The Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) is investigating a shooting that happened on Tortola during the early-morning hours of Thursday, May 27. The RVIPF’s Information Unit told our news centre that police received reports of a shooting in Fort […]

Amid heightened public scrutiny on the government’s economic stimulus payouts — particularly to local fishers and farmers, recipients are being reminded to provide evidence on how they spent their grant monies. Premier Andrew Fahie issued that reminder on Wednesday during […]

As of May 2021, the US Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC) has issued significantly relaxed guidelines to include whereby fully vaccinated persons no longer need to wear masks — whether indoors or outdoors, in most circumstances. When asked […]

As much as a quarter dozen medical schools are being expected to establish offices in the BVI, with some currently going through the process even now. This was the latest update Premier Andrew Fahie gave during a media conference Wednesday […]

As local authorities prepare for the reopening of the cruise industry, there will be a live trial exercise of the isolation area within which cruise passengers will be confined when they visit the territory in the next few weeks. The […]

Social Security Minister Vincent Wheatley has expressed confidence that all the government’s low-income housing units at Joe’s Hill Manor will be occupied once it has been completed. This was despite Opposition Leader Marlon Penn’s suggestion that homeownership for the average […]

The government has assigned a resident physician to the sister island of Anegada and they will commence duties this Friday, May 28. A doctor will be available for 24-hour service four days per week. “This will be extended within a […]

The quality and level of public discourse taking place about issues of governance affecting citizens of the BVI have caused some amount of disquiet with Premier Andrew Fahie. Reflecting during the Virgin Islands Party (VIP) Let’s Talk radio programme last […]

Government consultant and talk show host, Claude Skelton Cline has been questioned by the Commission of Inquiry (COI) about his various contracts and consultancies with successive BVI governments over the years. The clergyman was also grilled about the qualifications that […]

The BVI’s long-anticipated medical school is now likely to be fully up and running before year’s end if all goes according to plan. This is according to Education Minister, Dr Natalio Wheatley. Cabinet recently approved the recommendation for Tiber Health […]