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Hons Hodge-Smith & Turnbull attend parliamentary seminar in UK
LONDON, United Kingdom- The Commonwealth Parliamentary Association United Kingdom (CPA UK) recently hosted its 73rd Westminster Seminar under the theme "Effective Parliaments," which took place from March 10 to March 14, 2025.
VI’s HoA represented @ CPA Conference in Guyana
GEORGETOWN, Guyana- The House of Assembly of the Virgin Islands (VI) took part in the Forty-sixth Regional Conference of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) Secretariat in Georgetown, Guyana.
Governor requests observers for 2023 General Elections in VI
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Sources within Government House have informed our news centre that His Excellency John J. Rankin, CMG has requested the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) to observe the April 24, 2023 General Elections in the Virgin Islands (VI).
Hon de Castro representing VI @ UK Flagship Seminar in London
LONDON, England, UK- Junior Minister for Tourism Honourable Sharie B. de Castro (AL) is representing the Government of the Virgin Islands at the 2019 Westminster Seminar on Effective Parliaments in the United Kingdom.
Belongership contravenes Civil & Political Rights - VI Election Observers
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Released Yesterday, February 27, 2019, a preliminary report from the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) British Islands and Mediterranean Region (BIMR) Election Observation Mission which cited distrust in the Virgin Islands (VI) Electoral System is also pointing out that the VI’s belongership status contravenes civil and political rights.
Election observers cite distrust in VI electoral system
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Following the February 25, 2019, General Elections in the Virgin Islands (VI) a new preliminary report from the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) British Islands and Mediterranean Region (BIMR) Election Observation Mission entitled ‘Virgin Islands General Election 2019’ is citing some amount of distrust in the VI electoral system, particularly in the regulatory framework.
The role of a Backbencher
By Thomas C. Famous
Today, let us take a moment to speak about the role of the backbencher. For clarity, a backbencher would be those who are elected to parliament but are not yet government ministers.
A Caribbean gathering
Thomas C. Famous
Recently,our sister Caribbean island of Grand Cayman served as the host for the 43rd Annual Commonwealth Parliamentary Association’s (CPA) Caribbean, Americas and Atlantic (CAA) region conference. The conference ran from June 16th until June 23rd,2018.
Time to discuss ‘Independence’—HoA Speaker Moses
GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands –The decision by the United Kingdom (UK), calling on some of its Overseas Territories to establish registers of beneficial ownership, has re-ignited a new wave of independence debates.
‘I’ve gotten licks!’ – Speaker Ingrid A. Moses
PARAQUITA BAY, Tortola, VI – Speaker of the House of Assembly Honourable Ingrid A. Moses said she has gotten “licks” from members of the Virgin Islands House of Assembly during her first tenure as Speaker in the Second House of Assembly.
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