Government has allocated $670,000 for the Virgin Islands Music Festival in May but hopes to earn it all back through ticket sales, sponsorships and other revenue streams, Premier Dr. Natalio …
Long-delayed rights watchdog in the works
For more than 15 years, successive governments have been promising to establish the Human Rights Commission provided for in the 2007 Constitution. But the initiative has been delayed again and …
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Call made for unemployment benefits
Unemployment benefits are needed in the Virgin Islands because people are “suffering,” the opposition has warned. Deputy Speaker Stacy Mather sounded the alarm while questioning Health and Social Development Minister …
Sex-crime law promised this year
A new law slated to pass this year will help protect children from sexual predators by implementing measures including a sex-offender register, according to Health and Social Development Minister Vincent …
Cabinet Briefs (Oct. 27, 2023)
Governor John Rankin chaired a Cabinet meeting on Oct. 27 at the Premier’s Conference Room. All members were present and took the following actions, according to a summary published in …
Cabinet Briefs (Oct. 5, Oct. 11 & Oct. 18, 2023)
Governor John Rankin chaired Cabinet meetings on Oct. 5, 11 and 18. All members were present except Education, Youth Affairs and Sports Minister Sharie de Castro, who was overseas on …
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Cabinet Briefs (Sept. 13, 20 & 27, 2023)
Governor John Rankin chaired Cabinet meetings on Sept. 13, 20 and 27 at the Premier’s Conference Room. All members were present except Communications and Works Minister Kye Rymer, who was …
Cabinet Briefs (July 26, Aug. 2, Aug. 16 & Aug. 23, 2023)
Acting Governor David Archer Jr. chaired Cabinet meetings on July 26 and Aug. 2, and Governor John Rankin chaired meetings on Aug. 16 and 23. Mr. Rankin was overseas on …
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Cabinet approves culture policy
In a move designed to protect and develop the territory’s culture, the Cabinet recently approved the Virgin Islands Culture and Heritage Policy and Strategy 2023 to 2028, government announced Saturday. …
Cabinet Briefs (Dec. 14, 15 & 20, 2022)
Governor John Rankin chaired Cabinet meetings on Dec. 14 and 15, and then-acting Governor David Archer Jr. chaired another on Dec. 20. All members were present at all meetings except …
Cabinet Briefs (Oct. 13, Oct. 26 & Nov. 4, 2022)
Governor John Rankin chaired Cabinet meetings on Oct. 13, Oct. 26 and Nov. 4 at the Financial Services Commission’s Resource Centre in Pasea. All members were present except Education, Youth …
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Cabinet Briefs (Oct. 5 & 12, 2022)
Governor John Rankin chaired Cabinet meetings on Oct. 5 and 12 at the Financial Services Commission’s Resource Centre. All members were present for both meetings except Education, Youth Affairs and …
Cabinet Briefs (Sept. 30, 2022)
Governor John Rankin chaired a special Cabinet meeting on Sept. 30 at the Financial Services Commission’s Resource Centre. All members were present except Health and Social Development Minister Marlon Penn, …
Cabinet Briefs (April 27, 2022)
Governor John Rankin chaired a Cabinet meeting on April 27 at the Financial Services Commission’s Resource Centre. All members were present except then-Premier Andrew Fahie; then-Transportation, Works and Utilities Minister …
‘Unity government’ sworn in, but UK still silent
Hours after the House of Assembly voted to revoke Andrew Fahie’s premiership on Thursday, Dr. Natalio “Sowande” Wheatley was sworn in to head a new “national unity government” that is …
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Cabinet Briefs (April 20, 2022)
Governor John Rankin chaired a Cabinet meeting on April 20 at the Financial Services Commission’s Resource Centre. All members were present except Deputy Premier Dr. Natalio “Sowande” Wheatley and Natural …
Cabinet Briefs (April 13, 2022)
Governor John Rankin chaired a Cabinet meeting on April 13 at the Financial Services Commission’s Resource Centre. All members were present and took the following actions, according to a summary …
Cabinet Briefs (March 23 & 30, 2022)
Governor John Rankin chaired Cabinet meetings on March 23 at the Financial Services Commission’s Resources Centre and on March 30 at the Premier’s Conference Room. All members were present at …
Cabinet Briefs (Feb. 23, March 2, 11 & 16, 2022)
Governor John Rankin chaired Cabinet meetings on Feb. 23 and March 2, 11 and 16. All members were present, except Attorney General Dawn Smith, who was on annual leave on …
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Cabinet Briefs (Feb. 9 & 16, 2022)
Governor John Rankin chaired virtual Cabinet meetings on Feb. 9 and 16. All members were present except Attorney General Dawn Smith, who was on annual leave. They took the following …
Cabinet Briefs (Jan. 17, 19 & 26, 2022)
Governor John Rankin chaired virtual Cabinet meetings on Jan. 17, 19 and 26. All members were present for all the meetings except Attorney General Dawn Smith, who was absent from …
Cabinet Briefs (Jan. 7, 2022)
Governor John Rankin chaired a virtual Cabinet meeting Jan. 7. All members were present and took the following actions, according to a summary published in the Gazette on Feb. 10. …
Cabinet Briefs (Nov. 2, 5 & 10, 2021)
Governor John Rankin chaired Cabinet meetings on Nov. 2, 5 and 10 at the Financial Services Commission’s Conference Room. All members were present except Natural Resources, Labour and Immigration Minister …
Cabinet Briefs (Oct. 22, Oct. 27 & Nov. 11, 2021)
Governor John Rankin chaired a virtual Cabinet meeting on Oct. 22 and an in-person meeting on Nov. 3. Deputy Governor David Archer also chaired a meeting on Oct. 27, when …
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Cabinet Briefs (Oct. 13, 2021)
Governor John Rankin chaired a Cabinet meeting on Oct. 13 at the Financial Services Commission’s conference room. All members were present, and Cabinet took the following actions, according to a …