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VI stuck with Governor Augustus J. U. Jaspert for additional year!
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- He was hailed by a minority in the British press as a hero following the two killer hurricanes of 2017, weeks after he had arrived as the United Kingdom appointed Governor of the British Overseas Territory of the Virgin Islands.
The UK’s commitment to OTs 'will not waver'- Governor Jaspert
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The Governor of the Virgin Islands, His Excellency Augustus J. U. Jaspert, has welcomed the response from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) to the Foreign Affairs Committee (FAC) report on ‘Global Britain and the British Overseas Territories: Resetting the relationship’.
UK opens inquiry to review relations with VI, other OTs
WESTMINSTER, London, UK - The United Kingdom’s (UK) House of Commons’ Select Committee on Foreign Affairs has announced a formal inquiry on future of UK Overseas Territories (OTs) after the protestations that erupted following a decision to have territories such as the Virgin Islands (VI), establish public registers for companies with beneficial ownership.
Foreign & Commonwealth Under-Secretary to visit Virgin Islands
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Permanent Under-Secretary (PUS) and the most senior Public Servant in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office Sir Simon McDonald will visit the Virgin Islands as part of a brief tour of the region from Thursday, February 15 to Saturday February 17, 2018.
FCO is prepared to force FFR into law in Cayman Islands
(Cayman News Service)- The Foreign and Commonwealth Office is prepared to force the Framework for Fiscal Responsibility into local legislation if the Cayman Islands Government fails to live up to the commitment it made following the budget approval from London in August.