Territorial At-Large Representative Carvin Malone has concluded that residents do not believe today’s political leaders can move the BVI forward into independence. While appearing on the Honestly Speaking radio show yesterday, Malone discussed research commissioned by the United Nations, which […]
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All-woman BVI delegation attends C’wealth Parliamentary Conference
An all-women Virgin Islands delegation, led by the Speaker of the House of Assembly Corinne George-Massicote, is attending the 65th annual Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference in Halifax, Canada. George-Massicote is accompanied by Territorial At-Large Member and Junior Minister for Trade & […]
UK could ‘come up’ with reason to deny BVI an election — CSC
The United Kingdom could likely concoct a reason to prevent the BVI from moving forward with its constitutionally due election next year, Pastor Claude Skelton Cline has suggested. “Here’s what I am observing: what if in the not too distant […]
Coach wants BVI team to put up a fight at CONCACAF U17 Qualifiers
As the BVI under-17 national men’s football team jets off to Florida for the upcoming CONCACAF qualifiers, the acting head coach for the team wants them to show fight and competitiveness in all of their games. Jermain Abrams will lead […]
Proposed Water Authority must be independent without going rogue
Minister of Health Marlon Penn said the government must ensure the newly proposed Water & Sewerage Authority is independent of any political body when it becomes established. Penn, who was contributing to the recent House of Assembly debate on the […]
Approach to infrastructure shouldn’t change with new gov’t
The BVI’s approach to fixing and improving its infrastructure should not have to change with each new governing administration, Fourth District Representative Mark Vanterpool has argued. Vanterpool pointed out that the territory can sometimes face major storms and disasters and […]
Over 700 children benefit from D9 back-to-school initiative
More than 700 children from the Ninth District benefitted from a back-to-school initiative spearheaded by D9 Representative Vincent Wheatley to provide primary school students with school supplies for the upcoming academic year. The District Representative partnered with several organisations and […]
UPDATE: Escaped Guyanese detainee found
The illegal Guyanese immigrant that escaped immigration custody yesterday has been recaptured by the authorities. Deputy Chief Immigration Officer Nadia Demming-Hodge confirmed that the detainee Ianna Thomas is back in Immigration’s custody. Thomas, a Guyanese national, escaped from the Immigration […]
BVI needs proper water, sewerage infrastructure to develop tourism
Fourth District Representative Mark Vanterpool said new and improved infrastructure is needed to grow tourism in the Virgin Islands. Vanterpool was referring to the territory having a good supply of water and proper control of its sewerage network so visitors […]
One in custody following boat chase by BVI and US authorities
A person whose identity has not yet been made public was taken into custody following boat chase that ended in BVI waters today. The chase was the result of a joint operation between the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) […]
