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October 23rd, 2023
HoA to meet Oct 31; Formation of PAC expected to be on agenda

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The formation of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) is expected to be on the Order Paper when legislators return to the House of Assembly next week.

October 19th, 2023
'We should have chased the CoI out of here'- Hon Julian Fraser RA

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Veteran Legislator Hon Julian Fraser RA (R3) came out swinging at the Special Sitting on Friday, October 13, 2023, in the Fifth House of Assembly (HoA) where a resolution was brought to name 10 national heroes and 'sheroes'.

October 18th, 2023
I was overwhelmed with tears’ on tour of slave trade post in Accra, Ghana- Hon Turnbull

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- It was at the Special Sitting on Friday, October 13, 2023, in the Fifth House of Assembly (HoA) where a resolution was brought to name 10 national heroes and 'sheroes' when Second District Representative Hon Melvin M. Turnbull reflected on his recent trip to Ghana, Africa.

October 15th, 2023
'Go back to 1950s; When our people in power the country blooms’- Hon Skelton

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Leader of the Opposition Hon Ronnie W. Skelton (AL) has given the people of the Territory a history lesson in ‘with our own people we can make progress.’

October 14th, 2023
Hon Fraser to Premier -'dude stop apologizing for fighting for our independence'

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Veteran Legislator and Opposition Member Hon Julian Fraser RA (R3) told Premier and Minister of Finance, Dr the Honourable Natalio D. Wheatley (R7) to “stop apologizing for fighting for our independence.”

October 13th, 2023
Opposition tries to bully HoA on formation of PAC @ Special Sitting for VI's heroes

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI– The Special Sitting of the House of Assembly (HoA) today, October 13, 2023, was intended solely to honour the heroes and foreparents of the [British] Virgin Islands; however, Members of the Virgin Islands (VI) Opposition, namely Opposition Leader Hon Ronnie W. Skelton (AL) and Hon Myron V. Walwyn (R6), attempted to force an amendment of the Order Paper to addresss the issue of the formation of a Public Accounts Committee (PAC) for the house.

October 6th, 2023
HoA to hold special sitting to honour heroes & forefathers on Oct 13

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- In the lead up to Heroes and Foreparents Day, a public holiday, the House of Assembly will hold a special sitting from 10:00 AM on Friday, October 13, 2023, to celebrate the Virgin Islands’ heroes and forefathers.

October 2nd, 2023
People sleeping in derelict vehicles ‘is the reality of the BVI’- Hon Walwyn

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- In a ‘doom and gloom’ speech in the Virgin Islands House of Assembly (HoA) on September 19, 2023, Opposition Member Hon Myron V. Walwyn (R6) painted the [British] Virgin Islands as a place reeking of homeless and people sleeping in derelict vehicles.

October 1st, 2023
Premier Wheatley heaps praises on his Deputy Hon Lorna G. Smith OBE

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- It was at the continuation of the Third Sitting of the First Session of the Fifth House of Assembly (HoA) on September 19, 2023, that Premier and Leader of Government Business Dr the Honourable Natalio D. Wheatley (R7) heaped praises on his Second Lieutenant Hon Lorna G. Smith (AL) OBE.

September 24th, 2023
‘I heard gunshots while in bed with my wife & child’- Hon Turnbull

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Representative for the Second District Hon Melvin M. Turnbull told lawmakers on Tuesday, September 19, 2023, at the Fifth House of Assembly (HoA), while speaking under ‘Other Business’, about an experience he claimed to have had while in bed with his immediate family.

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