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HoA to increase to 15 elected members- Hon Julian Fraser
NANNY CAY, Tortola, VI- While speaking at the groundbreaking ceremony on Friday, October 31, 2025, for the 30 Million USD Nanny Cay Development Project, Deputy Premier and Minister for Environment, Natural Resources and Climate Change Hon Julian Fraser, RA (R3) made an announcement.
Governor’s reserved powers ‘has to stop’- Hon Walwyn
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Leader of His Majesty’s Loyal Opposition Hon Myron V. Walwyn (R6) has said the Governor’s reserved legislative power should be removed.
'It is not for the UK or UN to give VI its independence'- Claude O. Skelton-Cline
BAUGHERS BAY, Tortola, VI— Pastor and commentator Mr Claude O. Skelton-Cline has said that the people of the Virgin Islands (VI) should not wait for any government to determine the progress and future of the country’s political status, while declaring September 2, 2025, as what he describes as the start of a campaign to decide on the future of the country's political status.
VI seeking maximum authority in constitutional talks with UK- Premier Wheatley
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The Government of the Virgin Islands intends to pursue “the maximum amount of authority possible” in the upcoming constitutional negotiations with the United Kingdom (UK).
‘God will deliver us from an Order in Council’- Hon Carvin Malone
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Territorial At Large Representative and Opposition Member Hon Carvin Malone is anticipating 2023 to be “a year of reckoning, reforming and resetting.”
Document on Self-Governance Assessment of VI to be made public- Premier Wheatley
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- A document on Self-Governance Assessment of the Virgin Islands, done by an International Advisor on Governance and United Nations expert, will be released to the public, Premier and Minister of Finance Dr The Hon Natalio D. Wheatley (R7) has stated.
Throne Speech: Long overdue Constitutional Review ‘moving forward this year’
DUFF’S BOTTOM, Tortola, VI – Buried beneath a mountain of legislative plans for 2022, as revealed in the Speech from the Throne, the Virgin Islands' status on its long-overdue Constitution Review process was mentioned just once.
Lisa Penn-Lettsome tipped to Chair Constitutional Reform Committee
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Now long overdue, Premier and Minister of Finance Honourable Andrew A. Fahie (R1) has set up the Territory’s Constitutional Reform Committee to look at changes needed to the Virgin Islands’ Constitution of 2007.
UN reaffirms VI constitutional position & right to self-governance
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Deputy Premier Dr the Hon Natalio D. Wheatley (R7) has welcomed the conclusions and recommendations of the United Nations (UN) Committee of 24’s (C-24) regional seminar on decolonisation held in Saint John Parish, Dominica from August 25-27, 2021.
2 UK solicitors appointed to CoI
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- In a press statement that was not shared with Virgin Islands News Online (VINO), the Commission of Inquiry (CoI) in the Virgin Islands has stated that two solicitors have been appointed to the Inquiry.
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