The sitting government’s 2020 ‘stimulus grant’ programme to assist small, medium and micro enterprises (SMEs) that were negatively impacted by the health pandemic, was improperly regulated and failed to fulfil most of its expectations. This is according to the details […]
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2011 VIP gov’t ‘grossly abused power’ in granting status — audit
This story has been updated A June 2012 internal audit report of the government’s operations in 2011 showed that there were numerous instances where Belonger status was granted arbitrarily and opaquely. Furthermore, the audit, which was not designed to be […]

BVIHSA denounces ‘malicious WhatsApp message’ gone viral
Below is a media release from the BVI Health Services Authority dated Wednesday July 7, 2021. The BVI Health Services Authority has been made aware of a false report that is questionably attributed to an employee of our organisation and […]

BVI’s active COVID cases now nearing 700
The number of active positive COVID-19 cases in the British Virgin Islands is now nearing 700 persons. The territory’s latest epidemiological summary dated July 7 shows that 659 persons in the BVI have the virus. The summary says 622 are […]

Premier ‘heartened’ by CARICOM’s support for gov’t amid COI
Below is a statement from Premier Andrew Fahie on CARICOM’s continued show of support to his administration amid the UK-sanctioned Commission of Inquiry ongoing in the BVI. Premier and Minister of Finance, Honourable Andrew A. Fahie welcomes the statement of The […]

CARICOM ‘in solidarity’ with BVI if gov’t suspends COI cooperation
Chairman of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), Gaston Browne, said the regional bloc would “stand in solidarity” with the BVI if the government decides to suspend its cooperation with the Commission of Inquiry (COI) to focus on the territory’s COVID-19 outbreak. […]

Will businesses ordered closed get gov’t compensation?
Deputy Premier Dr Natalio Wheatley has said he will speak with the Premier and Minister of Finance, Andrew Fahie about the possibility of compensating businesses that have been ordered closed because of the current COVID-19 outbreak. The BVI now has […]

Lockdown unlikely to address COVID problem
Implementing another lockdown in the BVI might be a futile measure to help stem the current COVID-19 outbreak locally, Health Minister Carvin Malone has suggested. Malone gave that indication during the VIP’s Let’s Talk radio show last evening when asked about […]

My claim of a 2nd COVID death may have been premature — Malone
Health Minister Carvin Malone revealed that his recent announcement about the BVI’s second death from COVID-19 may have been made prematurely. Malone announced last Friday while giving an emergency update on the territory’s COVID-19 status that one of the BVI’s […]

Haiti President Jovenel Moïse assassinated!
Haiti’s President Jovenel Moïse has been killed in an attack on his home in the nation’s capital early Wednesday morning. This is according to the country’s interim prime minister, Claude Joseph. Joseph said the president’s residence in Port-au-Prince was stormed […]