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Festive mood as BVI receives first cruise ship in over a year
The atmosphere inside the Cyril B Romney Tortola Pier Park was festive this morning as the British Virgin Islands received Celebrity Millennium - the first cruise ship to visit the territory in more than a year.
'All funds can be fully accounted for & is already fully accounted for'– Premier
Amid allegations from the Auditor General, Ms Sonia M. Webster, that the Premier’s Office inflated stimulus payments and exceeded the requested grants that farmers and fisherfolk applied for, Premier and Minister of Finance Honourable An...
Premier goes on the defensive amid damning audit reports
Premier Andrew Fahie has come out in staunch defence of his administration’s record of governance; amid the Auditor General’s (AG) damning revelations about the government’s COVID-19 stimulus programme for local fishers and farmers.
Report on game one of Super 6 Final - Sugar Boys FC V Lion Heart FC
Sugar Boys FC staged a late comeback and then held their nerve to win a penalty shootout 5-4 against Lion Heart FC in game one of the Super 6 Final on Sunday.
HoA Members further equipped to carry out parliamentary duties
Members of the Virgin Islands House of Assembly (HoA) have been further equipped to effectively carry out their parliamentary duties, thanks to training conducted virtually by the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association United Kingdom (CP...
Premier’s Office deliberately attempts to block audit, COI told
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 bloc...
Gov’t inflates stimulus $$ to fishers, farmers! Most not registered
An audit of the government’s COVID-19 stimulus programme for farmers and fisherfolk has found that the Premier’s Office violated procedure and inflated its payments to recipients — a large number of whom were unlicensed and unregistered.
Sea curfew being reviewed – Premier
The existing sea-based curfew in the Virgin Islands (VI) is being reviewed.
Tourist Board to develop hospitality rating system this year
The BVI Tourist Board (BVITB) will be developing a system to rate the level of hospitality in the British Virgin Islands.
‘Not my role’, says Fahie on making Skelton Cline’s contract public
After months of promises to have the government’s contract with Claude Skelton Cline made public, Premier Andrew Fahie has still not been able to make this a reality.
Strong Resurgence For Tourism! Bookings, Arrivals On The Rise
Premier and Minister for Finance with responsibility for Tourism Hon. Andrew Fahie said data gleaned from the BVI Tourist Board (BVITB), the BVI Airports Authority and the BVI Ports Authority is showing that tourist arrivals is on the rise.
TRC working to ensure VI has ample communication services– Premier
Virgin Islands (VI) Premier and Minister of Finance, Hon Andrew A. Fahie (R1) has reminded that the local Telecommunications Regulatory Commission (TRC) is working to ensure the territory has ample communication services to supply the ne...
Ahead Of Evaluation, Legislators Move To Give FIA More Teeth
On Thursday, June 24, legislators greenlighted an amendment to give the Financial Investigation Agency (FIA) more teeth, as it gets set to be evaluated by the global money laundering and terrorist financing watchdog – the Financial Actio...
VI optimistic @ UN panel on future of tourism
The Virgin Islands (VI) has expressed confidence in the tourism sector’s recovery at a high-level panel on the Future of Tourism organised by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).
Hon Penn calls for 6th ministry since current ministries ‘overloaded’
Leader of Her Majesty’s Loyal Opposition Honourable Marlon A. Penn (R8) has argued that the existing portfolios of at least two ministers are overloaded and is suggesting a sixth ministry to even out the workload.
CoI: ‘We got to be careful about how we criticise our own’- Angelle A. Cameron
Talk show host and former Mrs BVI, Angelle A. Cameron has hinted that the first stage of the United Kingdom (UK) sponsored Virgin Islands (VI) Commission of Inquiry (CoI) may have a hidden agenda to first cause ‘reasonable doubt’ about o...
VI placed on UK Green Travel List; VI Gov’t welcomes move
News that the United Kingdom (UK) has placed the [British] Virgin Islands on the Green List for Travel, along with other Overseas Territories and Antigua and Barbuda from June 30, 2021, has been welcomed by Premier and Tourism Minister H...
VI expecting first passenger cruise call on July 1, 2021
The Virgin Islands (VI) is expecting its first official cruise ship call since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, on July 1, 2021, according to information coming out of the BVI Ports Authority (BVIPA).
UPDATE: First cruise ship to return July 1
The British Virgins Islands is now confirmed to expect its first cruise ship call since the start of the pandemic in a week’s time.
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”.
AG questions budgetary limitations, expresses recruitment frustration
Attorney General (AG) Dawn Smith has expressed disappointment at her office’s inability to attract and retain suitably qualified staff as a result of budgetary limitations, some of which she finds unexplainable.
Gov’t backs two citizens taking legal action against UK
With a claim for “constitutional relief”, two unnamed private citizens in the British Virgin Islands have taken legal action against the UK’s Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO).
Seminars needed to educate HOA members on how to effectively complete obligatory documents
Premier Andrew Fahie has expressed a need for having seminars to educate Members of the House of Assembly on how to properly complete important obligatory documents such as the Register of Interest declaration form.
Premier: Late Declarations Do Not Mean Legislators Are Rogue
Premier and Minister for Finance Hon. Andrew Fahie was also delinquent in declaring his interests to the Registrar of Interest, his appearance before the ongoing Commission of Inquiry (CoI) on Friday, June 18 has revealed.
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