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Local Politics
No Christmas Bush cutting for 2015
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- A tradition, which was started by the now Opposition Virgin Islands Party (VIP) whereby around certain times of each year, particularly during the August and Christmas seasons, young people from each district were given temporary work via purchase orders to help clear up their areas by cutting bush, will not happen for Christmas 2015.
Jr Ministers Marlon A. Penn & Archibald C. Christian sworn in; media snubbed!
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- In a low profile affair today December 16, 2015, Hon Marlon A. Penn (R8) and Territorial Representative Hon Archibald C. Christian were sworn in as Junior Ministers, appointments that were first and accurately reported by Virgin Islands News Online.
‘VIP not dead!’ – Julian Willock
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Chairman of Advance Marketing and Professional Services Mr Julian Willock said he is not about to “read the eulogy” on the Virgin Islands Party (VIP) of which he is a member and said the upcoming months will tell the fate of the party.
Alfred ‘Al’ Henley 'to run things' @ Ports until decision on Claude O. Skelton-Cline contract!
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - In the continued BVI Ports Authority (BVIPA) drama, our news room was once again flooded with calls from staff at the BVIPA and even some Board members about the ongoing issues at the Ports.
When politicians radicalise the world & saying yes to NHI
Alred C. Frett
As we continue to settle for Injustice:
Everyone is crying out for Peace but no one is crying out for Justice… As Nations wage more Wars, kill more People and waste more lives and opportunities, Leaders meet in search of solutions they dutifully ignore as they create Problems they could easily avoid… Through it all, they remain so fixated on blaming others that they see the wisdom of introspection as a sign of weakness.
‘Am not one to bash but I will speak out on issues’- Hon Melvin ‘Mitch’ Turnbull
CANE GARDEN, BAY, Tortola, VI- Making it clear that he is not one to bash any person or department, Second District Representative Hon Melvin ‘Mitch’ Turnbull said he will speak out on issues affecting his constituents so they know he is aware and make steps to have those addressed amicably.
Did Premier Smith sell us out @ recent UK Meeting?
LONDON, United Kingdom- In a statement in the House of Assembly on Thursday, February 12, 2015 Premier and Minister of Finance Dr The Honourable D. Orlando Smith told the people of the Virgin Islands that key stakeholders within the territory’s financial and social services sectors did not support the Virgin Islands establishing a Beneficial Ownership central register, preferring the current regime which has been shown to work.
UK to impose a Financial Advisor in Anguilla; is the VI next?
THE VALLEY, Anguilla, WI - Even with a new Government elected this year 2015, Anguilla and the United Kingdom (UK) its colonial master continue to battle over power, race, and policies.
Premier Smith boasts of election victory @ just concluded OECS Meeting!
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - The recent Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) Heads Of government meeting held in the Commonwealth of Dominica from November 18 to 19, 2015 saw the attendance of the Virgin Islands’ Premier and Minister for Regional Affairs Dr. the Honourable D. Orlando Smith.
Employment dipped in 2012 & 2013 in VI; Were we misled?
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- In 2011 the National Democratic Party of Premier and Minister of Finance Dr The Honourable D. Orlando Smith was elected to office and in the two years that followed, 2012 and 2013, Premier Smith was talking up the Virgin Islands (VI) economy and claiming that it was “robust.” The statistics, however, proves that he was misleading the public.
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