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Should the VI revise its ‘General Orders’ once more?
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – “I think, unfortunately, it’s very difficult to get some of the changes that we want in society outside of government and outside of politics because the politicians wield so much power right now,” Natalio Wheatley aka Sowande Uhuru said in a recent interview with Virgin Islands News Online.
VI should not aspire to be a colony– Sowande Uhuru
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Talk show host and commentator, Natalio Wheatley aka Sowande Uhuru has argued that what the Virgin Islands (VI) currently has as a Territory does not represent full democracy and felt that none of the VI’s economic prosperity is directly tied to the UK. He also said VIslanders should not aspire for colonialism.
Gov'ts also to blame for VI price increases - Commentators
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Commentators, Natalio Wheatley aka Sowande Uhuru and Cromwell Smith aka Edju En Ka, are of the belief that governments over the years have been a major contributing factor to the increase in prices in the Territory.
VI sat on its hands during recession – Commentator
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Commentator and host of the Umoja Show, Cromwell Smith aka Edju En Ka believes that the Virgin Islands (VI) sat on its hands during the recession period and failed to prepare for the future, especially with regard to the tourism sector.
Music Fest funds from gov’t should have gone to schools – Sowande Uhuru
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Commentator and social activist Natalio D. Wheatley aka Sowande Uhuru believes government should have diverted funds spent on this year’s BVI Music Fest towards more pressing problems such as the mould issues affecting several of the Territory’s schools.
Plight of young men in VI of concern – Sowande Uhuru
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – After offering his condolences on the recent passing of murder victim, Melbourne Francis, social commentator Natalio Wheatley aka Sowande Uhuru suggested something needed to be done in the Territory to avoid similar incidents, especially with young men.
VI urged to wake up & face issues of 'colonial status'
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI -While the importance of the issues being addressed at the level of the House of Assembly, the issues surrounding the recent leaks within the financial services sector and the new face it has put on the Virgin Islands, the state of health care services and the others in the bundle, it is also the expressed opinion that time should be exhorted in addressing other issues including that of the country’s status as a UK Overseas Territory.
HLSCC lecture provokes debate on Independence
PARAQUITA BAY, Tortola, VI - “Most people would have come to hear a lecture about the Virgin Islands and independence but the professor took a broader context and spoke about international law and colonialism, speaking a lot about the treaty of Westphalia that I guessed the colonialists used as a basis of colonising the rest of the world and professor Hilaire obviously does not support the institution of colonialism,” stated Natalio Wheatley aka Sowande Uhuru.
NDP are hypocrites & dangerous over media criticisms!
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Since the Dr. the Honourable D. Orlando Smith-led National Democratic Party Government (NDP) took office in 2011 they have spent much time in the House of Assembly not working on solving the crime issues, improving education, completing the long awaited hospital in Road Town, along with the promised one for Virgin Gorda, or doing much about unemployment in the Virgin Islands (VI).
Natalio Wheatley says marijuana laws need 'reflection'
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – With the recent incarceration of VG Calypso Monarch Joycelyn Searles aka Sistah Joyce for failing to pay a marijuana possession fine, talk show host and commentator Natalio Wheatley aka Sowande Uhuru is all the more convinced that the Territory needs to take an even more introspective look at legislation governing the use of cannabis sativa (marijuana).
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