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Columnists, talk show hosts ignored by Gov’t – Wheatley
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Talk show host Douglas Wheatley has complained that commentators and columnists are being ignored by government to the detriment of the people of the Territory.
An Independence model for the Virgin Islands
By Dickson Igwe
This narrative is part of a series of articles on the political pulse of the Virgin Islands as midterm approaches. The following story looks at an independence model for the Virgin Islands. It starts by assessing why the ‘independence forum’ must not be silenced.
Has the Premier flip-flopped on his ‘robust’ economy claim?
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- After two postponements and his Director of Communications Arliene T. Penn claiming that the speech was delayed by many weeks because of overseas duties, Premier of the Virgin Islands Dr. the Honourable D. Orlando Smith finally addressed the public on the poor state of the economy this evening July 5, 2013.
Walwyn’s citizenship call a polarizing issue – Sowande Uhuru
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Talk show host Natalio Wheatley aka Sowande Uhuru expressed that while he felt the call by Education Minister Hon. Myron V. Walwyn was polarizing, the Minister was being honest and was truly representing how he felt at the time.
Our economy is in free fall yet the Premier is silent-Hon. Fraser
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Firing back at statements made in the last House of Assembly sitting where the Premier of the Virgin Islands and Minister of Finance Dr. the Honourable D. Orlando Smith claimed that the economy is “robust”, Third District Representative and Opposition Member Hon. Julian Fraser RA, today 2, July 2013 released a comprehensive statement on the state of the economy.
Political appointments create distorted image of VIslanders – Wheatley
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – A local activist has struck out at the allegations that locals are thrust into positions in the workplace where they are unsuitable or deemed incompetent stating that they sometimes work in areas outside of their expertise because of politics.
Consider a black governor for the VI – Resident
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – One resident has concluded that the position of Governor in the Virgin Islands either has to be seen as having a stigma attached or possessing some element of racism.
Should the VI revise its ‘General Orders’ once more?
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – “I think, unfortunately, it’s very difficult to get some of the changes that we want in society outside of government and outside of politics because the politicians wield so much power right now,” Natalio Wheatley aka Sowande Uhuru said in a recent interview with Virgin Islands News Online.
‘I have not been hired by the NDP; Information is a lie!’-Dr. Scatliffe
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The National Democratic Party (NDP) spin machine is in full force over an article done by this news site.
UPDATE: Hon. O’Neal fires back at Premier over wife’s contract!
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- One day after Virgin Islands News Online published an article from an exclusive interview with Leader of the Opposition Honourable Ralph T. O’Neal OBE, where he gave his views on giving his wife a government contract, it has caught the attention of Premier and Minister of Finance Dr. the Honourable D. Orlando Smith.
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