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VI pays '2.7 times more in court fees than other jurisdictions' under ECSC- Daniel F. Davies
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Young local lawyer Mr Daniel F. Davies has reportedly made a complaint to the Complaints Commissioner for what he said was the inequality in court fees the Virgin Islands is made to pay to the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court (ECSC) in contrast to other jurisdictions under the ECSC.
The Complaints Commissioner is powerless- SFC Report
ROAD TOWN, Tortola VI - The Complaints Commissioner (CC) Mrs. Erica R. Smith-Penn told the Standing Finance Committee (SFC) in December 2022, that her role via the Commission is “to ensure that the rights of the people, the rule of law, democracy and human rights are protected.”
Vareen C. Vanterpool-Nibbs tipped to be Supreme Court Registrar
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Senior sources in the Governor’s Office familiar with the decision have confirmed to our news centre that Attorney-at-Law Vareen Cecilia Vanterpool-Nibbs will become the new Registrar of the Supreme Court.
M. Elton Georges CMG, OBE: Ex Deputy Governor is dead
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Our newsroom can confirm that the British Overseas Territory of the Virgin Islands’ longest serving Deputy Governor M. Elton Georges CMG, OBE has passed.
'New Complaints Commissioner is an NDP rubber stamp' - Donald E. de Castro
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – The quest to secure a lawyer to be part of the team that heads the Complaints Commission of the Virgin Islands (VI) has been one with a long history and a fight that former Commissioner of Complaints Mr Elton Georges, CMG, OBE has passed on to new Complaints Commissioner Ms Sheila N. Brathwaite.
Gov’t put on blast for ignoring Freedom of Information Act
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Mr Elton Georges has raised the whip over the backs of legislators for failing to pay attention to some key documents necessary for the public to access certain information at free will in the name of transparency, especially as it refers to the Freedom of Information Act that has been on the shelves since 2005.
Gov’t’s encroachment on privately owned lands a major concern – Elton Georges
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Time after time as government executes infrastructural projects across the territory they have reportedly been encroaching on private lands and not properly compensating or informing the owners of the land. This is just one of many issues the new Complaints Commissioner Ms Sheila N. Brathwaite will have before her during her tenure in office.
Elton Georges out! Sheila N. Brathwaite in! as Complaints Commissioner
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Virgin Islands News Online had first and accurately reported on January 14, 2015 that the hunt was on for a new Complaints Commissioner and that several persons had applied for the post. Of those who this news site had reported were afforded interviews, Mrs Sheila N. Brathwaite has been appointed to the post first held by Mr Elton Georges, CMG, OBE.
Hunt is on for new Complaints Commissioner!
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The search is on for a new Complaints Commissioner, one of a handful of constitutional posts in the civil service under the Complaints Commissioner Act, No 6. 2003.
Governor, Gov’t & HOA failed Complaints Commission- Georges
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Complaints Commissioner Mr Elton Georges has once again pointed fingers directly at the sources he felt were responsible for the shortcomings of the Commission during 2012. The fingers have been pointed to Governor William B. McCleary, Cabinet and the House of Assembly (HOA).
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