Consumers will soon have the opportunity to pay their water bills online through electronic billing (eBills). Premier and Minister of Finance Dr D Orlando Smith made the announcement during his budget address on Monday, January 16. “Throughout 2017, we will […]

Amid new information that the territory’s financial services industry continues to be plagued by declines in company incorporation, Premier Dr D Orlando Smith has tried to allay fears, saying the ‘extremely attractive’ British Virgin Islands (BVI) has an ‘internationally respected’ […]

Less than a week after Premier Dr D Orlando Smith declared that the financial services industry in the British Virgin Islands (BVI) is being threatened to its core, more worrying statistics have been made public. The BVI Financial Services Commission […]

The government has been paying out a steadily increasing amount of money on things like salaries, but has been collecting less in revenue. During his budget speech in the House of Assembly on Monday (January 16), Premier and Minister of […]

While stating that the British Virgin Islands experienced an estimated 3.2 percent growth rate in Gross Domestic Product (GDP) last year, Premier and Minister of Finance Dr D Orlando Smith said he expects inflation to increase in the near future. […]

Opposition lawmaker Andrew Fahie has moved to have the Court of Appeal make certain declarations regarding conditions under which members of the House of Assembly are allowed to conduct private business with central government, as well as statutory boards such […]

Permanent Secretary in the Premier’s Office Brodrick Penn said the government is ‘right’ to be welcoming Chinese investors, especially considering the current financial climate in the British Virgin Islands (BVI). He said a large number of Small Medium Enterprises (SMEs) […]

The state-owned Social Security Board (SSB) said it has signed an agreement to facilitate the design and building of 43 residential units at Joe’s Hill in the Road Town area, adding that the project will cost just over $11 million. […]

Days after being forced to quit as Chairman of the state-owned BVI Health Services Authority (BVIHSA) Bishop John Cline has made it clear that he was doing the job merely out of love for the territory; not because of any […]

The government has outlined how it will fund a fully fledged entity, which will be tasked with comprehensively ensuring the British Virgin Islands (BVI) – among other things – complies with requests by international partners for tax-related information. Legislative action […]