Speaker of the House of Assembly Corine George-Massicote has rejected the former Premier Andrew Fahie’s Notice of Absence for the current and future sittings of the House of Assembly. The Speaker made the announcement during today’s sitting of the House of Assembly, stating that she felt it would have been inappropriate for her to make … Continued
Today marks the beginning of the Social Development Department’s registration process for persons transitioning from the House of Assembly Grants to the Public Assistance Programme. The purpose of the transition programme is to establish a single and coherent system of benefits, and to determine eligibility as a beneficiary of the Public Assistance Programme. Chief Social … Continued
Minister for Education, Culture and Youth Affairs, Honourable Sharie B. DeCastro and other Ministers of Education in the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) have endorsed a new Education Sector Strategy for the period 2022-2026. Honourable DeCastro attended a two-day retreat in St. Lucia alongside other regional leaders in education and explored strategies for advancing … Continued
The staff at the Department of Trade, Investment Promotion and Consumer Affairs are engaged in a series of training sessions as the department streamlines its activities towards a more modern and transparent outlook. The first empowerment session was held on Friday and was facilitated by Junior Minister for Trade and Economic Development Honourable Flax-Charles and … Continued
Fourth District Representative Honourable Mark Vanterpool wants to know who is truly running things in the British Virgin Islands. Vanterpool took the House of Assembly to task during the last sitting while he debated on the subsequently discarded Register of Interest Act 2022. He argued that the candidates looking to contest the next election are … Continued
16 illegal immigrants were detained and one local boat captain arrested after the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force’s marine officers intercepted a “suspicious vessel” in an early morning operation. This was confirmed by the RVIPF on Monday, July 18 in a media release that said no injuries were reported during the process. According to the … Continued
All outstanding debt to festival vendors from the previous years is said to have been settled. This is according to the Chairman of the Festival and Fairs Committee Mr. Dirk Walters who made the comment during a recent press conference. He was responding to a question posed by local media on whether he had plans … Continued
Employers who will be operating out of the Festival Grounds during the Emancipation Festival are being reminded that they must apply for work permits for “any non-Belonger or non-BVIslander they wish to employ.” This message comes from the Department of Labour and Workforce Development which advised the aforementioned employers to have their respective applications submitted … Continued
Chief Environmental Health Officer Lionel Michael is urging residents who have gotten into the practice of praedial larceny for profit to consider the wider implications of this behaviour. In addition to greatly inconveniencing hard-working farmers, and possibly facing criminal charges, Michael warns that this activity could be an avenue for chemically contaminated food to be … Continued
Local baseball professional Kennard Dawson recently assisted his Boston Red Sox to a second-place result in the first-ever FTX Major League Baseball Home Run Derby X in London. Dawson, who has since returned to the Virgin Islands, smashed a walk-off home run to advance the Red Sox to the finals after they won the preliminary … Continued
