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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.
UK OTs Minister Elizabeth G. Sugg's resignation solves nothing for OTs- Commentator
LONDON, United Kingdom- The United Kingdom (UK) Minister for Overseas Territories (OTs), Baroness Elizabeth G. Sugg on Wednesday, November 25, 2020, resigned from her post amid the UK government’s decision to reduce the amount it will spend on overseas aid in the upcoming year.
We can't run from 'knee on neck' metaphor - Dr Wheatley
BAUGHERS BAY, Tortola, VI - Weeks after a cartoon by Virgin Islands News Online (VINO) spark some outrage in the Virgin Islands, Minister for Education, Culture, Youth Affairs, Fisheries and Agriculture Dr the Hon Natalio D. Wheatley aka 'Sowande Uhuru' said the death of George P. Floyd and the imagery surrounding his death is now symbolic of oppression.
Will UK make amends for slavery/colonialism in VI?
E. Benito Wheatley
As the United Kingdom (UK) confronts the issue of racism in British society and the country's longstanding problem of injustice toward people of African descent, it should not be forgotten that the people of the Virgin Islands (VI) are also victims of Britain’s dark legacy of slavery and colonialism.
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