Got TIPS or BREAKING NEWS? Please call 1-284-442-8000 direct/can also WhatsApp same number or Email ALL news to:newsvino@outlook.com;                               ads call 1-284-440-6666

News

February 14th, 2024
Fahie writes to court asking for it to determine whether jurors gave ‘their’ verdicts

MIAMI, Florida, VI- Ex-Premier of the [British] Virgin Islands Andrew A. Fahie, through his lawyers, has written to the court requesting it to exercise its wide discretion to determine from two jurors whether the verdicts as published were indeed their verdicts.

December 9th, 2023
RT Letterbox holders can resume use of service from Dec 11, 2023

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Letter box holders in the Road Town, Tortola, area of the Virgin Islands (VI) can now resume collection of their mail from their assigned BVI Post letter boxes at the location across from the Ralph T. O’Neal Administration Complex.

November 3rd, 2023
‘Concerned Citizen’ asks Governor to investigate CoP Collins

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- A ‘concerned citizen’ of the [British] Virgin Islands has written to Governor John J. Rankin, CMG requesting an investigation into Police Commissioner Mark Collins, in relation to a leaked email in which Mr Collins requested a Deputy Commissioner of Police to conceal and destroy evidence.

November 24th, 2022
Andrew A. Fahie 'retires' from HoA, D1 & active politics

PASEA ESTATE, Tortola, VI- Former Premier of the Virgin Islands Andrew A. Fahie has officially retired from the House of Assembly (HoA), as the First District Representative, and from active politics.

July 13th, 2022
Forcing same-sex bill on OTs is 'ideological colonialism'- BVI Christian Council

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The BVI Christian Council (BVICC) has come out in condemnation of the Bill recently introduced in the United Kingdom (UK) parliament seeking to legalise same-sex marriages in the British Overseas Territories, including the Virgin Islands (VI).

July 13th, 2022
'Stop denying citizenship rights to people born in US territories'- Plaskett

VI CONSORTIUM

FREDERIKSTED, St Croix, USVI- Delegate to Congress Stacey E. Plaskett recently led a letter to President Joseph R. Biden condemning the Insular Cases and calling on the administration to do the same and overturn the racist rulings that continue to negatively impact US territories today, a release from Ms Plaskett's office has made known.

April 25th, 2022
Public & Press last to see CoI report 'Not Right'- Speaker Willock

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- In a scathing but diplomatic letter obtained by our news centre, Speaker of the House of Assembly (HoA) Hon Julian Willock chided Governor John J. Rankin, CMG on his distribution timeframe for the Commission of Inquiry (CoI) Report.

August 30th, 2021
Attorney Michael J. Fay QC writes to CoI about its lawyers practising illegally in VI

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Former Deputy High Court Judge of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court and Queen’s Counsel Mr Michael J. Fay is just one of the legal minds in the Virgin Islands (VI) who have declared that the lawyers working with the United Kingdom (UK) sponsored Commission of Inquiry in the VI are doing so illegally, having not been called to the BVI Bar.

August 29th, 2021
Deputy CoP Alwin James announces retirement

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- After nearly four decades in the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF), Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Alwin James has announced his retirement as a law enforcement officer.

July 13th, 2021
HoA Speaker calls on UK Foreign Secretary to investigate Hickinbottom

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Speaker of the House of Assembly (HoA) Honourable Julian Willock has written to the United Kingdom (UK) Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs and First Secretary of State, Dominic R. Raab, calling for an investigation into the conduct of the lone Commissioner of the Inquiry into governance in the Virgin Islands, Sir Gary R. Hickinbottom.

Follow Us On