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'Spiritual forces' currently @ play in VI’s 2023 elections– Skelton-Cline
BAUGHERS BAY, Tortola, VI– Pastor and political commentator Mr Claude O. Skelton-Cline has warned that ungodly spiritual forces are currently at play in the 2023 Virgin Islands elections and that prayers are needed to combat those forces.
Ex-Haiti mayor accused of killing & torture faces civil trial
AP
BOSTON, Massachusetts, USA - Accusations of political violence and terror have followed a former Haitian mayor all the way to a Boston courtroom, where a civil trial began Monday that shines a light on the wider issue of bloodshed and unaccountability in the Caribbean nation's politics.
PVIM’s Stacey Mather says he thought of how tattoos will impact political career
FISH BAY, Tortola, VI –Progressive Virgin Islands Movement (PVIM) Territorial At Large Candidate in the 2023 Virgin Islands Elections, Mr Stacey Mather MBE says he has thought about how his tattoos would impact his political career as a first-time candidate in the political arena.
Sandy M. Harrigan-Underhill replaces Hon Mark H. Vanterpool as NDP’s D4 candidate
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI– National Democratic Party (NDP) candidate Sandy M. Harrigan-Underhill, a former Principal of Elmore Stoutt High School (ESHS), is back on the NDP's 2023 elections slate, following defeat in the last General Elections in the Virgin Islands (VI).
School teacher calls for ban on toy guns in VI
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- A school teacher has called for a ban on toy guns in the Virgin Islands, as she believes their use could be training the minds of the youths to engage in activities involving real firearms.
Karen C. Vanterpool & Rosita Scatliffe-Thompson enter 2023 elections race
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI– Two additional Independent candidates, both females, have entered the 2023 political race in the Virgin Islands, each vying to take up a seat in the House of Assembly (HoA) as legislators but representatives in a different capacity.
‘I have mentored people!’- Lorna G. Smith to critics of her political ambitions
BAUGHERS BAY, Tortola, VI – At Large Candidate and former First Lady, Ms Lorna G. Smith OBE said youths in the Virgin Islands (VI) are longing for more mentorship and while she does mentor, now is also a time for change, which she can contribute once elected into office.
Three-vehicle collision slows traffic on James Walter Francis Drive
PASEA ESTATE, Tortola, VI – At around 3:00pm today, Saturday, March 11, 2023, a three-vehicle-collision on the James Walter Francis Drive in Pasea Estate, Tortola, resulted in police and paramedics being called to the scene to render assistance.
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Dickson C. Igwe
The road to El Dorado passes through honest governance and high standards of social behavior by every resident of a society
That the quality of a society is in the behaviors of its people is a valid assertion.
'Concerns' over No Advance Polling Stations on JvD & Anegada
THE SETTLEMENT, Anegada, VI- The Office of the Supervisor of Elections has released the list of approved polling stations for the 2023 General Elections.