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October 11th, 2022
Governor Rankin currently dictating & controlling VI– Julio S. Henry

FAT HOGS BAY, Tortola, VI - Social Commentator Julio S. Henry aka ‘Sam’ says the current state of Virgin Islands leadership is one where people and the territory’s leaders are now powerless and the Governor is calling the shots.

October 10th, 2022
VI people must wake up to rethink relationship with UK- Premier Wheatley

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Premier and Minister of Finance, Dr the Hon Natalio D. Wheatley (R7) has called on the people of the Virgin Islands (VI) to unite, stop the infighting, and send a strong message to the United Kingdom (UK) that it does not want a relationship where the UK can suspend the local constitution.

October 8th, 2022
CoI Reforms: Deadlines were missed on both Governor & Gov’t side – Premier

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Virgin Islands Premier and Minister of Finance, Dr the Hon Natalio D. Wheatley (R7) has revealed that when it comes to enacting the framework for the implementation of the CoI Report Recommendations and other reforms in the Virgin Islands (VI) agreed to with the UK Government, deadlines were missed by not only Cabinet, but by the Governor.

October 7th, 2022
Governor warns against new governance issues under Unity Gov’t

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI– United Kingdom-appointed Governor John J. Rankin, CMG has warned the Premier Dr Natalio D. Wheatley (R7) Government of National Unity against any new governance issues, as the Commission of Inquiry (CoI) reforms in the VI are implemented.

October 6th, 2022
Ex-judge opens COVID inquiry into UK handling of pandemic

LONDON, United Kingdom- A retired judge opened a public inquiry on Tuesday, October 4, 2022, into how Britain handled the coronavirus pandemic, saying bereaved families and those who suffered would be at the heart of the proceedings.

October 4th, 2022
CoI report & Fahie's arrest was the ‘perfect storm’ for UK– Hon Fraser

LONDON, UK– As controversy continues over whether it was planned or coincidental that the arrest of ex-Premier Honourable Andrew A. Fahie (R1) came a day before the release of the scathing Commission of Inquiry (CoI) report, Opposition Leader Hon Julian Fraser RA (R3) said the two could not have come at a better time for the United Kingdom (UK).

October 1st, 2022
Former FS L. Allen Wheatley wants UN to observe execution of CoI reforms

EAST END, Tortola, VI – A Former Financial Secretary (FS) in the Virgin Islands, Mr L. Allen Wheatley wants the United Nations (UN) to send observers to the territory, as the Commission of Inquiry (CoI) reforms are being implemented through a framework agreed to by the Government of Premier Dr Natalio D. Wheatley (R7) and the United Kingdom.

September 8th, 2022
Skelton-Cline apologises for role in causing political divisions in VI

BAUGHERS BAY, Tortola, VI– Former political candidate and talk show host Mr Claude O. Skelton-Cline has called on Virgin Islanders to resist the urge of becoming political enemies of each other, while at the same time apologising for any role he may have played in the matter.

August 29th, 2022
‘I am going to push until we get’ that C. Geoffrey Cox report– Hon Malone

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI– Opposition Member Hon Carvin Malone (AL) has vowed to push the Government of National Unity led by Premier and Minister of Finance, Dr the Hon Natalio D. Wheatley (R7) for the response to the United Kingdom (UK) sponsored Commission of Inquiry (CoI) by Withers Law.

August 15th, 2022
UK Order in Council important to UK/VI 'agreement'– Governor Rankin

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Governor of the Virgin Islands (VI) H.E. John J. Rankin, CMG has hinted that the UK Order in Council to suspend the VI constitution may not be removed given its importance as it relates to the United Kingdom's leverage for the VI to implement all the Commission of Inquiry (CoI) recommendations with the exception of suspension of the local constitution.

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