that “the majority of members” of the House of Assembly wanted him removed from the post, former Speaker Julian Willock is now claiming otherwise. Willock resigned back in early May; not long after […]

The Government of National Unity has selected a panel to begin the review of the territory’s scholarships/educational grants programme. Recommendation B11 under the proposed COI Implementation framework noted that Cabinet should establish a panel which comprises people from civic society […]

A Virgin Islands resident has been arrested on suspicion of human smuggling after a vessel he allegedly captained was intercepted with 16 illegal immigrants. In a press release this afternoon, the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) said marine officers […]

Local hurdler Kyron McMaster missed last night’s 400-metre hurdles semi-final at the World Championships in Oregon, USA because of injury. He is now looking to recalibrate and focus on defending his crowns at the Commonwealth and North American, Central American […]

The three passengers who were on a boat that capsized in BVI waters late last night are all safe. That is according to Director of Operations at Virgin Islands Search and Rescue (VISAR), Phil Aspinall who told BVI News that […]

Candidates for the upcoming general elections constitutionally due next year are seemingly afraid to begin campaigning, Fourth District Representative Mark Vanterpool has said. Vanterpool was at the time arguing in the House of Assembly (HOA) in support of the removal […]

Premier Dr Natalio Wheatley has said the government plans to reintroduce the existing Register of Interest Act of 2006 and amend it to include penalties for persons who fail to declare their interest to the register on time. He proposed […]