With the territory medically and economically reeling from the ongoing health pandemic, local human resources company HireBVI will primarily focus on needy families for its annual back-to-school distribution drive. Unlike its previous back-to-school drives, HireBVI said it has decided to […]

The following is a media release from the Ministry of Education on the procedure for returning government-issued digital textbooks. Parents of students in the public school system who utilise the Virgin Islands Digital eBook/Textbook (VIDE) are asked to note the […]

Speaker of the House of Assembly, Julian Willock has filed an injunction to block three Commission of Inquiry (COI) attorneys from conducting any further “legal work” for the inquiry until they have been called to the BVI Bar. An injunction […]

Political commentator and talk show host, Claude Skelton Cline has strongly criticised the government for contracting a foreign company to provide design and management services to rebuild the West End Ferry Terminal. Premier Andrew Fahie recently announced that the $1,048,909 […]

Labour Minister Vincent Wheatley has said some employers have been issued with work permits for persons who have never been seen at the job sites where they were hired to work. He gave this as a reason for the government’s […]

Premier Andrew Fahie has stated that the continued delay to publicise outstanding 2020 Cabinet decisions was partially due to the ongoing Commission of Inquiry. Premier Fahie gave that indication in the House of Assembly this week while following up on […]

Persons requiring a COVID-19 test will be able to get their results faster using a Quick Response (QR) code that the BVI Health Services Authority (BVIHSA) has introduced as part of a new initiative. The BVIHSA said the initiative is […]

Opposition legislator Julian Fraser wants an investigation into the number of bills that were not granted assent by BVI governors after being passed in the House of Assembly. A governor must ratify all bills passed in the HOA before they […]

Agriculture Minister Dr Natalio Wheatley said there are ongoing efforts to register and license all commercial fishers and farmers in the territory. According to Dr Wheatley, traditionally, the existing register has not properly represented commercial fishing or farming in the […]

Education Minister, Dr Natalio Wheatley has dismissed the notion that insufficient funds had been allotted to the education sector from the $40 million COVID-19 grant government received from the Social Security Board last year. Opposition legislator, Melvin ‘Mitch’ Turnbull had […]