The Virgin Islands Youth Parliament is set to be re-established and up and running by September 2019 under the VIP government. This according to Premier Andrew Fahie who said he believes the Youth Parliament will contribute to a strong and […]

Premier Andrew Fahie has described as ‘concerning’ what he said was a display of childish behaviour by the members of the Opposition when they decided to boycott the final readings of the amendments made to Immigration and Passport on Monday. […]

A petition with more than 1,000 affixed signatures has been presented to Governor Augustus Jaspert in reference to having member-elect of the Fourth District Mark Vanterpool sworn into office. This was done on Tuesday by residents of the Fourth District […]

Premier Andrew Fahie is calling on castoff and statusless third-generation BVIslanders living overseas to return to the territory to receive Belongership. He made the appeal at Monday’s sitting of House of Assembly when amendments to the territory’s Immigration and Passport […]

Premier Andrew Fahie has rubbished the reasons local telecommunications providers recently gave for their poor and expensive internet service to the territory. The Premier was responding to recent BVI News report in which two of the three main telecoms providers […]

Residents across the British Virgin Islands who were assigned Crown land but never made payments are at risk of losing the said properties. A tough-talking Minister for Natural Resources Vincent Wheatley said these persons are being given a small window […]

At least one cruise line said it prefers to travel to the frigid south pole on the other side of the globe than to make calls to the British Virgin Islands. Premier and Minister for Tourism Andrew Fahie claimed the […]

Speaker of the House of Assembly Julian Willock threatened to take action against Opposition Leader Marlon Penn after Penn neglected to follow his directions during Monday’s sitting of the House.   Willock did not specify what actions he would be […]

Select expatriates must now be living in the British Virgin Islands for more than 20 years to pre-qualify for government’s expat regularisation programme, Premier Andrew Fahie has said. His remarks follow a series of meetings with residents on the controversial […]

Harsh penalties are in the pipeline for expatriates who find ways to avoid paying taxes in the British Virgin Islands. In a public adress on Sunday, June 2, Premier Andrew Fahie said this crackdown is part of his government’s upcoming […]