A man was fatally wounded during a shooting incident in the Huntums Ghut area of Tortola earlier tonight, Thursday, February 24. Police confirmed his death moments ago. The law enforcers said in a brief statement that the incident happened around […]

With the proverbial ‘election season’ fast approaching and preparations beginning, the government has invited interested contractors to send proposals to provide a Voter Registration and Election Management System for the territory. Supervisor of Elections, Scherrie Griffin said the tender for […]

Premier Andrew Fahie has rebutted claims that his government has no access to the necessary funding to execute the West End ferry terminal development project. Fahie, while speaking at a community meeting in the Seventh Electoral District on Wednesday evening, […]

Deputy Premier Dr Natalio Wheatley said persons should expect to see more work being done on the East End/Long Look project starting very soon. His comment comes in the wake of claims by Opposition Leader Marlon Penn that nothing was […]

Once the newly revised Virgin Islands Scholarship Policy is passed before the House of Assembly, students who are currently on scholarships through the policy will not be impacted by the legislation. Speaking yesterday on the Department of Information’s ‘Public Eye’ […]

Minister of Health and Social Development, Carvin Malone has criticised persons in the public who he said have been providing ‘inaccurate information’ about the achievements of the Andrew Fahie-led Virgin Islands Party (VIP) since they entered office in 2019. Speaking […]

Political commentator and clergyman, Pastor Claude Skelton Cline said it is a “national disgrace” that the House of Assembly (HOA) continues to meet in a gymnasium nearly five years after Hurricane Irma damaged its original location in Road Town. He […]

The following is a media release from the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF). RVIPF is seeing another rise in reports of incidents involving persons with mental illness or those displaying similar behaviour. Last night, a Long Bush female resident […]

Despite claims that the BVI has benefited from a massive billion-dollar budget with each successive government, Deputy Premier Dr Natalio Wheatley has contended that this amount is insufficient. Dr Wheatley made that assertion amid suggestions that BVI governments have largely […]

The Acting Labour Commissioner Michelle McLean said employers in the Virgin Islands are making its job requirements increasingly difficult to opt out of hiring BVIslanders/Belongers. Speaking at a recent stakeholder meeting to address concerns with the Labour Department, McLean said […]