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Dean B. Fahie & Dr. Arlene L. Smith-Thompson are VIP candidates for D3 & D8

-Virgin Islands Party Congress to meet on Saturday Sept. 29, 2018
September 27th, 2018 | Tags:
Former Acting Permanent Secretary Arlene L. Smith-Thomas & Former Deputy Comptroller of Customs and Businessman Dean B. Fahie. Photo: Team of Reporters
Logo of Virgin Islands Party (VIP). Photo: VINO/File
Logo of Virgin Islands Party (VIP). Photo: VINO/File
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI: Word reaching our newsroom from senior Virgin Islands Party (VIP) Officials is that they now have two additional candidates, one for District three and the other for District eight.

Former Deputy Comptroller of Customs and businessman Dean B. Fahie will be the district eight candidate for the VIP and is expected to be confirmed by the VIP 76 Member Congress when they meet this Saturday September 29, 2018.

Mr. Fahie holds a Bachelor's Degree in Human Relations and will come up against incumbent Honourable Marlon A. Penn (R8) who is the Junior Minister for Trade and Consumer Affairs.

All district will have VIP

In the third district, former Acting Permanent Secretary Arlene L. Smith-Thompson will take on Hon Julian Fraser RA the former VIP standard bearer who now has his own political party called Progressives United.  Mrs. Smith-Thompson holds a Doctoral Degree in education and is a retired civil servant and businesswomen. 

It means that the VIP has one district slot left to fill and that is District two.  The incumbent National Democratic Party (NDP) member is Honourable Melvin M. Turnbull (R2).

Who is in?

Thus far, the VIP candidates are: Hon Andrew A. Fahie who is the VIP Chairman and will contest District one, Director of Culture, Mrs. Luce Hodge-Smith for the 4th District; Commissioner for the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV), Mr. Kye M. Rymer - 5th District; - Former member of the Public Service Commission (PSC), Acting Permanent Secretary and businessman  Mr. John Samuel - 6th District; and H. Lavity Stoutt Community College’s lecturer, Dr.  Natalio D. Wheatley aka ‘Sowande Uhuru’ for the 7th district and  Mr. Vincent O. Wheatley, for district nine, a former Sister Islands Programme Coordinator.

The next meeting of Congress will be to address the four At-large candidates according to the same source.

23 Responses to “Dean B. Fahie & Dr. Arlene L. Smith-Thompson are VIP candidates for D3 & D8”

  • voter (27/09/2018, 18:16) Like (42) Dislike (3) Reply
    Now the thing start
  • voter (27/09/2018, 18:52) Like (55) Dislike (47) Reply
    Both could win yall
  • wowww (27/09/2018, 19:10) Like (151) Dislike (36) Reply
    Thumbs up if you like these candidates

    Thumbs down if you don’t like these candidates
  • 8 (27/09/2018, 22:21) Like (30) Dislike (42) Reply
    I think Byron will do a good job in the 8th! Hon.Penn is a nice guy and means well but I haven’t seen anything he have done in the two terms elected... other than the cleaning up of trellis bay. Which is a lot more appealing to the eyes. I think it’s time for a change and Dean seems like a very strong condidate. This will be very interesting. Who will prevail..............
    • Are you serious! (28/09/2018, 06:52) Like (39) Dislike (24) Reply
      How did you fix your mouth to say he haven’t done anything. Youre obviously not from district 8
      - Do you remember what Georgie Gill looked like prior to Hon. Penn taking office
      - Sewage constantly running on the streets in Greenland
      - The fisherman’s dock at Red Bay
      - Greenland Field
      - What the grounds where the Football Stadium looked like before the new field
      - The Flooding in Both parhamtown and Greenland are both things of the past because of new infrastructure.

      Use another argument not that he hasn’t done anything. Please try another argument. You people obviously have short memories.
      • Foolishness (28/09/2018, 09:29) Like (28) Dislike (20) Reply
        That person who said M. Penn did nothing is not from the 8th. Try a new tactic indeed
  • 8th district (28/09/2018, 09:01) Like (52) Dislike (46) Reply
    Marlon all the way. Dean need to go and sit down. Marlon is for the people of the 8th
  • jokers (28/09/2018, 09:18) Like (12) Dislike (17) Reply
    Marlon still wants the demolition GOVERMENT NDP WAKE UP PEOPLE NO WATER SAYING NDP DONT DRINK IT
  • hey (28/09/2018, 09:20) Like (27) Dislike (35) Reply
    WHEN NDP WAS F----IN UP THE COUNTRY WHAT MARLON WAS SAYING AND STILL SAYING?SUNSHINE GOVERMENT?
  • what (28/09/2018, 09:28) Like (51) Dislike (9) Reply
    Thumbs up if you want Dean Fahie for district 8

    Thumbs down if you want Marlon for district 8 again
  • ScB voter (28/09/2018, 09:31) Like (41) Dislike (95) Reply
    A vote for Smurf is a vote for the tall lady!!! Dean come good & dont mind the noise they're having the runs. Arlene is a fresh breath the 3rd desperately desires! She is n excellent choice.
  • ScB voter (28/09/2018, 09:31) Like (29) Dislike (36) Reply
    A vote for Smurf is a vote for the tall lady!!! Dean come good & dont mind the noise they're having the runs. Arlene is a fresh breath the 3rd desperately desires! She is n excellent choice.
  • ScB voter (28/09/2018, 09:31) Like (23) Dislike (3) Reply
    A vote for Smurf is a vote for the tall lady!!! Dean come good & dont mind the noise they're having the runs. Arlene is a fresh breath the 3rd desperately desires! She is n excellent choice.
  • voter (28/09/2018, 10:21) Like (27) Dislike (51) Reply
    We don't want the tall Antigua lady to be premier so my vote going to Dean and frazer
  • wize up (28/09/2018, 15:05) Like (4) Dislike (26) Reply
    the political plot thickens: can’t beat Fraser!! and Penn might put up a good fight.....please vote for folks that will put the people first(not because we do not have big money like to the rich investors...this place is our inheritance & our home).....we want back our future
  • @voter (28/09/2018, 16:39) Like (7) Dislike (6) Reply
    The BVI sadly is the probably the most discriminative Island in the whole region. ( Territory for those of you foolish enough to be offended being called an Island although that is what we are). We are allowed to call people any and everything the media houses allow us to. We have not learnt our lesson from the passage of the hurricanes which exposed our vulnerability and taught us that in a twinkle of an eye we could be like any other Island. We are now back on our feet to some extent and we continue with our old ways, snubbing our noses at people who we deem to be inferior to us based on where they were born. What will it take change us another storm or an earthquake? Do we still believe we are so blessed that nothing could touch us? The "tall lady" was born here. At sometime our fore fathers and mothers came here too. Let us remember that the Amerindian were here long before us.
  • musa (28/09/2018, 17:34) Like (2) Dislike (37) Reply
    VIP just mess up that lady is a waste of time big time
  • Clearly (28/09/2018, 18:12) Like (35) Dislike (24) Reply
    The VIP has brought forward some really Good, caring & intelligent persons who loves GOD & the BVI. The VIP is the party for the people.
  • tretretrete (28/09/2018, 19:47) Like (44) Dislike (3) Reply
    Thumbs up if you voting VIP

    Thumbs down if you voting ndp
  • ?? (30/09/2018, 10:17) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
    Who for the second?
  • ScB voter (30/09/2018, 21:25) Like (6) Dislike (4) Reply
    Fraser all the way


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