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Local Politics
Ministers' show of no-confidence in Premier Smith glaring-Hon. Fahie
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – The Ninth Sitting of the Second Session of the Second House of Assembly (HOA) ended in dramatic fashion yesterday July 9, 2013 after First District Representative and Former Minister for Education and Culture Hon. Andrew A. Fahie rose to question what section of the Standing Orders Minister for Communications and Works Hon. Mark H. Vanterpool was speaking under after seconding the motion for the House to be adjourned.
Premier’s speech was about ‘licking old wounds’- BVICCHA Chairman
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Chairman of the British Virgin Islands Chamber of Commerce and Hotel Association (BVICCHA) Mr Jamal S. Smith has heavily criticised the recent Territory update speech by Premier Dr the Honourable D. Orlando Smith. The BVICCHA Chairman said the speech was very political, licking old wounds and most importantly failed to present any policy designed to bring any re-dress to the damaged economy of the Virgin Islands.
Premier Smith sees success in combating attack on Financial Services
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Premier Dr The Hon. D. Orlando Smith has claimed success in combating negative comments raised about the Financial Services sector in the Territory in the wake of an effective public relations campaign.
Surveillance Bill passed; Hon. Fraser raises objection
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – The 'Authorisation of Surveillance Devices Act, 2013' was finally passed today, July 9, 2013 at the Ninth Sitting of the Second Session of the Second House of Assembly, but this was not without dramatic effect as Third District Representative Hon. Julian Fraser, RA sought to make his objections clear.
UPDATE: HOA resumes today July 9, 2013
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Following a session that was cut short on Friday July 4, 2013 the Ninth Sitting of the Second Session of the Second House of Assembly (HOA) resumes at its chambers in Road Town today, July 9, 2013.
Hon. Fahie slams Premier Smith’s Territory update speech
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Many persons within the Virgin Islands, including politicians, past Ministers of Government and those within the business community, have expressed either distaste, no interest, or high levels of concern about the recent address made by the Premier of the Virgin Islands and Minister of Finance, Dr the Honourable D. Orlando Smith.
Premier’s speech ‘a lot of nothing’ & ‘self serving’- Hon. Fraser
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- In a statement released this morning July 8, 2013 to all media houses in response to the Premier Dr. the Honourable D. Orlando Smith’s Territorial wide address broadcast late Friday evening July 5, 2013, Third District Representative and Opposition member Hon. Julian Fraser RA, labeled the speech as “self-serving.”
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.
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