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Dame Pereira ‘happy to have the opportunity’ to sit on JCPC
LONDON, England, United Kingdom- Daughter of the Virgin Islands (VI) and beloved Caribbean jurist, the Right Honourable Dame Janice M. Pereira, OBE, concluded her first sitting on the Judiciary Committee of the Privy Council (JCPC) on December 13, 2024.
CoI ‘anxious’ to hear views of HoA members on governance
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The Commissioner of the Inquiry into governance in the Virgin Islands, Mr Gary R. Hickinbottom, has said he is eager to hear what is the position of Government Ministers and Members of the House of Assembly (HoA) on governance and has made a request for their position to be shared with him.
CoI to begin private hearings in 1st week of May 2021
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The Commission of Inquiry (CoI), allegedly called to look into whether corruption, abuse of office or other serious dishonesty may have taken place amongst public, elected and statutory officials in recent years in the Virgin Islands (VI), will begin hearings in the first week of May 2021.