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Emancipation celebrations & fake representation
Alred C. Frett
Still awaiting the Promise of Freedom:
We have a conditional allergy to Truth, so it took me endless months of explaining that CoI is an unfinished Fiasco, and, it was only because we were broke, and the UK was broke, that we were having Fake Elections… Now that you finally heard these admissions from the Governor and Government, there should be no doubt that we exist under Fake Representation, and they are now squandering real Money and Time.
Chief Immigration Officer blasts BVI News for false, unverified reporting
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI– Local online news tabloid BVI News has found itself in yet another false reporting scandal. This time it is over a report alleging that detainees under the purview of the Immigration Department had overpowered security at Hotel Castle Maria early last week.
Immigration detention centre to be built in VI- Premier Wheatley
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- With housing persons detained by Immigration Department at hotels proving to be unreliable, as persons have been frequently escaping, the Government of the Virgin Islands is seeking to build a detention centre.
Automated Passport Control kiosks launched @ TB Lettsome Airport
BEEF ISLAND, VI- The Immigration Department of the Virgin Islands (VI) has launched Automated Passport Control (APC) kiosks to expedite entry for returning VI citizens holding [British] Virgin Islands or United Kingdom (UK) passports to the Territory.
I’ll go there!
Jacqueline Wheatley
As candidates are taking their places to contest for the next general elections, we don't know the answers to where we would be heading next. The recent news-making headlines of former Virgin Islands Premier Andrew A. Fahie and the ongoing saga of the Commission of Inquiry (CoI) have left us to wonder.
Haitian national escapes Immigration detention
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Chief Immigration Officer, Mr Ian B. Penn is seeking the public’s assistance to locate Haitian national Ms Elena Milord who escaped detention between the late hours of Wednesday, May 18 and early Thursday, May 19, 2022.
Three Gov’t offices move to remote operations
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – At least three Government offices have moved to provide remote operations in the first working week of 2022, according to a bulletin posted by the Government of the Virgin Islands.
Immigration Dept seeking public's help locating 10 Haitians & 1 Venezuelan
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The Department of Immigration is seeking the public's help in locating some 10 Haitians and 1 Venezuelan listed as persons of interest.
4 Haitians escape Immigration detention; 3 recaptured
DUFFS BOTTOM, Tortola, VI- Some four Haitians being held by Immigration authorities at a hotel in Road Town reportedly escaped custody yesterday, Sunday, October 24, 2021.
2 wanted persons arrested following raid by Joint Task Force on VG
VALLEY, Virgin Gorda, VI- Three summonses have been issued for immigration-related offences and two persons were arrested and charged for unrelated matters following a recent successful operation by the Joint Task Force on Virgin Gorda.
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