A wooden structure and a car parked outside were destroyed in a fire at Princess Quarters adjacent to Copper Mine Road on Virgin Gorda last night. According to Chief Fire Officer (CFO) Zebalon McLean, everything in the building was destroyed. […]

Minister for Immigration & Labour, Vincent Wheatley has defended the protracted period often taken by the Labour Department to process work permits.  “What we see happening in the BVI now on a broad scale, is no one expected the BVI […]

Political commentator and former government consultant Pastor Claude Skelton Cline has hit out against the reported hiring of a St Lucian as Managing Director of the BVI Airports Authority. “How is it that we have once again employed a gentleman […]

Residents can look forward to new legislation to tackle the problems faced when trying to call the territory’s primary emergency number — 911. The government is seeking to introduce the Emergency Call Handling Bill to increase its compatibility with modern […]

The government has proposed several regulations in the upcoming year to improve one of the territory’s main economic pillars—the financial services sector. In yesterday’s Speech from the Throne address, Governor John Rankin announced that the government has proposed amendments to […]

By Dickson Igwe, Contributor Much of humanity has not woken up to the reality of a more complex, much more interconnected, and digitally-driven era. When men and women began to get ill with the COVID-19 virus in early 2020, little […]

Firefighters and personnel from the Taddy Bay International Airport are on the scene of a fire currently blazing in the Black Witch Hole area of Virgin Gorda. Speaking on the VIP Let’s Talk radio show Tuesday night, Ninth District Representative Vincent […]

Developing and strengthening the education, sports, and culture sectors has become a large part of Virgin Islands government’s mandate moving into the 2022 parliamentary year. Delivering his Speech from the Throne address earlier today, Governor John Rankin said there will […]

The police have recaptured the 36-year-old fugitive, Kurt Rabsatt who had escaped custody roughly a month ago. In a brief press statement moments ago, the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) said officers of its Armed Response Unit recaptured Rabsatt […]

A newly released epidemiological summary shows that five more deaths have been added to the BVI‘s COVID-19 death toll since last Friday, pushing the latest total to 47 deaths. The surprising jump in deaths comes as the territory has seen […]