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USVI Senator Steven D. Payne Sr expelled from 34th Legislature
VI CONSORTIUM
FREDERIKSTED, St Croix, USVI- Fourteen senators voted to expel Senator Steven D. Payne Sr from the 34th Legislature of the US Virgin Islands (USVI) on Wednesday night, July 20, 2022, in what was a culmination of immense pressure on lawmakers to address a scandal that had rocked the Senate — one that was untied from other senators but Mr Payne — after three women accused him of either sexual harassment or sexual assault, the initial being a young employee of his own office.
'Stop denying citizenship rights to people born in US territories'- Plaskett
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FREDERIKSTED, St Croix, USVI- Delegate to Congress Stacey E. Plaskett recently led a letter to President Joseph R. Biden condemning the Insular Cases and calling on the administration to do the same and overturn the racist rulings that continue to negatively impact US territories today, a release from Ms Plaskett's office has made known.
UPDATE: 'He ripped my underwear off': Woman accuses USVI Senator
VI CONSORTIUM
FREDERIKSTED, St Croix, USVI- Days after the territory learned that an employee in Senator Steven D. Payne’s office had accused him of sexual harassment during a work trip, a social media post from four years ago has come to light, in which a different woman recounted what she said was her own experience with the man she described as a “father figure”.
‘I am black, I am a woman and I am a lesbian’- USVI Senator Janelle K. Sarauw
LAMBERT BEACH RESORT, Tortola, VI- Rosemary Cindy Rosan declaring her candidacy for the next general elections of the Virgin Islands was not the only revelation at the International Women’s Day Dinner themed ‘Break the Bias’ at Lambert Beach Resort last evening, March 8, 2022.
USVI Delegate Plaskett snubs President Obama on Cuba trip invitation
VI CONSORTIUM
FREDERIKSTED, St Croix, USVI — Delegate to Congress in the US Virgin Islands, Stacey E. Plaskett said on Wednesday March 16, 2016 that she has refused an invitation from President Barack H. Obama to take the historic trip to Cuba with him, opting instead to attend a previously scheduled panel discussion on this islands with members of Congress and business executives in the technology sector on March 19, 2016 at the Buccaneer Hotel and Resort.
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