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'We don’t feel like anybody until white people affirms us'- Skelton-Cline
BAUGHERS BAY, Tortola, VI- Commentator and pastor Claude O. Skelton-Cline has lamented that Virgin Islanders and people of African descent only accept and appreciate themselves and each other when Caucasians approve of them.
Premier hosts ‘A Night to Remember: Celebrating Dame Pereira’
SCRUB ISLAND, VI- As part of the week-long National Celebration in honour of The Right Honourable Dame Janice M. Pereira, MBE, Premier and Minister of Finance Dr the Honourable Natalio D. Wheatley (R7) hosted a gala dinner in her honour at Scrub Island Resort on Friday, October 25, 2024.
Dame Janice M. Pereira pinned as Paul Harris Fellow
PASEA, Tortola, VI- Former Chief Justice of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court, The Right Honourable Dame Janice M. Pereira, DBE was today, Tuesday, October 22, 2024, made a Paul Harris Fellow.
Dame Janice M. Pereira to be honoured with week-long National Celebration
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The Government of the Virgin Islands has announced a week-long National Celebration in honour of the beloved daughter of the soil, The Right Honourable Dame Janice M. Pereira, DBE, on the occasion of her retirement from the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court as Chief Justice.
VI’s own Hon Dame Janice M. Pereira DBE to sit as judge on Privy Council
LONDON, England, UK- The accomplished daughter of the Virgin Islands’ soil, Hon Dame Janice M. Pereira DBE will create more history for the Virgin Islands and the Caribbean when she sits as a judge on the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (JCPC) in London for a week in December.
Dame Janice M. Pereira appointed to His Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council
LONDON, England, UK- Former Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court (ECSC) Chief Justice, Dame Janice M. Pereira DBE, has been appointed to His Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council.
Society must do more for youths in conflict with law- Chief Justice Pereira
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI– Chief Justice Hon Dame Janice M. Pereira, DBE has called for society to do more for persons in conflict with the law, especially youths who she says often face stigma and end up returning to a life of crime.
Chief Justice Janice M. Pereira delivers 'final' opening speech to ECSC Law Year Opening
SAINT GEORGES, Grenada – Chief Justice Hon Dame Janice M. Pereira has delivered what she said was her final speech as Chief Justice at a Special Sitting to Commemorate the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court Opening of the Law Year.
Skelton-Cline names Justice Janice M. Pereira as VI’s next possible Premier
BAUGHERS BAY, Tortola, VI– After months of teasing that the next Premier of the Virgin Islands (VI) will be a woman, ‘Honestly Speaking’ talk show host Claude O. Skelton-Cline has named Chief Justice of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court (ECSC) Dame Janice M. Pereira as that person.
Disheartening! Increase in number of persons on remand– Chief Justice
CASTRIES, St Lucia- Chief Justice of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court Her Worship Dame Janice M. Pereira has raised concerns that there are more persons being held on remand in state prisons across the region.