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June 17th, 2025
Be ‘open & transparent’ about FATF grey listing- Hon Marlon A. Penn

BAUGHERS BAY, Tortola, VI- Opposition Member Hon Marlon A. Penn (R8) has called on the government to be more transparent about the grey listing of the Virgin Islands (BVI) by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF).

May 14th, 2025
$3.82M in fuel charges subsidised for customers since January 2025- BVIEC

LONG BUSH, Tortola, VI – The British Virgin Islands Electricity Corporation (BVIEC) says it continues to lead the way in utility transparency and customer empowerment with the rollout of its newly designed electricity bill format, which was officially implemented in April 2025.

April 3rd, 2025
BVIEC revises customers’ electricity bill format for more transparency

LONG BUSH, Tortola, VI- When the next electricity bill cycle comes around, customers of BVI Electricity Corporation (BVIEC) will notice more information provided in their bills.

January 28th, 2025
2024 Festival Report handed over to HoA- PS Smith-Abbott

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI—Permanent Secretary Joseph Smith-Abbott has finally confirmed that the 2024 Festival and Affairs Report has been prepared and submitted to the House of Assembly (HoA) of the Virgin Islands.

August 19th, 2024
Public urged to review Public Service Management Bill & give feedback

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The Cabinet of the Virgin Islands has approved the Public Service Management Bill, which received its first reading during the continuation of the Seventeenth Sitting of the First Session of the Fifth House of Assembly (HoA) on August 16, 2024.

March 17th, 2023
Documents for proposed tender waivers to now be publicised

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- In keeping with the Government’s commitment to uphold the principles of good governance, the Cabinet of the Virgin Islands has approved the publication of Cabinet documents relating to proposed tender waivers.

February 1st, 2023
News blackout over visit of UK OT Minister Lord Goldsmith

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Governor John J. Rankin, CMG and his United Kingdom (UK) gang have been promoting Good Governance, Transparency and Openness; however, that does not seem to apply to the visit of the UK Minister for the Overseas Territories, Frank Zacharias Robin Goldsmith.

March 6th, 2022
CARICOM Heads of Gov’t express ‘deep concern’ with UK-sponsored CoI in VI

SAN PEDRO, Belize- Regional leaders who attended the 33rd Inter-Sessional Conference of the Heads of Government of CARICOM in San Pedro, Belize last week have expressed ‘deep concern’ with the lack of transparency and the manner in which the United Kingdom-sponsored Commission of Inquiry (CoI) was called in the [British] Virgin Islands.

June 2nd, 2021
UK attorney raises concern of no local involvement in CoI team

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Former United Kingdom Attorney General and attorney for the Executive branch of the Virgin Islands Government, Sir Charles Geoffrey Cox QC, has lamented the apparent lack of local involvement in the ongoing Commission of Inquiry (CoI) which is allegedly aimed at improving governance in the British Overseas Territory.

April 29th, 2021
Labour Minister calls for fairness as group of locals made redundant

DUFF’S BOTTOM, Tortola, VI- Noting that it was recently brought to his attention that a company who may be on the verge of merging with another had made redundant a group of VIslander/Belonger employees, Minister for Natural Resources, Labour and Immigration, Honourable Vincent O. Wheatley (R9) has urged employers to be transparent, fair and reasonable when initiating any redundancy procedures.

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