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Prepare for independence or risk being caught off guard- Hon Vanterpool
DUFF'S BOTTOM, Tortola, VI- A senior Opposition legislator has warned that the Virgin Islands should get serious about getting ready for independence as that may end up being forced upon it, catching it in an unprepared state.
'We gotta make a decision'- CSC calls for referendum on independence in 2023
BAUGHERS BAY, Tortola, VI- Moderator of the Honestly Speaking radio programme, Mr Claude O. Skelton-Cline said the matter of seeking independence from Great Britain should be decided at the same time the people of the territory returns to the polls.
Hon Fraser proposes referendum on self-determination
DUFF’S BOTTOM, Tortola, VI – Senior Opposition Legislator, Hon Julian Fraser RA (R3) has urge legislators in the Virgin Islands (VI) House of Assembly (HoA) to bring forward a referendum on independence from the United Kingdom (UK) if they are serious about wanting the territory to move on the path of self-determination.
Is the VI (British) ready for Independence?
Edgar Leonard
United Nations (UN) Charter XI defined Non-Self-Governing Territories (NSGT) as territories whose people have yet to attain a full measure of self-government.
VI needs referendum on independence- Rajah A. Smith
BAUGHERS BAY, Tortola, VI - Businessman and Progressive United (PU) At-Large Candidate in the 2019 General Elections in the Virgin Islands, Mr Rajah A. Smith says a referendum is needed before the territory embarks on any journey towards independence from the United Kingdom.
Independence a dangerous thing; VI seeking more autonomy - Hon Wheatley
DUFF'S BOTTOM, Tortola, VI - Constitutional reform in the Virgin Islands (VI) is aimed at better self-governance and not independence, according to Minister for Natural Resources, Labour and Immigration, Hon Vincent O. Wheatley (R9) who called independence a danger to the VI.
NDP’s ‘lawlessness’ stigmatises debate on ‘Self-Determination’—Julian Willock
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Self-Determination and, or Independence, is a conversation which needs to be had but the ‘lawlessness’ demonstrated in the National Democratic Party’s (NDP) rule over the Virgin Islands (VI), has stigmatised the necessary national discourse.
Governor & Deputy should be elected by VI residents—Rajah A. Smith
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Prominent Virgin Islander Rajah A. Smith, is the latest to lend his voice to the growing debate in the Virgin Islands (VI) with regards, ‘Independence, Self-Determination’ and the general management of the affairs of the Territory by the United Kingdom (UK).
‘Give sister islands some independence’ – VG resident to Gov’t
VALLEY, Virgin Gorda, VI – In a full Catholic Community Centre on Virgin Gorda, leaders of the territory heard that it’s antiquated to have a system of electricity that shuts down an entire territory of multiple islands when a small problem develops on the main island.
VG ready for a Town Council- Vincent O. Wheatley
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- While the rest of the Territory seems to now be getting it together for the recovery and development of community, Virgin Gorda seems to have surpassed them in knowing what they want.
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