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OT Minister Hon David H. Rutley to visit Territory
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- While Government officials are tight-lipped, it is our understanding that the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Americas and Caribbean, Honourable David H. Rutley (MP), will be visiting the [British] Virgin Islands (VI) this week.
‘Monogamy is not natural, it’s a choice’- Skelton-Cline
BAUGHERS BAY, Tortola, VI – While Christianity preaches monogamy and marriage between a man and a woman as good, controversial pastor and ‘Honestly Speaking’ talk show host on ZBVI 780AM, Claude O. Skelton-Cline has shared the opposite, declaring that monogamy is not natural but rather a choice.
Britain to adopt 'new approach' to improve collaboration with OTs
LONDON, United Kingdom- Britain will adopt a new approach to improve collaboration with the Overseas Territories (OTs), according to a statement from the Joint Ministerial Council (JMC) on May 12, 2023.
'Don't mistake calm for peace'- Claude O. Skelton-Cline
BAUGHERS BAY, Tortola, VI- The Virgin Islands (VI) is being encouraged to reconcile its relationships with the United Kingdom (VI) and not mistake calm for peace.
Minister of State for OTs Amanda A. Milling arrives in VI
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Minister for Overseas Territories Rt Hon Amanda A. Milling has arrived in the [British] Virgin Islands (VI) for a four-day visit between March 17 and March 20, 2022.
Lester B. Bird ‘cemented’ Antigua’s historical relationship with VI- Premier Fahie
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The late former Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda Lester B. Bird has been hailed by Premier and Minister of Finance Hon Andrew A. Fahie (R1) as a political giant in the Caribbean and one who maintained his country’s close relationship with the Virgin Islands (VI).
UK Parliament celebrates Virgin Islands Day
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- In keeping with a desire by the Speaker of the United Kingdom (UK) House of Commons to foster a relationship with the Overseas Territories (OTs), the Virgin Islands flag flew at the main entrance to the UK Parliament to commemorate Virgin Islands Day on July 5, 2021.
‘We are actually American… we don’t like to hear it’- Cromwell Smith
BAUGHERS BAY, Tortola, VI – Calling the Virgin Islands' (VI) relationship with the United Kingdom (UK) a regressive one, commentator Cromwell Smith said the VI has a much culturally close relationship with the United States (US) than it has had with the UK.
CoI exposes longtime 'tension' between VI & UK Gov'ts
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Lone Commissioner in the VI Commission of Inquiry (CoI), Sir Gary R. Hickinbottom QC, was recently informed of concerns raised on the issue of tension between past and present Virgin Islands Governments and Britain and that it may have factored in the calling of the CoI by former governor Augustus J. U. Jaspert.
‘The church is more asleep than awake’- Esmie Penn
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- “I know what you have done, that you have a reputation for being alive, but that in fact you are dead. Now wake up! Strengthen what you still have before it dies! For I have not found any of your deeds complete in the sight of my God. Remember then what you were given and what you were taught. Hold to those things and repent. If you refuse to wake up, then I will come to you like a thief, and you will have no idea of the hour o