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'Help us to restore calm'- CoP Mark Collins
ROAD TOWN, Tortola,VI – Commissioner of Police Mark Collins is asking for the public’s help in ending the rise in violence marked by the recent spate of firearm incidents around the Territory.
Police Bill: After 'no-warrant search' officers can seize property on reasonable grounds!
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- As the controversial Police Bill 2023 returns to the House of Assembly (HoA) today Tuesday, February 21, 2023, for further scrutiny, many in the legal fraternity have concluded that the Bill not only undermines human rights and justice but it is a direct threat to the local democracy.
Governor lied on saying VI had option of going to elections– Premier
FAT HOGS BAY, Tortola, VI - Premier and Minister of Finance, Dr the Hon Natalio D. Wheatley (R7) has again slammed the Governor, Mr John J. Rankin, CMG, this time for saying the Virgin Islands Government had the option of calling fresh elections following the release of the Commission of Inquiry Report last year.
After 2 years plus HoA moves back to its Chambers in RT
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Since 2020, the House of Assembly (HoA) has been temporarily housed at the Save the Seed Energy Centre’s indoor basketball court in Duff’s Bottom. This was due to spacing issues caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
VI models take New York Fashion Week by storm
LOWER MANHATTAN, New York, USA – Models who appeared in various editions of Summer Sizzle BVI fashion showcase have taken the New York Fashion Week runway by storm, as part of a winning platform created by the Summer Sizzle initiative for VI models and other fashion industry personnel.
Cindy Rosan shut out of Premier’s press conference
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Controversial talk show host Rosemary Cindy Rosan was reportedly barred from attending a press conference called today, February 20, 2023, by Premier and Minister of Finance, Dr the Honourable Natalio D. Wheatley (R7) to give a report on his attendance at the recent CARICOM Meeting in The Bahamas.
Premier blasts Governor for misleading public on tardiness of Police Bill
FAT HOGS BAY, Tortola, VI- Premier and Minister of Finance Dr the Honourable Natalio D. Wheatley (R7) spared little words in letting the public know that Governor John J. Rankin, CMG was being bluntly untruthful when he laid the blame on the Unity Government and the House of Assembly for the controversial Bill entitled Police Act 2023 only now reaching the HoA.
CARICOM says Order in Council is a ‘blunt colonial instrument’
NASSAU, The Bahamas- CARICOM has once again called on the United Kingdom (UK) to remove the Order in Council, which gives the UK-appointed Governor the power to suspend the Virgin Islands (VI) constitution and impose direct rule if he is not pleased with the process of implementation of the Commission of Inquiry (CoI) recommendations.
VI @ point where teachers should help ‘parent’ bad youths– Cromwell Smith
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI– Talk show host Cromwell Smith aka Edju Enka said the Virgin Islands is at a point where teachers should now have to step in to parent children who lack parenting at home.
Pick-up truck collides with small car @ Havers
HAVERS, Tortola, VI- A small car sustained significant damages after it was apparently hit from behind by a large pick-up truck at Havers, Tortola this morning, Monday, February 20, 2023.
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