About 40 healthcare stakeholders gathered last Thursday to provide feedback for an upcoming strategic plan designed to inform the operations of the BVI Health Services Authority for the next five …
May 23, 2025
May 16, 2025
‘Welcome to 284 Airways’
As students entered the Multi-purpose Sports Complex on Friday morning, they were greeted by an exuberant volunteer. “Welcome to 284 Airways!” she said. They were then asked to prepare their …
May 16, 2025
HOA passes more yachting reforms
With less than half an hour of public debate, the House of Assembly passed two bills last Thursday as part of long-delayed efforts to overhaul the rules for the marine …
May 12, 2025
Standing against child abuse
Alexandre Wilson was nervous to step on stage before a crowd and give a speech he wrote himself. But he remained focused and steadfast. “Every child deserves to feel supported, …
May 8, 2025
HOA votes to hike yachting fees
Without public debate, the House of Assembly passed a bill on Tuesday that includes controversial yachting fee hikes and other reforms that have drawn fire at home and abroad in …
May 2, 2025
HOA ‘tidies’ up immigration law
After returning from a closed-door committee session last Thursday, House of Assembly members passed a bill designed to clarify the path to belongership and correct the “unintended ramifications” of an …
May 1, 2025
Public tourism meetings cut short
The Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Sustainable Development has cancelled the six remaining public meetings on a planned national tourism policy, replacing them with “target focus group sessions” that have …
April 29, 2025
Diabetics screened on Jost Van Dyke
Twenty-two patients received a free diabetic eye screening on April 12 at the community clinic in Great Harbour, Jost Van Dyke to determine if they are showing any signs of …
April 24, 2025
House revisits immigration law
The House of Assembly is considering a bill aimed at clarifying the path to belongership and otherwise cleaning up an act passed last May. After amending the order paper to …
April 24, 2025
Fulbright Scholar to speak tomorrow
An up-and-coming academic from the United States is teaching and conducting research at H. Lavity Stoutt Community College this year under the prestigious Fulbright Scholar Programme. Tomorrow, residents will get …
April 17, 2025
HOA blasts UK security review as guv stays tight-lipped
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 …
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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. …
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 …
April 10, 2025
HOA says yes to shipping reforms
After returning from a closed-door committee session last Thursday, the House of Assembly passed a bill that members said is designed to update maritime rules and help keep the seas …
April 10, 2025
Security review sets stage for UK-VI spat
Claiming that corruption and organised crime have seriously undermined security in the Virgin Islands, the second volume of a scathing law-enforcement review lays out a 10-year reform plan that would …
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April 4, 2025
70 dogs compete in show
From wandering Beef Island to defending his title of “best in show” at the Humane Society of the BVI’s annual dog show, Fred, a golden Labrador mix, has come a …
April 3, 2025
US mum as Maynards freed early
The mother and son convicted of conspiring with then-premier Andrew Fahie to import cocaine into the United States in 2022 have been released from US federal prison several years early. …
April 3, 2025
Maritime rules to be updated
Keeping the seas safe and retaining the territory’s shipping credentials are among the goals of a bill the House of Assembly is considering this week, leaders said. Kicking off an …
March 28, 2025
Medical school to open in July
Classes for the first medical school in the Virgin Islands are set to begin July 28, university executives and government officials announced during a Monday press conference where they unveiled …
March 27, 2025
Nearly 7,000 take part in tsunami drill
A quarter after 10 a.m. last Thursday, sirens rang out across the territory, signaling residents to get to higher ground for a tsunami drill. All told, 6,854 people in the …
March 24, 2025
Rights watchdog in the works again
The territory’s 2007 Constitution provided for the creation of a commission charged with helping protect human rights in the Virgin Islands. It was never formed. But now, after 18 years …
March 24, 2025
Science fair tackles local problems
When Amanda Penn was asked to use science to address a problem facing the Virgin Islands, her mind turned to farming. For her science fair project this year, the Elmore …
March 20, 2025
Maynards to be free years early
The mother and son serving prison time for conspiring with then-premier Andrew Fahie to import cocaine into the United States in 2022 are now set to be released several years …
March 14, 2025
PAW has fixed 5,000 dogs, cats
A black dog under PAW BVI’s care joined more than 100 human attendees last Thursday at Government House to celebrate the non-profit organisation’s recent accomplishment of sponsoring the spaying or …
March 13, 2025
Hopkinson hit with 35-year sentence
Nearly four years after Catherine Pickering was shot to death during the robbery of her daughter at their Paraquita Bay home, Akeem Hopkinson was sentenced to 35 years in prison …
