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Ex FS lambasts Gov Rankin; Demands more respect for VI’s financial stewardship
EAST END, Tortola, VI- It has been over 40 years since the Virgin Islands came out of Grant-in-Aid from the United Kingdom (UK) and independently, without the help of the UK, began to successfully develop the Territory and making it an envy of the region.
New homicides ‘saddens my heart, feels like nothing has changed'– Ex Top Cop
BAUGHERS BAY, Tortola, VI - Ex-Commissioner of Police Mr Michael B. Matthews says receiving news of new homicides in the Virgin Islands is something that saddens him as the former commissioner in the Virgin Islands, since it feels like nothing has changed.
Cindy ‘falls on own sword’ after criticising AC Unit project @Sports Complex
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Controversial talk show host Rosemary Cindy Rosan, who had publicly criticised a contract for the installation of Air Conditioning Units at the Multi-Purpose Sports Complex, has now fallen on her own sword and praised the work of the project led by Quality Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Ltd.
'Group of independent-minded persons' needed to take VI forward-Dr Pickering
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Former Deputy Premier Dr Kedrick D. Pickering has declared that the 2023 upcoming election in the territory will be an opportunity for the Virgin Islands to rewrite everything about its democracy once a group of independent-minded persons takes office.
Ex-FS L. Allen Wheatley blasts Unity Gov’t; Pleads for help for youths
EAST END, Tortola, VI- Former Financial Secretary Mr L. Allen Wheatley has said there is a cash flow problem in the territory and the Unity Government has to take some of the blame for it.
‘Be serious’ about VI's constitutional review process- Ronnie W. Skelton
HANNAH'S ESTATE, Tortola, VI– Former legislator Ronnie W. Skelton has called on Virgin Islanders and Belongers to be serious about the constitutional review process, given its implications on the future for all persons in the Virgin Islands (VI).
‘We need the British gov’t to help us through this’– Dr Kedrick D. Pickering
FISH BAY, Tortola, VI – Former Deputy Premier Dr Kerick D. Pickering says the Virgin Islands (VI), in its current state with the United Kingdom (UK) Government and implementation of Commission of Inquiry (CoI) reforms, is still in need of the British to get through its challenges.
Rotary Club of Tortola’s ‘The Grand Affair’ returns in 2023
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- After a 7-year-hiatus, the Rotary Club of Tortola has announced that its signature fundraising event, The Grand Affair, which was last held in 2016, will be returning in 2023.
Hon Mark A. Brantley retains Gov’t in Nevis Island Administration
CHARLESTOWN, St Kitts & Nevis - Months after voting in the Federal Elections, Nevisians on December 12, 2022, voted to elect a new governing body for the Nevis Island Administration.
‘Once you start living here & have more time… you notice more’- Ex CoP Matthews
BAUGHERS BAY, Tortola, VI – Ex-Commissioner of Police Michael B. Matthews has said now that he is no longer the Commissioner of Police and just a regular civilian in the Virgin Islands (VI) he is noticing more and understanding the anger of Virgin Islanders on certain issues.
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