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We have to correct errors about VI history- Jennie N. Wheatley
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – “Oh dear, oh dear, they are messing up our history. What are we doing about it? We have to do what we have to do; research.”
‘Territory Day is not just a day to have fun’- Janice Brathwaite-Edwards
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – “Territory Day is a day for us to really reflect, where we came from, where we are and where we need to go as a people. That’s what Territory Day is really all about. Introspection, reflection and deciding what next.”
Territory Day not that important- Doug Wheatley
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Hoping that Culture Minister Hon Myron V. Walwyn will not be stubborn but rather embrace his idea, radio talk show host and former civil servant, Doug Wheatley believes there should be a public holiday to celebrate the return of the Legislative Council to the Virgin Islands more than 65 years ago.
VI has nothing to lose @ next ‘Constitution negotiations’ with UK- Hon Fraser
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Noting that the time has passed when he is prepared to accept the status quo as being ‘ok’, Opposition Leader and Chairman of the Virgin Islands Party (VIP) Hon Julian Fraser RA (R3) has stated that the Virgin Islands must state clearly to their leaders what is it they should demand of the United Kingdom at the next round of ‘Constitution negotiations’.
‘I did not go to the House to fight’ – Ralph T. O’Neal OBE
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Former Premier, former Leader of the Opposition, former Representative of the Ninth District and former Chairman of the Virgin Islands Party (VIP) Ralph T. O'Neal OBE was one of four stalwarts of the Virgin Islands honoured yesterday June 29, 2015 for their contribution to the territory at the Territory Day celebrations.
VI heading towards independence- Hon Myron V. Walwyn
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Minister for Education and Culture Honourable Myron V. Walwyn believes that people of the territory must continue to foster national pride among themselves as this will be vital for any eventual move towards independence, which he speaks of as imminent.
Hon Myron V. Walwyn calls for support of Country
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – “…I beg our community and our political leaders that we should not get so tied up with the manifestos that we support that we forget to support the very country we seek to lead,” remarked Minister for Education and Culture Honourable Myron V. Walwyn.
Walwyn repeats call for 'freedom' of expat-born VIslanders
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Education and Culture Minister Hon. Myron V. Walwyn has stuck by his guns in pushing for a change in the laws governing the rights of children born in the Virgin Islands (VI) to expatriate parents.
Youths envision brighter future for Territory
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Two Virgin Islands (VI) youths, Kadeja Roberts and Lawrence Kirton Wheatley, speaking at Territory Day observations held yesterday, July 1, 2013 at the Noel Lloyd Positive Action Movement Park have expressed visions of a brighter future for the VI.
Walwyn proposes citizenship for all VI born children
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Education Minister, Hon. Myron V. Walwyn proposed today, July 1, 2013 that all children born in the Virgin Islands automatically be made citizens of the Territory.
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