Premier Andrew Fahie has said he agrees with Governor John Rankin that a period of review is needed to properly assess the lengthy and detailed Commission of Inquiry (COI) to consider its findings and recommendations before the report is released […]

Governor John Rankin has announced that he received the Commission of Inquiry (COI) report yesterday, April 4 but the length of the report means he will need to take some time to read and consider the findings. Rankins said the […]

Former BVI Tourist Board (BVITB) Director Sharon Flax-Brutus has argued that the BVI‘s arrival experience is unduly painful. Speaking on the Talking Points radio programme yesterday, March 4 the former director said: “I’m not saying that nothing was achieved for […]

The government should have targeted its recent economic relief measures in areas where the public could have better felt it, Opposition Leader Marlon Penn has argued. Speaking on the NDP radio programme last evening, Penn said measures by the government […]

Opposition Leader Marlon Penn has warned that the Andrew Fahie-led Virgin Islands Party government is going to raid the territory’s Reserve Fund to execute promised projects before the upcoming elections. Speaking on the NDP radio programme last evening, Penn questioned […]

The attorneys for the three persons freed in the Trumayne ‘Passion’ Daway murder trial yesterday have said they will be reviewing their options and see what further actions can be taken against the state.  The three defendants in the matter, […]

Minister of Health & Social Development, Carvin Malone has said more action must be taken to protect the physical, mental and emotional well being of children in the BVI. In an address to the territory at the beginning of Child […]

‘Justice served’ was the overwhelming cry from the attorneys that represented the three persons freed in the High Court today after being accused of the February 2018 murder of Trumayne ‘Passion’ Daway.  Valerie Stephens-Gordon — the attorney representing Maybelline Rodriguez […]

The three persons accused in the Trumayne ‘Passion’ Daway murder trial were freed today in the High Court. Vernon Bernard, Maybelline Rodriguez and Rafael Harrigan were charged with murder and illegal possession of a firearm. But Justice Richard Floyd upheld […]

Premier Andrew Fahie has given repeated assurances over the past year that his government has capped spending on its legal defence for the Commission of Inquiry (COI) at $5 million. However, it is now unclear how a recent Cabinet decision […]