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Trump administration weighing proposal to establish USVI Ship Registry
VI CONSORTIUM
FREDERIKSTED, St Croix, USVI- The Trump administration is currently reviewing a bold proposal to establish a new international ship registry in the US Virgin Islands—an initiative designed to expand the US-flagged commercial shipping fleet, strengthen national security, and elevate the US Virgin Islands as a critical player in global maritime commerce.
‘Easy to slip in, easy to slip out’- Skelton-Cline on VI’s porous borders
BAUGHERS BAY, Tortola, VI— Political commentator and former government consultant Claude O. Skelton-Cline has again delivered a stark warning on imminent issues facing the Virgin Islands, including the impact of deportees, economic instability tied to the United States, and what he describes as the domestic government's failure to address urgent matters such as food security and governance.
Gov Pruce dismisses security concerns over Law Enforcement Review Report
BAUGHERS BAY, Tortola, VI- Governor of the Virgin Islands Daniel Pruce has said “every step was taken” to ensure that information released in the published version of the ‘The British Virgin Islands: Volume One- A review of law enforcement and criminal justice bodies in the British Virgin Islands’ would not compromise the security of the people or law enforcement’s ability to operate effectively.
Wider cross-section of public needed on National Security Council– Hon Penn
BAUGHERS BAY, Tortola, VI– Minister for Health and Social Development under the Unity Government, Hon Marlon A. Penn (R8) is advocating for more members on the local National Security Council (NSC), which he said should involve a wider cross-section of the public.
Hiring of bodyguards has nothing to do with ‘kickbacks’- Premier Fahie
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- With the Opposition keen to get Premier and Minister of Finance Honourable Andrew A. Fahie (R1) to divulge information about his personal security, Premier Fahie clapped back to say if he is made to reveal such information to the public then every Member of the House of Assembly (HoA) will also have to do the same.
Premier asked to divulge personal security details @ May 17, 2019 HoA
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Premier and Minister of Finance Hon Andrew A. Fahie (R1) will be asked to release the full details surrounding the hiring of bodyguards and his personal security into the public domain, even as he has been facing assassination threats since becoming Premier of the Virgin Islands (VI).
‘We have Freedom of Information in the BVI’- Premier Smith
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Thanks to whistleblowers in the National Democratic Party (NDP) Government, many critical information that would have otherwise been kept from the people, have been leaked to the media and public.
Ritter-Freeman ousted immediately; No waiting until March 2018
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Our senior National Democratic Party (NDP) sources called our newsroom a day after our article was published on February 16, 2018 about the pending departure of the Acting Chief Immigration Officer (CIO) Mrs Geraldine Ritter-Freeman from the post by the end of March 2018.
Geraldine Ritter-Freeman Out! Ag CIO back to Premier’s Office by March
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Senior National Democratic Party (NDP) officials, who spoke to our newsroom, have confirmed that Acting Chief Immigration Officer Mrs Geraldine Ritter-Freeman will return to the Premier’s Office in her substantive post as Deputy Secretary by the end of March 2018.
Military exercise in VI?
WEST END, Tortola, VI- Virgin Islands News Online’s roving camera around 9:00 A.M. today, July 24, 2017 captured a military helicopter doing some surveillance work on the western end of Tortola.
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