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VI’s ‘Rasta Law’ served useful purpose – Doug Wheatley
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Commentator Douglas Wheatley expressed that the ‘Rasta Law’ that was repealed in 2003 served a useful purpose during its implementation and was successful in preventing certain problems.
‘We are too addicted to money’ – Doug Wheatley
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Host of the 3D Show Doug Wheatley has suggested that members of the Virgin Islands (VI) community are too addicted to money.
Doug Wheatley laments absence of local airline sector
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Host of the Speak Out BVI radio programme, Mr Douglas Wheatley has expressed that it is with sadness that he looks back to see that the Virgin Islands did not have the foresight to do what was required to keep local airlines going in the past.
‘We want no part of that homosexual affairs’ – caller to Speak Out BVI
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – There was no love fest on the Speak Out BVI show last evening, February 26, 2013 as one caller sought to warn Ministers of Government that there were still VIslanders that possessed a spirit of rebelliousness when it came to speaking for their rights.
3D Show against extended terms for Govt
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Should elected governments in the Virgin Islands have more than one consecutive term in office or an added number of years to the four years that they have currently under the constitution? Not so says Natalio Wheatley aka Sowande Uhuru.
We dropped the ball on healthcare – Doug Wheatley
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Host of the Speak Out BVI radio programme, Mr Douglas Wheatley believes that “we dropped the ball” with regard to the healthcare situation in the Virgin Islands.
Speak Out BVI: Caller accuses Govt. of lack of accountability
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – One caller on the Speak Out BVI radio show aired last evening, January 22, 2013 raised the question of accountability regarding the Territory’s politicians while accusing them of taking the people’s money.
Government should consider Tax Amnesty – Doug Wheatley
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – While most persons in the Territory might be deliberating the prospects of a recently proposed ‘firearm amnesty’ by the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF), one commentator has already turned his thoughts to the introduction of a tax amnesty.
History did not begin on a slave ship or plantation- Dr. Lettsome
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – World renowned writer, Historian and former educator Dr. Quincy F. V. Lettsome, Ph.D. believes that all persons should trace their history back to Africa since it was scientifically recognised as the mother of civilisation.
Look seriously at At-Large system – Doug Wheatley
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Talk show host Doug Wheatley believes the Virgin Islands (VI) should take a harder look at the current At-Large system in place.