Ahead of the hurricane season which begins June 1, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has called for urgent global support for small island nations like the BVI that are disproportionately impacted by the climate crisis. The call came […]

Sixth District Representative Myron Walwyn argued that fear has been driving some of the perceptions locals have of the expatriate community. Speaking in the House of Assembly during the debate on the Immigration and Passport (Amendment) Act, 2024, Walwyn said […]

Premier Dr Natalio Wheatley has agreed that ministers needed more explicit guidelines and limitations on their power. A significant aspect of the Commission of Inquiry (COI) findings showed that ministers in the BVI exercised “open-ended discretion” without adequate checks and balances. […]

The Ministry of Health has moved to defend the BVI’s track record, stating that the territory has been successfully preventing mother-to-child transmission of HIV and syphilis for the past five years. The Ministry’s defence of the territory’s reduction efforts for […]

The Department of Waste Management (DWM) is moving towards a cleaner Virgin Islands with the relaunch of its house-to-house garbage collection programme. The four-month pilot project, which runs from June 3 to September 30, aims to revolutionise waste management strategies […]

Talk show host Dr Kedrick Pickering has stated that the BVI needs to consider how much development the territory has achieved and craft a vision for the future that residents can embody and work towards. On the May 21st airing […]

Communications and Works Minister Kye Rymer promised that lawmakers would address severe deficiencies in the government’s Crown Lands Management Bill during the closed-door committee stage of proceedings in the House of Assembly (HOA). The Committee stage is essentially a line-by-line […]

A photo of a woman nestled deep inside an enormous pothole on a damaged road leading to the Brewers Bay area yesterday drew hundreds of reactions on social media. A wooden pole stood upright at the centre of the chasm, […]

Minister for Financial Services Lorna Smith has announced that the BVI intends to host its first financial services trade show in Shenzhen, China in early 2025, as the jurisdiction seeks to strengthen ties with one of its biggest markets. Minister Smith, […]

Second District Representative Melvin ‘Mitch’ Turnbull, has called out Premier Dr Natalio Wheatley who was absent from the May 28 House of Assembly sitting where elected leaders debated the Crown Land Management Bill 2024. The bill — which was drafted […]