Fines and penalties will soon be imposed on persons who start fires that result in the harm of others or damage to other people’s property. Chief Fire Officer Zebalon McLean said this will be made possible through a new policy […]

Three contracts with a combined total of more than $850,000 have been awarded to a local and regional company to supply equipment and furniture to schools in the BVI. Massy Technologies Info Com (Antigua) Ltd and Island Services Ltd received […]

Nearly $10 million has been made available to assist homeowners in becoming hurricane ready. In its May 7 meeting, Cabinet decided to make amendments to an agreement that had been signed between the government and the National Bank of the […]

A group of concerned citizens are hoping to use social media to steer as many legislators to vote against the Government’s expatriate regularisation initiative at Friday’s sitting of the House of Assembly. This is according to Claudia Hodge, one of […]

The British Virgin Islands has had an overwhelming number of fires since the start of the year and is now at high risk for more fire disasters that potentially could be major. This is according to Chief Fire Officer Zebalon […]

Government has signed an air conditioning contract valued at more than $300,000 as part of the restoration of the L-Shaped building at Elmore Stoutt High School’s Road Town campus. The $346,560 contract was awarded to Kelvin Thomas who is doing […]

Former NDP legislator Dr Kedrick Pickering believes the time is ripe for discussions to be had about reducing the size of the Governor’s portfolio. Speaking on the Honestly Speaking radio programme on Tuesday, Dr Pickering said this was one of […]

Police have made three arrests following two unrelated robberies that happened within weeks of each other. The male trio are accused of robbing a male resident of Belle Vue in early April. Twenty-three-year-old Belle Vue residents Arien Fahie and Shaquille […]

Former legislator Dr Kedrick Pickering said he believes that localizing top posts through legislation should be a matter for debate. Dr Pickering was responding to questions posed by the radio talk show host Claude Skelton Cline this week. “It merits […]

An online petition opposing one of the Andrew Fahie administration’s latest Immigration initiatives has been launched. The petition, entitled ‘Regularization – Residency and Belonger Status’ was created by a group of locals that included outspoken resident, Cindy Rosan-Jones. “We request […]