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Referendum calls should come from people & not gov’t – D. Wheatley
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Commentator Douglas Whealtey has urged that any calls for a referendum on independence in the Virgin Islands be allowed to come from the people instead of Cabinet ministers as has been the case recently.
Speaking in private capacity at public forums is ‘dangerous’ – D. Wheatley
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Commentator Douglas Wheatley asserted that he found it dangerous for government Ministers to be making certain statements at public forums in their private capacity.
Should the Premier 'bell those cats'?
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Commentator and social activist Natalio Wheatley aka Sowande Uhuru said as a citizen of the Territory, he would like to see Premier Dr The Hon. D. Orlando Smith take a much stronger stance when it came to certain subjects that Ministers are left to make statements on.
Hon. Vanterpool spells 'independence' at Emancipation Service!
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Although refraining from the use of the word ‘independence’, Minister for Communications and Works, Hon. Mark H. Vanterpool has called for the people of the Virgin Islands to continue the “conversation” about "self determination".
Caller: Independence makes no sense
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – One caller to the Speak Out BVI radio show, felt that discussions of Independence were premature at the moment, especially if the Virgin Islands did not have a means of creating money for itself.
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