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August 30th, 2015
House of Assembly to meet on Sept. 3, 2015

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The Virgin Islands’ Parliament, officially called the House of Assembly, the highest law making body in the tiny overseas territory of 35, 000 people, will meet at its chambers in the capital city Road Town this week.

July 21st, 2015
Hon Julian Fraser RA named Opposition Leader

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Governor John S. Duncan OBE, in a statement this afternoon July 21, 2015, named Honourable Julian Fraser RA (R3) as the Leader of the Opposition after the failure of the latter and Honourable Andrew A. Fahie (R1) to reach an agreement on the issue after a month and a day.

June 22nd, 2015
VINO lashes back at Hon Andrew A. Fahie!

Statement by Advance Marketing & Professional Services to Hon Andrew A. Fahie’s accusations against the media

June 18th, 2015
VIP internal 'coup' against Chairman Fraser: Letter signed & sent to Governor

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- In an unprecedented move, there is a nasty fight developing between Hon Julian Fraser RA (R3) and Hon Andrew A. Fahie (R1) over the post of Opposition Leader following the elections where the Virgin Islands Party (VIP) only obtained 2 out of 13 seats, placing them in the Opposition in the House of Assembly.

May 5th, 2015
‘NDP Gov't paranoid with power’ – Hon Andrew A. Fahie

CARROT BAY, Tortola, VI – Representative for the First District Honourable Andrew A. Fahie has accused the National Democratic Party (NDP) government of being so paranoid with power that it is going to the extent of invading on citizens' privacy. The senior Virgin Islands Party (VIP) member also said the NDP's continued practice of bypassing District Representatives who are on the Opposition could have repercussions.

April 17th, 2015
Premier Smith throws FS Neil M. Smith under the bus!

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The recent statement by Premier Dr The Honourable D. Orlando Smith that his administration has been unable to produce audited accounts to the House of Assembly for the last three years because the former Virgin Islands Party (VIP) allegedly failed to practice proper accounting standards has been termed an indictment on the Financial Secretary Mr Neil M. Smith and former Premier and Minister of Finance Hon Ralph T. O’Neal OBE by senior VIP member Hon Andrew A. Fahie (R1).

March 27th, 2015
Shaina M. Smith to run with NDP in upcoming elections!

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- After months of discussions with this news site’s senior sources within the ruling National Democratic Party (NDP), Virgin Islands News Online- the official source for political coverage in the territory- can confirm that former People’s Patriotic Alliance (PPA) member Shaina M. Smith will be a candidate with the NDP for the upcoming general elections.

March 4th, 2015
‘HL Stoutt is the VI’s modern day Moses’ – Hon Andrew A. Fahie

CAPOON’S BAY, Tortola, VI – Representative for the First District and senior member of the Opposition Virgin Islands Party, Honourable Andrew A. Fahie has called late former Chief Minister of the Virgin Islands Hamilton Lavity Stoutt the territory’s modern day Moses as, according to him, Hon Stoutt was someone whom God sent to lead his people.

February 19th, 2015
BVIHSA Chairman rakes in over $½M in no-bid hospital contracts

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- In what some claim is a conflict of interest, the current Chairman of the British Virgin Islands Health Services Authority John I. Cline raked in over half a million dollars in contract from the new Peebles Hospital through two companies he has involvement in.

January 28th, 2015
Corruption? NDP blames Hon Fraser, Biwater & jailed civil servants!

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- After some three days since the popular First District Representative Honourable Andrew A. Fahie, in a report to his district and the people, accused the Dr The Honourable D. Orlando Smith-led three-year-old National Democratic Party (NDP) Administration of being the most corrupt in the modern Virgin Islands, a statement has been issued.

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