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Civil Registry & Passport Office announces increase in UK passport fees
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Virgin Islanders will face increased fees for obtaining United Kingdom passports following the announcement of revised fees, effective April 8, 2026.
Premier Wheatley expresses frustration with UK over delay of airport expansion
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Premier and Minister of Finance Dr the Honourable Natalio D. Wheatley (R7) has expressed frustration over the delay in the expansion of the Terrance B. Lettsome International Airport, attributed to a request from the United Kingdom (UK) government for additional studies.
UK abstains from vote to recognise slave trade as 'gravest crime against humanity'
NEW YORK CITY, New York, USA- The United Kingdom (UK), which continues to benefit from slavery to this day, was one of 52 abstentions from a United Nations (UN) vote recognising the transatlantic slave trade as “the gravest crime against humanity” and calling on the UK and other former colonial powers to pay reparations for the slave trade.
The UK should resist compulstion to 'flex their colonial muscles' - Hon Myron V. Walwyn
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Leader of the Opposition, Hon Myron V. Walwyn (R6), has expressed his satsifaction of the lifting of the Order in Council; however, he believes that it should never have been contemplated in the first place.
‘I definitely reject this concept’ that VI is corrupt- Premier Wheatley
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Premier and Minister of Finance Dr the Hon Natalio D. Wheatley (R7) has rubbished claims by Ben W. Judas, the former Special Adviser to the British Foreign Secretary, that the Virgin Islands (VI) is corrupt.
Former FCDO Special Adviser envisions a ‘global Britain’ including OTs
LONDON, England, UK- Ben W. Judah, a former Special Adviser to the British Foreign Secretary, has said the United Kingdom’s (UK) Overseas Territories (OTs) should have representation in the UK with their own Secretary of State in the Cabinet.
Constitutional negotiating team must be ‘united’- Premier Wheatley
BAUGHERS BAY, Tortola, VI- Premier and Minister of Finance, Dr the Hon Natalio D. Wheatley (R7) has said the team he will lead when he goes to the United Kingdom (UK) to negotiate the Virgin Islands’ (VI) constitution will be a united one, but fell short of announcing who will make up that team.
Premier Wheatley commends UK–Overseas Territories joint declaration
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Premier and Minister of Finance Dr the Honourable Natalio D. Wheatley (R7) has praised the UK–Overseas Territories Joint Declaration for fostering, guiding, and modernising partnerships between the United Kingdom (UK) and its Overseas Territories.
‘Y’all gotta do better than this by us’- Skelton-Cline to UK
BAUGHERS BAY, Tortola, VI- The host of Honestly Speaking, Pastor Claude O. Skelton-Cline, has called on the United Kingdom (UK) and Governor Daniel Pruce to “do better” for the Virgin Islands.
UK House of Commons Speaker to visit VI from Feb 17-19, 2026
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Sir Lindsay H. Hoyle, the Speaker of the House of Commons in the United Kingdom (UK), will be visiting the Virgin Islands from February 17-19, 2026.
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