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Download logoAndrew Oulanyah Ojok, has taken oath as the Member of Parliament for Omoro County, Omoro district during the First Sitting of the Second

The Hon. Philip J. Pierre will present his inaugural Estimates of Revenue and Expenditure 2022/23 as Prime Minister and Minister...

Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin has asked MPs to pledge not to repeat the violent nasty scenes that were witnessed in parliament last year.

British Virgin Islands (“BVI”) companies are widely used as corporate vehicles for joint ventures in Asia, especially at their pre-listing stage. There are over 450,000 active BVI...

Parliament neither obstructionist nor rubber stamp -Speaker Bagbin To ensure that Parliament plays the roles assigned to it by the Constitution, the Speaker of the newly-inaugurated 8th Parliament, Rt. Hon. Alban S.K. Bagbin, has indicated that he would not yield to pressure from any quarter to allow the august house be turned into a rubber stamp or an obstructer. “As Speaker, I will not yield to pressure from any quarter to allow this august House to be turned into a rubber stamp or an obstr...

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Controversial outgoing Governor of the Virgin Islands, H.E. Augustus J.U. Jaspert appears to be fishing for reasons why the VI Cannabis Licensing Act, 2020 and Drugs (Prevention of Misuse) Amendment Act 2020, have not been assented; the latest shift, to blame a recent drug bust for the delays. This comes as Mr Jaspert had also claimed that the UK contributed to the hold-up while they scrutinized the bill, although it was already passed in th...