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November 16th, 2015
Controversial entertainment site names Premier Smith “Mumu of the day!”

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The newly established entertainment online site Krazy Hype.com, owned and operated by locals including the controversial and outspoken hospital worker Ramoamasagana ‘Masa’ Pemberton, labeled the Virgin Islands’ Head of Government Premier Dr The Honourable D. Orlando Smith as being the “Mumu of the day” in its online article last month, October 2015.

November 15th, 2015
Ministry of Education & Culture admits no money there!- 2013 Annual Report

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The Ministry of Education and Culture, the Ministry headed by the controversial Hon Myron V. Walwyn, has claimed it could not execute many of its programmes in 2013 because it “encountered financial constraints.”

November 10th, 2015
Could high rise in diabetes cases in VI bankrupt NHI?

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Although there are no statistics available that give a true picture of the amount of people afflicted by diabetes in the Virgin Islands, President of the BVI Diabetes Association Mr Elton Georges CMG, OBE believes, based on the information at hand, that the numbers could be very high and growing, which could adversely affect the economy and the National Health Insurance (NHI) set to come on stream on January 1, 2016.

October 30th, 2015
The tape does not lie! Premier Smith did say $90M in bank!

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Premier and Minister of Finance Dr The Honourable D. Orlando Smith shockingly stated recently that he could not recall saying anything during the last elections campaign about his National Democratic Party government having some $90M in the bank.

October 25th, 2015
USVI Gov Kenneth E. Mapp pledges greater collaboration with VI

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - "Let me state here my personal pledge, the pledge of the Government of the Virgin Islands to continue to work with you and your government on issues of mutual interests, on trade, on friendship and on the great people that make up the Greater Virgin Islands," stated Governor of the United States Virgin Islands (USVI), His Excellency Kenneth E. Mapp.

October 10th, 2015
‘I don’t support notion that VI is a notorious tax haven’ – Premier Smith

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Premier Dr The Honourable D. Orlando Smith has slapped down latest suggestions that the Virgin Islands shares a place along with Bermuda and the Cayman islands as the top three ‘notorious’ tax havens in the world.

October 9th, 2015
UPDATE: 'Scheduling conflicts' blamed for snubbing of NHI petitioners

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Premier Dr the Honourable D. Orlando Smith has denied snubbing the group of concerned citizens and residents with whom he was to have met today Friday October 9, 2015 to receive a petition with hundreds of signatures seeking to send the National Health Insurance (NHI) back to the drawing board.

September 29th, 2015
'Dr Smith must listen to all views on NHI' - Doug Wheatley

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Radio talk show host Doug Wheatley believes that Premier and Minister of Finance Dr The Honourable D. Orlando Smith must listen to all views when it comes to the National Health Insurance (NHI).

September 24th, 2015
UPDATE:– Natalio D. Wheatley urges Premier Smith to show leadership

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Social commentator and talk show regular Natalio D. Wheatley aka Sowande Uhuru is pleased with the statements by Premier Dr The Honourable D. Orlando Smith on the petition to send the National Health Insurance (NHI) back to the drawing board.

September 23rd, 2015
Hon Fraser praises Father Branche for contribution to education in VI

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – The farewell banquet for Father Ronald Branche was held at a time when the territory is paying special attention to literacy, which is key to education, and so when Leader of the Opposition Honourable Julian Fraser, RA (R3) gave his remarks, the important role played by Father Branche in the Virgin Islands education system, was aptly highlighted.

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