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Who is the Bald Headed Minister?

- This news site has found two hairless Ministers within the National Democratic Party (NDP) Government but it remains unknown if any of the two are the subject of Hon. Andrew A. Fahie’s allegations
This news site went searching for head hairless Ministers of the National Democratic Party government and found two that could be described as bald headed. They are Hon. Ronnie W. Skelton the Minister for Health and Social Development (right) and Hon. Myron V. Walwyn, Minister for Education and Culture. To date the First District Representative has not given us a name so it remains unclear who the Minister is or if it’s even any of these two. Photo: VINO/File
First District Representation Honourable Andrew A. Fahie referred to the 'Bald headed' Minister as the Minister who allegedly threatened him and members of the opposition, at his First District Annual Report held at the Capoons Bay Recreational Field on Saturday January 18, 2014. Photo: VINO/File
First District Representation Honourable Andrew A. Fahie referred to the 'Bald headed' Minister as the Minister who allegedly threatened him and members of the opposition, at his First District Annual Report held at the Capoons Bay Recreational Field on Saturday January 18, 2014. Photo: VINO/File
Scene from the Annual First District report meeting hosted by Hon. Andrew A. Fahie held at the Capoon's Bay Recreational Grounds on January 18, 2014. Photo: VINO
Scene from the Annual First District report meeting hosted by Hon. Andrew A. Fahie held at the Capoon's Bay Recreational Grounds on January 18, 2014. Photo: VINO
Scene from the Annual First District report meeting hosted by Hon. Andrew A. Fahie held at the Capoon's Bay Recreational Grounds on January 18, 2014. Photo: VINO
Scene from the Annual First District report meeting hosted by Hon. Andrew A. Fahie held at the Capoon's Bay Recreational Grounds on January 18, 2014. Photo: VINO
Scene from the Annual First District report meeting hosted by Hon. Andrew A. Fahie held at the Capoon's Bay Recreational Grounds on January 18, 2014. Photo: VINO
Scene from the Annual First District report meeting hosted by Hon. Andrew A. Fahie held at the Capoon's Bay Recreational Grounds on January 18, 2014. Photo: VINO
Scene from the Annual First District report meeting hosted by Hon. Andrew A. Fahie held at the Capoon's Bay Recreational Grounds on January 18, 2014. Photo: VINO
Scene from the Annual First District report meeting hosted by Hon. Andrew A. Fahie held at the Capoon's Bay Recreational Grounds on January 18, 2014. Photo: VINO
CAPOON’S BAY, Tortola, VI - The rough-and-tumble vocabulary of Virgin Islands (VI) politics continues with the Honourable Andrew A. Fahie (R1) adding another word to the venomous exchange that has now become apart of the new political culture.

In a report delivered to the people of his District and by extension the entire VI, Honourable Fahie claimed that a Government Minister with a bald head threatened him by saying, “if the Opposition doesn’t stop asking them questions they would have to go back to the files and try to dig up some kind of dirt and then try to use it to destroy members of the Opposition”.

Do we have Ministers of Government with information or “dirt” that they are not sharing with the public? Notwithstanding that the NDP Government has advocated censorship of the media, we are sure any of the local media houses will enjoy getting ‘dirt’ on any elected official.

While Honourable Fahie has not disclosed any name, this news site went back to look at the official photos for the five Ministers of the NDP Government, as of today January 20, 2014, and we have narrowed down two Ministers whose heads are hairless.

The only two [with a bald head] are the Minister for Health and Social Development Honourable Ronnie W. Skelton and Minister for Education and Culture Honourable Myron V. Walwyn.

This news site will not speculate as to which of the two [if any of them] that Honourable Fahie was claiming that threatened him as to date, the First District Representative has not given us a name despite our asking.

Short history of political low blows

Most local political commentators agreed that Honourable Fahie’s description of a Government Minister as “bald headed” was mild compared to what we have heard on the last campaign trail.

The politically charged explosives did not begin on January 18, 2014 at Honourable Fahie’s address. It was when candidate Myron V. Walwyn had described the former Premier and Minister of Finance Honourable Ralph T. O’Neal, OBE and Virgin Islands Party (VIP) Leader, as “an emperor without clothes”.

The former Deputy Premier Dancia Penn QC, OBE, took her mudslinging hit when former NDP Second District Candidate Claude Skelton-Cline referred to her as “an empty kerosene pan”.

In normal times, these comments would be noteworthy only for their mangled syntax.

However, the problem is that the metaphor cuts both ways.

We have never forgotten also the early war of words from the 1999 political campaign when the Honourable Julian Fraser RA, dubbed the NDP the “National Dose of Poison”.

No doubt that within the last 10 to 15 years the hyperbolic rhetoric coming from both sides, NDP and VIP, has now added some new words to the political discourse whether good or bad.

The public and the politicians

With the election of 2015/16 around the corner, which will be a fight for the heart and soul of the Virgin Islands, one might not be able to avoid any of the ugly demeaning utterance from some who have already poisoned our otherwise tame political culture.

Many residents have come to agree that after the 2011 General Elections with the swearing in of some, our political ethos have changed dramatically akin to some of the unnecessary and childish behavior that has hampered our other Caribbean brothers and sisters from building their great little independent nations.

Such intimidation, threats and bullying, as described and alleged by Honourable Fahie on January 18, 2014, is not unique to Members of the House of Assembly (HOA) on each other, but some elected Members have used their privileged position in the Parliament to insult and slander members of the public over the past two years.

The few, no more than about two Members who have done this, are fully aware that ‘Joe public’ cannot challenge them in the court of law as statements made in our HOA by members are exempted from any legal actions.

Such scare tactics by some members have not worked but only turn off both the young and old from even tuning into our highest law making body in the land. It's clear that the very few Members simply do not have the maturity, political depth or experience to embrace tolerance as a bipartisan standard.

Many in the public have continued to be concerned about the overly aggressiveness and arrogance of one particular member in the HOA who is also a Minister of Government.

‘Joe public’ is now longing for the days of civil men and women, the days of deep, solid and serious debates on the relevant issues of the day, the days of former Legislators like Reeial George, H. Lavity Stoutt, Alban U. Anthony, Oliver Cills, Terrence B. Lettsome, Cyril L. Walters MBE, Ivan Dawson CBE, Cyril B. Romney, Ethlyn Smith and H. Robinson O’Neal, to name a few.

We have never heard or even read anywhere of those good gentlemen and lady threatening each other or the public for that matter. They believed in the dignity of Parliament and treated each other, regardless of which side of the isle they sat or their policy differences, with the highest respect and never abused their privileged opportunity in the then Legislative Council to go after the public.

However, at the end of this article we still have not concluded who is the bald headed Minister. All that we know, is that according to Honourable Fahie, “actions such as what that bald headed Minister raised his Ebenezer to do, makes me safely conclude that this is not a Government in the sunshine. This a government that wants to bully us and keep us blind”.

34 Responses to “Who is the Bald Headed Minister?”

  • Art (20/01/2014, 09:11) Like (12) Dislike (3) Reply
    This is a pulitzer piece vino
  • ooooo (20/01/2014, 09:37) Like (4) Dislike (3) Reply
    things starting to heat up...wait til next year, yo gorn hear things
  • Queen Marty (20/01/2014, 09:54) Like (13) Dislike (19) Reply
    The record shows that the ministers in the NDP are well bred,intelligent,confident and classy.
    Having members of such caliber representing us on the world stage is crucial.
    Our political role in these times go way beyond Capoons Bay or Sea Cows Bay.
    Who we are and how we present ourselves ,the level ofmaturity and sophistication of our leaders and representatives can be known with just a click of a button by every corner of the globe and by opportunistic companies such as Bi Water.
    Geez! Not even the wife of our current Premier has been off limit to the VIP.
  • lmao (20/01/2014, 10:04) Like (9) Dislike (11) Reply

    Check the crowd man. A whole 20 people including the visitors from the 3rd? lmao!

  • Not again (20/01/2014, 10:53) Like (4) Dislike (2) Reply
    To Vino: Oh no, you didn't. Seems like I can't stop laughing this morning at your reporting. Thanks for the laughs. The cost of this headling with the pictures: PRICELESS
  • cay (20/01/2014, 11:10) Like (4) Dislike (3) Reply
    I see the ball head minister right here
  • bob marley (20/01/2014, 11:25) Like (2) Dislike (2) Reply
    "who the cap fit let them wear it"
  • general (20/01/2014, 11:40) Like (7) Dislike (0) Reply
    i feel is myron
    • Shara Parlin (20/01/2014, 19:15) Like (1) Dislike (0) Reply
      The House of Assembly could benefit from more debates of substance - for sure. Thanks for highlighting this VINO. Speaking of that good too that you have taken a contrarian position on that thorny matter of that one Minister’s outburst against the people. You may actually have a point after alll
  • mother hen (20/01/2014, 12:56) Like (6) Dislike (6) Reply
    Well done Fahie for speaking truth to power. All that fighting hard to save his political career by the ball head man will be zero unless he loves people and the country
    • JACK BE STILL (20/01/2014, 18:57) Like (1) Dislike (2) Reply
      Dislike NDP cowbird crew out in full effect. Doesn't change the truth..thank god the people are comitted that NDP must go!!!!
  • HMMM (20/01/2014, 13:17) Like (3) Dislike (6) Reply
    Boring. Why dont he stick to the facts and stop pandering to the ears of his people? Yawnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnningg
  • polo (20/01/2014, 13:23) Like (8) Dislike (4) Reply
    The NDP and their ghetto politics is a joke
  • east gal (20/01/2014, 15:38) Like (14) Dislike (0) Reply
    i will bet the 2014 budget that i know who the ball headed minister tis
  • in the news (20/01/2014, 15:45) Like (5) Dislike (0) Reply
    vino you all the best you got be cracking up when you said TWO HAIR LESS MINISTERS LOOK JOKES
    • touch (20/01/2014, 19:37) Like (1) Dislike (1) Reply
      Deep, thought provoking, forward thinking debates and discussions are not the forte of the current crops of politicians. It is, for nearly all, beyond their intellectual capacity and certainly contrary to the oh so popular PARTY FIRST mentality.
  • trrefdrfds (20/01/2014, 16:57) Like (4) Dislike (3) Reply
    Mr fahie please stop because your head bald too. You acting like you some rasta or something. Because there once a law in the bvi that permitted all rastafarians from entering into the country once they were not born here. They use to turn them back at the airport. And it was the ndp government who changed that law when they first came into power. Research it if you dont believe me.
  • wize up (20/01/2014, 17:47) Like (5) Dislike (1) Reply
    Breaking News: there are also hairless “ministers” of the Gospel (hairless ministers)
    • Just Me (20/01/2014, 19:20) Like (5) Dislike (1) Reply
      ...I thought Andrew Fahie’s speech was good, but, having read the above article, if he brought nothing new to the table or informed of nothing new, the best that can be said is that he reminded us of the need for a new election and how both VIP and NDP is much of the same.....and reiterated the importance of a new party and its future potential..
  • she the cat mother (20/01/2014, 19:09) Like (4) Dislike (2) Reply
    Do we need a third party? Of course we do. How else can we get out of the mess we are in? WE are between black dog and monkey, as it stands now.
  • keepn it real (20/01/2014, 20:34) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
    Since they want to censor you VINO when they contact you with their opportunistic photo ops and their spin of good news. Why don't you give them the cold shoulder right back?
  • Former classmate (20/01/2014, 20:56) Like (6) Dislike (1) Reply
    Hon Fahie, I think you are quite too educated and professional to degrade and disrespect the Hon Ministers in such a nasty fashion. I know you can bring your point across without becoming distasteful or rude. Remember what you sow you reap and as the good book the Bible states, “Vengeance is mine I will repay thee." I encourage you to stop the fighting and try you very best to live peaceable with all men, even when you don’t agree with others decisions. You are to represent the people and we are looking for respect of the highest level.

    You are both doing a great work and don’t let your great good turn into evil and becomes ugly. I can tell you that the person like me is not please with your comments on Saturday night.
    So override the evil with good and move forward. Keep supporting the first district, but remember the other districts that comprise the entire Virgin Islands with your initiatives. Great work! Hon Fahie.

    God bless our Government of the Virgin Islands.
  • Boo (20/01/2014, 23:35) Like (8) Dislike (2) Reply
    "This news site has found two hairless Ministers within the National Democratic Party (NDP) Government but it remains unknown if any of the two are the subject of Hon. Andrew A. Fahie’s allegations"

    Priceless headline. This one deserves a prize
  • we are hurting (21/01/2014, 19:06) Like (3) Dislike (2) Reply
    People, the voters are anxiously waiting to go to the polls..election come quick quick.
  • pressure (21/01/2014, 21:21) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
    For sure and all need to go
  • talk (22/01/2014, 07:15) Like (3) Dislike (6) Reply
    Ndp all the way
  • ha (22/01/2014, 18:06) Like (0) Dislike (1) Reply
    Mr. Fahie you are on a roll today but mind they declare you an 'enemy of the state'!
  • free (24/01/2014, 07:25) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
    LMAO @ THE HEADLINE!


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