A transportation assistance programme engineered by the former Andrew Fahie-led Virgin Islands Party (VIP) government was conducted without any proper analysis or without the benefit of a Cabinet-recommended audit, the Commission of Inquiry (COI) report has revealed. A stimulus package […]
Category: Commission of Inquiry
COI report calls for wholesale review of BVI’s welfare systems
The Commission of Inquiry (COI) report has called for a wholesale review of the BVI‘s welfare benefits and grants system. The report’s author, Commissioner Sir Gary Hickinbottom said this should also include grants received from House of Assembly (HOA) members […]
Audit finds COVID-19 church grants inflated by over 600%
An audit conducted on the now-dismantled VIP government’s 2020 COVID-19 assistance programme showed that grants awarded to local religious institutions were inflated by more than 600 per cent above the recommended amounts. This information was disclosed in the Commission of […]
Timing of VIP’s good governance initiatives not a coincidence
Commissioner of the now concluded Commission of Inquiry (COI), Sir Gary Hickinbottom, has found that the timing of good governance initiatives by the former Andrew Fahie-led government were not coincidental. In the COI report issued by Sir Gary, he shared […]
COI: Suspicious that BVIPA instantly fires lawyer who flagged Patsy Lake rental
Commissioner of Inquiry, Sir Gary Hickinbottom has found it suspicious that an attorney with the BVI Ports Authority (BVIPA) was sacked with immediate effect in 2019 after drafting a memorandum which addressed a potential conflict between the Port Authority’s Board […]
COI report urges full audit, criminal investigation for EZ gov’t contract
The Commission of Inquiry (COI) report has recommended a full audit, and if deemed necessary, criminal investigations for government contracts with EZ shipping — the company hired in 2020 to use radar barges as part of the territory’s sea defences. […]
COI Report: HOA grant distribution scheme legally arbitrary, unlawful
Sir Gary Hickinbottom has concluded in the Commission of Inquiry (COI) report that assistance grants distributed by members of the House of Assembly are done so in a legally arbitrary and unlawful manner. According to the Commissioner , there are […]
COI Report: Skelton Cline’s contracts were false!
In a scathing review of the work done by Pastor Claude Skelton Cline as a consultant for the current Virgin Islands Party (VIP) administration, the Commission of Inquiry (COI) found that his contracts were patently false and demonstrated serious dishonesty […]
COI findings: High likely serious dishonesty took place in gov’t
The report from the Commission of Inquiry (COI) has “firmly” concluded that “there is not only information that serious dishonesty in relation to officials may have taken place here in recent years, but it is highly likely to have taken […]
Suspension! COI recommends BVI gov’t stand down for two years!
Head of the now concluded Commission of Inquiry (COI), Sir Gary Hickinbottom has recommended that the BVI government cease to exist in its current format for at least two years. The recommendation is part of four overarching recommendations arising from […]
