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Festival becoming less Emancipation & VI Culture- Natalio D. Wheatley
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Expatriates who show up with their flags in support of artists from their native land, international artists performing every night, the celebrations taking on more of a music festival and carnival nature than that of a cultural emancipation celebrations, are some of the thorns in radio talk show host Natalio D. Wheatley’s side.
VI Labour & Immigration policy a mess! – Natalio Wheatley
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – The immigration and labour policies of the Virgin Islands are in dire need of a fix according to commentator Natalio Wheatley aka Sowande Uhuru.
Provocative calls by Hon. Walwyn unrealistic – Sowande
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Commentator Natalio Wheatley aka Sowande Uhuru believes that provocative calls made by Education and Culture Minister Hon. Myron V. Walwyn regarding the need for the granting of citizenship and its accompanying rights to the children of expatriates upon their birth are unrealistic.
Labour realities in the Virgin Islands
By Dickson Igwe
An online story of May 5, 2013, in the Virgin Islands, described the assertions of a local politician and cabinet minister who lamented at the many career challenges faced by Virgin Islanders who have qualified abroad and returned home.
Rights and Privileges: A HUGE difference
by Donald E. de Castro “too old to be intimidated”
For years here in The Virgin Islands there is a continuous conversation by so many people in regards to children being born in this Territory by expatriate parents and about the length of time that so many expatriate have been here and cannot get Belongers Status. So while this conversation continues I will list a number of Rights & Privileges to add to this conversation.
Expatriates & VIslanders need each other for survival - talk show hosts
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Making reference to the contribution of expatriate workers (“down-islanders” as he called them) to the development of the Virgin Islands (VI), as was raised recently on the Speak Your Mind TV talk show, Doug Wheatley agreed with host Sam Henry that there was a symbiotic relationship in existence.
Caller: If you do not like it here, go home!
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - A female caller to the television talk show, ‘Speak Your Mind’ aired on JTV Channel 55 hosted by Courtney de Castro with co-host Julio Sam Henry, told the show’s audience, if expatriate persons living and working in the Virgin Islands, “do not like it here, they should go home”.
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