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Mischievous CoI? Premier says selectively releasing info is skewing public opinion
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Premier and Minister of Finance, Hon Andrew A. Fahie (R1) has called for a more transparent Commission of Inquiry (CoI), where more information is to be made available to the public and the media so that a full picture of the Inquiry can be presented to the public and the world.
Cronyism? ‘Boris’ gives ‘Gus’ a job as interim head of ‘Delivery Unit’
LONDON, United Kingdom- The controversial ex-governor of the Virgin Islands, Augustus J. U. Jaspert aka ‘Gus’, has landed a civil service job in the United Kingdom (UK) through his embattled Prime Minister, the pro-colonialist Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson aka ‘Boris’.
CoI ‘anxious’ to hear views of HoA members on governance
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The Commissioner of the Inquiry into governance in the Virgin Islands, Mr Gary R. Hickinbottom, has said he is eager to hear what is the position of Government Ministers and Members of the House of Assembly (HoA) on governance and has made a request for their position to be shared with him.
UK PM Johnson facing probe over funding of 2019 holiday
LONDON, United Kingdom- Allegations of corruption continue to rack up against embattled United Kingdom Prime Minister Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson aka ‘Boris’, with the latest possible breach being that he was not honest about funding for a Caribbean vacation he took in 2019.
‘Too much venom & vitriol’ running high in VI– Skelton-Cline
BAUGHERS BAY, Tortola, VI – Honestly Speaking radio Moderator, Claude O. Skelton-Cline has described the current state of affairs in the Virgin Islands (VI) as one where Virgin Islanders seem to be in fear, and this he says is fuelling vitriol and venomous behaviours in the people.
‘Who is paying for CoI?’ to be asked @ HoA sitting today, May 13, 2021
DUFF'S BOTTOM, Tortola, VI- When the Ninth Sitting of the Third Session of the Fourth House of Assembly of the Virgin Islands convenes today, May 13, 2021, at the Save the Seed Energy Centre in Duff’s Bottom, once again Junior Minister for Tourism and At Large Member Hon Sharie B. De Castro will be posing questions to her own government.
CoI: UK unable to let go of colonial legacy as ‘rule setters’ - Daniel F. Davies
BAUGHERS BAY, Tortola, VI – Silk Legal Attorney-at-Law, Mr Daniel F. Davies has called out the double standards of the United Kingdom (UK) government to execute a Commission of Inquiry into governance in the Virgin Islands (VI), yet rejecting an inquiry into its own disastrous handling of the COVID-19 pandemic, with the same pandemic given as the reason.
CoI ignored failures of Ex-Governor to control RVIPF & crime - Attorney Rowe
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Attorney Richard G. Rowe of Silk Legal has pointed out the inability of the VI Commission of Inquiry (CoI) to address the failures of the Ex-Governor, Augustus J.U. Jaspert, to control crime and the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) under former Police Commissioner, Michael B. Matthews.
CoI is not about local politics; it is about future of VI- Skelton-Cline
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Honestly Speaking radio host, Claude O. Skelton-Cline has reminded the Virgin Islands public that the Virgin Islands (VI) Commission of Inquiry, is not about a person, leader, or political party, rather, it has implications on the future of the Virgin Islands (VI) on its path to greater self-determination.
AG & Cabinet Secretary appear in 1st CoI hearing
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The first hearing of the questionable Commission of Inquiry (CoI) into Governance in the Virgin Islands called by the controversial ex-governor Augustus J. U. Jaspert and fully backed by the imperialist United Kingdom Government of Prime Minister Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson aka ‘Boris’, who himself has been accused of being corrupt and dishonest, was held yesterday, May 4, 2021.
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