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January 25th, 2019
'Badmindedness’ from NDP1 against D2 - Skelton-Cline

CANE GARDEN BAY, Tortola, VI: It was another Virgin Islands Party (VIP) launch this time it was for Carnel D. Clyne who will take on the Progressive Virgin Islands Movement aka ‘NDP 2’ Hon Melvin M. Turnbull (R2).

January 25th, 2019
NDP Gov't neglected people & social issues – R. Dancia Penn-Sallah

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Former Deputy Premier of the Virgin Islands, R. Dancia Penn-Sallah QC OBE, says that over the last eight years, the sitting government—the National Democratic Party (NDP 1) led by Premier and Minister of Finance, Dr The Hon. D. Orlando Smith (AL)—has largely ignored the cries of the people, instead, putting all its focus on the Financial sector.

January 24th, 2019
RAA will not have candidates for the 2019 Elections

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Word reaching our news centre from persons close to the newly formed Reform Action Alliance (RAA), is that they will not have any candidates in the 2019 General Elections.

January 24th, 2019
Penn-Sallah announces Independent At-Large Candidacy

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – R. Dancia Penn-Sallah QC OBE, a former Deputy Premier of the Virgin Islands (VI), today, January 24, 2019, announce her Independent At-Large Candidacy to contest the 2019 General Election of the VI to be held on February 25, 2019.

January 23rd, 2019
General Election scheduled for Feb 25, 2019; HoA dissolves

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Just as was first and accurately reported by Virgin Islands News Online (VINO) today, Premier and Minister of Finance, Dr The Honourable D. Orlando Smith (AL) have moments ago advised that the Virgin Islands (VI) House of Assembly (HoA) will be dissolved.

January 22nd, 2019
VIP Candidates pledge to not take allowance; will instead invest in people

Editor’s note: We have since received a call from Mr Vincent O. Wheatley who said he misspoke and was referring to the district allocation and not allowance.

VALLEY, Virgin Gorda, VI – Candidates of the Virgin Islands Party (VIP) have all agreed to take their government allowances to put towards empowering the people of the Territory, through training and other means, in order for them to be equipped to take on the jobs of the future.

January 22nd, 2019
‘I never saw myself running for election’ - Hon Maduro-Caines

BAUGHERS BAY, Tortola, VI - Six District Representative of the National Democratic Party (NDP 1), Hon Alvera Maduro-Caines revealed that she never envisioned herself running for elections even as she is seeking re-election in District Six under the NDP’s 2019 slate.

January 22nd, 2019
Walywn sees opportunity with Economic Substance Requirement

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Chairman of the National Democratic Party (NDP) Honourable Myron V. Walwyn (AL), believes there are positive spin offs for the growth of the Territory of the Virgin Islands (VI) in the long term, to be had from the European Union (EU) mandated, ‘Economic Substance Requirement.’

January 22nd, 2019
PVIM promises annual bonus, increased tax threshold

CANE GARDEN BAY, Tortola, VI – Under a Progressive Virgin Islands Movement (PVIM) Government, productive public servants will be guaranteed, permanently, an annual bonus, in addition to an increased tax-free threshold, for all workers, up to $15,000.

January 21st, 2019
'We don't have to manufacture votes to win' – Hon Fahie

HUNTUMS GHUT, Tortola, VI – Chairman of the Virgin Islands Party (VIP), Hon Andrew A. Fahie has intensified the 2019 elections battled when he suggests that some parties contesting the upcoming 2019 General Elections in the Virgin Islands (VI) may have to manufacture votes to win.

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