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Archive for January, 2024

Premier Dr Natalio Wheatley. (GIS Photo)

Premier seeking image enhancement specialist

Premier Dr Natalio Wheatley is seeking the services of a public image enhancement specialist to supplement the public relations strategy that is already being offered by the Government Information Services (GIS). A public notice seeking expressions of interest was sent […]

by / on January 16, 2024 at 7:54 AM /
Collins won’t be suspended during investigation — Governor

Collins won’t be suspended during investigation — Governor

Police Commissioner Mark Collins will not proceed on administrative leave pending the outcome of an inquiry into misconduct allegations against him, Governor John Rankin has revealed. The governor said Collins will remain on the job while Cayman Islands Police Commissioner […]

by / on January 16, 2024 at 7:49 AM /
Tight COI deadlines were necessary

Tight COI deadlines were necessary

Tight deadlines agreed between the BVI government and the United Kingdom (UK) for the implementation of Commission of Inquiry (COI) recommendations were necessary, Governor John Rankin has insisted. Premier Dr Natalio Wheatley recently contended that his government recommended timelines other […]

by / on January 16, 2024 at 6:18 AM /
Global athletics leader visits BVI athletes

Global athletics leader visits BVI athletes

As the BVI continues to show that it intends to leave an indelible mark on global athletics, the territory’s athletes were recently visited by Lord Sebastian Coe, the President of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF). On January 12, […]

by / on January 16, 2024 at 6:14 AM /
Another blow to rich nations and their tax laws

Another blow to rich nations and their tax laws

Rich nations of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) have been told that the global tax laws they are proposing could have a discriminatory impact on the grounds of gender, ethnicity and race. The UK, US, Canada, Japan, […]

by / on January 16, 2024 at 6:01 AM /
Managing Director of the BVI Ports Authority Oleanvine Maynard.

Maynard’s sentencing moved to late February

Former BVI Ports Authority Managing Director Oleanvine Pickering Maynard had her sentencing date pushed back by several weeks after repeated delays to the start of the drug and money laundering trial for former premier Andrew Fahie. The trial for the […]

by / on January 15, 2024 at 7:29 AM /
Health Minister Carvin Malone. (BVI News photo)

Malone remembered as a VI freedom fighter

Though he won’t get to see the next step in the Virgin Islands’ political advancement, residents are hailing the late Carvin Malone as a true champion of the Virgin Islands, who has always fought for greater autonomy for the territory. […]

by / on January 15, 2024 at 6:24 AM /
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60-yr-old shot after challenging thieves

BVI News understands that a 60-year-old man was recently shot and injured by three men who allegedly attempted to steal his vehicle. Our news centre was told that the Jamaican man was inside his place of residence when he heard […]

by / on January 15, 2024 at 6:18 AM /
Belongership, residency applications double post-COI

Belongership, residency applications double post-COI

The Immigration Department saw an influx of applications for Belongership and residency, following the release of the Commission of Inquiry (COI) report in 2022. Deputy Chief Immigration Officer Nadia Demming-Hodge told lawmakers recently that applications for status in the territory […]

by / on January 15, 2024 at 6:03 AM /
Former Speaker of the Montserrat Legislative Assembly, Shirley Osborne.

UK doesn’t want BVI independent, says former Montserrat Speaker

Shirley Osborne, a former Speaker of the Montserrat Legislative Assembly, said the United Kingdom (UK) does not want to see the British Virgin Islands and other UK Overseas Territories (OTs) to become independent. “I think the British government does not […]

by / on January 15, 2024 at 5:49 AM /