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August 10th, 2021
New York Gov Cuomo resigns after sexual harassment allegations

NEW YORK, NY, USA - New York Governor Andrew M. Cuomo announced today, August 10, 2021, that he will resign after a report from the state’s Attorney General documented multiple accusations of sexual harassment against women.

August 9th, 2021
Fmr UK PM David W.D. Cameron made $10M after 'dodgy' lobbying scandal

LONDON, UK – Former UK Prime Minister, David W.D. Cameron earned about $10M US Dollars from finance firm Greensill Capital before the company’s collapse, documents leaked to the BBC has shown.

August 7th, 2021
VI’s high starch, alcohol & sugary diets have genesis in slavery- Eugenia O'Neal

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – VI Author and researcher, Eugenia O'Neal has linked the current unhealthy high starch and sugary foods of Virgin Islanders to the legacies of slavery and the plantation diet.

August 7th, 2021
DDM monitoring Tropical Wave 3 on VI path

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – The Virgins Islands Department of Disaster Management (DDM) is currently monitoring Tropical Wave 3 which is the closest Tropical Wave to the [British] Virgin Islands and located over the west-central tropical Atlantic at an estimate of 824 miles off Road Town.

August 7th, 2021
The CoI is the friend of good governance & residents

By Dickson C. Igwe

Now make no mistake: the COI is a good thing for the majority of residents in these majestic Virgin Islands, especially taxpayers, who are the majority.

July 31st, 2021
CoI is checkmate on impunity in governance

By Dickson C. Igwe

Three major benefits of the Virgin Islands COI are one, it is a warning to leaders and officials that they cannot get away with impunity.

July 24th, 2021
Make the Commission permanent

By Dickson C. Igwe

The Commission of Inqury in the Virgin Islands is revealing that oversight and investigation are the sole guarantees of honest and equitable governance. The Commission is an excellent model for an agency that ensures good government.

July 10th, 2021
Small craft advisory in effect for East End Tortola

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – The Virgin Islands Department of Disaster Management (DDM) says a small craft advisory remains in effect for the eastern side of the Virgin Islands (VI) today, Saturday, July 10, 2021.

July 7th, 2021
Suspend 'cooperation' with CoI to focus on pandemic- Skelton-Cline to VI Gov't

BAUGHERS BAY, Tortola, VI– Pointing to a spike in active COVID-19 cases in the Virgin Islands, radio talk show host Claude O. Skelton-Cline has called on the Andrew A. Fahie Government to suspend its cooperation with the United Kingdom-sponsored Commission of Inquiry (CoI) so that more focus can be placed on the pandemic.

July 3rd, 2021
Commissioner silences Smith-Penn for questioning independence of CoI

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - As the UK-sponsored one-man Commission of Inquiry (CoI) continues in the Virgin Islands (VI), more and more residents, the media, and public officials are indicating that they are losing confidence in the integrity of the process.

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