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Hon Turnbull racked up a whopping $8,000 internet bill while in Egypt!
CANE GARDEN BAY, Tortola, VI- The man who claims he has integrity and he spends Government's funds in a frugal way seems to be selling us fables. His political party, a breakaway group known as Progressive Virgin Islands Movement (PVIM), has claimed they are the ones to best manage the territory's finances.
'Andrew A. Fahie has lost the moral authority to lead VI'- Dr the Hon Wheatley
DUFF'S BOTTOM, Tortola, VI – In remarks delivered today, May 5, 2022, in the House of Assembly shortly after moving a motion for the removal of current Premier Andrew A. Fahie (R1) as leader of the Virgin Islands (VI), Acting Premier Dr the Hon Natalio D. Wheatley (R7) says the territory must send a clear message that Hon Fahie is no longer its leader.
B/ball bias: BVIBF slammed for allowing one coach to pick referees
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The integrity of the BVI Basketball Federation (BVIBF) has been thrown into question, following its decision to allow a coach of only one team to pick the referees for the do-or-die game between Jr VG Bayside Blazers and Jr Skillful Ballers in the Federation’s National League Championship Series and failing to find a middle ground once the other team had issues with it.
'No evidence' to suggest corruption in FIA- Director to CoI
WICKHAM'S CAY II, Tortola, VI- Director of the Financial Investigation Agency (FIA) Mr Errol George has assured the Commission of Inquiry (CoI) that FIA officers are professional men and women of high integrity and that the Agency is void of political interference.
FCDO is restricted to providing IT infrastructure- CoI claims
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- With concerns continuing to grow about the secrecy and motives of the United Kingdom-sponsored Commission of Inquiry (CoI), the Commission has sought to assure the public that their data provided to the Commission is secure and that the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) does not collect data.
Gov't acted with integrity to help people with stimulus grants – Premier Fahie
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- “My government can say beyond the shadow of a doubt that we have acted with integrity to help the people with all the grants and none of the money has hit anywhere around us, it has hit its target, and it is up to whomever it is that received it could account for it.”
John R. Lewis 'a decorated soldier in struggle for justice & equality'- Dr the Hon Wheatley
GEORGIA, USA- As the United States of America (USA) and the rest of the world struggle with race relations, following the brutal killing of George P. Floyd Jr by a white police officer in late May 2020, the civil rights movement in the USA has lost its icon, longtime Georgia Congressman, Mr John R. Lewis.
Time for action on good governance, accountability – Gov Jaspert to Gov't
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- His Excellency Governor Augustus J.U Jaspert says he hopes talks of good governance and accountability are more than just buzz words of the Virgin Islands Party-led Government in 2020.
3rd Cohort of police recruits passes with ‘flying colours’
PARAQUITA BAY, Tortola, VI- “It feels great, after all the hard work, as you heard, the drilling in the rain, the late nights, the excessive late nights, the endless, endless hours of studying,” a proud Royce D. David, 24, of East End, told Virgin Islands News Online.
Is Ex-Governor John S. Duncan the ‘Boogie Man’? - Hon Skelton suggests
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- For his first two years in office former British appointed Governor John S. Duncan OBE [2014-2017] was praising the ruling National Democratic Party (NDP) and some had described him as the sixth NDP Minister.

