News
Julio S. Henry aka ‘Sam’ has passed
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados- Information just reaching our news centre is that businessman and talk show host Mr Julio S. Henry aka Sam has died.
‘Youths not lazy; they want to work’ - Commentator
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Contrary to what some might believe, young people in the Virgin Islands want to work and are willing to be trained in order to get this done according to commentator and talk show host, Julio Sam Henry.
‘We need more NDP must go t-shirts!’ – Edmund G. Maduro
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – The subject of mentally ill persons being made to wear t-shirts bearing the political slogan, ‘NDP must go’ was again brought to the fore, this time when talk show host, Edmund G. Maduro turned his attention to the issue.
Caller claims politicians try to build country on ‘profanities’
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - The use of profanities around the world seems out of control and is being excessively used by youths in many countries and the Virgin Islands (VI) is no difference.
Wheatley: Government to blame for “Virgin Islanders’ extinction”
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - In years to come, Virgin Islanders will be extinct and it is the Government to blame with Belongers expected to in a position to determine the Territory's political future.
"Pack up & leave" - Cromwell Smith to BiWater
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – With reports circulating that BiWater, a company hired by the previous administration to remedy water and sewerage woes on Tortola, has now submitted a new proposal to source water, one of its harshest critics has declared the company is a fiasco that has to go.
Would it be prudent for Governor to sign new customs & duties bill?
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - With Minister for Health and Social Development Hon. Ronnie Skelton announcing in the House of Assembly on February 14, 2012 that a team from the United Kingdom is expected to visit on budget matters, the question has been asked whether it would be prudent for Governor Boyd McCleary to sign the recently passed Customs and Duties Bill since the team may have some concerns on it.
Gov’t applauded for quickly correcting “mistake”
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Government’s decision to defer Commissioner of Customs Wade Smith’s leave has been lauded by radio talk show host Cromwell Smith.
US fast food franchise would kill local businesses – Cromwell Smith
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC), a US fast food franchise if allowed to set up shop in the Virgin Islands would kill local businesses, opined talk show host Cromwell Smith on Thursday, January 5, 2012 on “Umoja”.
Ray George went against his people for foreign interest - Cromwell Smith
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Although being of the view that axed Government contracted officer Ray George went against the development of his own VIslanders by siding with the controversial Biwater project, Cromwell Smith believes he should not have been “thrown out”.