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Regularisation: Residency & Belonger status
Lorna M. George
As a native of the [British] Virgin Islands, I would like to endorse the wise, intelligent and sensible decision made by our benevolent, kindhearted and humane Premier, the Honourable Andrew A. Fahie (R1) who saw it fit to institute the “Clear Path to Regularisation: Residency and/or ‘Belonger’ Status”.
D4 saga is ‘a pissing contest’ - Elton Callwood
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – With the case surrounding House of Assembly (HoA) Speaker Hon Julian Willock Vs Fourth District Representative-Elect Mark H. Vanterpool heading to the Court of Appeal for the final decision, social commentator Elton Callwood is calling the entire debacle a "pissing contest", meaning a competition between rivals to determine superiority and predominance.
VI residents urged to utilise 'dreaded' Sargassum seaweed
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Residents of the Virgin Islands (VI) are being urged to utilise the Sargassum seaweed that washes up along the Territory’s shorelines, given its many environmental benefits.
Tropical Avengers wins 2019 Rotary Fun Car Rally
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Tropical Avengers proved to be the best at following directions, conquering challenges and having a vast knowledge of tourist sites, places and history of Tortola. This resulted in them emerging as the winners of the 2019 Rotary Club of Tortola’s Fun Car Rally.
'Fast Track Initiative' causing division, but Premier is right – Caller
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – As the debate over immigration reform in the Virgin Islands (VI) continues, it appears that the Virgin Islands Party (VIP) ‘Fast Track Initiative’ led by Premier and Minister of Finance, Hon Andrew A. Fahie (R1) is creating some amount of rift over whether the move by the administration to regularise expats living and working in the Virgin Islands for 15 years and more should be priority at this time.
Protestors seek to have Mark H. Vanterpool sworn in to HoA
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- A group of protesters have shown up at the House of Assembly (HoA) requesting that Fourth District Representative-Elect Mr Mark H. Vanterpool be sworn in as a Member of the HoA today, May 17, 2019.
Illness stricken educator raising funds for school children
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI –Virgin Islander and Educator, Ms Cleopatria A. King-Defreitas aka ‘Cleo’ has a remarkable story of survival after 19 surgeries, which included 15 abdominal and 4 brain surgeries, plus a minor stroke with relapses.
'Work for a short time & leave' – Edmund G. Maduro
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- A former Chief Immigration Officer has suggested that a process of allowing persons to work in the Virgin Islands (VI) for a short period and then be made to leave the Territory be implemented.
‘You have gotten my attention for amendments’- Premier Fahie
WICKHAM'S CAY 1, Tortola, VI - As the fast track Residency and Belonger status regularisation programme continues to face opposition from some Virgin Islanders, Premier and Minister of Finance, Honourable Andrew A. Fahie (R1) today, May 15, 2019 met a group of such persons to hear their concerns with a view to responding and to ultimately acting on them as necessary.
Are we really losing our country all over again??
Alred C. Frett
Immigration – The Sore that won’t heal:
All across the World immigration remains a hot button issue; whether it’s new like Windrush and Brexit or Islamophobia and Border Walls, or old like, Australia, South Africa, Denmark or Brazil, the common thread is for the Oppressors to take away and develop the Properties of others by deceit or force and then lay sole claim to these Properties while victimising the original owners.
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