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VI to encourage UK to 'reconsider' reserved Order in Council- VI tells UN
NEW YORK CITY, USA- The Virgin Islands delegation that will travel to the United Kingdom (UK) in November, 2022, will, among other things, encourage the UK Government to reconsider its current position on maintaining an Order in Council in reserve.
PHOTO of the Day: Former Speaker Willock signs Condolence Book for late QE II
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- As persons in the Virgin Islands and across the world mourn the death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, a Book of Condolence is opened to the public at Old Government House Museum.
HoA Speaker leading 4-member VI delegation in Canada
HALIFAX, Canada- Speaker of the House of Assembly (HoA) of the Virgin Islands, Mrs Corine N. George-Massicote is leading a four-member delegation to the annual Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference in Halifax, Canada.
HoA Motion to send VI delegation to UK to 'reverse' Order in Council withdrawn!
DUFF’S BOTTOM, Tortola, VI- An ambitious motion to form a delegation that would have included Members of the House of Assembly as well as CARICOM and Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) and United Nations (UN) officials to travel to London to seek to reverse the Order in Council to suspend the Virgin Islands Constitution and impose direct rule was made and subsequently withdrawn in the House of Assembly on July 19, 2022.
UPDATE: Premier, VI delegation arrive for Cruise Global Conference in Miami
MIAMI, Florida, USA – The Virgin Islands delegation led by Premier Andrew A. Fahie (R1) has arrived in Miami Florida for the 2022 Seatrade Cruise Global Conference this week, April 25 to April 28, 2022.
VI delegation completes fact-finding mission to UK parliament
LONDON, United Kingdom– A Virgin Islands (VI) delegation headed by Speaker of the House of Assembly (HoA) Hon Julian Willock has completed a fact-finding mission to the United Kingdom Parliament to engage in capacity building from March 21 to 24, 2022.
VI delegation in Miami working to restore territory’s cruise tourism sector
MIAMI, Florida, USA – A delegation from the Virgin Islands is currently in Miami attending the Sea Trade Cruise Global, which opened its doors on September 27, 2021.
Honourable de Castro leads VI delegation to Ministerial Conference
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Junior Minister for Tourism Honourable Sharie B. de Castro (AL) is leading a delegation at the Seventh Ministerial Conference on the Information Society in Latin America and the Caribbean from November 23 to 26, 2020.
Miss World Manushi Chhillar arrives in VI
BEEF ISLAND, VI- Reigning 2017 Miss World Manushi Chhillar of India and her delegation have arrived in the Virgin Islands to participate in recovery efforts following the devastating hurricanes of September 2017.
VI was forward thinking in relations with Cuba!
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Way back from 1994 when the United States of America (USA) was tightening sanctions, causing an economic blockage on the Caribbean Island of Cuba and making many attempts to assassinate its communist leader, the late Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz, the Virgin Islands (VI) was engaging Cuba.
