UK Minister for the Overseas Territories (OTs), David Rutley has threatened to take further action if the elected government continues to delay the implementation of the governance reforms that were handed down through the 2022 Commission of Inquiry (COI) report. […]

As the territory’s financial services sector positions to fully tap into virtual assets business, local experts recently held a forum where they discussed the tight measures the BVI would have to put in place to ensure that the jurisdiction does […]

Evidence in the drug and money laundering trial of former Premier Andrew Fahie shows that United Kingdom (UK) government officials in the BVI were long aware of an undercover investigation against him. This is despite claims by former Governor John […]

Works Minister Kye Rymer told lawmakers that his ministry needs more than $20 million to execute a comprehensive overhaul of the water issues that have been badly affecting the territory. “In order to fulfil and repair our age-old infrastructure, the […]

The Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) has launched an investigation into a shooting incident on the main island of Tortola, on Sunday, February 4. The shooting happened in the Cane Garden Bay area some time after 6pm that evening. […]

Scores of residents, young and old, from the four corners of the Virgin Islands turned out on Friday, February 2, to bid farewell to the late former legislator Carvin Malone, who departed in January. The celebratory event was well attended […]

A committee that should have been established years ago to assess what contactors/health service providers can charge the National Health Insurance (NHI) scheme had never been formed until December last year. Health Minister Vincent Wheatley made the shocking disclosure in […]

Jurors in the Miami, Florida drug and money laundering trial of former premier Andrew Fahie were told that he (Fahie) wanted to funnel the proceeds of his alleged drug scheme to a house he had been constructing at the time […]

Territorial At-Large Representative Stacy Mather has called for an unemployment insurance plan to assist persons who suffer job loss due to unforeseen events like the COVID pandemic and the 2017 hurricanes. Speaking in the House of Assembly earlier this week, […]

BVI News understands that a 42-year-old Jamaican chef was recently arrested and charged for theft in connection with to cellphone that belonged to a customer who patronized the restaurant where the accused man works. It’s understood that the alleged victim […]