April 24, 2023 — that’s the date on which voters in the British Virgin Islanders will elect a new government. The proclamation establishing the date for the BVI’s next general elections was signed by Governor John Rankin on Wednesday, five days following the House of Assembly’s dissolution on Friday March 10. According to Section 86 of the territory’s constitution, a general election must be held between twenty-one days and two months from the date the House is dissolved. Advance polling will occur on April 21, three days before the election date. Members of the Unity Government, which formed after former Premier Andrew Fahie was arrested and removed from office in the face of drug trafficking, money laundering and now racketeering charges, have returned to their partisan camps to contest the upcoming election. Now led by incumbent Premier…
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The British Virgin Islands will join the U.S. Virgin Islands on the European Union “black list”, a collection of “tax havens”, as adjudged by EU Finance ministers. The official announcement, ...
People in the British Virgin Islands want to directly elect their premier. They also want to divest the UK-appointed governor of some powers, in favor of more local control. These were the major recu...
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Three U.S. tourists were stabbed in Puerto Rico after they were told by someone to stop filming in a well-known community in Old San Juan named La Perla. According to the Associated Press, which cit...
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Even as British Virgin Islands Premier Dr. Natalio Wheatley reported a "successful" trip to London, the threat of direct rule hanging over the territory remains. At a press conference on Monday, Dr...
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