A second man has been charged in connection to a police operation that resulted in the seizure of more than 200 kilos of cocaine back in January. Twenty-eight-year-old East End resident, Shaun Massicott is charged for possession of a controlled […]

An audit of the Customs Department’s Partial Payment Programme and Courier Clearance Operations has found that those initiatives require significant reforms for it to become a value-added service to the government. The government’s Internal Audit Department had examined Customs’ operations […]

Public officers are being forced to work weekends and at “extraordinary hours” to meet the demands of the ongoing Commission of Inquiry (COI). This is according to government ministers who have raised serious concerns about what they describe as a […]

Health Minister has responded to complaints that have surfaced from within the local medical community since his ministry’s statement that the Dr D Orlando Smith Hospital is the only facility authorised and recognised to properly conduct PCR and antigen testing […]

Sunleaf Construction has been awarded a $83,491.95 contract to repair the perimeter fence at the Anegada Recreation Ground. The government issued the contract through the Recovery and Development Agency (RDA) recently. A joint media release from the RDA and the […]

Protocols for mourners who have to bury their loved ones amid the territory’s existing restrictions are expected to be released shortly, government officials have said. The BVI has experienced more than 20 COVID-related deaths since the beginning of the current […]

The Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) has reported having to use non-lethal force to discourage residents who have been having illegal gatherings that flout the government’s COVID-19 restrictions. Acting Deputy Commissioner Jacqueline Vanterpool said in a police statement on […]

Health Minister Carvin Malone has issued an apology to persons negatively affected by long waits for COVID-19 test results in the BVI. Amid the current upsurge of coronavirus cases locally, several persons have complained of having to make revised travel […]

Managing Director of the BVI Airport Authority (BVIAA), Clive Smith, was issued a stern rebuke on Monday after failing to properly fill out and submit requested documents for the Commission of Inquiry (COI). COI attorney, Bilal Rawat, told Smith there […]

Persons who falsify COVID-19 test results from the BVI in order to circumvent the required health protocols should be arrested and charged. Health Minister Carvin Malone shared this position during the governing Virgin Islands Party’s Let’s Talk radio show Tuesday evening. The […]