NDP is the cause of current immigration woes — Rosan
Rosan
Media owner and political commentator Cindy Rosan has argued that many of the social challenges now confronting the BVI stem from policy decisions made under the former National Democratic Party (NDP) administration.
Speaking recently on her Morning Facts programme, Rosan explained that the administration had relaxed many immigration policies that were deemed stringent but played a part in preserving the BVI’s culture while reducing stress on the social services.
“A lot of the situations where the BVI finds itself today, in 2026, I’m going to blame the NDP for it,” Rosan said. “When you’re concentrating on developing a country, there are things that need to go along with it. When you lift certain legislation and don’t put safeguards in place, you create a nightmare.”
She added that those actions have led to a state where the territory has “completely lost grasp” of its borders and policies.
‘Systems are overwhelmed’
Rosan also contended that the previous legislative changes — particularly those she believes relaxed immigration and labour safeguards — have overburdened the territory’s social infrastructure. She referenced past policies that required work permit holders to prove they could financially support dependents before being allowed to bring family members to the territory.
According to Rosan, those safeguards either no longer exist or are not being properly enforced. She added that without adequate checks and balances, government departments such as Social Development and Education become strained as more families seek assistance.
“You’re bringing them in. You know they can’t afford private school. Where are they going? The public system. Children must be educated. Social services get called. And if you haven’t adjusted the laws to match what you’re allowing, you turn the BVI into a slope,” she said.
‘We will not recognise ourselves’
Beyond policy mechanics, Rosan expressed concern about what she described as a loss of social cohesion as the authorities continue to invite immigrants who are vastly different from the ordinary Virgin Islander.
She said this is leading to fear in many sections of society as people no longer trust the many strange faces in their community.
“When I go out now, I don’t know anyone. You don’t know who is around you,” she said. “It becomes uncomfortable. The social fabric is pulling apart.”
Rosan insisted her position is not rooted in xenophobia but in what she believes is best for the territory’s future. Her new comments follow her recent call for a roll-over policy to manage expatriates in the territory, saying it would prevent people from accumulating the years required for residency and, eventually, citizenship.
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We already have systems available today that can solve many of these problems. The issue is that we are still operating with analog processes inside what should be a fully digital environment.
Across many government departments, processes are slow, inefficient, and heavily dependent on paper-based systems. This approach is outdated, frustrating, and creates unnecessary delays for citizens and businesses. It should not be this difficult to do business or resolve immigration matters in a modern economy.
If we want to fix immigration inefficiencies, a strong starting point would be implementing:
Biometric Identity Verification Software
Modern biometric systems allow instant identity verification using:
Facial recognition technology
Liveness detection
Deepfake detection
Full KYC (Know Your Customer) and AML (Anti-Money Laundering) compliance
Most businesses and government agencies need to move away from legacy systems. Modern platforms are cloud-based, meaning:
Each system has a secure web interface
No software needs to be installed on every individual computer
Updates are automatic
Security is centralized
Data can be processed faster and more efficiently
The Financial Services Commission (FSC) and other regulatory bodies must modernize. We should be able to:
Settle checks within 24 hours
Enable direct deposit systems
Implement reliable digital payment processing
Remove unnecessary red tape that slows down commerce
Additionally, many businesses struggle because major processors like PayPal and Stripe have restrictions that make it difficult to operate locally. We need payment systems that actually work here.
For those looking for alternative global payment solutions, platforms like Payoneer provide international payment processing options that may work where others do not.
Modernization is not optional — it is necessary if we want economic growth, efficiency, transparency, and global competitiveness.
This is actually where it begins .this is putting the horse where it belong ,before the cart.
Do we really need lessons from a woman that has a history of allegedly failing to pay her debts
blowing from both sides of her mouth. smh. pay your bills, lady-then come talk. Wait, expats preventing you from doing that as well? sheeesh!
@No lessons
Why you don’t help her pay them? And pay your own while you’re at it.
@no lessons
Look beyond the persona and see the contents of what is being stated. It is views like these that demonstrates exactly what is going on in the Territory. People attacking each other with personal opinions and not trying to work as a team to bring about better for our communities so that the Territory could develop more efficiently.
What is happening here is worse than a nightmare our young people are feeling the pressure of our stupidity and cowardice. Our brightest and best are now being sidelined in preference for who are being brought in on work permit. BVI is going to end up in a tragic disaster.
I would like to raise a concern regarding employment practices. On inventory days at O**M***, it appears that the majority of workers are non-local staff. Meanwhile, there are many qualified local residents and voters who are seeking employment opportunities.
I believe there should be a stronger effort to ensure that locals are given fair and equal access to job opportunities, especially in businesses operating within our community.
This is not about division, but about fairness, transparency, and protecting opportunities for our people. I encourage the relevant authorities to review hiring practices and ensure that policies supporting local employment are being upheld.
It really is funny how the Action Man did not fill his jobs with locals considering all the businesses he owns. We play about leadership too much in this territory. Why aren’t our youth able to get most of these jobs?
She better go feed her kids and pay… from chatting piss just because ndp don’t want Walwyn back
Lorna in your corner
Why are people personally attacking someone for making a valid point. Regardless of what’s going on in her personal life it doesn’t make what she’s saying any less true or relevant. I don’t know all the perimeters the Immigration department looks at when they decide to let someone enter to live and work and bring family into the territory but from the outside looking in it seems like we have not treated immigration as important as it is in regards to what is a healthy local/ expat ratio or can our systems support everything that comes along with the rapid increase in population or future opportunities for our own local population. It seems to me like we just interested in collecting work permit money and to hell with everything else that should be considered. It’s not a local vs expat something imported labor is important we don’t have experts in everything here already but these things need to be regulated and considered properly is what she saying.
Thank you ,this is the world we live in.
Cindy has no idea what she is speaking about. I process work permits and dependents request to reside and one of the required documents is a job letter, bank statements and references. They MUST prove they can support their family financially. also, children of expat parents MUST enroll in private school at least the first 2 years! Always talking without facts!
Talking Nonsense, so after 2 years they end up in public school right? Please have a seat if you have nothing of real value to add to the argument. You are actually supporting what she is saying. Just hush man.
I know for a fact kids of expats don’t enroll in private schools… Just take a look at Willard Wheatley primary school!
The children are NOT required to register for private school. Call education department. They will tell you. I know of 3 people who just bring in their children and they are right in public school.
TOO MANY FILIPINOS!!! Why are we allowing so much of them at a time. They literally have a fb page for Filipino support in the BVI. That’s insane.
Sindee is one of the cogs in the ‘All 13 must go’ click setup by the Artic Exports man dem up east. While she is correct that under the NDP government immigration was relaxed as some of the then government members had vast private interests that these same players were looking out for more so than the country.
Private interests trumped national policies and the cheap imported labor market flourished under NDP. Locals/belongers will not for whatever reasons settle for minimum wages in the grocery stores, construction sites and restaurants.
In the absence of statistics illustrating the extent and impact of imported workers and the major countries, what has been the total
Revenue earned from these lower wages earners from a tax and work permit standpoint? From 2017-2026, by year what were he numbers? Where is the central statistics officers in this country?!?
@Sheman, so you said all this to come right back to what she’s saying? Right!!!
Sometimes the population does not support the decisions or policies of the sitting government, causing government to walk back on some of them for fear of losing an election. I say this to say that I clearly remember when the NDP government was cracking down on illegal immigrants around 2004 or 2005, conducting unannounced operations on businesses and private homes. Even if it was for a short bit, it was probably the most agressive immigration operation witnessed since the 80s into some of the 90s. Quite a lot of persons were deported during those operations. Many persons of the voting population had an issue with this, more specifically with how it was done, and the NDP, who lost the elections in 2007, had to soften their stance on this and many issues when they sought power in 2011. I am not an NDP supporter, but the question must be asked: who to blame?
Do the locals want to work? In my opinion, the qualified locals that have a positive attitude and really want to work, all have jobs. Keep thinking that government can help people who don’t give a s**t, keep a job just because they are from the BVI. If I have a maid service and a small superette and no locals want to be cleaners or cashiers, should I close down my business or decide not to open such a business as a result? You ever notice that those who are always speaking about BVIslanders as victims are the ones that never owned or ran any businesses? We have so many BVIslanders that are Law Firm Partners, Managers and Directors of major resorts, Trust Companies etc yet we are only loud about foreign people taking up menial posts.
From my point of view a man sees it how he sees it.in a next note who wouldn’t want to live comfortably in his own country,work and get a reasonable pay that matches the countries standard of living, like being able to go the grocery store and have some left over for the next day or some to save on.most expats come to earn and send home were the dollar value is extended,but we locals live here and have to abide with being paid a dollar and bills amount too two dollars.its not sometimes you don’t want to work but at the end of the day no one wants to be a Billy button in his own country.3 Philippines pay equal to one local pay.let that sink in.blame the politicians and greed.thats my 2 sent who don’t like it such eggs
Loves to show off himself on walwyn and Cindy by writing and blogging and using different names to fool us he has his own site yet he playing trump kn this site , the same site he keeps bad mouthing , but yet he can’t keep off it/ (time longer yhan twine – mo lessons – eye doctor ,are just 3 new names for 2026 , that dude has a serious mental problem or just plain evil •
Come on Cindy is not that sick why would she blog on her self? You people are sickos for real
The VIP government had eight years to help change situations and mske some policies workable
Asking for money to help in the schools business and cannot implement the Trade Comission
Let dem Take the “ jump up” money and build the music program
For the last time, i’m going to tell you this. The wigged one isn’t Cindy. Its the owner of the yellow site. They are called that due to the use of the white colonial wig placed on their head during the House. Get it?
Ok you got me real real confused is the wigged one Cindy of the Esteemed. I am really confused as I thought all along they said it was Cindy
They never followed the immigration laws, They do as they want .Then again, I would blame the Governor, he is the BVI Law head. Should have kept them in order. Right now VIP is messing up the Labour department, they not applying or enforcing the Labour laws, people are still working for less that $775 per hr, More than 40 hrs a week for 40 hrs pay, When workers go to labour with their complaints, no satisfaction. Again I blame the Governor, he is the head of Law and order and is responsible to ensure the law is obeyed and departments responsible work according to the law.
IF U READ WHAT WAS WRITTEN U WON’T BE CONFUSED , U MAY BE HIM , TRYING TO CREATE DRAMA ASUSUAL , KEEP YOUR RBIL THOUGHTS FOR YOURSELF ” WIGGIE ” (AKA) JUDGE JUDAS
This country prides itself, as being the “international” sailing capital, of the world, but has a problem with the “internationals”, and their continued, migratory patterns, here?
What are we saying?
What do we really want?
I say, that as long as there is a viable product of trade and commerce, coupled with, the fact that “the Virgin Isles, is a garden, with trade winds blowing”, and “the views from the hilltops”, and “sandy shores”, EXPECT, continued, migratory patterns, from the “internationals”!