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2024 Festival Report handed over to HoA- PS Smith-Abbott
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI—Permanent Secretary Joseph Smith-Abbott has finally confirmed that the 2024 Festival and Affairs Report has been prepared and submitted to the House of Assembly (HoA) of the Virgin Islands.
Public urged to review Public Service Management Bill & give feedback
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The Cabinet of the Virgin Islands has approved the Public Service Management Bill, which received its first reading during the continuation of the Seventeenth Sitting of the First Session of the Fifth House of Assembly (HoA) on August 16, 2024.
Documents for proposed tender waivers to now be publicised
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- In keeping with the Government’s commitment to uphold the principles of good governance, the Cabinet of the Virgin Islands has approved the publication of Cabinet documents relating to proposed tender waivers.
News blackout over visit of UK OT Minister Lord Goldsmith
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Governor John J. Rankin, CMG and his United Kingdom (UK) gang have been promoting Good Governance, Transparency and Openness; however, that does not seem to apply to the visit of the UK Minister for the Overseas Territories, Frank Zacharias Robin Goldsmith.
CARICOM Heads of Gov’t express ‘deep concern’ with UK-sponsored CoI in VI
SAN PEDRO, Belize- Regional leaders who attended the 33rd Inter-Sessional Conference of the Heads of Government of CARICOM in San Pedro, Belize last week have expressed ‘deep concern’ with the lack of transparency and the manner in which the United Kingdom-sponsored Commission of Inquiry (CoI) was called in the [British] Virgin Islands.
UK attorney raises concern of no local involvement in CoI team
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Former United Kingdom Attorney General and attorney for the Executive branch of the Virgin Islands Government, Sir Charles Geoffrey Cox QC, has lamented the apparent lack of local involvement in the ongoing Commission of Inquiry (CoI) which is allegedly aimed at improving governance in the British Overseas Territory.
Labour Minister calls for fairness as group of locals made redundant
DUFF’S BOTTOM, Tortola, VI- Noting that it was recently brought to his attention that a company who may be on the verge of merging with another had made redundant a group of VIslander/Belonger employees, Minister for Natural Resources, Labour and Immigration, Honourable Vincent O. Wheatley (R9) has urged employers to be transparent, fair and reasonable when initiating any redundancy procedures.
‘Put up or shut up’ Integrity in Public Life Bill brought to HoA
DUFF’S BOTTOM, Tortola, VI – The Integrity In Public Life Act, 2020, which is part of the suite of good governance legislation by the Virgin Islands Party (VIP) Government, received its Introduction and First Reading at the Seventh Sitting of the Third Session of the Fourth House of Assembly at Save the Seed Energy Centre in Duff's Bottom, Tortola, on Thursday, April 22, 2021.
Diplomacy is a lagging factor in OT affairs
By Dickson C. Igwe
The weapons of diplomacy, tact and negotiation are better options in moving towards self-determination than banging an anti-colonial drum. Tact and diplomacy will achieve more for Overseas Territories than confrontation.
Whistleblower legislation brought to HoA
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- As the Virgin Islands Party (VIP) Government continues to put systems in place for transparency and good governance, in keeping with its campaign promises, the Whistleblower Act, 2021 has been brought to parliament.
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