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April 17th, 2026
Claude O. Skelton-Cline says he is 'with the people' on 'voting for Premier'

BAUGHERS BAY, Tortola, VI- Social commentator and host of Honestly Speaking, Pastor Claude O. Skelton-Cline, has called on the officials to inform the people of the Virgin Islands (VI) what it would require for some of the constitutional changes the public wants.

April 17th, 2026
BVIEC welcomes gov't’s decision to subsidise electricity costs

LONG BUSH, Tortola, VI – The British Virgin Islands Electricity Corporation (BVIEC) has expressed support for the Government of the Virgin Islands' decisive action to subsidise electricity costs across the territory, stating that this subsidy will provide meaningful and immediate relief for customers.

April 16th, 2026
Special rights coming for ‘Ancestral Virgin Islanders’- HoA Report

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI: Many Virgin Islanders who are ‘indigenous’ meaning they can trace at least three generations on one of both sides to being born in the Virgin Islands will be recognized and protected in the new constitution.

April 16th, 2026
Premier Wheatley announces relief measures for VI in response to 'global events'

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Premier and Minister of Finance Dr the Hon Natalio D. Wheatley (R7), has announced a multi-step measure for the Virgin Islands (VI) in response to increasing prices due to recent global events.

April 16th, 2026
‘I like the fact we're not just focusing on volume but value’- Bria R. Guishard on tourism

WEST END, Tortola, VI- Ms Bria R. Guishard, General Manager of Long Bay Beach Resort, has said the potential to grow is what sets the Virgin Islands apart.

April 16th, 2026
'Mistakes were made in the past'- Hon Stacy R. Mather on agriculture

BAUGHERS BAY, Tortola, VI- The government of the Virgin Islands (VI) is seeking to establish an Agriculture Advisory Board.

April 16th, 2026
‘This is not the time for novice leadership’- Claude O. Skelton-Cline

BAUGHERS BAY, Tortola, VI - The host of Honestly Speaking, Pastor Claude O. Skelton-Cline, has cautioned that this is not the time for inexperienced leadership in the Virgin Islands.

April 15th, 2026
VI Climate Change Trust Fund to be launched in Canary Islands next week

GRAN CANARIA, Canary Islands- The Virgin Islands Climate Change Trust Fund, which was legally established in March 2015 by passage of The Virgin Islands Climate Change Trust Fund Act, will be officially launched at the upcoming Global Sustainable Islands Summit in Gran Canaria in the Canary Islands next week.

April 15th, 2026
VI hosting regional national disaster management meeting

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Coordinators from 20 states around the Caribbean, as well as key regional hazard experts, are currently in the Virgin Islands for the national disaster management meeting this week, which is being held as part of the 17th meeting of the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency’s Technical Advisory Committee (TAC).

April 15th, 2026
USVI: Carlton Dowe pleads not guilty

VI CONSORTIUM

CHARLOTTE AMALIE, St. Thomas, USVI- Former Port Authority Executive Director Carlton Dowe has pleaded not guilty to charges of bank fraud, identity theft, and false statements on a loan application.

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