Ninth District Representative Vincent Wheatley has urged legislators to consider alternative measures that would make it cheaper for visitors and residents to get to the sister islands, especially those travelling to and from Anegada. Wheatley, who represents the Virgin Gorda […]

As the world continues to grapple with rising fuel prices partly due to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, BVIEC has indicated that it is waiting for global fuel prices to stabilise before it moves to sign longer term contracts with fuel […]

The Virgin Islands Party (VIP) government should not have adopted a hostile posture in its relationship with the United Kingdom after it entered office in 2019, former Education Minister Myron Walwyn has argued. Walwyn, while appearing on the Talking Points show recently, made […]

Chairman of the BVI Chamber of Commerce and Hotel Association (BVICCHA) Shaina Smith-Archer said she believes other suppliers of fuel should be sought to provide the Virgin Islands with fuel to reduce the cost of electricity as inflation rises. Smith-Archer […]

The government should have targeted its recent economic relief measures in areas where the public could have better felt it, Opposition Leader Marlon Penn has argued. Speaking on the NDP radio programme last evening, Penn said measures by the government […]

A study by the United Kingdom firm, Cable.co.uk, has ranked the British Virgin Islands as having the twelfth cheapest cost of electricity in the Caribbean. The countries which have cheaper electricity than the BVI are Puerto Rico, oil producers Trinidad & Tobago, St […]

With the festive season fast approaching, the Department of Waste Management continues its beautification project by ramping up its efforts to remove derelicts that line the streets of the territory under its campaign ‘No Derelicts Left Behind’. The Manager of […]

Premier Andrew Fahie seized upon a statement made by Opposition legislator Melvin ‘Mitch’ Turnbull in the House of Assembly (HOA) last evening, interrupting Turnbull’s contribution numerous times to dispute his claims. Turnbull was at the time referring to some of […]

Former Governor, Augustus Jaspert, said he has no recollection of ‘intensely’ pressuring Premier Andrew Fahie into signing a loan agreement that was offered by the UK government for hurricane recovery. In a position statement from government ministers to the Commission […]

Second District Representative Melvin ‘Mitch’ Turnbull has called on the territory’s leaders not to promote outsiders, to the detriment of its locals, when it comes to investment in the BVI. The premise on which Turnbull made that call was the […]