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'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).
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
‘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.
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.’
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.
'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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