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May 20th, 2015
Some voters disenfranchised due to early elections call- Elections Supervisor

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The early elections date called by Premier Dr The Honourable D. Orlando Smith has not only caught many persons aspiring to run for political office off guard but has even disenfranchised some persons eligible to vote. Added to that, the Elections Office was also affected by the sudden announcement as it was unable to complete the processing of voter’s identification cards.

May 20th, 2015
Hon Fraser gets his wish! Election observers coming!

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Following vocal calls from Chairman of the Virgin Islands Party (VIP) and Representative for the Third District Honourable Julian Fraser RA for international observers to be present for the June 8, 2015 elections, Governor of the Virgin Islands, His Excellency John S. Duncan has announced that an observer team will be coming.

May 20th, 2015
‘It's not about the white envelope’ - McLloyd O. Walters

EAST END, Tortola, VI – Virgin Islands Party (VIP) candidate for the Eighth District, Mr McLloyd O. Walters has told supporters he is a person who is committed to results as he spoke for the first fifteen minutes of his address, not looking down at a prepared speech as he said he was speaking from the heart.

May 20th, 2015
Virgin Islands Party calls for election observers

EAST END, Tortola, VI – Chairman of the Virgin Islands Party Honourable Julian Fraser, RA (R3) has made a call for the presence of election observers at the June 8, 2015 polls and has also challenged the Commissioner of Police David Morris to have unbiased police officers at polling stations throughout the territory.

May 20th, 2015
‘I don’t tell lies’ – Hon Julian Fraser RA

HUNTUMS GHUT, Tortola, VI – Chairman of the Virgin Islands Party (VIP) Honourable Julian Fraser RA (R3) said that with him, what you see is what you get and that he doesn't tell lies.

May 19th, 2015
‘Real democracy includes women equality’- Charmaine Rosan-Bunbury

VALLEY Virgin Gorda, VI – The composition of the Virgin Islands Party (VIP) slate, which includes six (6) women, is a demonstration of the party’s recognition of the importance of the role of women in leadership and the need for some semblance of gender balance in the highest level of governance in the Virgin Islands (VI).

May 19th, 2015
Hon Ralph T. O’Neal OBE defends Hon Julian Fraser RA

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Honourable Ralph T. O’Neal OBE, the outgoing District Nine Representative has come to the defence of Chairman of the Virgin Islands Party (VIP) and Premier in waiting Honourable Julian Fraser RA (R3) in the wake of mounting attacks on him by the National Democratic Party campaign trail.

May 19th, 2015
Albert O. Wheatley proposes 15-member HoA

THE SETTLEMENT, Anegada, VI - At his meeting on Sunday May 17, 2015 at the Emile E. Dunlop Community Centre in Anegada, one of the Independent candidates for the Ninth District, Mr Albert O. Wheatley, laid out his proposal for the island while being careful to note that, “Anegada must be developed by Anegadians for Anegadians”.

May 19th, 2015
‘NDP plans to cut civil service after elections’ – Hon Julian Fraser, RA

LONG LOOK, Tortola, VI – “To the civil service of this territory, all the people, the engine that keeps this machine running….word on the street is that your Premier (Dr The Honourable D. Orlando Smith) has entered into an agreement with the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO), which is the British Government, to cut the service,” so declared aspiring Premier on the Virgin Islands Party (VIP) slate Honourable Julian Fraser, RA.

May 19th, 2015
Carrot Bay Fisherman’s Dock contract signed- Shaina M. Smith

CARROT BAY, Tortola, VI – National Democratic Party (NDP) candidate for the First District Shaina M. Smith said a contract has been signed for the completion of the Fisherman’s Dock in Carrot Bay so that fishermen in the area would be able to ply their trade in a more convenient way now that facilities will be constructed.

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