The government is considering pursuing full membership in the Caribbean Community under an arrangement that would not require signing on to all the regional organisation’s agreements, according to Premier Dr. …
14 migrants captured on Virgin Gorda
Early on the morning of Feb. 29 in an abandoned building on Virgin Gorda, police found 11 migrants who had entered the territory illegally, they said. Subsequent investigations uncovered three …
Migrants escape from detention
Eight migrants recently escaped detention, but three had been recaptured as of March 14, according to a press release that day from the Immigration Department. Chief Immigration Officer Ian Penn …
Customs and Immigration chiefs appear before Commission of Inquiry
Customs Commissioner Wade Smith and Chief Immigration Officer Ian Penn, the heads of the territory’s two biggest border enforcement agencies, sat before the Commission of Inquiry on June 23 and …
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Jobless expats asked to leave
Government is instructing expatriates who are unemployed due to the Covid-19 pandemic to return to their home countries as soon as possible unless they have the requisite permission to seek …
Layoffs loom after border closure
The sudden shutdown of the tourism industry and other businesses in the Virgin Islands due to the coronavirus pandemic — coupled with global economic concerns — is leaving employees with …