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Media gets thrown out of NDP Convention venue
TREASURE ISLE HOTEL, Tortola, VI - Media operatives attempting to stake out the Treasure Isle Hotel, on Saturday, June 23, 2018 last, for the conclusion of the National Democratic Party’s (NDP), Convention election results, were instead evicted from the property by hotelier, Ms Margaret Penn.
Riteway asks RVIPF for rental; Top Cop says no funds in 2018 budget
PASEA ESTATE, Tortola, VI - There is nothing in the proposed budget this year for rental for Police Headquarters, and the owners Riteway Supermarket at Pasea Estate have indicated that they are going to start charging for the space that is occupied by Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF).
NDP Delegates vote for ‘title change’ for 2 top posts
TREASURE ISLE, Tortola, VI - Delegates at the National Democratic Party’s (NDP) 2018 Convention, held at the Treasure Isle, Hotel on Saturday, June 23, 2018, unanimously, “approved the exchange of titles and not roles of the President, Vice President, Chairman and Deputy Chairman—which is now in line with international standards.”
Democratic Gubernatorial Candidates make their case @ forum
VI CONSORTIUM
ST. CROIX, USVI — Who will be the best Democrat to face Governor Kenneth Mapp and the independent challengers in the general election? Ask any of the three men vying for the Democratic nomination during the August 4th primary, and they would boast about themselves, their past and present accomplishments and leadership skills to lead the territory into the future.
NDP Showdown looms: Hons Skelton vs Walwyn & Turnbull vs Penn
TREASURE ISLE HOTEL, Tortola, VI – Campaigning for top posts in the National Democratic Party’s (NDP) Convention, today June 23, 2018, winded up with nominees on both sides pulling out the stops, with last minute calls and even providing transportation for Delegates voting in the ‘first of its kind,’ internal election for a new President and Vice President, among other posts.
Hon Julian Fraser B/ball League announces meeting
DUFF’S BOTTOM, Tortola, VI - In a press notice today, June 22, 2018, the Honourable Julian Fraser’s, Save the Seed National Basketball League, invited all team owners, managers, coaches and team representatives, to a meeting at the Save the Seed Energy Centre.
Pastor Melvin A. Turnbull Sr, supports ‘self-determination’ for VI
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Senior Pastor of the Cane Garden Bay Baptist Church, on Tortola, Pastor Dr Melvin A. Turnbull, told the public that he “supports self-determination” for the British Overseas Territory of the Virgin Islands (VI).
Hon Ronnie W. Skelton wants Premier ‘formally recognised’ for devoted service to VI
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Co-founder of the National Democratic Party (NDP), Health and Social Development Minister, the Honourable Ronnie W. Skelton (AL), has called for Premier of the Virgin Islands (VI), Dr the Honourable D. Orlando Smith, to be formally recognised at an appropriate time in the near future for his service to the Territory.
HLSCC puts ‘hiring-freeze’ in place to cope with annual $2M shortfall
PARAQUITA BAY, Tortola, VI - All is not well at the H. Lavity Stoutt Community College (HLSCC) since, not only has the College seen a shortfall of about $2 million every year for the past four years, there is now in place an ‘unofficial’ freeze in the hiring of persons at the educational institution.
Two more charged for string of Road Town robberies
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - The Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF),has charged two, additional persons, in connection with a string of burglaries in and around Road Town, in March and April last, perpetrated against ‘I-Smart’ and ‘Infinite Solutions.’
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