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The VI CoI Report
Dickson C. Igwe
The arrest of the British Virgin Islands Premier in Miami Florida on drug-related charges on April 28 2022 is a dramatic development in the Commission of Inquiry saga that has kept the country on edge for many months.
The much awaited CoI report is here
Dickson C. Igwe
The document is not yet public. However, this may be a time of great change for the British Virgin Islands. Will the COI report be an agent of change, or a damp squib?
Rosan-Jones blasts Governor, UK over unreleased VI CoI Report
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Controversial and outspoken talk show host, Rosemary R. Rosan-Jones has blasted the United Kingdom (UK) appointed Governor John J. Rankin, CMG, and the UK Government over the unpublished CoI report now in the hands of the Governor.
Circular questions why ‘Governor’ only reviewed VI CoI report
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - A circular published by ‘Concerned Citizens of the Virgin Islands,’ has questioned why the CoI Report now with Governor John J. Rankin, CMG, has not been shared with local elected officials ahead of it being reviewed by the Governor and shared with other UK officals.
No side should 'attempt' CoI recommendations without speaking to VI - Premier
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Following calls for the Premier, Andrew A. Fahie (R1) to reject a Governor John J. Rankin, CMG proposed timeline for the publishing of the CoI Report, Hon Fahie has responded to those calls by stating that he cannot lead through emotions and rather, must follow the constitution.
Premier ‘should not’ go to UK without public previewing CoI Report- Skelton-Cline
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI– United Kingdom (UK) appointed Governor John J. Rankin, CMG is facing more pressure to make public the Virgin Islands (VI) Commission of Inquiry (CoI) report ahead of any UK diplomatic meeting with VI's elected leaders.
‘I ask you to reserve judgement until it is published’- Gov Rankin on CoI Report
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Governor John J. Rankin CMG has said the Commission of Inquiry (CoI) Report will be shared first in confidence with Premier and Minister of Finance Hon Andrew A. Fahie (R1) and then leaders of political parties in the House of Assembly (HoA) before it is published in June, if not before.
Circular accuses UK of wanting to take over HM Customs
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – As Caribbean nations continue to call for reparations, there is a brewing conspiracy over the recent UK Royal visit of Prince William and Duchess Kate as a smokescreen of the United Kingdom's and its role in the region.
VI will assert rights that colonialism 'must be a thing of the past' - Dr the Hon Wheatley
BAUGHERS BAY, Tortola, VI – Deputy Premier and Minister for Education, Culture, Youth Affairs, Fisheries and Agriculture, Dr the Hon Natalio D. Wheatley (R7) has hinted that regardless of what comes out of the CoI Report and recommendations, the Virgin Islands (VI) will still be asserting its United Nations-backed rights that colonialism must be a thing of the past.
Governor tasked to publish CoI report as ‘as soon as he is able’– CoI Team
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Governor of the Virgin Islands, H.E. John J. Rankin, CMG has been encouraged to publish the final report of the United Kingdom-sponsored Commission of Inquiry (CoI) ‘as soon as he is able to’, according to new information coming out of the CoI team through Secretary to the Commission Steven Chandler.
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