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Liz Truss resigns as UK prime minister
LONDON, UK- The former Minister for British Overseas Territories, Mary Elizabeth Truss aka 'Liz Truss', who initiated the controversial Order in Council to give the United Kingdom (UK) appointed Governor the power to suspend the [British] Virgin Islands (VI) at a whim, has announced her resignation as Prime Minister of the UK.
UPDATE: UK PM suffers 30 resignations & counting in less than 24 hours
LONDON, United Kingdom- The number of resignations from ministers in the Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson’s United Kingdom (UK) government now stands at 30 and there is no sign of let-up.
Governor reportedly unlawfully pressured AG to audit COVID spending
WICKHAM’S CAY II, Tortola, VI – Details from the BVI Commission of Inquiry Day 51 on October 20, 2021, has revealed that the Auditor General (AG) Sonia M. Webster may have been pressured by the Governor to execute an audit of the Fahie Government’s COVID-19 spending and to prepare a report.
Was BVI Airways deal a Ponzi scheme?- Auditor General’s Report
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- After reading through the Auditor General’s Report on Government’s Financing of the BVI Airways’ Direct Flights to Miami, many are asking if it was a Ponzi scheme.
Pressure bursts pipework! Causes sewage spill @ RT Pump Station
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Pedestrians and motorists alike had to briefly cope with a sewage spill at the Road Town Pump Station today, October 2, 2019.
Leaked letters show pressure from FCO for independent Recovery Agency
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- While some backbenchers, residents and civil society are not sure what is in the amended Virgin Islands Recovery and Development Agency Bill 2018, letters unearthed from senior National Democratic Party (NDP) sources show pressure from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) over the Bill.
I have resisted Media & Opposition pressure to intervene- Governor Duncan
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- When John S. Duncan OBE came to the Virgin Islands as the United Kingdom appointed Governor in August 2014, he fell out of favour with the people, the media and the Government of the Day just after about a year in office.
‘Support your own, let money stay’- ‘Pressure’ tells VI
PROSPECT REEF, Tortola, VI – “It’s time we start supporting our own and let the money stay here,” said USVI international artiste ‘Pressure’ at the locally promoted event ‘Bridging the Gap’ on Sunday March 1, 2015.
Increasing pressure for transparency in Financial Services - Report
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – There continues to be increasing pressure on the Virgin Islands (VI) and other International Finance Centres (IFCs) from a range of quarters according to the BVI International Financial Centre (BVIIFC) Annual report of 2012.
The British are coming! Is the Virgin Islands next?
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Within the last three to four years the United Kingdom (UK) has exerted more pressure, oversight and intervention on her Overseas Territories (OT) in the Caribbean region than any other time in the relationship’s over 50 year history.
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