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UK is the 'architect of victimisation'- Skelton-Cline
BAUGHERS BAY, Tortola, VI- Host of the Honestly Speaking Radio Show on 780 AM ZBVI, Mr Claude O. Skelton Cline has questioned the claims by the United Kingdom that there is an issue of victimisation in the territory.
Is FCO throwing dirt on VI Gov't to justify costly CoI?
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Sources speaking to our newsroom on condition of anonymity have accused the United Kingdom (UK) Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) and the Governor’s Office of engaging in ‘Yellow Journalism’ targeted at the Virgin Islands (VI) to justify the cost of the VI Commission of Inquiry (CoI) on UK taxpayers.
VI stuck with Governor Jaspert for an additional year!
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The unelected Governor of the Virgin Islands (VI) Augustus J. U. Jaspert aka ‘Gus’ will not be leaving the Territory anytime soon.
The UK’s commitment to OTs 'will not waver'- Governor Jaspert
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The Governor of the Virgin Islands, His Excellency Augustus J. U. Jaspert, has welcomed the response from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) to the Foreign Affairs Committee (FAC) report on ‘Global Britain and the British Overseas Territories: Resetting the relationship’.
Leaked letters show pressure from FCO for independent Recovery Agency
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- While some backbenchers, residents and civil society are not sure what is in the amended Virgin Islands Recovery and Development Agency Bill 2018, letters unearthed from senior National Democratic Party (NDP) sources show pressure from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) over the Bill.
My decisions are not intended to be popular- Gov Duncan
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Governor of the Virgin Islands John S. Duncan OBE has said he is in no way mindful of those who criticise his recent move to invoke his constitutional right and instruct the Government of the day to disburse $1.88M for arms of government which fall under his purview.
Governor’s intervention speaks of recklessness of NDP Gov’t- Hon Fraser
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- “For a Governor to comment on the functioning of an elected Government in itself is rare and speaks to the recklessness of their actions,” is the view of Opposition Leader Hon Julian Fraser RA (R3) in commenting on the leaked correspondence between Governor John S. Duncan OBE and the National Democratic Party (NDP) Government of Premier Dr The Hon D. Orlando Smith.
UK had concerns/raised red flag about airport project since 2014
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- While there has been a lot written about the Terence B. Lettsome International Airport runway expansion, a project spear-headed by Deputy Premier and Minister for Natural Resources and Labour Dr The Honourable Kedrick D. Pickering (R7), new information obtained by our newsroom shows that less than two years after the 2011 general elections the United Kingdom (UK) Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) raised concerns about the project.
Governor Duncan can no longer defend VIG position to FCO on spending!
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Since the National Democratic Party (NDP) Government took office in 2011 to current, the Virgin Islands Party (VIP) Opposition, the Media, civil society and talk show hosts have been complaining loudly about the mismanagement of funds and the reckless spending of taxpayers money.
NHI protest group @ odds over petition to Queen
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Reports reaching Virgin Islands News Online is that there seems to be a serious disagreement among members of the NHI Concerned Citizens and Residents Group regarding a petition that the group intends to send to Buckingham Palace.
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