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Faulty online system the major factor behind work permit backlog

Faulty online system the major factor behind work permit backlog

One of the general consensuses emerging from the stakeholders meeting about the issues faced at the Labour Department is that the transition to an online application platform last year has caused a severe backlog in processing work permits. The Acting […]

by / on February 11, 2022 at 8:10 AM /
Premier Andrew Fahie

Premier: No link between my home contractor and Frenchman’s bridge

Premier Andrew Fahie has insisted that there is no impropriety involved regarding a personal home he is building and the reconstruction of the Frenchman’s Cay bridge; both of which reportedly involve the same contractor. When the Premier appeared on his […]

by / on February 11, 2022 at 7:55 AM /
Wheatley

Labour ‘begging’ Governor’s Group to assign them more workers

Minister of Labour and Immigration Vincent Wheatley said he cannot assign anyone to the Labour Department to help alleviate the short staff issue because public service workers are the responsibility of the Deputy Governor’s Office. Speaking at a stakeholders meeting […]

by / on February 11, 2022 at 7:54 AM /
Seventh District Representative Dr Natalio Wheatley.

Education review coming this year

Education Minister Dr Natalio Wheatley has promised that a comprehensive education review will be done for the local school system this year. Dr Wheatley made the promise while appearing on the governing Virgin Islands Party’s (VIP) Let’s Talk radio show earlier this […]

by / on February 11, 2022 at 7:45 AM /
An NHI card. (BVI News photo)

NHI has fundamental problem, says Social Security Minister

Social Security Minister Vincent Wheatley has argued that the territory’s National Health Insurance scheme has a fundamental problem. Minister Wheatley made the assertion when he appeared on JTV’s the Big Story recently. “NHI has a fundamental problem that we are […]

by / on February 11, 2022 at 6:21 AM /
American music mogul P Diddy spotted in the BVI

American music mogul P Diddy spotted in the BVI

American rapper and music mogul Sean ‘P Diddy’ Combs has been sighted in the British Virgin Islands. The 52-year-old was captured on amateur video footage arriving through the Terrance B Lettsome International Airport on Beef Island. He was spotted with […]

by / on February 10, 2022 at 5:25 PM /
Three more COVID-related deaths recorded

Three more COVID-related deaths recorded

Just days after announcing the BVI’s COVID-19 death toll to be 58, the Ministry of Health today announced even for fatalities. The territory’s COVID-related deaths have increased by three persons, bringing the total to 61. These latest casualties were all […]

by / on February 10, 2022 at 3:59 PM /
Middle-aged man charged for having sex with minor

Middle-aged man charged for having sex with minor

Information reaching BVI News is that a middle-aged man has been arrested and charged for having sexual intercourse with a minor. Highly-placed sources told our news centre that the accused man is 50 years old. BVI News understands the man […]

by / on February 10, 2022 at 12:39 PM /
BVIslander Dr Derrick Gordon is an Associate Professor of Psychiatry at Yale University.

Yale University celebrates BVIslander for Black History Month

Virgin Islander Dr Derrick Gordon, an Associate Professor at Yale University’s Department of Psychiatry, is one of the several black members of faculty celebrated for Black History Month. The university recognised him this month for his research in the mental […]

by / on February 10, 2022 at 12:29 PM /
The VIP government has sent invitations to a number of major airlines including American Airlines, Jet, Blu, and Delta.

New airline to start operating in BVI in another 6 to 7 months — Premier

Premier Andrew Fahie said his government is confident that another airline will be operating commercial flights in the territory by the end of the year. Speaking on the Virgin Islands Party (VIP) radio show Let’s Talk this week, Fahie said the […]

by / on February 10, 2022 at 7:48 AM /