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British duo arrested after $6m of cocaine seized @ Ghana airport
ACCRA, Ghana, Africa- Two British citizens have been arrested after being accused of attempting to smuggle $6.48m (£5m) worth of cocaine from Ghana to London.
August CoI reform deadline ‘realistic & achievable’– Premier
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Virgin Islands (VI) Premier and Minister of Finance, Dr the Hon Natalio D. Wheatley (R7) said he is confident his government would able to achieve the new August 31, 2024, deadline for the full implementation of reforms coming out of the Commission of Inquiry (CoI) in the VI.
‘People are working hard’ to implement CoI recommendations in VI- Gov Pruce
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI– With August 31, 2024, being the final deadline for the Government of the Virgin Islands to implement the Commission of Inquiry (CoI) recommendations, Governor Daniel Pruce has shed a positive light on the work done so far.
Governor Pruce presented ‘a fair, balanced & factual’ quarterly review- Premier
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI– Premier and Minister of Finance Dr the Hon Natalio D. Wheatley (R7) has praised Governor Daniel Purce for what he called a "fair, balanced, and factual" press briefing during his first Quarterly Review of the Commission of Inquiry (CoI) Recommendations in the Virgin Islands.
Gov Pruce to request 'final' extended deadline for full CoI reforms
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Governor of the Virgin Islands (VI) H.E. Daniel Pruce in his first CoI Quarterly review published today, May 24, 2024, has shared plans to request a final extension of the deadline for the full implementation of reforms in the VI since it was 'clear' that the recommendations would not have been completed by May 2024.
Marijuana regulations approved in USVI; UK still blocking VI’s Cannabis Bill
FREDERIKSTED, St Croix, USVI- In a significant step forward for the US Virgin Islands' cannabis programme, Governor Albert A. Bryan Jr has signed off on comprehensive rules and regulations governing the use and distribution of marijuana in the territory. Meanwhile, as the USVI motors forward with its cannabis laws, the United Kingdom (UK) continues to block the [British] Virgin Islands’ Cannabis Bill.
What happens when governments rob their people?
Alred C. Frett
Controlling your Mind or Paying for the Consequences:
Please read the full Message for every day we learn new things, and still there is much more that we will never know... We were born helpless, and it takes us far longer than most animals to achieve our bio-environmental independence, yet we have the audacity to claim to be made in the image of a Super God... Facts suggest that we created God, but it is convenient for our importance to claim he made us.
Commissioner Dr Turnbull Sr blasts portion of CoI as misinformation
PARAQUITA BAY, Tortola, VI- One of the recent Constitutional Review Commissioners, Dr Melvin A. Turnbull Sr, has lambasted the Commission of Inquiry (CoI) report for labelling the [British] Virgin Islands as corrupt.
‘Cindy’ blasts Governor Pruce as ‘not doing anything at all’
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – New Governor H.E Daniel Pruce has received a vocal flogging from controversial radio talk show host Rosemary L. Rosan aka ‘Cindy’ who has accused the Governor of being far less proactive than his predecessor, Mr John J. Rankin CMG since taking office in January 2024.
UK Territory [British] Virgin Islands De Facto Direct Rule or is Cayman Next?
Peter Polack
Shortly after the arrest of [British] Virgin Islands (VI) Premier Andrew A. Fahie in Miami by DEA agents for a drug sting operation, a UK Commission of Inquiry report on corruption, abuse of office and serious dishonesty was released, in June 2022.