After seeing an unsolicited offer for radar platforms from EZ Shipping’s owner, Clyde Chalwell, former Police Commissioner Michael Matthews had suggested for government to allow others to present bids. Government had hired the shipping company to host radar equipment to […]

Health & Social Development Minister Carvin Malone has promised to investigate a complaint regarding a woman that was allegedly separated from her infant child after being asked to leave the BVI to change employers recently. The issue which was first raised […]

A protest motorcade initially staged in response to the House of Assembly’s (HOA) proposed special insurance plan for active and retired legislators, has been met with greater support in its second bid. In the near three-hour long motorcade that wound […]

The British Virgin Islands is experiencing an increase in Ciguatera Fish Poisoning (CFP). According to National Epidemiologist, Harmony Massiah CFP is not uncommon in tropical and sub-tropical areas and is mainly associated with the consumption of big coral reef fish […]

A total of 27 persons were recently naturalised as British Overseas Territories Citizens (BOTC) of the Virgin Islands. Below is a media release from the Office of the Governor on the naturalisation ceremony to welcome these newest citizens. His Excellency […]

Talk show host Claude Skelton Cline has alleged that the mother of a six-month-old baby was separated from her child recently after being made to leave the BVI to change employers. The host lambasted the Immigration Department and its policy […]

A number of past and present members of the House of Assembly (HOA) have been summoned to appear before the Commission of Inquiry (COI) and are scheduled to give evidence throughout next week, starting Monday, June 14. Those who have […]

Millions of dollars have been apportioned by the government towards a series of initiatives geared at transforming and enhancing the BVI’s justice system. According to a Cabinet post-meeting statement released Thursday, the government agreed to a proposal considered by the […]

With effect from July 1, the BVI government will be taking a new approach to the importation of renewable energy items into the territory. The government is also expected to introduce a new policy that ensures all government-owned facilities begin […]

Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Health & Social Development Petrona has been given a “special assignment” to serve as Policy Specialist for the territory’s social sector. The assignment is for the next two years but could last longer. As […]