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Akeem R. Pickering tipped to be BVI Ports Authority Managing Director!
PASEA ESTATE, Tortola, VI- Word reaching our news centre from sources within the BVI Ports Authority’s Board of Directors is that former Deputy Director Akeem R. Pickering will be the new Managing Director of the BVI Ports Authority (BVIPA).
FCDO Director General confirms UK support for VI's pursuit of infrastructural investments
PASEA ESTATE, Tortola, VI - Following their productive discussion in Road Town in June, the recent high-level meeting between the Virgin Islands Minister of Communications and Works and the FCDO Director General on 14th September 2023 confirmed the support of the United Kingdom for the Virgin Islands in their pursuit of investment for crucial infrastructural projects.
UK provides $30K for Governor’s Office to fund youth empowerment projects
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Governor of the [British] Virgin Islands (VI) Mr John J. Rankin, CMG has said his office has a fund totalling $30,000 to finance youth empowerment projects in the VI.
OTs to discuss more flexibility of fiscal frameworks @ next JMC 2023– Premier Wheatley
BAUGHERS BAY, Tortola, VI– Governments of British Overseas Territories (OTs) are looking for more flexibility in fiscal frameworks and accessing financing in order to mitigate risks should a disaster related to climate change strike, according to Virgin Islands Premier and Minister of Finance, Dr the Hon Natalio D. Wheatley (R7).
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‘UK come here implemented a crack of bullsh*t!’- L. Allen Wheatley
EAST END, Tortola, VI- Former Financial Secretary Mr L. Allen Wheatley has accused the United Kingdom (UK) of imposing laws on the Virgin Islands (VI), which have put the local contract order system in a financial quagmire, and has resulted in delayed school repairs in the territory.
Keon K. August & Cedric D. King receive UK Chevening Scholarships!
MCNAMARRA, Tortola, VI- Keon K. August and Cedric D. King of the Virgin Islands have been named among the successful few of the over 60,000 applicants for the United Kingdom (UK) Chevening Scholarship Programme.
VI must be proactive against UK imposed policies- Carvin Malone
BAUGHERS BAY, Tortola, VI – A former Minister for Health and Social Development Mr Carvin Malone has called for the [British] Virgin Islands (VI) to stop being reactive and be proactive when it comes to United Kingdom (UK)-imposed policies.
It's time to think about our ‘self-determination & our freedom’- Willock
SEA COWS BAY, Tortola, VI- As the people of the [British] Virgin Islands (VI) observe this year’s Emancipation activities–marking the abolishment of slavery–former Speaker of the House of Assembly (HoA) Mr Julian Willock believes the time is right to seriously reconsider “self-Determination” and ultimately “freedom” from the United Kingdom (UK).
OECS blasts UK imposition, reserved Order in Council for direct rule in VI
CASTRIES, St, Lucia – The Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) has congratulated the Government of the Virgin Islands (VI) for carrying out reforms in the best interest of the people, while at the same time blasting the UK for not only the reserved Order in Council, but for undemocratically imposing legislative and policy changes on the people of the VI.
‘We have done good things in this Territory’- Hon Ronnie W. Skelton
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Leader of the Opposition Honourable Ronnie W. Skelton (AL) told the House of Assembly (HoA) on Thursday, July 13, 2023, that the Virgin Islands has “done a lot of good things”.
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