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UK must ‘temper their views’ regarding VI spending & finances– Dr the Hon Wheatley
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Deputy Premier and Minister for Education, Culture, Youth Affairs, Fisheries and Agriculture, Dr the Hon Natalio D. Wheatley (R7) has pointed out that increased scrutiny from the United Kingdom (UK) regarding spending in Overseas Territories like the Virgin Islands (VI) has resulted in some setbacks regarding progress.
Recent trip to UK ‘very successful’ with renewed conversation on relations- Premier Fahie
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Virgin Islands Premier and Minister of Finance, Hon Andrew A, Fahie (R1) has reported that recent trips to the United Kingdom (UK) for both the Joint Ministerial Council (JMC) and the COP26 meetings have been successful.
Windrush survivors cry out for long-overdue compensation from UK
LONDON, UK – Survivors of the UK’s Windrush scandal, which saw thousands of UK residents—most of whom were originally from the Caribbean—wrongly classed as illegal immigrants say they will continue to fight for compensation from the UK.
The Overseas Territories on the global stage
Thomas C. Famous
For the last few weeks, much of the world has focused on the northern part of the United Kingdom.
UK Health Secretary Matt Hancock quits after breaking COVID-19 guidelines
LONDON, UK – United Kingdom (UK) Health Secretary Matt Hancock has resigned from his post after he was found breaching social distancing guidance by kissing a colleague.
We cannot let UK be ‘chief author & publisher’ of VI story - Bria A. Smith
DUFF’S BOTTOM, Tortola, VI – Reigning Miss British Virgin Islands and the Deputy Premier in the Virgin Islands Youth Parliament (VIYP), Mr Bria A. Smith says the Virgin Islands (VI) can no longer allow the United Kingdom (UK) to write its future.
£830m failed UK border system blamed on ‘lack of effective leadership’
LONDON, UK – United Kingdom (UK) Taxpayers are being hit with the "staggering" cost of failed UK border IT projects, despite the country spending at least £830 million on the projects, a spending watchdog has warned.
Johnson resisting CoI into UK’s ‘disastrous & corrupt’ COVID-19 crisis
LONDON, United Kingdom – With the fifth highest death toll and COVID-19 infection rates in the world, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (UK) Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson ‘aka ‘Boris’ has so far resisted calls for an immediate inquiry into his Government’s disastrous handling of the pandemic.
VI announces DR travel ban effective Mon, Jan 11, 2021
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - The Dominican Republic (DR) will join the United Kingdom (UK) in a travel ban to the Virgin Islands (VI) effective, Monday, January 11, 2021, Minister for Health and Social Development, Hon Carvin Malone (AL) announced today Friday, January 8, 2021.
'We gotta make a decision'- CSC calls for referendum on independence in 2023
BAUGHERS BAY, Tortola, VI- Moderator of the Honestly Speaking radio programme, Mr Claude O. Skelton-Cline said the matter of seeking independence from Great Britain should be decided at the same time the people of the territory returns to the polls.
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