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March 18th, 2024
Deputy Governor threatens legal action over Mika Barry claims he is Gov’t Official 1

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Deputy Governor David D. Archer Jr has threatened legal action against the persons behind the controversial Mika Barry episodes on Facebook, after it was alleged on the most recent episode that he is Government Official #1.

January 12th, 2023
BVI News facing legal action over libel against Ex-Speaker Willock

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Local News tabloid BVI News has once again found itself facing possible legal action over false reporting.

April 3rd, 2020
Gov't threatened with legal action after shutting borders- Premier Fahie

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Premier and Minister of Finance, Honourable Andrew A. Fahie (R1) said if the decision was left up to him, locals who flew into the Virgin Islands from countries with the deadly COVID-19 would have been barred from entry.

April 15th, 2016
Skelton-Cline threatens to sue anyone making corruption allegations against him

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Former Managing Director of the BVI Ports Authority Claude O. Skelton-Cline has vehemently denied any links to corruption on his part in the execution of the Cruise Pier Development Project and threatened to sue anyone making such allegations against him.

March 28th, 2016
Shame on Myron V. Walwyn! Threatens media & public with legal action

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The embattled and controversial Minister for Education and Culture Hon Myron V. Walwyn has continued his unstatesmanlike tactics on the media and the ordinary citizens of the Virgin Islands.

February 22nd, 2016
A bluff? No case filed against VI Gov't by Hugh E. Darley

TOKYO, Japan – After checking the Court Registry last week and discovering that no case had been filed against the Government of the Virgin Islands on behalf of Hugh E. Darley, our newsroom made contact with Mr Darley to find out whether he was still going ahead with the lawsuit.

February 9th, 2016
BVIAA contradicts Premier Smith on legal action against BVI Airways

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- So far no legal action has been taken against BVI Airways to recover funds owed to the BVI Airports Authority (BVIAA) more than two years ago.

November 5th, 2015
Government can be sued for millions of $$ - Edmund G. Maduro

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Radio talk show host and social commentator Edmund G. Maduro said it is in the power of the people to sue the Government of the Virgin Islands for being forced to lose their private insurance, with the coming on stream of the mandatory National Health Insurance (NHI).

October 29th, 2015
Gov’t could face legal action over port project delays

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The many delays that the Ports Development Project has been facing have no doubt been costly. However, the most costly could be if the 15-year-berthing agreement with Norwegian Cruise Line (NCL) and Disney Cruise Line is scrapped if Government fails to meet the completion deadline.

January 29th, 2014
Top Cop calls questions of legal action against him ‘convoluting’

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Commission of Police (CoP) for the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) Mr. David Morris, has made emphatically clear that he is not affected personally when a member of his police force seeks to take legal action against his office.

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