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Some persons would ask 7 to 10 elected Reps for grants– Hon Penn
FAT HOGS BAY, Tortola, VI– Unity Government Minister for Health and Social Development, Hon Marlon A. Penn (R8) has announced that with the transition of public assistance grants from District Representatives and the House of Assembly to the Social Development Department, the process is flowing in keeping with prescribed reforms coming out of the Commission of Inquiry (CoI) recommendations.
Residents encouraged to practise earthquake safety
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - The Department of Disaster Management (DDM) invites all Virgin Islands residents and visitors to improve their earthquake readiness by joining the global ShakeOut earthquake exercise on October 20, 2022, at 10:20 a.m.
'Check their own personal track record'- Hon Penn to critics of his leadership
FAT HOGS BAY, Tortola, VI– Unity Government Minister for Health and Social Development, Hon Marlon A. Penn (R8) has fired back at talk show host and clergyman Mr Claude O. Skelton-Cline, after Skelton-Cline suggested that the public has confidence in neither Hon Penn nor the current Premier Dr the Hon Natalio D. Wheatley (R7) to be the next premier.
Long Look/East End road has to be worst piece of road on the planet- Skelton-Cline
BAUGHERS BAY, Tortola, VI- “The roads in the Long Look/East End area, brothers and sisters, that has to be the worst piece of road, without exaggeration, on the planet, but certainly, it is the worst piece of road on Tortola.”
UPDATE: Body of missing female reportedly found near boat accident site
FRENCHMAN’S CAY, VI – A body believed to be that of missing female Krystal Black was located around midday, today, October 4, 2022, in waters just of Little Thatch.
CoI report & Fahie's arrest was the ‘perfect storm’ for UK– Hon Fraser
LONDON, UK– As controversy continues over whether it was planned or coincidental that the arrest of ex-Premier Honourable Andrew A. Fahie (R1) came a day before the release of the scathing Commission of Inquiry (CoI) report, Opposition Leader Hon Julian Fraser RA (R3) said the two could not have come at a better time for the United Kingdom (UK).
Education Ministry wants conversations on re-imagining sector in VI– Hon deCastro
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – With the aim of re-imagining the local education system, subject Minister Hon Sharie B. de Castro (AL) says the Education Ministry is looking to devise a plan on how to integrate new learning strategies in the local system.
Former FS L. Allen Wheatley wants UN to observe execution of CoI reforms
EAST END, Tortola, VI – A Former Financial Secretary (FS) in the Virgin Islands, Mr L. Allen Wheatley wants the United Nations (UN) to send observers to the territory, as the Commission of Inquiry (CoI) reforms are being implemented through a framework agreed to by the Government of Premier Dr Natalio D. Wheatley (R7) and the United Kingdom.
Skelton-Cline says he remains trustful VI will have elections in 2023
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Virgin Islands (VI) Talk show host and social commentator, Claude O. Skelton-Cline says he remains trustful that the VI will get its General Elections within the constitutionally mandated 2023 timeline.
St. Croix man dead after shooting in STT housing community
VI CONSORTIUM
ST. CROIX — A 31-year-old man became the latest homicide victim on St. Croix after being shot in his upper body Friday night, the V.I. Police Department has announced.
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