News
CoP Mark Collins goes scot-free following review of damning allegations
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- It was in January of this year that former Governor John J. Rankin, CMG announced that a review had been ordered into a myriad of complaints against the territory’s Commissioner of Police and United Kingdom (UK) national Mr Mark Collins.
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.
Governors should face inquiries too —Hon Lorna G. Smith OBE
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI— Governors in the [British] Virgin Islands should also be subject to Commissions of Inquiry (CoI), such as the one conducted by Sir Gary R. Hickinbottom and which continues to leave a stain on the Territory, internationally and domestically, and for which the Virgin Islands (VI) continues to reels from its impacts.
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.”
Premier Wheatley attending CDB’s Annual Meeting in Canada
ONTARIO, Canada- Premier of the Virgin Islands, Dr the Honourable Natalio D. Wheatley (R7) is attending the 54th Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) Annual Meeting in Ontario, Canada from June 18 to 21, 2024.
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.
Gov Pruce to request 'final' extended deadline for full CoI reforms
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Governor of the Virgin Islands (VI) H.E. Daniel Pruce in his first CoI Quarterly review published today, May 24, 2024, has shared plans to request a final extension of the deadline for the full implementation of reforms in the VI since it was 'clear' that the recommendations would not have been completed by May 2024.