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November 5th, 2021
Hon Penn blasted as ‘weak’ over stance on Speaker’s legal fees

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Leader of Her Majesty’s Loyal Opposition, Hon Marlon A. Penn (R8) has been blasted as a ‘weak leader’ over his stance on the Motion to exempt Hon Julian Willock from paying fees in the withdrawn court case against the three Commission of Inquiry (Co) lawyers accused of practising law illegally in the Virgin Islands.

November 2nd, 2021
If Gov’t backed Speaker to file injunction then VI has to pay- Rosan-Jones

DUFF’S BOTTOM, Tortola, VI - Government critic and talk show host, Rosemary Cindy Rosan-Jones said if members of the Virgin Islands Party (VIP) Government can come forward and admit they were behind the injunction filed by the House of Assembly (HoA) Speaker, Hon Julian Willock, against the three Commission of Inquiry (CoI) lawyers, then she would accept that the state would have to pay the legal fees.

November 2nd, 2021
Jaspert had said ‘CoIs are expensive & reveal nothing’- Premier Fahie

DUFFS BOTTOM, Tortola, VI- With the Opposition often insinuating that Premier and Minister of Finance Hon Andrew A. Fahie (R1) was often running to the Governor to persuade him to call a Commission of Inquiry (CoI) into government when he was in the Opposition, the Premier has again sought to set the record straight.

November 1st, 2021
VI taxpayers may be footing Governor’s legal fees- Premier

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Virgin Islands (VI) Premier and Minister of Finance, Hon Andrew A. Fahie (R1) has indicated that the taxpayers of the Virgin Islands are likely to be footing the bill for the Governor’s legal representation in the BVI Commission of Inquiry, in his capacity as Governor and not in his personal capacity.

October 30th, 2021
A governance investigation agency is the only hope for VI

Dickson C. Igwe

Swift intervention when the Rubicon has been crossed from legitimate governance into criminal misconduct alone, will save the integrity of the British Virgin Islands.

October 29th, 2021
Jaspert must retract & apologise for linking VI Gov't officials to drugs- Hon Vanterpool

DUFFS BOTTOM, Tortola, VI - Fourth District Representative in the Virgin Islands (VI) House of Assembly (HoA) Hon Mark H. Vanterpool (R4) has called on controversial ex-Governor Augustus J.U. Jaspert to retract and apologise for his recent allegations and broad statements that a top-ranking Government official in the BVI is allegedly involved in the cocaine trade and organised crime.

October 28th, 2021
CoI: Premier to move Motion to exempt Speaker from paying legal fee

DUFF’S BOTTOM, Tortola, VI - Virgin Islands Premier and Minister of Finance, Hon Andrew A. Fahie (R1) has moved a motion to amend the HoA Order Paper of October 28, 2021, to include a Motion to exempt House Speaker Hon Julian Willock from having to pay legal fees in the Court case against the three CoI lawyers.

October 27th, 2021
Governor reportedly unlawfully pressured AG to audit COVID spending

WICKHAM’S CAY II, Tortola, VI – Details from the BVI Commission of Inquiry Day 51 on October 20, 2021, has revealed that the Auditor General (AG) Sonia M. Webster may have been pressured by the Governor to execute an audit of the Fahie Government’s COVID-19 spending and to prepare a report.

October 27th, 2021
CoI seems to have ended ‘abruptly’- Skelton-Cline

BAUGHERS BAY, Tortola, VI – Radio talk show host Claude O. Skelton-Cline has questioned the seemingly abrupt ending of the United Kingdom-sponsored Virgin Islands (VI) Commission of Inquiry (CoI), which he says came as a court case is still outstanding for the alleged illegal law practice by the three CoI attorneys from the UK.

October 26th, 2021
'Who do you turn to?’ to complain about Governors- Premier Fahie asks CoI

WICKHAM’S CAY II, Tortola, VI- Virgin Islands (VI) Premier and Minister of Finance, Hon Andrew A. Fahie (R1) has raised serious questions about the powers of the Governor and how he is held accountable in the so-called "Modern Partnership" between the Government of the United Kingdom and the territory as laid out in the Constitution.

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