Fourth District Representative Mark Vanterpool is expected to seek an exemption from having to vacate his seat in the House of Assembly for entering into business with the government. According to Section 67 of the Virgin Islands Constitution, HOA members […]

Premier Andrew Fahie described Sixth District Representative, Alvera Maduro Caines’ move to cross the political aisle as a means to getting things done within her electoral district. Maduro Caines, a former backbencher within the previously governing National Democratic Party (NDP), […]

Premier Andrew Fahie has complained that his detractors have been falsely misrepresenting him as a dictator, but argued that his approach is better represented as ‘true leadership’. At a weekend rally celebrating the Virgin Islands Party’s (VIP) third year in […]

Deputy Director and Civil Engineer at the Public Works Department, Kurt Hodge said plans for the Carrot Bay Sea Defence System have taken into consideration the area’s eco-system and drainage needs as it combats the effects of any future hurricanes. […]

Territorial At-Large Representative and Junior Minister for Trade, Shereen Flax Charles has credited her party’s unconventional approach for largely subduing the COVID-19 pandemic locally. “We were a team considered wet behind the ears, as the old people would say. The […]

Carrot Bay residents are calling on the government to be more flexible with the Sea Defence System as the current plans may destroy the coastline and the beauty of the community. Part of the existing plan includes erecting a six-foot-tall […]

The Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) is experiencing a major staff shortage problem that has caused delays in motorists registering their vehicles and conducting other related business with the department. Amid those issues, Acting Commissioner of the DMV Gregory Skelton […]

A Trinidadian man has been brought before the Magistrate’s Court on several counts of firearm-related charges. Kelon Fortune, a resident of Lower Estate, is charged with one count of illegal possession of a firearm and four counts of illegal possession […]

The government has decided to offer some amount of relief to persons who are facing challenges and are currently behind with their property tax payments. “Cabinet this week, considered and approved the amnesty for the interest accrued on outstanding property […]

Three years following its disbandment, the government is now actively seeking applicants from the private sector and non-governmental organisations (NGOs) to form a new Climate Change Trust Fund Board (CCTFB). A notice was issued yesterday, March 3 inviting written applications […]