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Speaker's legal fees issue moves to HoA special committee
DUFF’S BOTTOM, Tortola, VI- Moments ago in the Virgin Islands (VI) House of Assembly (HoA), Premier and Minister of Finance Hon Andrew A. Fahie (R1) moved a motion relating to the possible exemption of the Speaker of the House of Assembly (HoA), Hon Julian Willock from having to pay legal fees in the withdrawn case brought against the three Commission of Inquiry (CoI) lawyers accused of illegally practising law in the [British] Virgin Islands.
VINO pulls ‘misinterpreted’ cartoon on VI’s social & political issues
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Virgin Islands News Online (VINO) has pulled a cartoon depicting commentary on the current state of social issues in the Virgin Islands (VI), following some misunderstanding over how the imagery was interpreted by some members of the public.
Dark & destabilising November prophesised for VI- Skelton-Cline
BAUGHERS BAY, Tortola, VI- A ‘dark and destabilising’ time has been prophesised for the Virgin Islands in November, clergyman and commentator Claude O. Skelton-Cline has said.
Powerful speech Barbados PM was a breakout moment at COP26
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GLASGOW, Scotland - A 2-degree Celsius rise in global temperature would be a "death sentence" for island and coastal communities, Prime Minister of Barbados Mia Mottley said in a powerful speech at the COP26 climate summit on Monday.
Active search for missing snorkeler Dennis Y. Enomoto ends
COOPER ISLAND, VI – The Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) has released the name of the snorkeler who went missing in waters near Cooper Island on Monday, October 25, 2021.
Noel Lloyd & Positive Action Movement
Edgar Leonard
Over the weekend, I read the following article with interest, disgust, and joy: Positive Action Movement: ‘When Ken Bates Took Over His Homeland In 1968, Noel Lloyd Led The Fight To Take It Back’ written by Moscowhite 0n 06 June 2012. It is a powerful, informative, and worthy read.
UPDATE: Prison escapee Germaine Sebastian recaptured
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – The inmate serving a life sentence at Her Majesty's Prison in Balsam Ghut, Germaine Sebastian, who escaped on October 30, 2021, has been recaptured.
Cindy vows to ultimately cause HoA to be dissolved
DUFFS BOTTOM, Tortola, VI- Sworn critic of the Virgin Islands Party (VIP) Government and one of the organisers of the protest at the House of Assembly (HoA) today, November 1, 2021, Rosemary Cindy Rosan-Jones has vowed to cause the elected representatives in the HoA to be sent home.
Jaleel F. Cameron raising $$ to train EEG Technician
KINGSTON, Tortola, VI- The Jaleel Cameron Foundation (JCF) is ramping up its fundraising drive to fulfil a promise to provide a scholarship for a local to be trained as an Electroencephalograph (EEG) Technician.
Hon de Castro vows to stand with teachers & demand change
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Junior Minister for Tourism and At-Large Representative, Hon Sharie B. de Castro (AL) says she stands with the collective cries of educators across the VI, following recent strike action by some teachers of the Elmore Stoutt High School and other schools over working conditions.
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