Got TIPS or BREAKING NEWS? Please call 1-284-442-8000 direct/can also WhatsApp same number or Email ALL news to:newsvino@outlook.com;                               ads call 1-284-440-6666

News

May 29th, 2025
VI calls on UK & other Colonial Powers to support self-determination of OTs

DILI, Timor-Leste: Virgin Islands (VI) Special Envoy Mr E. Benito Wheatley has called on the nations classified as Administering Powers to set aside their national interests in support of the self-determination of the 17 remaining Territories over which they have control who fall under the remit of the United Nations (UN) Special Committee on Decolonisation (C-24) mandated to assist the Territories in achieving a full measure of self-government and eradicating the last vestiges of colonialism.

January 11th, 2025
Premier Wheatley elected President of UK-OTA

LONDON, England, UK- Premier and Minister of Finance Dr the Honourable Natalio D. Wheatley (R7), has been elected President of the UK Overseas Territories Association (UK-OTA) and will also serve as President of the body's Political Council.

January 4th, 2025
VI Belongers now require ETA for UK Visits

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Starting January 8, 2025, citizens—belongers— of the Virgin Islands (VI) planning to travel to the United Kingdom (UK), will need to obtain an Electronic Travel Authorisation (ETA) as part of the UK government’s latest border security initiative.

November 22nd, 2024
UK gov't to reset relationship with OTs- PM Starmer

LONDON, England, United Kingdom- Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (UK) Sir Keir R. Starmer has said his government is committed to resetting its relationship with the UK’s Overseas Territories.

November 20th, 2024
Premier Wheatley attends several meetings while on JMC assignment in UK

LONDON, England, United Kingdom- Premier and Minister of Finance Dr the Honourable Natalio D. Wheatley is currently in the United Kingdom (UK) for the Joint Ministerial Council (JMC), the first with the UK’s new Labour government.

February 5th, 2024
UK Minister threatens ‘further action’ if delays with CoI Reforms continue

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Minister for the Americas, the Caribbean and UK Overseas Territories, Mr David H. Rutley MP has fired a shot across the bow ahead of his arrival in the [British] Virgin Islands.

January 17th, 2024
Caribbean OT leaders object to Governor's request for additional powers in VI

PROVIDENCIALES, Turks & Caicos Islands- Heads of Government in the Caribbean Overseas Territories (OTs) have come in strong support of the Government of the Virgin Islands (VI) objecting to additional powers being granted to the Governor of the [British] Virgin Islands to hasten the implementation of recommendations made by a retired United Kingdom judge following a Commission of Inquiry (CoI) during the COVID-19 pandemic.

December 14th, 2023
British OTs, UK Gov’t agree to a more collaborative ‘modern partnership’

LONDON, UK – The British Overseas territories (OTs) of Anguilla, Ascension, Bermuda, [British] Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Falkland Islands, Gibraltar, Montserrat, Pitcairn Islands, St Helena, Tristan da Cunha, and Turks and Caicos Islands, along with the Government of the United Kingdom, have agreed to a Joint Declaration for a more collaborative and ‘modern partnership’ between the two.

July 28th, 2023
Premier Wheatley in Miami; Hon Lorna G. Smith takes VI driver's seat

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Virgin Islands (VI) Premier and Minister of Finance, Dr the Hon Natalio D. Wheatley (R7) will join leaders from across the Caribbean Overseas Territories (OT) for a caucus of Caribbean OT leaders on Saturday, July 29, 2023, in Miami, Florida in the USA.

May 15th, 2023
Britain to adopt 'new approach' to improve collaboration with OTs

LONDON, United Kingdom- Britain will adopt a new approach to improve collaboration with the Overseas Territories (OTs), according to a statement from the Joint Ministerial Council (JMC) on May 12, 2023.

Follow Us On