Nearly six months after the passage of Tropical Storm Philippe, which impacted the Virgin Islands in early October last year, Cabinet has just been given situation reports from that weather incident. A situation report is a document or summary that […]

Local law enforcement authorities have found 21 illegal migrants in the North Sound area of Virgin Gorda today, Thursday, March 21. These migrants are of Romanian, Haitian, Colombian, American, Irish, and Ecuadorian nationalities. A media release from the Immigration Department […]

Opposition Leader Ronnie Skelton said he believes the Register of Interests should be public for both lawmakers and public servants. The Register of Interests is a record of the financial interests of legislators. It allows them to publicly declare any […]

Premier Dr Natalio Wheatley has pushed back at criticism that his government had been moving slowly but is now rushing to achieve Commission of Inquiry (COI) recommended governance reforms with a May deadline looming over its head. He argued that […]

The six Opposition members of the House of Assembly recently chose to remain silent when asked whether they will be accepting lump sums under the controversial Greedy Bill when they retire. The “Greedy Bill”, formally known as the Retiring Allowances […]

Second District Representative Melvin ‘Mitch’ Turnbull has bemoaned the uptick in crime, saying the issue is seemingly becoming a norm in the community. The BVI is seeing an increase in serious crimes including murders, shootings, woundings and burglaries. Though many […]

Sixth District Representative Myron Walwyn has accused the government of having mixed priorities, highlighting a series of errors and a lack of public consultation on critical issues. Walwyn pointed to a string of blunders, including the hurried implementation of Commission […]

Former Speaker of the House Julian Willock is crying foul following a statement from Third District Representative Julian Fraser who recently condemned moves by an ‘unnamed contender’ he alleged has been campaigning while telling residents that this was his (Fraser‘s) […]

Opposition Leader Ronnie Skelton has accused the government of demonstrating that it cannot get anything done and warned that the opposition will have no choice but to call for its removal in the House of Assembly. Skelton stated, “If what […]

Opposition leader Ronnie Skelton has weighed in on the question of removing Andrew Fahie’s picture from the House of Assembly wall, stating that proper legislation would be needed to do this. “Until there are regulations or legislation that govern what […]