With the stakeholder’s consultation completed on the new Food Security and Sustainability Bill, Minister of Agriculture & Fisheries Dr Natalio Wheatley said his ministry will be considering every recommendation made and how best to amend the current bill before it […]
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Police targets uninsured vehicles
The following is a media release from the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF). The Royal Virgin Islands Police Force carried out yet another operation aimed at targeting unlicensed and uninsured vehicles and scooters early this past Friday at the […]
Premier requests weekly meetings with UK for marijuana legislation
Premier Andrew Fahie said the Virgin Islands has requested regular meetings with the United Kingdom government to expedite the approval of the medicinal marijuana legislation that was passed in the House of Assembly all the way back in July of […]
Multiyear work permits for expats bad for locals — Labour Commish
Acting Labour Commissioner Michelle McLean has suggested that multiyear work permits for expatriate workers may put locals at a disadvantage in the workforce. While acknowledging in a recent virtual stakeholders meeting that there are provisions currently in the labour Code […]
Distraught mother pleads for help to find missing 20-y-o son
By Fitsroy Randall, BVI News Staff Ahelia Turnbull’s voice quavered while she made an impassioned plea to the public to help locate her 20-year-old son Kelvin Turnbull Jr, who has been missing since New Year’s Eve. Police reports indicate that […]
Nurses sickout called off pending instant and future fixes from gov’t
Premier Andrew Fahie has insisted that his government is striving for a solution that is workable for all parties in the ongoing BVI Health Services Authority (BVIHSA) impasse which saw several nurses embark on a sickout. Speaking at a recent […]
Three of 5 teacher demands met already
Education Minister Dr Natalio Wheatley said his ministry has already addressed three of the five concerns the BVI Teachers Union (BVITU) had outlined during the sickout they staged back in October. Dr Wheatley said the final two concerns are the […]
Minister denies Agriculture Dept’s VG staff paid for doing nothing
Agriculture Minister Dr Natalio Wheatley has denied that staff at the Agricultural Department’s Virgin Gorda office have been getting paid while doing no work. “I don’t think that’s true. We have, I know, one particular worker over there, Leslie Maduro. […]
‘I wasn’t trying to hide anything’, says Premier on BVIHSA matter
Amid having his honesty come into question at a press conference today, Premier Andrew Fahie said it was not his place to disclose to the media that he had written a letter to Health Minister Carvin Malone about the audit […]
Althea Scatliffe classroom roof fixed! More work will be done
The assessment on the roof at the Althea Scatliffe Primary School has been completed and works have been done to correct the issue. In late October of last year, the ceiling of a classroom at the primary school caved […]
