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'I will be running for re-election’ - Dr Kedrick D. Pickering
LONG LOOK, Tortola, VI - Dr Kedrick D. Pickering (R7), the politician who has kept the National Democratic Party (NDP 1) Government—led by Co-Leader and Premier, Dr the Hon D. Orlando Smith (AL)—from falling, has broken his silence.
'We must not panic'- Dr Natalio D. Wheatley
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Ahead of a march planned for May 24, 2018 to demonstrate the Territory’s displeasure with attempts by the United Kingdom to derail the Virgin Islands’ legitimate financial services sector, a number of persons from the sector as well as business persons will be engaged in a public discussion at The Moorings Conference Room, Wickham’s Cay II, today, May 10, 2018 to brainstorm the way forward for the industry.
‘No candidates selected yet to run with VIP’- Natalio D. Wheatley
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The Opposition Virgin Islands Party (VIP) has today January 26, 2018 announced that no candidates have been selected by its 76 Member Congress to contest the 2019 general elections.
NDP Gov't allocates 33% of Recovery Plan $$ for controversial airport project
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Even before the destructive hurricanes, Irma and Maria of September 2017, the public, the Opposition, media and even elected members of the National Democratic Party (NDP) Government had opposed the Airport Runway Expansion Project at Terrance B. Lettsome International Airport at Beef Island going ahead as they felt the Territory could not afford it at the time and that there were many other priority areas that needed addressing first.
Consultation period for recovery plan ‘way too short’- Dr Natalio D. Wheatley
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Amid criticisms that the public was snubbed in the formulation of the initial document, the National Democratic Party (NDP) Government in late December 2017 published on the Government official website a draft of the post hurricanes Irma and Maria recovery plans, along with the floods of August 2017, to allow the public to make an input.
'Bad' NDP Gov't shunned the people in drafting recovery plan- Doug Wheatley
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- “I am a true believer in Democracy and I don’t believe that democracy just functions at election time. By democracy we mean when the people are involved in their own governance.” Those were the sentiments expressed by the President of the Virgin Islands Party, Mr Natalio D. Wheatley aka Sowande Uhuru, when he appeared on the newest radio talk show, BVI Have Your Say.
BVI Have Your Say: New radio programme to be launched this evening
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Residents and visitors of the Virgin Islands are being given another forum to have their say on issues affecting the Virgin Islands and giving recommendations on having them addressed or resolved, providing the powers that be will be listening.
‘A lot of wickedness takes place in the BVI’- Natalio D. Wheatley
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- “Church has become an activity that you just do on a Sunday or a Saturday. It’s almost like you going through the motion. It’s almost just like a weekly ritual. It has not really transformed a lot of ways in which we live in the BVI,” stated President of the Virgin Islands Party (VIP) and Lecturer at the H. Lavity Stoutt Community College (HLSCC), Dr Natalio D. Wheatley aka ‘Sowande Uhuru’.
VIP rebuilding 'almost from scratch'- Natalio D. Wheatley
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The question as to the part former Chairman Hon Julian Fraser RA (R3) is to play in the Virgin Islands Party (VIP) is still uncertain, since he was replaced as Chairman of the party a year ago, and subsequently on February 6, 2017 replaced as the Opposition Leader.
Hon Fraser will not be allowed to paralyse VIP- Hon Fahie
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The Virgin Islands Party (VIP) has said it is looking to move forward with its agenda and even though there is a place for former Chairman Hon Julian Fraser RA (R3), it will not paralyse the party by waiting for a response from Hon Fraser as to whether he is still with the party or not.
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