Outgoing Police Commissioner Michael Matthews has apologised to persons who were offended by his recent statements about the link between unexplained wealth and criminal activity in the BVI. After a recent spate of murders in the BVI, Commissioner Matthews reiterated […]

Some of the crimes in the territory over the last year were committed by otherwise law-abiding citizens who’ve been financially impacted by the pandemic and are now desperate to support themselves. Outgoing Police Commissioner Michael Matthews gave that indication while […]

Government legislator Shereen Flax has indicated that a current “health issue” has so far prevented her from taking the AstraZeneca vaccine for COVID-19. Flax-Charles — who has been one of government’s advocates of vaccination — gave that indication on the […]

With the COVID-19 vaccination programme now underway in the BVI, local health authorities are currently exploring the possibility of lifting curfew orders indefinitely. Health Minister Carvin Malone made this revelation on the April 6 airing of the governing Virgin Islands […]

The government has announced that once established, the Virgin Islands Trade Commission will be equipped to address businesses that deliberately tamper with weights and measurements to make more profits. An example of such tampering could mean being cheated at gas […]

The handover process between the outgoing and incoming Police Commissioners have already started. Commissioner Michael Matthews met with his successor, Mark Collins just yesterday, April 6. Matthews shared that information in an interview during Claude Skelton Cline’s Honestly Speaking radio […]

Three members of the Commission of Inquiry (COI) are now back in the BVI and more members of the COI team are “expected to join the Commissioner later this month”. The Commissioner, Sir Gary Hickinbottom, returned last Thursday, April 1, […]

Concerns about COVID-19 have resulted in Thursday’s (April 8) sitting of the House of Assembly (HOA) being rescheduled. The House’s upcoming proceedings have been deferred by a week and the proposed new date is Thursday, April 15. According to a […]

Opposition Leader Marlon Penn has said persons living on sister islands will suffer greatly with the government’s plan to have domestic ferries operating from the Cyril B Romney Tortola Pier Park as of April 15. Recently, the BVI Ports Authority […]

Health Minister Carvin Malone has announced that COVID-19 vaccines will be available for persons under 18 during the fall of this year. Fall (autumn) begins in September each year. During an April 5 national broadcast, Minister Malone said although children […]