Premier Andrew Fahie has weighed in on the issue of businesses that require their employees to be vaccinated or, alternatively, get tested for COVID-19 twice weekly in order to keep their jobs. Speaking to reporters late last week, Premier Fahie […]

Premier Andrew Fahie has avoided giving any endorsement of House Speaker Julian Willock’s push for an injunction against attorneys that work on behalf of the ongoing Commission of Inquiry (COI). The injunction is specifically against attorneys Rhea Harrikissoon, Andrew King […]

Issues surrounding the BVI’s troublesome online entry portal application – the BVI Gateway App – have been the subject of high-level discussions, the territory’s Premier has revealed. Persons wishing to enter the territory are required to use the portal to […]

Labour Minister Vincent Wheatley has disclosed that illegal workers have been discovered as one of the unintended consequences of implementing the government’s ‘good-standing certificate requirement’ policy. Under that policy requirement — which proved be very contentious for its many delays […]

Anticipating what he believes might be a tough school year ahead, Premier Andrew Fahie has encouraged local educators to “take pride in inspiring” themselves and their students. He was speaking at the Annual Teachers Professional Day which has come before […]

Arguing that she should get the job full time, Opposition legislator Julian Fraser said on Thursday that he was not in favour of the government’s motion to extend Jeanette Scatliffe-Boynes’ appointment as Acting Social Security Board (SSB) Director for another […]

The Cabinet has issued a raft of new guidelines after it revoked the work permit exemption policy that was previously in place. According to a post-Cabinet statement on its August 18 meeting, the new guidelines took effect on August 23.  […]

The Immigration Department has held a little more than half-dozen Haitian nationals who entered the Territory illegally this week. According to Chief Immigration Officer Ian Penn, a motor vessel was spotted on Wednesday, August 25 circling the Beef Island area […]

The Cabinet has approved a variation to the Cane Garden Bay Sewage Treatment Plant Project to include a temporary sewage treatment system. This has been priced at $208,569.56. The government reported this new development in a post-meeting statement of Cabinet’s […]

The police have ticketed a man for quarantine violation — the first person penalised for the offence since the COVID suppression measures were issued. The Tortola resident received a ticket for $10,000 on Thursday after he breached a mandatory order […]