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March 8th, 2023
Governor ‘disingenuous’ for saying elections was possible in 2022- Damian Percival

FAT HOGS BAY, Tortola, VI– Tola Radio 100.5 co-host Damian Percival has declared that the people of the Virgin Islands (VI) are now tired of the back and forth between the Government of National Unity and the UK-appointed governor John J. Rankin, CMG, while accusing the Governor of being disingenuous in his relations with the VI government.

March 7th, 2023
Auditor General hits back! Says ‘conclusions drawn are sound’

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Amidst criticisms that her recent report on the contracts to EZ Shipping for marine platforms to provide border security during the COVID-19 pandemic is biased and ‘lacking balance’, Auditor General Sonia M. Webster has hit back.

March 7th, 2023
‘We surrounded by water & for days you can’t find fish to eat’- Bishop Cline

DUFF'S BOTTOM, Tortola, VI- Prominent clergyman Bishop John I. Cline says as the Virgin Islands (VI) develops, he wants to see the local economy take full advantage of resources at the disposal of the people, including in the marine sector.

March 7th, 2023
Police Bill in current form ‘should have never reached HoA’- Lorna G. Smith

BAUGHERS BAY, Tortola, VI- At Large candidate Lorna G. Smith OBE has said she is surprised that the controversial Police Bill, which has since been withdrawn, made it as far as the House of Assembly (HoA).

March 7th, 2023
'Give me an opportunity to help give back' to VI- Ingrid A. Moses-Scatliffle

FISH BAY, Tortola, VI– Just as first and accurately reported by our news centre on March 6, 2023, the Progressive Virgin Islands Movement (PVIM) has launched eight (8) candidates for the 2023 General Election of the Virgin Islands. We were the first to announce that the candidates would be Mr Ronnie W. Skelton, Ingrid A. Moses, Shaina M. Smith-Archer, Stacy Mather, Sylvia C. Moses, Hon Melvin M. Turnbull (R2), Paul A. Hewlett, and Hon Shereen D. Flax-Charles (AL).

March 7th, 2023
'We have become more unfriendly & unloving to each other'-Lesmore Smith

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Former Progressive Virgin Islands Movement (PVIM) At-Large candidate Lesmore Smith has urged that the core values and principles of late Chief Minister Hamilton Lavity Stoutt be upheld by the [British] Virgin Islands (VI).

March 6th, 2023
PVIM to launch 8 candidates for 2023 General Election!

FISH BAY, Tortola, VI- The breakaway group that left the National Democratic Party (NDP) and formed its own group in 2018, Progressive Virgin Islands Movement (PVIM), is expected to launch eight (8) candidates this evening, Monday, March 6, 2023.

March 6th, 2023
'We have a duty' to ensure H.L. Stoutt’s vision lives on- Premier Wheatley

ZION HILL, Tortola, VI- As the Virgin Islands celebrate the birth anniversary of its first Chief Minister and ‘Father of the Nation’ H. Lavity Stoutt, it is being reminded to carry on his vision for nation-building.

March 6th, 2023
Gutter politics? Electrical box tampered with on eve of Hon Maduro-Caines basketball event

BAUGHERS BAY, Tortola, VI- Less than 24 hours before the start of a basketball tournament hosted by the Committee to Re-elect Sixth District Representative Hon Alvera Maduro-Caines, the electrical wires in the panel box at the basketball court on the Millicent Mercer Grounds in Baughers Bay were reportedly cut.

March 6th, 2023
‘You cannot take a 3-term incumbent lightly’- Walwyn

WICKHAM’S CAY II, Tortola, VI- After being rejected as an At Large candidate in the 2019 General Election, National Democratic Party (NDP) Member and former Minister for Education Mr Myron V. Walwyn is now trying to get back into the House of Assembly (HoA) via a district seat.

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