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๐๐ž๐ฐ ๐–&๐’๐ƒ ๐๐จ๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐๐ฅ๐ž๐๐ ๐ž๐ฌ ๐“๐จ ๐๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐ ๐’๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ฆ ๐…๐จ๐ซ ๐…๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž ๐†๐ž๐ง๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌNewly appointed Acting Director of the Department of Water a...
17/09/2026

๐๐ž๐ฐ ๐–&๐’๐ƒ ๐๐จ๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐๐ฅ๐ž๐๐ ๐ž๐ฌ ๐“๐จ ๐๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐ ๐’๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ฆ ๐…๐จ๐ซ ๐…๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž ๐†๐ž๐ง๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ

Newly appointed Acting Director of the Department of Water and Sewerage (W&SD) Lyndon Hodge has pledged to build a water and sewerage system capable of serving generations to come.

Hodge took up the post on 1 September 2026, at a time when the Territory is grappling with a major water crisis and the department is transitioning into the newly established Virgin Islands Energy and Water Corporation (ViewCo).

Read More: https://www.bviplatinum.com/news/new-w-and-sd-boss-pledges-to-build-system-for-future-generations

๐Ÿ“ทGIS

๐†๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ง๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐€๐œ๐œ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž๐ ๐Ž๐Ÿ ๐€๐›๐š๐ง๐๐จ๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐€๐ง๐ž๐ ๐š๐๐šAnegada resident Darryl Ruan has accused the Virgin Islands Party (VIP) Governme...
17/09/2026

๐†๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ง๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐€๐œ๐œ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž๐ ๐Ž๐Ÿ ๐€๐›๐š๐ง๐๐จ๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐€๐ง๐ž๐ ๐š๐๐š

Anegada resident Darryl Ruan has accused the Virgin Islands Party (VIP) Government of failing to provide the island with consistent representation, claiming residents rarely get an opportunity to raise their concerns directly with elected officials.

Describing the level of representation as virtually non-existent, he said: โ€œUnderrepresentation, I would say thatโ€™s an understatement. Thereโ€™s none.โ€

Read More: https://www.bviplatinum.com/news/government-accused-of-abandoning-anegada

๐‡๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ ๐‘๐ž๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ž๐ฌ ๐…๐จ๐ซ ๐๐ž๐ฐ ๐“๐จ๐ฉ ๐‚๐จ๐ฉThe search for a new Commissioner of Police has resumed months after Governor Daniel Pruce r...
17/09/2026

๐‡๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ ๐‘๐ž๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ž๐ฌ ๐…๐จ๐ซ ๐๐ž๐ฐ ๐“๐จ๐ฉ ๐‚๐จ๐ฉ

The search for a new Commissioner of Police has resumed months after Governor Daniel Pruce rejected the Police Service Commissionโ€™s recommendation for BVIslander Jacqueline Vanterpool to lead the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF).

Read More: https://www.bviplatinum.com/news/hunt-resumes-for-new-top-cop

๐‘๐•๐ˆ๐๐… ๐Œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง๐ฌ ๐’๐ž๐ซ๐ ๐ž๐š๐ง๐ญ ๐–๐ก๐จ ๐ƒ๐ข๐ž๐ ๐€๐Ÿ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐’๐•๐† ๐‚๐ซ๐š๐ฌ๐กThe Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) is mourning the death of Ser...
17/09/2026

๐‘๐•๐ˆ๐๐… ๐Œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง๐ฌ ๐’๐ž๐ซ๐ ๐ž๐š๐ง๐ญ ๐–๐ก๐จ ๐ƒ๐ข๐ž๐ ๐€๐Ÿ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐’๐•๐† ๐‚๐ซ๐š๐ฌ๐ก

The Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) is mourning the death of Sergeant Calvin Cockburn, who succumbed to injuries sustained in an omnibus accident while visiting his homeland, St. Vincent and the Grenadines.

Read More: https://www.bviplatinum.com/news/rvipf-mourns-sergeant-who-died-after-svg-crash

โ€œ๐๐จ ๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญโ€ - ๐–๐š๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ง ๐€๐ฌ ๐๐ฎ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐’๐ฐ๐ข๐ซ๐ฅ ๐Ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ ๐…๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž ๐–๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐๐ƒ๐Questions continue to mount over Sixth District Representat...
16/09/2026

โ€œ๐๐จ ๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญโ€ - ๐–๐š๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ง ๐€๐ฌ ๐๐ฎ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐’๐ฐ๐ข๐ซ๐ฅ ๐Ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ ๐…๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž ๐–๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐๐ƒ๐

Questions continue to mount over Sixth District Representative Myron Walwynโ€™s future with the National Democratic Party (NDP), but the former party chairman is offering no comment to address the speculations.

Read More: https://www.bviplatinum.com/news/no-comment-walwyn-as-questions-swirl-over-future-with-ndp

๐’๐จ๐ฆ๐ž ๐‚๐š๐ง๐๐ข๐๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ โ€˜๐“๐ซ๐ฒ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐“๐จ ๐๐ฎ๐ฒ ๐๐ž๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐žโ€™ ๐“๐จ ๐‘๐ฎ๐ง ๐–๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐“๐ก๐ž๐ฆSome candidates preparing to contest the upcoming general electio...
16/09/2026

๐’๐จ๐ฆ๐ž ๐‚๐š๐ง๐๐ข๐๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ โ€˜๐“๐ซ๐ฒ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐“๐จ ๐๐ฎ๐ฒ ๐๐ž๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐žโ€™ ๐“๐จ ๐‘๐ฎ๐ง ๐–๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐“๐ก๐ž๐ฆ

Some candidates preparing to contest the upcoming general elections appear to be offering money and making financial promises to recruit candidates, political commentator Claude Skelton Cline has warned.

Read More: https://www.bviplatinum.com/news/story-headlisome-candidates-trying-to-buy-people-to-run-with-themne

๐‘๐จ๐š๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ƒ๐จ๐ ๐ฌ ๐ˆ๐ง๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ , ๐Š๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐‹๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐œ๐คThe Department of Agriculture and Fisheries has renewed its call for responsible ...
16/09/2026

๐‘๐จ๐š๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ƒ๐จ๐ ๐ฌ ๐ˆ๐ง๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ , ๐Š๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐‹๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐œ๐ค

The Department of Agriculture and Fisheries has renewed its call for responsible dog ownership following continued reports of roaming dogs chasing, injuring and killing livestock across the Territory.

Read More: https://www.bviplatinum.com/news/roaming-dogs-inuring-killing-livestock

๐Ž๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐Œ๐ž๐ฆ๐›๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐€๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ง๐ ๐๐š๐ซ๐ฅ๐ข๐š๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ซ๐ฒ ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐Ÿ๐ž๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐ˆ๐ง ๐‰๐š๐ฆ๐š๐ข๐œ๐šโ€œAttending this yearโ€™s CPA Regional Conference was timely a...
15/09/2026

๐Ž๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐Œ๐ž๐ฆ๐›๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐€๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ง๐ ๐๐š๐ซ๐ฅ๐ข๐š๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ซ๐ฒ ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐Ÿ๐ž๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐ˆ๐ง ๐‰๐š๐ฆ๐š๐ข๐œ๐š

โ€œAttending this yearโ€™s CPA Regional Conference was timely and transformative,โ€ Dr. Karl Dawson said. โ€œAs we modernise for the digital age, we must uphold accountability, inclusivity and public trust while strengthening parliamentary democracy for future generations.โ€

Read More: https://www.bviplatinum.com/news/opposition-members-attend-parliamentary-conference-in-jamaica

๐Ÿ“ทHouse of Assembly.

๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ž๐ซ ๐‚๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐„๐ฏ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฎ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐๐ž ๐’๐ž๐ฅ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐…๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐–๐ข๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง ๐‘๐•๐ˆ๐๐…-๐”๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ ๐ž๐ซโ€œHopefully, in the coming years, if our officers conti...
15/09/2026

๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ž๐ซ ๐‚๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐„๐ฏ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฎ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐๐ž ๐’๐ž๐ฅ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐…๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐–๐ข๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง ๐‘๐•๐ˆ๐๐…-๐”๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ ๐ž๐ซ

โ€œHopefully, in the coming years, if our officers continue with their own personal development plans and aim high strategically, there is nothing to say why someone from the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force canโ€™t be at the helm of this organisation,โ€ Ullger stated.

Read More: https://www.bviplatinum.com/news/commissioner-could-eventually-be-selected-from-within-rvipf-ullger

๐‡๐ž๐Ÿ๐ญ๐ฒ ๐“๐ซ๐š๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ข๐œ ๐…๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ญ ๐–๐จ๐ซ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐ ! ๐“๐จ๐ฉ ๐‚๐จ๐ฉ ๐–๐š๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐๐ž๐ง๐š๐ฅ๐ญ๐ฒ ๐๐จ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐ฌInterim Acting Commissioner of Police Richard Ullger wants ...
15/09/2026

๐‡๐ž๐Ÿ๐ญ๐ฒ ๐“๐ซ๐š๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ข๐œ ๐…๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ญ ๐–๐จ๐ซ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐ ! ๐“๐จ๐ฉ ๐‚๐จ๐ฉ ๐–๐š๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐๐ž๐ง๐š๐ฅ๐ญ๐ฒ ๐๐จ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ

Interim Acting Commissioner of Police Richard Ullger wants the BVI to consider introducing a penalty-points system as hefty fines have failed to stop repeated traffic violations.

Read More: https://www.bviplatinum.com/news/hefty-traffic-fines-not-working-top-cop-wants-penalty-points

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