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[British] Virgin Islands People: Betrayal, Disloyalty & Treachery
Edgar Leonard
Some elected officials and non-elected officials have disappointedly betrayed the VI people's trust, faith, and confidence in them, inflicting painful shame and embarrassment. The VI has been under the UK's control since 1672, after the Anglo-Dutch War.
Governor Rankin rejects Cabinet's request for copy of CoI Report!
PASEA ESTATE, Tortola, VI- Word reaching our news centre is that the United Kingdom (UK) appointed Governor John J. Rankin, CMG has refused a request by the Cabinet of the Virgin Islands to be given a copy of the Commission of Inquiry (CoI) Report.
Did the UK fail the VI?
Edgar Leonard
The UK has had control over the Virgin Islands (VI) (British) since 1672, after the Third Anglo-Dutch War. Does the UK have Pilate status or share the responsibility and accountability for any VI governing defects? Former UK-appointed Governor Augustus J. U. Jaspert, mere days before bolting the VI to return to the UK, handpicked Sir Gary R. Hickinbottom to lead a commission of inquiry (CoI) to investigate allegations of corruption in the VI.
Circular accuses UK of wanting to take over HM Customs
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – As Caribbean nations continue to call for reparations, there is a brewing conspiracy over the recent UK Royal visit of Prince William and Duchess Kate as a smokescreen of the United Kingdom's and its role in the region.
‘I cry for those who are colonised around the world’- Dr the Hon Wheatley
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Virgin Islands Deputy Premier and Minister for Education, Culture, Youth Affairs, Fisheries, and Agriculture, Dr The Hon Natalio D. Wheatley (R7) has reiterated calls for the end to colonialism around the world, especially for places like the [British] Virgin Islands.
Jamaicans demand slavery reparations as UK Royal visit shunned
KINGSTON, Jamaica – A scheduled Jamaica visit by UK Royal’s Prince William, Duke of Cambridge and his wife Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, as part of a larger trip to the Caribbean region has sparked fresh calls for slavery reparations to be paid to the people of the region.
VI should reject ‘throne speech’ as a relic of colonial past – Skelton-Cline
BAUGHERS BAY, Tortola, VI – Consultant and commentator Mr Claude O. Skelton-Cline has called on the people of the Virgin Islands to reject relics of colonial past like the Speech from the Throne, which he says undermines the territory's spirit of independence.
If we go independent ‘we not dumping the UK’ – Hon Fraser
DUFF’S BOTTOM, Tortola, VI– Senior legislator in the Virgin Islands House of Assembly, Hon Julian Fraser RA (R3) has argued that going independent does not mean the Virgin Islands will outright ‘dump’ the UK regarding the partnership shared by the two.
Mia A. Mottley deserves standing ovation for Barbados leadership- Skelton-Cline
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Pastor and host of the Honestly Speaking radio show Claude O. Skelton-Cline has called on the region to give standing ovations to Barbados Prime Minister Mia A. Mottley over her leadership that saw the removal of Queen Elizabeth II as Head of State and the transition of Barbados to a republic.
UN Ambassador calls out UK’s unwillingness to decolonise VI
NEW YORK CITY, New York – Dr Walton A. Webson, an Antiguan diplomat and Ambassador to the United Nations has called out the lack of respect from the United Kingdom (UK) Government towards the territory of the Virgin Islands (VI) regarding the mutual respect that the territories should share.
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