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Are we placing the right ladders on the wrong walls?
Alred C. Frett
When the Beginning appears as Tragic as the End: I am no Jesus, and why I do the things I do without expectations, may be hard to answer, but according to your story, Jesus healed ten lepers and only one bothered to say thanks... I may have been blocked in progress, fired from Government, and taken off Radio Stations for opposing corruption, but that never stopped me from bringing Truth to the Youth, because they are not to blame, and they are our Future.
Are we placing the right ladders on the wrong walls?
Alred C. Frett
When the Beginning appears as Tragic as the End:
I am no Jesus, and why I do the things I do without expectations, may be hard to answer, but according to your story, Jesus healed ten lepers and only one bothered to say thanks... I may have been blocked in progress, fired from Government, and taken off Radio Stations for opposing corruption, but that never stopped me from bringing Truth to the Youth, because they are not to blame, and they are our Future.
‘Work on 50 of the 50 CoI framework recommendations has begun’- Premier
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Virgin Islands Premier and Minister of Finance, Dr the Hon Natalio D. Wheatley (R7) has reported that work on all 50 of the CoI framework recommendations has begun, with the work split into a number of actions for completion by the May 2024 substantive deadline for full implementation.
VI census just 30% complete ahead of June 2024 deadline– Hon Lorna G. Smith
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Deputy Premier and Minister for Financial Services, Trade, and Labour, Hon Lorna G. Smith, OBE (AL) has urged persons in the [British] Virgin Islands to take part in the national census, as the population census is far behind its deadline.
OT Minister wants ‘top priority’ given to outstanding CoI reform actions
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI– UK Minister for Overseas Territory (OT) David H. Rutley has laid down the gauntlet and called for top priority to be given to the outstanding Commission of Inquiry (CoI) reforms to be carried out in the Virgin Islands under the Dr the Hon Natalio D. Wheatley administration.
We will be whatever we allow ourselves to be
Alred C. Frett
Being Called on to Fight for a Lost Cause:
All our lives we were taught to ‘go along in order to get along’... Society conditioned us to be weak-kneed and feeble-minded; always ready to ignore our own needs while sacrificing ourselves for others... Welcome to a New World… Today, we are about to embark on a journey of Facts, but if you are stuck on valuing yourself through the Eyes and Mouths of others, this Message may be too deep for you to fathom.
Carvin Malone crossed floor because Unity Gov’t was ‘afraid’ of Britain- Hon Walwyn
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI– Opposition Member in the Virgin Islands (VI) House of Assembly (HoA), Hon Myron V. Walywn (AL), in paying tribute to Mr Carvin Malone, said the late former legislator sacrificed his political career to keep the territory informed when he crossed the floor to join the Opposition after the Government of Unity formed following the release of the Commission of Inquiry (CoI) Report in 2022.
Premier plans to write OT Minister over Gov's request of ‘additional powers’
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Virgin Islands (VI) Premier and Minister of Finance, Dr the Hon Natalio. D. Wheatley (R7) has shared plans to write UK Minister for Overseas Territories (OT), Hon David H. Rutley for support ‘to stay true to democracy’ against the Governor's plan for additional powers the VI.
UK ‘Unlikely’ to lift reserved Order in Council before CoI reforms– Gov Rankin
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Outgoing Governor of the Virgin Islands (VI) H.E. John J. Rankin, CMG said with the Government of Premier Dr the Hon Natalio D. Wheatley (R7) seemingly unable to meet the May 2024 deadline for the CoI reform process, it is unlikely that the UK Order in Council in reserve to suspend the VI’s constitution will be lifted.
‘We can't allow politics to destroy us’- Premier warns HoA for 2024
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - [British] Virgin Islands (VI) Premier and Minister of Finance, Dr the Hon Natalio D. Wheatley (R7) has warned that for the House of Assembly (HoA) to advance the cause of the Virgin Islands, legislators must not allow politics to cause them to fight and make the VI seem more vulnerable than it already is.
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