Suggestions that parents were not on board with the Education Ministry’s move to house Jost Van Dyke Primary School students near the Foxy’s Bar have been roundly refuted by Education Minister Dr Natalio Wheatley. Addressing the issue on the VIP’s […]

Minister for Transportation, Works and Utilities Kye Rymer has put to bed any rumours that he may not be running with the Virgin Islands Party (VIP) at the upcoming elections. While appearing on his party’s Let’s Talk radio programme last […]

The revised Virgin Islands Scholarship Policy is expected to see a new wave of changes when brought before the House of Assembly. One such change is an increase in funding and the number of students who will receive scholarships annually. […]

Following comments by Police Commissioner Mark Collins that the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) needs speciality training, senior investigating officers have completed part one of a two-week training course in critical areas such as major crime investigations. The training […]

The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) is projecting a gross domestic product (GDP) growth of up to 4.8 percent across its Borrowing Member Countries (BMC) in 2022. The CDB’s predictions said this growth will likely focus on service-exporting. In a recent […]

Acting Labour Commissioner Michelle McLean was chided for a vague response given to a resident recently over concerns about delayed work permit approvals. This was all unfolded at a virtual stakeholders meeting recently when the resident asked: “We submit permits […]

Opposition Leader Marlon Penn has insisted that there is no money available to the government for the West End (WE) ferry terminal project currently being rolled out. Speaking on his party’s NDP radio programme last evening, Penn argued that the […]

The United Kingdom government has supplied the Virgin Islands with another 3,510 doses of the Pfizer vaccine and the first batch of 500 paediatric vaccines for children ages five to 11. Governor John Rankin said in a video update yesterday […]

Two more families on Tortola have received new homes courtesy of the Ministry of Social Development through the Housing Recovery Assistance Programme. Stephen Smith and Naomi Springette received the keys to their new homes last Friday from the Minister of […]

Opposition leader Marlon Penn has argued that his actions of condemning the current Virgin Islands Party (VIP) government for only executing projects started by the previous National Democratic Party (NDP) administration are not wrong. Penn has repeatedly criticised the VIP […]