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July 26th, 2024
Integrity in Public Life (Amendment) Bill 2024 now available for public review

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The Cabinet Office of the Virgin Islands is notifying the public that the Integrity in Public Life (Amendment) Bill 2024, which was introduced and read for the first time in the House of Assembly on Tuesday, July 23, 2024, is now available for review.

June 28th, 2024
The BVI has for years suffered corruption & allegations of corruption- Ex-UK police officer

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Although the Commissioner of Inquiry was not considered a criminal investigation and did not find hard core evidence of corruption in the Virgin Islands, a former police officer in the United Kingdom, Andy J. Cooke, has surprisingly stated that the [British] Virgin Islands suffered from corruption for years.

June 21st, 2024
The CoP ‘seems afraid to address the people in the territory’- Violet Thomas-Gaul

BAUGHERS BAY, Tortola, VI- The embattled Commissioner of Police Mr Mark Collins has been accused of dodging opportunities to address the public.

April 26th, 2024
Rosan believes Sr Magistrate Richards should be sent home 'under review'

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Talk show host Rosemary L. Rosan aka ‘Cindy’ has accused Senior Magistrate Tamia N. Richards of abusing power in the case with Wade N. Smith where Justice Sonia Young on April 24, 2024, found the actions of the Senior Magistrate unreasonable and lacked substance and not justified.

April 4th, 2024
Minimum Wage: ‘Is there going to be an increase? I don’t know’- Hon Lorna G. Smith

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- With anticipation high that there will be an increase in Minimum Wage in the [British] Virgin Islands, since a review is currently ongoing, Deputy Premier and Minister for Financial Services, Labour and Trade Hon Lorna G. Smith, OBE has said an increase will depend on the feedback received from the public.

March 22nd, 2024
Territory encouraged to participate in Minimum Wage Review

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The public has been encouraged to participate in the much talked about and highly anticipated Minimum Wage Review.

February 23rd, 2024
Review of complaints against CoP Mark Collins ‘underway’- Governor’s Office

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The review of a myriad of complaints against Commissioner of Police Mark Collins, outlined in a petition to the Governor, has been started by Cayman Islands Police Commissioner Kurt Walton.

January 17th, 2024
Is Gov Rankin a liar? Double standards & hypocrisy over CoP investigation

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- It was about a year ago that Police Commissioner Mark Collins wrote to his friend Governor John J. Rankin asking him to send Commissioner of Customs Wade N. Smith on leave while he was being investigated.

January 17th, 2024
CoP for Cayman Islands reviewing complaints against Mark Collins- Governor Rankin

FISH BAY, Tortola, VI- Outgoing Governor of the [British] Virgin Islands (VI) John J. Rankin, CMG has disclosed that the Police Commissioner of the Royal Cayman Islands Police Service, Kurt Walton, is the individual asked to review the myriad of complaints against the Police Commissioner of the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF), Mark Collins.

January 5th, 2024
Gov Rankin orders review into complaints against CoP Mark Collins

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- His Excellency the Governor John J. Rankin, CMG has announced that a review has been ordered into a myriad of complaints against the territory’s Commissioner of Police Mr Mark Collins.

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