A proposal to give the governor sweeping new powers over areas including customs, immigration and financial investigations has been roundly condemned by both sides of the House of Assembly. HOA members acknowledged last Thursday that reforms are needed to shore up security in the territory,...
April 17, 2025
April 17, 2025
A sampling of security suggestions
The second volume of the law enforcement review is extensive. It examines nine public-sector bodies and seven other public service organisations in their roles connected to the criminal justice system. All told, it offers 375 recommendations to be carried out over the next decade. This...
April 17, 2025
Charter dispute ‘95%’ sorted, premier says
Following an explosive public row between Premier Natalio “Sowande” Wheatley and his counterpart in the United States Virgin Islands over planned fee hikes for charter boats, both leaders announced this week that nearly all their differences have been resolved. Speaking Tuesday after a second round...
April 15, 2025
17 named storms forecasted
After forecasters predicted above-average storm activity this year, the Department of Disaster Management is urging residents to prepare early for the 2025 Atlantic Hurricane Season. Citing warm sea-surface temperatures as the driving factor, the Colorado State University Tropical Meteorology Project estimated that the season, which...
April 14, 2025
Special education school ‘81% complete’
The construction of the new Eslyn Henley Richiez Learning Centre is 81 percent complete and expected to be finished in the second quarter of the year, government announced last Thursday. “More than just a building, it affirms our dedication to supporting and including our exceptional...
April 11, 2025
22 attend first film ‘academy’
Filming, directing, writing and acting were among the skills taught to 22 students at a five-day pilot programme designed to provide an introduction to film and digital media. The inaugural Future Filmmakers Academy, which ran from Monday to Friday last week, was hosted by the...
April 14, 2025
BVIEC changes billing format
When BVI Electricity Corporation customers get their next bill, they may notice a few additional lines of information. In an effort to be more transparent and “customer-centric,” the BVIEC has altered the billing format to include five additional lines of information on fuel surcharges and...
April 14, 2025
Ting A Ling is Best BVI Boat
The 52nd BVI Spring Regatta wrapped up on Sunday at Nanny Cay with an awards ceremony and party on the beach. Many of the winning crews went into the final day leading their class. Sailors faced high winds on the first two days of the...
April 11, 2025
Strong winds for the win
Just after morning broke on the first day of Spring Regatta racing on Friday, Dr. Robin Tattersall sat aboard a Bavaria 37 sailboat named Jitterbug in Nanny Cay’s inner marina. Following his class win at the ’Round Tortola Race earlier in the week, the 94-year-old...
April 11, 2025
Still sailing at 94
Sixty years ago, Dr. Robin Tattersall arrived in Tortola aboard a 28-foot sloop. “I came in my own little boat, and I thought, ‘Well, this is somewhere I’d like to stay,’” the 94-year-old recounted for a small group of media early on Friday morning at...
April 11, 2025
Jarecki accuser retracts, ends lawsuit
An anonymous accuser has changed her story and ended her lawsuit alleging that Virgin Islands belonger Dr. Henry Jarecki coerced her into sex slavery in the early 2010s with the help of late sex-offender Jeffrey Epstein. Dr. Jarecki, a 91-year-old billionaire psychiatrist who owns Guana...
