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Skelton-Cline goes green, joins VIP
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Speaking to our news desk, former Managing Director of the BVI Ports Authority, Claude O. Skelton Cline, has announced that he is now a member of the Opposition Virgin Islands Party (VIP).
PHOTO of Day: The last Supper? Dr. Smith & Hon Skelton on recent Asia trip
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - The photo was taken in the days of ‘Kumbaya,’ between Premier and Minister of Finance, Dr the Honourable D. Orlando Smith (AL), and his Health and Social Development Minister, Honourable Ronnie W. Skelton (AL), both founding members of the National Democratic Party (NDP).
Opposition Members’ questions back on Order Paper
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - The National Democratic Party (NDP) Government, has a history in the House of Assembly (HoA), of evading the Opposition Members' questions.
Mrs Judith E. Vanterpool tipped to be new college President
PARAQUITA BAY, Tortola, VI - Word reaching our newsroom from senior National Democratic Party (NDP) sources, is that Mrs Judith E. Vantperool, wife of Communications and Works Minister Honourable Mark H. Vanterpool (R4), and current H. Lavity Stoutt Community College (HLSCC), Vice President, will be appointed as the new President.
Exclusive: Inside the NDP's June 23, 2018 convention meeting
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - It was Saturday June 23, 2018, that the National Democratic Party (NDP) held its Convention, with 119 Delegates coming out at the Treasure Isle Hotel’s dining room.
VIP will be ready to contest General Elections against NDP—Opposition Leader
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – The Virgin Islands Party (VIP) says it's ready to contest upcoming General Elections, against the National Democratic Party (NDP) under its newly elected leadership.
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.
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.”
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.
Skelton throws shot; ‘We need leadership that puts VIslanders/Belongers first’
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - National Democratic Party (NDP) co-founder, Honourable Ronnie W. Skelton (AL) says the Saturday June 23, 2018, Convention, represents “an important juncture and a new chapter, not only for the party but in the development of the Virgin Islands (VI) and that this new chapter will in fact require calm, courageous, consistent and experienced leadership.”