The government has entered into a $147,700 agreement with the Wellness Center Behavioural Health Clinic Ltd (WCBHC) to assist special needs students. In its September 29 Cabinet meeting, the government decided to waive the tender process and retroactively hire WCBHC […]

While accepting that his government’s stimulus grant programme “possibly” could have been better executed technically, Premier Andrew Fahie said his government provided the grant “in good faith to meet real needs”. In an official statement released today, the Premier defended […]

The Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) has reported that it has made “breakthroughs” regarding several burglaries that happened around the main island of Tortola in last two weeks. Four suspects including a teen have been arrested and charged in […]

An email sent to Withers LLP, the Attorney General’s (AG) legal team representing government in the Commission of Inquiry (COI), was left unanswered to for weeks, prompting Commissioner Sir Gary Hickinbottom to label the behaviour as discourteous. Sir Gary indicated […]

Financial Secretary (FS) Jeremiah Frett has said the language of government consultancy contracts given to Claude Skelton Cline should have been clearer in terms of the deliverables government wanted. Frett gave this indication when he appeared before the Commission of […]

“Send me home, deport me. I spent five months in jail sitting down. You’ve taken my freedom,” St Lucian Shervon Francis appealed to Senior Magistrate Tamia Richards when she announced his October 27 sentencing date on Wednesday. Francis was on […]

Local construction firm, Autland Heavy Equipment Company has been awarded the contract for the Fish Bay road rehabilitation works. According to the Director of Procurement at the Recovery & Development Agency (RDA), John Primo, the contract is worth $1,799,499.68. Primo […]

The Minister of Education, Dr Natalio Wheatley is asking for more local businesses to offer educators discounted rates during teacher’s week and the rest of October. Dr Wheatley said he has already reached out to several local businesses with the […]

60-year-old sentenced to 11 months in prison Aubrey Daniel, a 60-year-old US Virgin Island citizen, has been found guilty of illegal entry into the BVI and providing false information to the police. When he appeared in court today, Magistrate Khadeen […]

The following is a media release from the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force In a move out of the ordinary, Commissioner of Police Mark Collins chose this week to honour the three officers who bravely rescued the young man that […]