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Dancia Penn to chair newly established VI General Legal Council
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- His Excellency the Governor, Mr John S. Duncan, OBE, acting in accordance with the Legal Professions Act, 2015 has appointed Mrs Dancia Penn, OBE, QC to chair the newly established Virgin Islands General Legal Council.
EXCLUSIVE: Dancia Penn ‘like a fly in ointment’- John I. Cline
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Shortly after announcing her run for political office as an Independent Territorial At Large candidate, former legislator and prominent figure in the legal fraternity Mrs Dancia Penn has come in for criticisms from Bishop John I. Cline who referred to her as a ‘fly in ointment’ due to her late entry into the electoral race.
UPDATE: VI on 'brink of disaster'- Dancia Penn OBE, QC
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Painting a grim picture of where the Virgin Islands is positioned presently, former Deputy Premier under the Virgin Islands Party (VIP) government, Dancia Penn OBE, QC said it is her deep and abiding love for country, coupled with the call from across the Virgin Islands for change, that she has decided to put herself up as an Independent At Large candidate for the June 8, 2015 General Election.
The Virgin Islands & the US Virgin Islands
By Donald E. de Castro
This article was first published by activist Donald deCastro on May 21, 2007 when he first began the call for the Territory to be called by its constitutional name, the Virgin Islands. Since then, several businesses and even the public sector has begun using the Virgin Islands instead of the British Virgin Islands.
Hon. Fahie speaks on his alleged role in Dancia Penn’s defeat
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – The perception that 1st district representative Andrew Fahie had a hand in former 8th District representative Dancia Penn’s defeat at the November 7, 2011 poll is utter rubbish to the “tenth degree”.
Observer team for elections is nothing negative – Deputy Premier
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Deputy Premier and 8th District representative Hon. Dancia Penn QC says having an overseas team of observers for the upcoming General Elections is a trend in modern, mature democracy and should not be seen as negative nor should political parties seek to score “narrow political points” on it.
Hon. Penn: Cabinet agreed to set up a Public Defender’s Office
THE HOPE, EAST END, VI - Cabinet has agreed to set up a Public Defender’s Office, which will help to provide legal services to people who need and qualify for such services, announced 8th district representative Dancia Penn QC at a meeting last evening Friday, October 28, 2011 at The Hope.
Dancia Penn to Greenland residents: I never left you
GREENLAND, Tortola, VI - Telling residents at Greenland on the eastern end of Tortola that even though they may not have seen her in the district as much as they may have wanted to, 8th District representative and Deputy Premier Dancia Penn QC, speaking at a rally in the district last evening October 18, 2011, said she was always there and the fact that millions of dollars has been spent in the district was evidence of that.
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