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House of Assembly

October 30, 2025

DGO mum on role in legislators’ raises

The Deputy Governor’s Office has stayed mum on claims that its recommendations were the trigger for House of Assembly members to secretly award themselves raises that approximately doubled their salaries …

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by Shaun Connolly
October 30, 2025

Premier urged to renounce ‘Greedy Bill’ salary payout

Premier Natalio “Sowande” Wheatley should keep his campaign promise not to take a “dime” of the post-term salary payments available to him under the law widely known as the “Greedy …

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by Shaun Connolly
October 27, 2025

Speaker leads workshop at regional conference

Measures are needed to help ensure that female leaders don’t have to fear for their safety because of online abuse, Speaker of the House of Assembly Corine George-Massicote said while …

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by The BVI Beacon
October 24, 2025

Lorna Smith praised on Heroes Day

Premier Natalio “Sowande” Wheatley praised the Virgin Islands’ strides in the diplomatic world as he marked this year’s Heroes and Foreparents Day. Though the government didn’t hold an official celebration …

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by Shaun Connolly
October 23, 2025

EDITORIAL: HOA secrecy is a colonial relic that must end

In recent months, Premier Natalio “Sowande” Wheatley has rightly drawn increasing attention to the lingering problems associated with the Virgin Islands’ colonial history. If he is truly committed to confronting …

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by The BVI Beacon
October 23, 2025

Doughty’s digs draw backlash from HOA

A new war of words erupted between the House of Assembly and London after the United Kingdom threatened fresh action against the territory if the pace of ongoing public-sector reform …

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by Shaun Connolly
October 17, 2025

Premier open to scrapping HOA secrecy

Following growing backlash over legislative secrecy, the coming constitutional reforms could end the House of Assembly’s colonial-era practice of holding its most important deliberations behind closed doors. Premier Natalio “Sowande” …

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by Shaun Connolly
October 16, 2025

Premier mum about cost of ‘Greedy Bill’

During a press conference on Oct. 3, Premier Natalio “Sowande” Wheatley promised to provide two key pieces of information about public spending under the controversial 2021 law widely known as …

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by Shaun Connolly
October 13, 2025

Tourism plan, policy delayed again

As the Virgin Islands prepares for a tourism season expected to bring a record number of visitors, a long-promised policy and plan to help guide the sector have been delayed …

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by Allison Vaughn
October 9, 2025

Wheatley changes tune on ‘Greedy Bill’

During the 2023 election campaign, Premier Natalio “Sowande” Wheatley promised not to collect “a dime” of the lucrative post-term salaries that legislators had awarded themselves when they passed the so-called …

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by Shaun Connolly
October 6, 2025

Elections bill promises big changes

Long-promised campaign finance rules, new voting methods and transparency measures are among the wide-ranging election reforms that could be on the way under a bill recently introduced in the House …

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by The BVI Beacon
October 2, 2025

Constitution debate now continuing in private

After six days of debating constitutional reform in public, the House of Assembly entered a closed-door committee session on Friday to continue the talks in private — despite calls for …

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by Joaquin Contreras
September 26, 2025

Crime up, but juvie centre stalled

Serious youth crime is on the rise in the Virgin Islands, but plans for a juvenile detention and rehabilitation centre remain mostly at a standstill after nearly 20 years, according …

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by Joaquin Contreras
September 25, 2025

HOA’s constitutional debate still going after five days

Premier Natalio “Sowande” Wheatley stood before a hushed House of Assembly last Thursday morning and launched legislators’ first official debate on constitutional reform in nearly two decades. “The Virgin Islands …

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by Joaquin Contreras
Premier Natalio Wheatley
September 22, 2025

‘Father of financial services’ dies at 73

Robert Mathavious, the first managing director and CEO of the Financial Services Commission, died on Sunday, Sept. 14. He was 73 years old. Sometimes dubbed the “father of financial services” …

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by Allison Vaughn
August 22, 2025

Walwyn stands by no-confidence bid

Myron Walwyn has denied that he failed his first major test as opposition leader after his recent no-confidence motion against Premier Natalio “Sowande” Wheatley flopped. Mr. Walwyn, who took over …

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by Shaun Connolly
August 7, 2025

Premier fires back after no-confidence motion flops

After a long-delayed bid to oust his government fizzled out on the floor of the House of Assembly last week, Premier Natalio “Sowande” Wheatley fired back at an opposition he …

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by Shaun Connolly
Myron Walwyn and Mitch Turnbull
August 1, 2025

Legislators okay extra spending

The House of Assembly approved a schedule of additional provisions — the first one for this year — on Tuesday. Premier Natalio “Sowande” Wheatley said the SAP proposes an overall …

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by Allison Vaughn
July 31, 2025

Walwyn takes aim at government

A long-delayed no-confidence motion against Premier Natalio “Sowande” Wheatley’s administration was finally launched by the opposition Tuesday night as government members were urged to abandon their leader and vote with …

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by Shaun Connolly
July 24, 2025

Anti-crime czar to visit from UK

Britain’s official “anti-corruption champion” will soon visit the Virgin Islands on what London called a “fact-finding” mission, but Premier Natalio “Sowande” Wheatley said the move does not amount to a …

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by Shaun Connolly
July 18, 2025

Traffic fines could spike soon

Reckless drivers may soon have reason to change their ways. The House of Assembly is considering modernising outdated traffic legislation by upping fines as much as 900 percent, re-aligning with …

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by Allison Vaughn
July 17, 2025

Direct-rule threat still in play as UK delays

The United Kingdom’s threat of direct rule over the Virgin Islands remains in place after London missed its long-anticipated aim of settling the contentious matter by the end of June. …

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by Shaun Connolly
July 11, 2025

Rymer takes aim at power outages

Powerline inspections, vegetation trimming and automation are among the works under way to address the widespread power outages that have plagued the territory in recent months, according to Communications and …

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by Allison Vaughn
July 11, 2025

HOA closes labour inspection loophole

A move to rectify a longstanding legislative mistake by validating labour inspections dating back 15 years was pushed through the House of Assembly last week. Premier Natalio “Sowande” Wheatley told …

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by Shaun Connolly
July 10, 2025

WE port tendering to restart

After a protracted tender process drew only two bids that were dramatically over budget, the Recovery and Development Agency is going back to the drawing board with the planned West …

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by Allison Vaughn

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