As campaigns heat up for the general election due by May 12, the Progressive Virgin Islands Movement launched a partial line-up, and at least two independent candidates entered the fray …
March 3, 2023
March 3, 2023
Flax-Charles leaves VIP
Junior Minister for Trade and Economic Development Shereen Flax-Charles has thrown an early wild card into the line-up of candidates for the coming general election, tendering her resignation from the …
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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December 2, 2019
Flax-Charles alleges ‘disrespectful’ comment
Then-Junior Minister for Tourism Shereen Flax-Charles claimed during a House of Assembly meeting on Nov. 14 that the chairman of an unspecified board made a “disrespectful” comment instructing her to …
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April 12, 2019
Banking to return to Virgin Gorda
Starting in August, for the first time in almost a year, Virgin Gorda residents will have access to full banking services, government announced last week. “Following a series of meetings …
