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Premier Wheatley off to St Kitts for OECS Authority Meeting
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Premier of the Virgin Islands, Dr the Honourable Natalio D. Wheatley (R7) will be attending the 74th Meeting of the OECS Authority in St Kitts from February 14 to 15, 2024.
OECS condemns ‘strongly’ Governor’s efforts to undermine legitimate VI Gov’t
CASTRIES, St Lucia- The Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) has said Heads of Government of the OECS has “noted with alarming concern”, the evolving situation in the [British] Virgin Islands (VI), regarding the request by the Governor for additional powers which will allow him to bypass the Territorial Government, and implement unilaterally, the recommendations of the Commission of Inquiry (COI) for governance reforms in the territory.
Battle against UK, ‘It's not a battle for me, it’s for the VI’- Premier Wheatley
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Virgin Islands Premier and Minister of Finance, Dr the Hon Natalio D. Wheatley (R7) says the battle against the United Kingdom (UK) giving the governor additional powers is not one for himself or any individual member of the VI, rather it is a battle for all of the Virgin Islands (VI).
VI citizens must guard democracy fought for by ancestors – Dr Wheatley
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Citizens of the Virgin Islands (VI), particularly those who are decedents of the great men & women who stood up for their rights in the 1949 Great March & Restoration of the Legislative Council in the VI, have been tasked to remain guardians of democracy in the VI.
Willock calls for an Office of Diaspora Affairs
SEA COWS BAY, Tortola, VI- Former Speaker of the Virgin Islands House of Assembly (HoA) Mr Julian Willock has called on the Natalio D. Wheatley (R7) Administration to set up an Office of Diaspora Affairs.
Let us not take our democracy for granted- Premier Wheatley
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- As the Territory today, Monday, November 28, 2022, celebrates the Great March of 1949 which led to the restoration of the Legislative Council in 1950, Virgin Islanders have been told not to take its democracy for granted.
Upcoming elections in Cayman Islands
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In our sister Overseas Territory (OT) of the Cayman Islands, they will be having their General Election this upcoming April 14, 2021.
Protestors seek to have Mark H. Vanterpool sworn in to HoA
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- A group of protesters have shown up at the House of Assembly (HoA) requesting that Fourth District Representative-Elect Mr Mark H. Vanterpool be sworn in as a Member of the HoA today, May 17, 2019.
Government releases draft hurricane recovery plans! Done deal?
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The ruling National Democratic Party (NDP) has no history of practicing participatory democratic principles. So many were caught by surprise when a few days ago they posted on the Government official website a draft of the post hurricanes Irma and Maria recovery plans, along with the floods of August 2017, claiming that they wanted the public's input into the plan.
Virgin Islands News Online turns 7!
CANE GARDEN BAY, Tortola, VI- While we are very late this year with our seventh anniversary celebration, after being founded on March 1, 2010, the old saying goes, ‘better late than never’.
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