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Buy back sold out small islands – Edmund G. Maduro
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Prominent Minister of government Dr The Honourable Kedrick D. Pickering (R7) has constantly come under a hail of allegations of him being the main culprit in selling out islands and lands to his ‘rich white friends’.
E.G. Maduro praises Premier Smith for public consultations on Governor’s power
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – A usual critic of the National Democratic Party (NDP) Government led by Premier and Minister of Finance Dr The Honourable D. Orlando Smith, talk show host Edmund G. Maduro recently had commendations for the Premier.
Elected Gov’t leaders have other full time jobs – Edmund G. Maduro
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – “I am warning you my people, please stand up for your rights, my people,” so admonished prominent talk show host Edmund G. Maduro on his most recent talk show as he blasted elected Government ministers for not giving of their all to the service of the people who elected them.
Local businesses being undermined under NDP Gov’t- E.G. Maduro
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - “It is unbelievable that our government has allowed several companies from St Martin [and other countries] to come in to undermine our locals who are in the same business,” claimed talk show host Mr Edmund G. Maduro on his EGM Show on October 20, 2016 on ZROD 103.7 FM.
‘Ungrateful’: E.G. Maduro laments state of Quakers' burial site in Long Look
LONG LOOK, Tortola, VI- Reminding that slaves in the Virgin Islands were the first in the Caribbean to be freed and given property due to the kindheartedness of Quakers, talk show host Edmund G. Maduro suggested that it was ungrateful for descendants of those freed slaves to have the Quakers' burial site in Long Look overgrowing with bushes.
Governor Duncan should be whistle-blower for the people – E.G. Maduro
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Local talk show host and retired civil servant Edmund G. Maduro believes Governor of the Virgin Islands His Excellency John S. Duncan OBE is being hypocritical with his announcement that he wishes to see a Whistle-blower Act in the Virgin Islands.
‘Sue, don’t muzzle the media’ – Edmund G. Maduro
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – “If you find the media libelous [then] sue them, that’s law. The governor and the government should not be trying to muzzle the media. That is balls. Focus on the real matters, they have bigger fishes to fry,” said retired civil servant and talk show host Edmund G. Maduro.
E.G. Maduro slams Hon Walwyn for talk on banning USVI entertainers
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Edmund G. Maduro has challenged Minister for Education and Culture Honourable Myron V. Walwyn to dismiss the thought of placing a ban on United States Virgin Islands (USVI) entertainers, saying the back-lash of a ban can be more than he can ever fathom.
Another radio talk show host condemns Hon Walwyn’s actions
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Radio talk show host Edmund G. Maduro is the latest person to publically condemn the way in which Culture Minister Hon Myron V. Walwyn treated Leader of the Opposition Hon Julian Fraser RA (R3) on the opening night of Virgin Islands Festival 2016.
E.G. Maduro blasts hypocrisy in Gov’t over hiring of UK nationals
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- One talk show host has blasted what he refers to as “hypocrisy within the Government” following conflicting statements made by Premier Dr The Hon D. Orlando Smith and Minister for Communications and Works Hon Mark H. Vanterpool (R4), regarding citizens of the United Kingdom taking up high ranking positions in the Virgin Islands.