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Your administration will come an end — Rosan-Jones speaks out

Your administration will come an end — Rosan-Jones speaks out

Outspoken political critic and host of the Cut Deep talkshow Cindy Rosan-Jones has fired back at the Andrew-Fahie-led administration amid yesterday’s announcement of an upcoming Commission of Inquiry (COI) to investigate alleged political corruption in the BVI. Back in December, […]

by / on January 19, 2021 at 1:36 PM /
Kye Rymer

3-month grace period for residents behind on monthly water payments

Residents in the British Virgin Islands with outstanding water bill balances are being offered a three-month grace period on disconnections by the government. The Water & Sewerage Department made the announcement via a media release stating that the period will […]

by / on January 19, 2021 at 1:01 PM /
Governor Augustus Jaspert

“Deliberate delays” by elected leaders also triggered Commission of Inquiry

Outgoing governor Augustus Jaspert has signalled that the push for legislative reform has faced “deliberate delays” from elected leaders and this is one of the reasons he had to order a Commission of Inquiry (COI) to investigate the BVI government. […]

by / on January 19, 2021 at 7:46 AM /
UK fully backs Governor Jaspert’s Commission of Inquiry

UK fully backs Governor Jaspert’s Commission of Inquiry

UK Foreign Secretary, Dominic Raab has released a statement saying the United Kingdom government fully backs Governor Augustus Jaspert’s decision to launch a Commission of Inquiry (COI) to investigate alleged political corruption in the BVI. In the statement, Raab said: […]

by / on January 19, 2021 at 7:35 AM /
Premeir Andrew Fahie

Commission of Inquiry should investigate the NDP’s ‘Big 3’

With a Commission of Inquiry set to conduct investigations into his administration, Premier Andrew Fahie has hinted that the Commission should focus its investigations on three of the territory’s leading scandals that have already generated legitimate reports. The Commission seeks […]

by / on January 19, 2021 at 7:25 AM /
General Manager for the BVI Electricity Corporation, Leroy Abraham.

BFEC saves hundreds in a month with renewable energy system

The Bregado Flax Educational Centre (BFEC) is already saving hundreds of dollars for electricity consumption since becoming the first renewable energy generation facility in the territory to install a Net Billing Metering System. A net metering system can be defined […]

by / on January 19, 2021 at 7:08 AM /
British law enforcer, Mark Collins will be the next Police Commissioner of the British Virgin Islands.

New Police Commissioner to take office in April

Veteran United Kingdom police chief and Queen’s Police Medal honouree, Mark Collins will take up the post of Commissioner of the Royal Virgin Islands Police in April. Governor Augustus Jaspert appointed Collins, acting in accordance with the advice of the […]

by / on January 18, 2021 at 3:22 PM /
Minister of Health & Social Development Carvin Malone.

Governor’s proposed Commission of Inquiry sidesteps due process

While stating that his government welcomes a transparent Commission of Inquiry, government minister Carvin Malone has questioned the basis of the investigations announced by Governor Augustus Jaspert on Monday. Responding to the governor’s announcement of an inquiry on behalf of […]

by / on January 18, 2021 at 2:29 PM /
Governor orders Commission of Inquiry to investigate BVI gov’t

Governor orders Commission of Inquiry to investigate BVI gov’t

Amid recent reports that his office has received a litany of complaints regarding lack of transparency in government, outgoing governor, Augustus Jaspert today announced he has decided to issue a Commission of Inquiry (COI), in accordance with BVI’s Commissions of […]

by / on January 18, 2021 at 1:33 PM /
Premier Andrew Fahie

There’s more to UK pulling funding from RDA than just an ‘expiry date’

Premier Andrew Fahie has stood his ground on his recent assertion that government’s amendments to the territory’s Recovery & Development Plan is the reason the UK is pulling its funding from the agency. The Premier doubled down on his statement […]

by / on January 18, 2021 at 8:15 AM /