Ambitious plans to expand the Virgin Islands’ main airport could soon get a boost from Britain, according to Premier Natalio “Sowande” Wheatley. Claiming a major breakthrough at last month’s Joint ...
Premier Natalio “Sowande” Wheatley unveiled a record-setting 2026 budget with proposed spending of more than half a billion dollars during a nearly two-and-a-half-hour address last Thursday in the ...
Premier Natalio “Sowande” Wheatley compared Governor Daniel Pruce to a “dictator” as tensions between the two men exploded over Mr. Pruce’s decision to remove Jacqueline Vanterpool from the post of ...
Despite ongoing police operations across the territory this week, two men accused of serious crimes are still on the loose after they escaped from His Majesty’s Prison on Saturday evening, officials ...
High speed, abrupt manoeuvres and inexperience at the helm contributed to a near-fatal speedboat roll-over shortly before the 21st annual Leverick Bay Poker Run in May, according to the first ...
A shake-up of employment practices could be on the way for the Virgin Islands following government engagement with the International Labour Organisation. The Geneva-based ILO revealed this month that ...
Later this month, assuming the sudden reshuffle of the United Kingdom government does not intervene, the Virgin Islands will receive a visitor on a mission. Baroness Margaret Hodge has had a long and ...
Caribbean governments are struggling to track and manage ciguatera fish poisoning, which is commonly under-reported. As oceans warm and coral reefs degrade in the region, some scientists fear the ...
The eye of Hurricane Erin stayed well north of the Virgin Islands over the weekend, but the Category 5 storm’s outer rainbands soaked the territory, triggered flash-flood alerts and knocked out ...
Standing in front of her team of senior officers on Monday, acting Police Commissioner Jacqueline Vanterpool defended her force’s actions during a recent cocaine seizure that resulted in the brief ...
The territory’s credit rating recently received a welcome upgrade from an influential financial analyst. Caribbean Information and Credit Rating Services Limited, known as CariCRIS, increased the ...