Effective January 10, 2026, Caribbean Airlines will suspend two recently opened routes and suspend its Barbados base of operations. The carrier plans to suspend its routes to San Juan, Puerto Rico, and Tortola, British Virgin Islands. The move is being seen as a negative development to regional connectivity. Caribbean Airlines will also suspend its base operations at Barbados’ Grantley Adams International Airport in February 2026 as part of their cost optimization strategy. ...

Director of Communications in the Premier’s Office, Karia Christopher has died. Reports are that she was found unresponsive in her bed yesterday morning, Friday December 5th. Premier of The Virgin Islands  Honourable Dr. Natalio D. Wheatley confirmed her passing in a statement released yesterday: -“The Government of the Virgin Islands is shocked and deeply saddened to learn of the passing of Karia Christopher, Director of Communications. Mrs. Christopher was a highly r...

Environmental Health Officer Frandy Felix was deployed to Jamaica to assist with Post-Hurricane Melissa Relief Effort orgainised by the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA).CARPHA is coordinating regional support for the Barbados Defense Force (BDF) and Emergency Medical Team (EMT) following the impact of Hurricane Melissa on 28 October 2025.On 22 November Environmental Health Officer, Mr. Frandy Felix, joined the BDF team as it mobilises a Type 2 Field Medical Hospital at Savanna-la-Mar, Wes...

Hello You! I do hope that you are in the best of health, wealth and strength. The weekend was fun. There is now a Christmas buzz is in the air. The breeze is cool and chilly. The year 2025 is almost over.  What else could you ask for but to continue being the best version of you and enjoy every moment of it.  Christmas is almost hereThis Christmas feels different,lighter, brighter,like the calm breeze finally decidedto blow peace in my direction. The lights in the p...

On November 24, Soulpower Acquisition Corporation (Soulpower), a publicly-listed shell company associated with a 29-year-old entrepreneur, author, speaker, and consultant named Justin Lafazan, announced plans to combine with SWB LLC (SWB), a newly-formed Cayman Islands company established to launch what Soulpower has boldly described as a “new economy financial services conglomerate, stablecoin issuer and international bank”. The highly reputable OffshoreAlert publication has ch...

House of Luxury robbed for a second time.

Brian A. Davis has been appointed as Director of the Department of Waste Management effective 1st December 2025. Davis brings to the post more than twenty-five years of extensive technical, engineering, and senior management experience within the Virgin Islands Public Service. His career spans several key Government departments, including the Water and Sewerage Department, the Public Works Department, and the Ministry of Communications and Works.As Director, Davis will be responsible for th...

Ralph Gonsalves who has been the Prime Minister of Saint Vincent & the Grenadines for the past twenty Five (25) years, has lost his seat to former Opposition Leader Dr. Godwin Friday, in a crushing defeat. The New Democratic Party (NDP) has secured victory in the 2025 national elections, concluding a quarter-century reign by Gonsalves. Dr. Godwin Friday, the party leader, will become the island’s seventh prime minister since its 1979 independence. The NDP’s strateg...