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Willock calls for an Office of Diaspora Affairs
SEA COWS BAY, Tortola, VI- Former Speaker of the Virgin Islands House of Assembly (HoA) Mr Julian Willock has called on the Natalio D. Wheatley (R7) Administration to set up an Office of Diaspora Affairs.
‘Let's not allow party politics & selfish agendas to derail us’- Hon Stacy Mather urges HoA
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – First-term legislator and Deputy Speaker in the Virgin Islands (VI) House of Assembly (HoA), Hon Stacy Mather (AL) has challenged his fellow legislators to put the country first and not let politics and other agendas derail the work of the HoA.
VI Opposition establishes shadow cabinet for 5th HoA
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – The tri-party Opposition in the Virgin Islands (VI) House of Assembly today, May 18, 2023, announced the establishment of a shadow cabinet comprising of its six members.
Opposition Member Hon Stacy Mather is Deputy Speaker of Fifth HoA
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- History has been created in the Virgin Islands House of Assembly (HoA), with Hon Stacy Mather (AL) becoming the first Member of the Opposition to be Deputy Speaker.
UPDATE: Corine N. George-Massicote returns as Fifth HoA Speaker
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Information reaching our newsroom is that a possible nominee of the ruling Virgin Islands Party (VIP) Government, Ms R. Dancia Penn, OBE KC has failed to receive the full support of all Government members of the House, which paved the way for former Speaker, Ms Corine N. George-Massicote to be elected as speaker of the Fifth House of Assembly (HoA).
UK was 'wrong' to block Bermuda's cannabis legislation– MP Lloyd C. Russell-Moyle
LONDON, UK - United Kingdom (UK) MP, Lloyd C. Russell-Moyle has called for more representation of Caribbean Overseas Territories when negotiating international treaties, pointing to an instance of the UK intervening in Bermuda's declassification of cannabis.
‘People have a right to hear’ HoA Committee Stage discussions - E. Benito Wheatley
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – More transparency in government is the call of Special Envoy to the Premier Mr E. Benito Wheatley, who said, moving forward, the Government of Premier and Minister of Finance, Dr the Hon Natalio D. Wheatley (R7) has to push more transparency.
HoA to meet on May 18, 2023; Race is on for new House Speaker
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- All 13 elected members will be sworn into office as legislators and official members of the House of Assembly (HoA) at the First Sitting of the Fifth HoA scheduled for Thursday, May 18, 2023, at 10:00 AM at the Multi-Purpose Sports Complex, in Road Town, the capital city.
Cabinet to soon make decision on repealing sections of ‘greedy bill’ - Premier Wheatley
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Virgin Islands Premier and Minister of Finance, Dr the Hon Natalio D. Wheatley (R7) has affirmed that as soon as he returns from a planned trip to London, the offending sections of the Retiring Allowances Legislative Service Amendment Act 2021 nicknamed the ‘Greedy Bill’ will be repealed.
'I felt hurt & ashamed over the way my colleagues behaved' in HoA- Hon Smith
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Deputy Speaker of the House of Assembly (HoA) and Virgin Islands Party (VIP) At Large Candidate Honourable Neville A. Smith has expressed feelings of hurt and shame over what he described as a ‘spectacle’ created by his HoA colleagues in the House on April 15, 2023, during the debate over the Residence and Belonger Status Certificates of some 688 persons from the 2019 Fast Track Programme.
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