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Contentious VI Inquiries Bill 2024 passes in HoA with amendments
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The controversial Virgin Islands Inquiries Bill 2024, brought to the House of Assembly (HoA) on behalf of Governor Daniel Pruce, passed with amendments in the HoA yesterday, July 23, 2024.
VI Inquiries Bill is a 'big stick' overreach by the UK- Deputy Speaker Hon Mather
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI—Deputy Speaker Honourable Stacy R. Mather, MBE (AL), while debating the Virgin Islands Inquiries Bill 2024 on Tuesday, July 16, 2024, during the 15th Sitting of the First Session of the Fifth House of Assembly (HoA), attributed the current situation of governance in the territory to the failures of previous governors.
No Governor @ upcoming Emancipation Festival for 2nd year in row
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - For the second consecutive year, the Virgin Islands (VI) will be without a Governor on home soil, as the territory marks a significant 70th milestone of Emancipation in the Virgin Islands.
VI Inquiries Bill ‘never should have left the Cabinet’- Hon Fraser
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI—The Virgin Islands Inquires Bill 2024, in its present form, should have never made its way out of Cabinet and is, in fact, a testament that the “Ministers of Cabinet not doing their job or they don’t know what their jobs are.”
King Charles III hails VI/UK's ‘ever-growing cooperation’ on 'important global issues'
LONDON, United Kingdom- King Charles III, born Charles Philip Arthur George, in his congratulatory message to the [British] Virgin Islands on Virgin Islands Day on July 1, 2024, has hailed the cooperation between the United Kingdom (UK) and the VI on environmental issues.
VI, UK relations at critical juncture with UK elections looming- E. Benito Wheatley
NEW YORK, New York - The British Virgin Islands' relationship with the United Kingdom is at a critical juncture with the UK General Election looming on July 4, 2024, that is shift power from the ruling party to the opposition party according to Special Envoy to the Premier Mr E. Benito Wheatley.
British duo arrested after $6m of cocaine seized @ Ghana airport
ACCRA, Ghana, Africa- Two British citizens have been arrested after being accused of attempting to smuggle $6.48m (£5m) worth of cocaine from Ghana to London.
August CoI reform deadline ‘realistic & achievable’– Premier
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Virgin Islands (VI) Premier and Minister of Finance, Dr the Hon Natalio D. Wheatley (R7) said he is confident his government would able to achieve the new August 31, 2024, deadline for the full implementation of reforms coming out of the Commission of Inquiry (CoI) in the VI.
‘People are working hard’ to implement CoI recommendations in VI- Gov Pruce
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI– With August 31, 2024, being the final deadline for the Government of the Virgin Islands to implement the Commission of Inquiry (CoI) recommendations, Governor Daniel Pruce has shed a positive light on the work done so far.
Governor Pruce presented ‘a fair, balanced & factual’ quarterly review- Premier
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI– Premier and Minister of Finance Dr the Hon Natalio D. Wheatley (R7) has praised Governor Daniel Purce for what he called a "fair, balanced, and factual" press briefing during his first Quarterly Review of the Commission of Inquiry (CoI) Recommendations in the Virgin Islands.
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