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HoA Motion to send VI delegation to UK to 'reverse' Order in Council withdrawn!
DUFF’S BOTTOM, Tortola, VI- An ambitious motion to form a delegation that would have included Members of the House of Assembly as well as CARICOM and Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) and United Nations (UN) officials to travel to London to seek to reverse the Order in Council to suspend the Virgin Islands Constitution and impose direct rule was made and subsequently withdrawn in the House of Assembly on July 19, 2022.
‘We are not puppets, we are patriots’- Premier Wheatley
DUFF’s BOTTOM, Tortola VI – Virgin Islands Premier and Minister of Finance, Dr the Hon Natalio D. Wheatley (R7) has rebutted comments made by Fourth District Representative, Hon Mark H. Vanterpool that Cabinet members of the Government of National Unity are puppets, comments which Hon Vanterpool later withdrew.
Hon Vanterpool withdraws comments about ‘puppet’ gov’t in HoA
DUFF’S BOTTOM, Tortola, VI- Arguing that the Virgin Islands is currently under a dictatorship, as in his opinion it is being run by the governor, veteran legislator and Fourth District Representative Hon Mark H. Vanterpool described the Cabinet Ministers as “puppets” but later withdrew the comment.
I am not going to sit down & take 'criminal label’– Hon Mark H. Vanterpool
DUFF’S BOTTOM, Tortola, VI– Senior legislator in the Virgin Islands (VI) House of Assembly (HoA), Hon Mark H. Vanterpool (R4) has said he won’t sit down a take the label of being a ‘criminal’.
‘We are under direct British rule right now’- Hon Vanterpool
DUFF'S BOTTOM, Tortola, VI- Although the United Kingdom (UK) opted against suspending the [British] Virgin Islands Constitution and imposing direct rule as recommended in the Commission of Inquiry (CoI) Report, many believe that the UK is still enjoying a form of direct rule.
Register of Interests Act 2022 should get public involvement– Hon Vanterpool
DUFF’S BOTTOM, Tortola, VI- While debating the Register of Interests Act, 2022, during today’s June 30, 2022, Fourth Sitting of the Fourth Session of the Fourth House of Assembly, Fourth District Representative, Hon Mark H. Vanterpool argued that the bill is in need of more legal advice in addition to public involvement.
Consider 3 to 5-year work permits & business licenses- Hon Mark H. Vanterpool
DUFF’S BOTTOM, Tortola, VI- Fourth District Representative in the National Unity Government Honourable Mark H. Vanterpool believes the issuing of 3 to 5-year work permits could be the answer to the backup in the system and inconvenience to work permit holders and employers alike.
'I have not tendered my resignation from D4'- Hon Mark H. Vanterpool
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Fourth District Representative and Member of the National Unity Government, Hon Mark H. Vanterpool (R4) has debunked claims made by talk show host, Rosemary R. Rosan-Jones aka 'Cindy' that he resigned from the House of Assembly (HoA).
Premier Wheatley has ‘my pledge of support’– Hon Vanterpool
DUFF'S BOTTOM, Tortola, VI - Fourth District Representative in the Virgin Islands House of Assembly (HoA), Hon Mark H. Vanterpool says he has pledged his full support behind new Premier, Dr the Hon Natalio. D. Wheatley (R7) and the National Unity Government.
Hons Smith & Vanterpool exempted from vacating seats; To enter contracts with Govt
DUFF'S BOTTOM, Tortola, VI- Two members of the House of Assembly (HoA) who are on the verge of conducting business with the Government of the Virgin Islands have been exempted from vacating their seats in the HoA after motions brought by Premier and Minister of Finance Hon Andrew A. Fahie (R1) were passed without debate.
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