Eighty expatriates living in the British Virgin Islands for varying number of years are now naturalised Overseas Territory citizens. The naturalisation ceremony took place at Government House on Tuesday. “It feels very good,” said Jamaica-born Otis McKenzie, who has been […]
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Penn to Speaker: D4 not vacant so honour pledge to be impartial
The Speaker of the House of Assembly, Julian Willock’s, impartiality is being questioned based on his refusal to swear in NDP member Mark Vanterpool as the territory’s Fourth District Representative. In a statement on public radio on Monday, Opposition Leader […]

Midday ferry between Virgin Gorda, Anegada coming — Wheatley
Residents and visitors will soon see more frequent sea transportation between Virgin Gorda and Anegada. Ferries between the two islands currently run twice per day — once in the morning and once more at evening time. But Ninth District Representative […]

West End women slapped with additional charge months after arrest
The two West End women allegedly caught with more than 700 grams of cannabis and $24,980 three months ago have been slapped with an additional charge. Initially, 39-year-old Caroline Hodge-Clarke and 22-year old DJanne Varlack were only charged with possession […]

BVI’s food safety regulations under review
The British Virgin Islands’ food safety regulations are under review. Chief Environmental Health Officer Lionel Michael said the objective is to bring the territory’s food safety system up to par with the rest of the world. “Our food safety regulations […]

Speaker notified governor of D4 ‘vacancy’ twice
Speaker of the House of Assembly Julian Willock has said he has advised Governor Augustus Jaspert that the Fourth District seat is vacant. Willock — who was appointed Speaker on March 12 — made the statement on Monday while making […]

Bartender fined for marijuana
A Great Mountain man was slapped with a $1,500 fine at the Magistrate’s Court on Monday after he was found with 24 grams of cannabis. Twenty-nine-year-old James Bibby, a bartender was fined after pleading guilty to possession of a controlled […]

RVIPF launching pilot project for cops to wear body cameras
Frontline officers in the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) are to become equipped with closed-circuit body cameras while on duty. Police said a three-month pilot project on the new body-worn cameras is being launched. At the end of the […]

‘Everything going online’: Labour, Immigration to officially merge this week
In a move to streamline and upgrade government’s service offering, the departments of Labour and Immigration are set to officially merge on Wednesday. A soft launch for the merger is to be held at the Immigration Department in Road Town. […]

BVI tourism still not what it used to be, considerable way left to go — CDB report
The British Virgin Islands saw an encouraging boost to local tourism last year. But a report from the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) shows that the territory has considerably farther to go before local tourism returns to what it was before […]