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 […]
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Thorough investigation needed for bills not given governor’s assent
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 […]
Efforts being made to properly regularise local fishers and farmers
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 […]
Wheatley defends $1M sum allotted to education sector from SSB grant
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 […]
14 new officers sworn in to RVIPF
Eleven new constables and three auxiliary officers were sworn in as the newest members of the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) on Monday. The 14 new recruits now join four already serving auxiliary officers. All 18 now form the […]
COMMENTARY: If women make up 50% of BVI, the leadership should reflect it
By Shaina Smith, Contributor As a woman in politics, I have been listening intently to the recent discussion about women leaders and the merits of an all-female Cabinet. I believe in life there should be balance and the House of […]
Muffling the nuisance! A dozen more bikes seized, nine charged
The police have confiscated a dozen motor scooters and charged nine persons for various traffic offences including having loud mufflers and driving while unlicensed and uninsured. This was done at the weekend during what the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force […]
Conflict? BVIHSA doctors offering similar services in private capacity
Doctors employed with the BVI Health Services Authority (BVIHSA) have reportedly been operating outside the public health system by privately offering clients the same services as those they perform at the Dr D Orlando Smith Hospital. Speaking in the House […]
BVIAA racks up $2M debt in less than 5 months
Opposition Leader Marlon Penn recently expressed surprise when it was revealed that the BVI Airports Authority (BVIAA) racked up more than $2 million in debt in a little more than four months this year. During the most recent sitting of […]
Health Officials confirm that COVID Delta variant was in BVI!
Less than two weeks after Chief Medical Officer (CMO), Dr Ronald Georges said residents could not blame the territory’s deadly COVID-19 outbreak on the delta variant, health officials have now announced that the variant was in the BVI. At the […]
