Education Minister Dr Natalio Wheatley is encouraging students to pursue tertiary education after leaving high school so they can become more competitive in the evolving labour market locally. Speaking at the Education Labour Connect Initiative hosted by his ministry earlier […]

Nanny Cay Resort and Marina have unveiled the first nine rooms of its newly-constructed Seaview wing as it prepares for the busiest time of year in the marine industry. Speaking at the official unveiling last Friday, October 29, General Manager […]

Government members moments ago moved that the order paper of the ongoing session of the House of Assembly (HOA) be amended to exempt the Speaker of the House, Julian Willock, from paying any legal fees. If approved, the financial burden […]

Unlike what was seen with his immediate predecessor, Governor John Rankin has now said he is open to having Premier Andrew Fahie chair Cabinet in his absence. During an appearance before the ongoing Commission of Inquiry (COI) yesterday, Governor Rankin […]

By Dickson Igwe, Contributor Without an enforcement mechanism ensuring rules are followed by government officials, good governance is a mirage  OK. Residents in the Virgin Islands are today witnessing the true meaning of rule of law, as it applies to […]

Three-quarters of the salary increments owed to public servants for the 2017 work-year will be paid by year’s end. The total amount of monies government owes for that work year is six million dollars. “Four million dollars is expected to […]

The Cabinet has issued a raft of new guidelines after it revoked the work permit exemption policy that was previously in place. According to a post-Cabinet statement on its August 18 meeting, the new guidelines took effect on August 23.  […]

Doctors employed with the BVI Health Services Authority (BVIHSA) have reportedly been operating outside the public health system by privately offering clients the same services as those they perform at the Dr D Orlando Smith Hospital. Speaking in the House […]

Samples returned from the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) have revealed no variants of concern, and more importantly, no traces of the much-feared Delta variant of COVID-19 in the BVI. This news, which the Acting Chief Medical Officer (CMO), Dr […]

The BVI’s ongoing Commission of Inquiry (COI) has been told in no uncertain terms that the government’s Internal Response Unit (IRU) will not comply with some of its protocols regarding document requests. Currently, the Commission’s protocols require that entities submit […]