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No matter how ‘Mitch’ behaves in HoA ‘I will forgive him’- Premier Fahie
GREAR HARBOUR, Jost van Dyke, VI – Premier and Minister for Finance Hon Andrew A. Fahie (R1) said despite how Opposition Legislator, Hon Melvin M. Turnbull (R2) behaves in the House of Assembly (HoA), he will be forgiven because of their strong family ties.
JvD ‘deserves’ newly built Dog Hole Jetty facility - Hon Turnbull
GREAT HARBOUR, Jost van Dyke, VI – Opposition Legislator, Hon Melvin M. Turnbull (R2) is pleased that the Sister Island of Jost van Dyke (JVD) has finally benefitted from a brand-new Dog Hole Jetty port facility.
Businesses with unpaid taxes keep getting Gov't contracts- Hon Turnbull
DUFF'S BOTTOM, Tortola, VI- Member of Her Majesty’s Loyal Opposition Honourable Melvin M. Turnbull (R2) has spoken out against some of the recently introduced policies relating to labour in the Virgin Islands.
Opposition admits to having no documented plan for tourism reopening
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Although the Virgin Islands Opposition has been loud with criticisms of the Honourable Andrew A. Fahie administration regarding the tourism protocols, calling them onerous, stringent and impractical, Opposition Legislator Hon Melvin M. Turnbull (R2) has admitted that the Opposition does not have a documented plan of its own.
‘I support the people to civil unrest’- Hon Marlon A. Penn
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- In a jaw-dropping response, Leader of the Opposition Honourable Marlon A. Penn (R8) has said he supports civil unrest against the Government of the Virgin Islands over the tourism protocols which he has labelled as impractical.
‘I wish I was making $16K per month’ - Skelton-Cline
BAUGHERS BAY, Tortola, VI – While confirming that his company, Grace Consultants, is in receipt of a $16,000 per month consultancy contract from the Government of the Virgin Islands, commentator Mr Claude O. Skelton-Cline has refuted claims he takes home a $16,000 sum from the Government at the end of the month.
Hon Turnbull accuses Premier of ‘hijacking’ airtime
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Member of Her Majesty’s Loyal Opposition, Honourable Melvin M. Turnbull (R2) has accused Premier and Minister of Finance Honourable Andrew A. Fahie (R1) of hijacking airtime on ZBVI 780AM, forcing the pre-planned Opposition press conference to be pushed back to one hour.
Hon Turnbull chided for trying to put barge owner’s name in ‘mud’
DUFF’S BOTTOM, Tortola, VI- Without presenting any evidence to support his claims, rather only what he heard, Opposition Member and Second District Representative Honourable Melvin M. Turnbull has maintained that the Government of the Virgin Islands was issuing some $17,000 per barge, per day, for three barges to assist in border patrols.
'No time for division or petty politics'- Hon Malone to VI Opposition
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Minister for Health and Social Development, Hon Carvin Malone (AL) in his latest address to the people of the Virgin Islands (VI) Hon Carvin Malone has urged the territory's opposition to bring an end to the petty politics relating to the government's handling of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Hon Turnbull falsely claims Gov’t spending $17K per barge
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Premier and Minister of Finance, Hon Andrew A. Fahie (R1) has shut down Opposition claims that the Virgin Islands Government is paying some $51,000 a day for three barges to boost the Territory's border security in the COVID-19 fight.

