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‘BVI Love’ slogan a dud? Former BVITB boss slams new catchphrase

‘BVI Love’ slogan a dud? Former BVITB boss slams new catchphrase

A switch by the BVI from the ‘Nature’s Little Secrets’ marketing slogan to the now ubiquitous ‘BVI Love’ branding, has been given a scathing review by former director of the BVI Tourist Board (BVITB), Sharon Flax-Brutus. When asked recently by […]

by / on April 6, 2022 at 9:18 AM /
Dr Kedrick Pickering

‘The confused one went purple’! Wheatley takes dig at Pickering

An early blow has been struck in what appears to be the nascent stages of campaigning for the BVI’s constitutionally due general elections next year. On the eve of former Deputy Premier, Dr Kedrick Pickering’s expected announcement that he will […]

by / on April 6, 2022 at 8:27 AM /
Dr Natalio Wheatley

Nothing can be done to justify taking away BVI’s autonomy

A 15-months-long Commission of Inquiry (COI) has produced nothing that suggests the BVI should lose its self-governing status, Deputy Premier Dr Natalio Wheatley has concluded. Dr Wheatley gave that indication last evening, March 5, on the heels of the COI’s […]

by / on April 6, 2022 at 8:20 AM /
The building that houses the Office of the DPP

Complainants requesting court cases to be discontinued a trend

The Office of the Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) has said it will not accept any letters – whether notarised or not – from any complainants or legal representatives of a complainant asking for a matter to be discontinued before […]

by / on April 6, 2022 at 7:51 AM /
Premier Andrew Fahie

Fahie agrees COI report should be reviewed before releasing to public

Premier Andrew Fahie has said he agrees with Governor John Rankin that a period of review is needed to properly assess the lengthy and detailed Commission of Inquiry (COI) to consider its findings and recommendations before the report is released […]

by / on April 6, 2022 at 6:16 AM /
Governor John Rankin

Governor receives COI report! Says he’ll review before publicising

Governor John Rankin has announced that he received the Commission of Inquiry (COI) report yesterday, April 4 but the length of the report means he will need to take some time to read and consider the findings. Rankins said the […]

by / on April 5, 2022 at 12:44 PM /
Flax-Brutus

BVI’s arrival experience should not be so painful!

Former BVI Tourist Board (BVITB) Director Sharon Flax-Brutus has argued that the BVI‘s arrival experience is unduly painful. Speaking on the Talking Points radio programme yesterday, March 4 the former director said: “I’m not saying that nothing was achieved for […]

by / on April 5, 2022 at 9:10 AM /
Opposition Leader Marlon Penn

Electricity fuel surcharge should have been govt’s relief measure

The government should have targeted its recent economic relief measures in areas where the public could have better felt it, Opposition Leader Marlon Penn has argued. Speaking on the NDP radio programme last evening, Penn said measures by the government […]

by / on April 5, 2022 at 8:24 AM /
The site on which the new Elmore Stoutt High School buildings will be constructed.

BVI’s Reserve Fund will take a hit from VIP gov’t, Penn warns

Opposition Leader Marlon Penn has warned that the Andrew Fahie-led Virgin Islands Party government is going to raid the territory’s Reserve Fund to execute promised projects before the upcoming elections. Speaking on the NDP radio programme last evening, Penn questioned […]

by / on April 5, 2022 at 8:18 AM /
The building that houses the High Court in Road Town, Tortola.

Trio freed in Daway murder trial to consider taking legal action

The attorneys for the three persons freed in the Trumayne ‘Passion’ Daway murder trial yesterday have said they will be reviewing their options and see what further actions can be taken against the state.  The three defendants in the matter, […]

by / on April 5, 2022 at 7:55 AM /