The Office of the Premier and its partners have secured a $2 million loan from the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) for trade and economic development. While making her contributions to the ongoing budget debate in the House of Assembly today, […]

Opposition Leader Marlon Penn has lambasted the governing Virgin Islands Party (VIP) administration for a seeming change in the mandate of the House of Assembly (HOA), given its recent proclivity for litigation. Speaking during the budget debate last evening, Penn […]

Opposition legislator Melvin Turnbull has drawn attention to what he described as a lack of morale and other troubling concerns at the BVI Airports Authority (BVIAA). “There is a lack of confidence, there is a lack of support or even […]

The third person charged with harbouring the recently recaptured prison escapee Jose Almestica is alleged to have ran errands for him and knew he was hiding from the police. Shamal Smith, a 31-year-old Billing and Admission Officer with the BVI […]

Premier Andrew Fahie has insisted that he won’t be drawn into any back-and-forth debates regarding his government’s COVID-19 policy or Labour-related concerns regarding the ‘job-for-jab’ mandate happening in parts of the local private sector. Concerns continue to be raised about […]

In celebration of Public Service Week this year, the Public Service of the Virgin Islands partnered with non-profit and private sector organisations to offer financial support to public officer, Colin Stevens who was paralysed in a vehicular accident back in […]

Renee Smith, one of the persons accused of harbouring the recently recaptured prison escapee, Jose Almestica, allegedly rented the three-bedroom Ballast Bay apartment Almestica stayed in for $5,550 monthly. But the prosecution pointed to a major financial discrepancy. Prosecutors told […]

The British Virgin Islands has seen a significant increase in active cases of COVID-19 in the last several days. This is according to Health Minister Carvin Malone who said the total number of active cases is now up to 77 […]

Two more persons have been charged for harbouring prison escapee, Jose Almestica, who was on the run for four years before his recapture a week ago. Around the time of his recapture, one of Almestica’s reported girlfriends, 26-year-old Jennifer Smith, […]

Premier and leader of government’s business, Andrew Fahie, has contended that there will be no two-tiered system of justice under his watch. The Premier’s remarks came in response to complaints by yacht operators that their vessels were being searched by […]