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September 10th, 2020
Pastor urges religious leaders to condemn ‘reparation’ comments by Gov Jaspert

BAUGHERS BAY, Tortola, VI – Honestly Speaking radio moderator and pastor, Mr Claude O. Skelton-Cline has urged local religious leaders to speak out against the Governor of the Virgin Islands (VI), Mr Augustus J.U. Jaspert, for his recent comments about reparations for slavery that have sparked outrage.

September 9th, 2020
Gov Jaspert told to apologise for ‘racist & putrid remarks’

BAUGHERS BAY, Tortola, VI – Governor of the Virgin Islands (VI), Mr Augustus J.U. Jaspert has once again found himself under fire, this time, over remarks he made that the United Kingdom’s position is to not pay any reparations for acts of slavery and the slave trade in the Virgin Islands.

September 7th, 2020
Slavery Reparations? VI has nothing to get from UK - Gov Jaspert

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Governor of the Virgin Islands, His Excellency, Augustus J.U. Jaspert has said the United Kingdom's (UK) position on paying reparations to the Virgin Islands for acts of slavery and the slave trade is not the position of the Crown at the moment, hinting that the VI should expect nothing.

September 7th, 2020
Force ISPs to deliver or find new players- Skelton-Cline urges TRC

BAUGHERS BAY, Tortola, VI - Government Consultant, Mr Claude O. Skelton-Cline has called on the Telecommunications Regulatory Commission (TRC) to put pressure on local telecom providers to deliver better services to the people of the Virgin Islands (VI) or find new players.

September 5th, 2020
Businesses, citizens should take charge of COVID-19 pandemic - Skelton-Cline

BAUGHERS BAY, Tortola, VI - Social commentator and ZBVI Radio moderator, Mr Claude O. Skelton-Cline has called on the Business community as well as citizens of the Virgin Islands (VI) to start taking charge of the COVID-19 pandemic, instead of depending on the government for everything.

September 3rd, 2020
Skelton-Cline wants immediate deportation of expats involved in human smuggling

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Outspoken commentator Mr Claude O. Skelton-Cline has called for the immediate deportation of expatriates involved in human smuggling and the revocation of status and deportation for Belongers if found to be involved in the illegal activity that has been linked to the spike in COVID-19 cases in the Virgin Islands.

September 2nd, 2020
CoP Matthews on vacation 'in the middle of a war'- Skelton-Cline

BAUGHERS BAY, Tortola, VI - Commissioner of the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF), Mr Michael B. Matthews has come under fire from radio host and social media commentator, Mr Claude O. Skelton-Cline for heading off on vacation, even as the Territory has experienced a spike in COVID-19 infections.

August 27th, 2020
Human Smuggling: Latinos going 'back & forth' in night- Skelton-Cline alleges

BAUGHERS BAY, Tortola, VI - Singling out Latinos and persons from the Spanish speaking community as allegedly involved in Human Smuggling, an illegal activity being blamed for the spike in COVID-19 cases in the Virgin Islands (VI), the host of 'Honestly Speaking', Mr Claude O. Skelton-Cline, has called on the community to take responsibility for those involved in such acts.

August 22nd, 2020
Law enforcement needs to do its job, stop human smuggling - Skelton-Cline

BAUGHERS BAY, Tortola, VI- The host of the Honestly Speaking radio programme, Mr Claude O. Skelton Cline has said he intends to hold Commissioner of Police Mr Michael B. Matthews’ feet to the proverbial fire on the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force’s failure to adequately arrest the matter of smuggling through the Territory’s border.

August 19th, 2020
Governor keeps 'injecting' himself into local politics - Skelton-Cline

BAUGHERS BAY, Tortola, VI - Governor of the Virgin Islands (VI) H.E. Augustus. J. U. Jaspert has come under fire, this time for allegedly regurgitating statements made by the Premier and the Minister of Health relating to VI's handling of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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