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Local Politics

December 27th, 2018
3 Opposition Leaders in 3 years for HoA

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - The Third House of Assembly (HoA) of the Virgin Islands (VI) was a historic one. It was the first time in local political history that there were three different Opposition Leaders in the life of one Assembly.

December 27th, 2018
‘Mitch’ promises change under PVIM come 2019

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Former National Democratic Party (NDP) Chaplain, Honourable Melvin M. Turnbull (R2), aka ‘Mitch,’ is promising change for 2019 as he campaigns under the new Progressive Virgin Islands Movement (PVIM).

December 26th, 2018
Walwyn says he was authorised to have ESHS Wall Report

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Minister for Education and Culture, Myron V. Walwyn (AL), in an interview with Jahphix Television (JTV) Journalist, Ms Cathy O. Richards, says that based on the Audit Act, he would have been authorised to have a copy of Auditor General (AG), Ms Sonia M. Webster’s Elmore Stoutt High School (ESHS) Wall Report.

December 25th, 2018
Holiday message from Premier of the Virgin Islands

Statement from Dr The Honourable D. Orlando Smith (AL)

Ladies and Gentlemen, Boys and Girls, joyous greetings to each of you during this holiday season.

December 25th, 2018
PHOTO of Day: Christmas joy shared at Peebles Hospital

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI: It is a tradition some fifty years old where Members of Peebles Hospital Staff, the Board of Directors of the BVI Health Services Authority (BVIHSA) and the political class meet on each year on Christmas day at the hospital.

December 24th, 2018
“I don’t think I am being investigated” – Hon Walwyn on Wall Report @ RVIPF

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Embattled Co-Leader of Government, Hon Myron V. Walwyn (AL) is speaking out yet again against Virgin Islands (VI) Governor, Mr Augustus J. U. Jaspert and his statement where he said he forwarded the Auditor General’s (AG), Ms Sonia M. Webster’s Elmore Stoutt High School (ESHS) Wall Report to the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF).

December 24th, 2018
Election 2019: When will HoA be dissolved?

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Political pundits and social commentators are speculating, as to when the Virgin Islands’ House of Assembly (HoA) will be dissolved, paving the way for new General Elections that must happen before April 16, 2019.

December 24th, 2018
Guard against divisive, vexing politics - Skelton-Cline

BAUGHER'S BAY, Tortola, VI – Social commentator and ZBVI 780am radio host, Mr Claude O. Skelton-Cline during his ‘Honestly Speaking’ show on December 18, 2018, is urging the people of the Virgin Islands (VI) to guard against what he calls, the ‘vexing politics of the day’ especially during the holiday season.

December 22nd, 2018
Veiled Transparency: RDA operates like NDP Gov’t – Skelton-Cline

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Social commentator and man of the cloth, Mr Claude O. Skelton-Cline is continuing his tirade against the Recovery and Development Agency (RDA) over the way it functions within the Virgin Islands (VI).

December 22nd, 2018
“This role is not about power” - Hon Skelton as new Opposition Leader

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – In a predicted move, Governor of the Virgin Islands (VI) His Excellency, Augustus J. U. Jaspert yesterday, December 21, 2018, officially announced that Hon Ronnie W. Skelton (AL) would be the new Leader of the Opposition.

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