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December 20, 2022

Guv gives one year to fix interests register

After “much consideration,” Governor John Rankin announced his plan to assent to the Register of Interests (Amendment) Act, 2022 despite his misgivings about amendments legislators made behind closed doors. However, …

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by Dana Kampa
October 18, 2022

EDITORIAL: Government, governor must collaborate on reform promises

This month brought good and bad news as Governor John Rankin and Premier Dr. Natalio “Sowande” Wheatley both reported on the first three months of the ongoing Commission of Inquiry …

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by BVI Beacon
August 15, 2022

EDITORIAL: Open the interests register with no restrictions

Our first draft of this editorial praised legislators for passing a bill last month to finally make the Register of Interests public, thereby promoting the sort of government transparency that …

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by BVI Beacon
July 29, 2022

HOA okays public Register of Interests

On June 30, legislators missed their deadline to make the Register of Interests public and establish penalties for violating declaration rules. On July 21, however, they passed a bill to …

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by Dana Kampa
July 19, 2022

Interests bill tabled, but not passed by deadline

The House of Assembly missed its deadline on June 30 to pass legislation to reform the Register of Interests by making it public. However, Governor John Rankin said the next …

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by Dana Kampa
May 12, 2022

Commission of Inquiry slams ‘attack’ on registrar of interests

For 13 years as the territory’s first registrar of interests, Victoreen Romney-Varlack worked tirelessly to urge reluctant House of Assembly members to register their interests as required by law, according …

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by ZARRIN TASNIM AHMED
June 28, 2021

EDITORIAL: The Register of Interests is broken. No surprise there

In recent days, the Commission of Inquiry has shone a glaring spotlight on the long-standing need to reform the system through which legislators declare their interests, a task that leaders …

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by BVI Beacon
June 17, 2021

Inquiry probes Registry of Interests, assistance grants

Focusing on elected officials’ financial interests and how they go about allocating $1.8 million each year in assistance grants, the Commission of Inquiry resumed public hearings again this week. COI …

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by Dana Kampa
March 12, 2021

Commission of Inquiry given access to register of interests

Though the commissioner leading the United Kingdom’s corruption inquiry has the powers of a High Court judge when it comes to summoning witnesses and obtaining documents, Attorney General Dawn Smith …

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by Dana Kampa
March 8, 2021

House to tackle digital data bills

The first House of Assembly sitting of 2021 is scheduled to kick off this week with a packed agenda that includes a slew of bills in the digital sphere up …

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by Dana Kampa
January 1, 2019

LETTER: Steps seen as needed before constitutional review

The United Kingdom’s threat to impose public registers by 2020 has led to increasing calls for a review of the 2007 Constitution, particularly in the heating-up pre-election campaigns. But if …

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by Peter Moll

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