Territorial At-Large Representative Neville ‘Sheep’ Smith has expressed concern at the relatively poor zoning laws that exist in the BVI. “We have a lot of businesses around here that set up in the wrong places – zoning,” Smith said recently […]

Former Labour Minister Vincent Wheatley has castigated persons he termed as “trade license hoarders“ for accumulating trade licenses with no apparent purpose in mind. Wheatley’s comments were made in the House of Assembly (HOA) recently as legislators debated the Business […]

Health Minister Marlon Penn has sounded a call for a unified front in the newly formed unity government, even as he chided others who are apparently seeking to disrupt the government’s progress. “We get in these positions and we tend […]

Premier Dr Natalio Wheatley has pledged his administration’s assistance to Overseas Territories (OTs) seeking United Nations support for sustainable development. The Premier participated in a virtual Pre-Joint Ministerial Council on June 10 where he also thanked the political leaders of […]

The Ministry of Education has decided to suspend the use of the Althea Scatliffe Primary School building in Road Town after a report outlined challenges to the structural integrity of the edifice. In a statement released today, the Ministry indicated […]

Information reaching BVI News is that a man from Old Plantation in East End has been arrested and charged on two counts of attempted robbery and one count of cultivation of cannabis.  The man has been identified as Maurice Charles. […]

By Fitsroy Randall, BVI news Staff Family members of the late firefighter, Shaqhoi Smith, are questioning why authorities have not yet performed an autopsy on their deceased loved one, stating that more than a month has elapsed since they requested […]

Health Minister Marlon Penn has warned that businesses should be prevented from entering the territory and becoming ‘predatory’ to other businesses. Legislators were at the time debating the Business Licensing Act, 2020 in the House of Assembly (HOA). “You cannot allow businesses […]

The government is being warned against developing legislations that discourage business owners, especially young and aspiring entrepreneurs, from conducting business in the Virgin Islands.  Businessman and legislator, Mark Vanterpool, delivered that word of caution yesterday as the House of Assembly […]

Third District Representative Julian Fraser has said it is a “travesty” that the Valerie O Thomas Community Centre remains inaccessible to his constituents and that a cloud of uncertainty still exists in relation to the state of the facility. The […]