Attorney General (AG) Dawn Smith has belatedly requested for several documents submitted to the Commission of Inquiry (COI) months ago to now be redacted, though they’re already fully available online. The request has been made in the interest of national […]
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Gov’t buys small fleet of electric shuttle buses for Park & Ride
The government has purchased a small fleet of new electric buses for the Park & Ride initiative established roughly a year ago. Premier Andrew Fahie said the electric vehicles are part of his government’s overall mission to ‘go green’ with […]
19-year-old charged for having sex with underaged girl
A 19-year-old male has been charged with five counts of unlawful sexual intercourse with a girl under the age of 16. The police have identified him as Kadeem Callwood — a US citizen residing in Cane Garden Bay. He was […]
Someone’s lying! Penn says gov’t contradictory on cruise MOU
Leader of the Opposition Marlon Penn has said someone is not telling the truth as to whether the government and the cruise industry recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) as cruise ships prepare to return to the BVI. The […]
SSB seeking new chairman
The government is seeking a new Chairman of the Social Security Board (SSB). The post was advertised on the government’s official website following talks that the current Chairman Ian Smith would no longer be serving in the post. Opposition Leader […]
More licks come with honesty in gov’t — Premier
Premier Andrew Fahie has suggested that in efforts at being honest with the BVI’s electorate, his government may have suffered more blowback as a result. “I found out in the last few years that when you’re being more than honest […]
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Health Minister defends appointing personal employee to BVIHSA board
Health Minister Carvin Malone has argued that the concept of ‘conflict of interest’ does not apply to a person’s employees but is only restricted to family members. This was essentially the view he espoused when he appeared before the Commission […]
Forget concerns about the bubble, we don’t use the beaches anyway
Talk show host Pastor Claude Skelton Cline has urged residents to temper their concerns about government’s proposed tourist bubble that will be rolled out for the upcoming cruise tourism season. The bubble concept – which proposes that an isolated group […]
Premier didn’t follow law in removing Climate Change board members?
Just weeks after getting elected, Premier Andrew Fahie reportedly removed all non-government members of the Climate Change Trust Fund (CCTF) Board. But based on what the Commission of Inquiry (COI) was made to understand when they probed the issue yesterday, […]
Concerns raised about rise in student absenteeism and dropouts
Opposition Leader Marlon Penn has raised concerns about an increase in student dropouts if schools are to continue using remote or hybrid models of learning. All local schools were allowed to open for face-to-face classes for this school year that […]
