Auditor General Sonia Webster has issued a damning audit report which outlined a plethora of infractions committed by the governing Andrew Fahie administration. It also details several areas where there had been outright attempts to block the audit exercise itself. […]
Category: Commission of Inquiry
Willock’s post-hurricane claims to COI “pure fabrication” — Matthews
Former Police Commissioner, Michael Matthews, has lambasted House of Assembly Speaker, Julian Willock for what he termed as “pure fabrication” in a statement Willock submitted to the Commission of Inquiry (COI) recently. The former top cop was referencing a specific […]
Top cop concerned about some officers’ honesty, business conflicts
Police Commissioner Mark Collins has expressed a marked distrust for some officers in the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF), noting that their level of honesty and their business interests were of particular concern. Collins told the ongoing Commission of […]
Former governor openly undermined sitting gov’t, COI told
Sitting government ministers have accused former governor, Augustus Jaspert of openly undermining their lawful authority outlined in the constitution. This, the government said, resulted in “controversy and distrust”. Offering an example, the government said it took the view that disaster […]
Fraser says COI is constructive, offers support
Opposition legislator Julian Fraser has expressed that he believes the ongoing Commission of Inquiry (COI) is constructive in its efforts to improve governance in the BVI and said he is ‘all in’, regarding his support for the work being done. […]
UK should’ve helped BVI with its ‘stillborn’ Register of Interests
Inadequate support from the United Kingdom (UK), a former governor who acted outside of the law, and a ‘misguided’ Registrar are among some of the reasons the government said legislators have been delinquent for years in declaring their interests. Under […]
Vanterpool didn’t file any interest declarations for roughly six years
Fourth District Representative and former minister in the previous NDP administration, Mark Vanterpool did not file any declarations of interest for up to six years during a period while he was in government. All member of the House of Assembly […]
Speaker’s companies ‘engaged’ gov’t twice to offer security services
House of Assembly (HOA) Speaker, Julian Willock and/or his privately-owned businesses engaged the government on at least two occasions to discuss providing security services during the pandemic, but mysteriously withdrew his offer on both occasions. Willock made the disclosure last […]
Redaction requests force delay in COI governance hearing
A request to have redactions added to documents previously submitted to the ongoing Commission of Inquiry (COI) has contributed to the delay of a planned hearing on issues of governance, Commissioner Sir Gary Hickinbottom said. Members of the House of […]
Willock breaches Register of Interests Act but claims otherwise
Despite his many protestations and bombastic claims to the contrary, House Speaker Julian Willock — like several other past and present members of the House of Assembly (HOA) — was found to be in breach of the Register of Interests […]
