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Local Politics
The enforcers of good governance
By Dickson C. Igwe
OK. Residents in the Virgin Islands are today witnessing the true meaning of Rule of Law, as it applies to the powerful.
And we all understand that in the absence of enforcement mechanisms any talk of transparency, accountability, and justice, by those who are tasked with rule over the land—government—is just that: talk.
UK CoI violated ‘sacred rights’ of self-determined VI Cabinet– Skelton-Cline
BAUGHERS BAY, Tortola, VI– Virgin Islander Claude O. Skelton-Cline has lambasted the United Kingdom-sponsored Virgin Islands (VI) Commission of Inquiry (CoI) for what he said was a violation of the VI’s sacred rights as a self-determined people when the CoI team revealed contents of Cabinet Minutes without reportedly seeking permission.
AG blasts biased CoI for blatantly misleading VI public
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI– The Attorney General (AG) of the Virgin Islands (VI), Hon Dawn J. Smith, has blasted the United Kingdom (UK)-sponsored Virgin Islands Commission of Inquiry (CoI) for what she called a ‘misleading and damaging impression’ portrait by the CoI team against the Government and a sitting Minister.
CoI: Walwyn grilled on controversial ESHS wall project
WICKHAM'S CAY II, Tortola, VI - Former embattled Minister of Education, Myron V. Walwyn has denied knowledge of some alleged financially irregular sub-projects that fell under the Elmore Stoutt High School (ESHS) Wall project led at a cost of $1.6M in 2015. Auditor General Ms Sonia M. Webster in a 2018 report had flagged several irregularities with the project.
PHOTO of the Day: Hon Turnbull takes bush cutting into his hands
BREWERS BAY, Tortola, VI – Second District Representative, Hon Melvin M. Turnbull (R2) for the second time has taken bush cutting into his own hands, to clear areas in his District with the help of community-spirited individuals.
I took a backseat from business after entering politics- Hon Smith tells CoI
WICKHAM'S CAY II, Tortola, VI - Deputy Speaker and Territorial At-Large Member in the Virgin Islands (VI) House of Assembly (HoA), Hon Neville A. Smith said in order to be as transparent as possible, he took a backseat regarding managing personal business operations in the territory.
BVI Parliamentary Speaker accuses British judge of judicial activism
DUFF’S BOTTOM, Tortola, VI – House of Assembly Speaker, Hon Julian Willock has accused British Judge Adrian Jack of judicial activism over the awarding of court cost in the withdrawn Commission of Inquiry (CoI) injunction against three CoI lawyers.
The CoI & entitled Virgin Islanders
By Dickson C. Igwe
The BVI Commission of Inquiry is a shock to a number of "highly Entitled" Virgin Islanders. One reason for some of the anger by a tiny number of people against the COI is the simple reality that the Commission has revealed that their perceptions of power and privilege are indeed flawed.
Speaker chides AG for allegedly ‘misleading the court’
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Information coming into Virgin Islands News Online (VINO) is that House of Assembly Speaker, Hon Julian Willock has lambasted the Attorney General, Hon Dawn J. Smith for allegedly misleading the court.
‘Kindergarten bickering’ in HoA amidst CoI is disconcerting- Skelton-Cline
BAUGHERS BAY, Tortola, VI- Honestly Speaking talk show host Claude O. Skelton-Cline has called out what he called 'kindergarten bickering' in the Virgin Islands House of Assembly (HoA) among legislators, even as the UK-sponsored Commission of Inquiry (CoI) is present in the territory, as disappointing.
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