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June 26, 2025

Court tosses out case against Najan Christopher

The government’s director of international relations got her day in court, and she came out on top. A magistrate ruled Monday that crown prosecutors had failed to provide sufficient evidence …

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by FREEMAN ROGERS
Najan Christopher and Terrence Williams and Tiffany Scatliffe
June 5, 2025

Small protest occupies roundabout

Pacing around the Road Town roundabout on the morning of June 2, about half a dozen protestors called for the government to address problems ranging from water lock-offs and crumbling …

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by Rushton Skinner
August 2, 2024

At trial, premier says Najan Christopher was ‘misguided’ but ‘trying her best’

When Premier Dr. Natalio “Sowande” Wheatley took the stand last week in Najan Christopher’s criminal trial, her attorney asked him about the letter that landed Ms. Christopher before the court. …

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by FREEMAN ROGERS
Premier Natalio Wheatley and Najan Christopher
July 26, 2024

HOA passes governor’s inquiry bill

Shortly after 10 p.m. on Tuesday, the House of Assembly returned from closed-door committee and passed an amended version of a bill proposed by Governor Daniel Pruce to modernise the …

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by FREEMAN ROGERS
HOA inquiry act
May 30, 2024

Najan Christopher trial starts as DG, AG take the stand

The prosecution’s first witness was Deputy Governor David Archer Jr. Wearing a pinstripe suit with a red handkerchief in his breast pocket, Mr. Archer took the stand last week in …

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by FREEMAN ROGERS
Najan Christopher, David Archer Jr., and Dawn Smith
March 25, 2024

Bill keeps restrictions on interests register

When lawmakers voted in July 2022 to make the Register of Interests public as advised by the Commission of Inquiry, they also added several viewing restrictions that drew strong criticism …

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by Allison Vaughn
March 22, 2024

DG steps up, and ‘Mika Barry’ signs off

Deputy Governor David Archer Jr. came out swinging on Monday after he was named last week in the most recent series of anonymous videos posted online under the name “Mika …

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by FREEMAN ROGERS
mika barry screenshot
November 21, 2023

Compensation review complete, but not public

The Public Service Compensation Review and Job Classification Project that began last November is now complete, and Governor John Rankin presented the final report to Cabinet on Nov. 8, government …

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by The BVI Beacon
April 23, 2020

Public officers redeployed to deliver aid

Plans to reopen the public service on Monday of this week were scuttled after the death of a Covid-19 patient early Saturday morning, but many public officers now have been …

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by ZARRIN TASNIM AHMED

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