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CoP Mark Collins goes scot-free following review of damning allegations
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- It was in January of this year that former Governor John J. Rankin, CMG announced that a review had been ordered into a myriad of complaints against the territory’s Commissioner of Police and United Kingdom (UK) national Mr Mark Collins.
Premier recalls Hon Marlon A. Penn fired previous BVIHSA Board Chairman
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- With Opposition Member Hon Marlon A. Penn (R8) slamming the government for calling for the resignation of BVI Health Services Authority (BVIHSA) Board Chairman Ron R. Potter, Premier and Minister of Finance Dr the Hon Natalio D. Wheatley (R7) has hit back by pointing out the hypocrisy of Hon Penn.
Are we placing the right ladders on the wrong walls?
Alred C. Frett
When the Beginning appears as Tragic as the End:
I am no Jesus, and why I do the things I do without expectations, may be hard to answer, but according to your story, Jesus healed ten lepers and only one bothered to say thanks... I may have been blocked in progress, fired from Government, and taken off Radio Stations for opposing corruption, but that never stopped me from bringing Truth to the Youth, because they are not to blame, and they are our Future.
Is Gov Rankin a liar? Double standards & hypocrisy over CoP investigation
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- It was about a year ago that Police Commissioner Mark Collins wrote to his friend Governor John J. Rankin asking him to send Commissioner of Customs Wade N. Smith on leave while he was being investigated.
‘I know implementation of some CoI recommendations isn’t easy’- Gov Rankin
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- In what can be deemed as hypocritical and insensitive, United Kingdom (UK) appointed Governor of the Virgin Islands John J. Rankin, CMG has admitted implementation of some of the Commission of Inquiry (CoI) recommendations is not easy, even while he has blasted the efforts of the Virgin Islands Government and is requesting of the UK additional powers for him to speed up the implementation process.
Governor Rankin’s departure delayed until January 2024
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Word reaching our news cente from sources in Government House is that the Governor, John J. Rankin, CMG will no longer depart at the end of December 2023 as was previously scheduled, but instead will be leaving the territory around the middle of January 2024.
And then we blinked & all was lost
Alred C. Frett
It’s not Magic – It’s Basic:
We label ourselves the Information Generation, but the only things we were born knowing is how to eat and poop… All our knowledge was picked up from others, so if they are wrong then we are also wrong… Nonetheless, even as we follow their hand-me-down teaching, we still think we know more than they do, so we call ourselves special, and regard others, as fools and infidels, when we may really be the idiots.
Hypocrisy? Medicinal cannabis legal in UK since 2018 in $1.2B industry
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI– While some British Overseas Territories (OTs) like the [British] Virgin Islands and Bermuda have been blocked by the United Kingdom (UK) from setting up their medical marijuana industry, medicinal marijuana has been legal in the UK since 2018.
Political opponents have spent entire campaign on 'kicking VIP out of office'- Premier
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Premier and Minister of Finance Dr the Honourable Natalio D. Wheatley (R7) has lamented that the other political parties, namely National Democratic Party (NDP) and Progressive Virgin Islands Movement (PVIM), have spent their entire campaign focusing on what they termed as mistakes of the Virgin Islands Party (VIP) but have neglected to share a clear vision for the territory to their supporters.
VI must 'sit around table with UK' on borrowing money– Hon Penn
FAT HOGS BAY, Tortola, VI - Leader of the National Democratic Party (NDP) Hon Marlon A. Penn (R8) has indicated that should the National Democratic Party (NDP) be elected into office, his team will be seeking to borrow money at better terms to build the local economy.
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