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No reason for $40K fine on Sistah Joyce – Natalio Wheatley
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Radio talk show host and public activist Natalio Wheatley aka Sowande Uhuru believes Sistah Joyce should have never received the hefty fine of $40,000 for the crime she was recently convicted of.
Would independence have dire consequences for VI? - 3D Show
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Continuing the discourse on independence for the Virgin Islands (VI), host of the 3D talk show, Doug Wheatley, raised questions on whether independence could have a serious backlash on the Territory.
Sowande Uhuru calls for decriminalization of marijuana
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Natalio Wheatley aka Sowande Uhuru, appearing on the Morning Ride Show aired on ZROD FM earlier today, September 21, 2012 said that “we have to wait until the so-called first world countries do everything before we do it; whether we agree with it or not.”
Sowande Uhuru: “Who is a Virgin Islander”
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - With all the talk buzzing around the territory about who and what is a ‘Virgin islander’ Natalio Wheatley aka Sowande Uhuru, saw it best to address this matter on a local talk show which he co-Hosts with Cromwell Smith aka Edju En Ka.
There is a fear of losing our country – Edju En Ka
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Host of the Umoja show, Cromwell Smith aka Edju En Ka believes that Virgin Islanders have a real fear of losing their territory to outsiders and this has prevented them from being able to fully embrace unity with fellow Caribbean brothers and sisters in the VI community.
UK is pushing own agenda with cruise ship pier project – Umoja
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Umoja co-host, Natalio Wheatley aka Sowande Uhuru, has said that the upcoming Port project will bring in some US$500 million over a period of time, a sum which is believed they [United Kingdom] would like to have in the UK. This he notes would amount to a “pretty handsome bounty”.
Virgin Islanders: Discriminated & Neglected in their homeland?
By CARMELITA JAMIESON
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – With the unemployment rate among young Virgin Islanders a startling reality, many Virgin Islanders are of the strong view that there is consistent discrimination of them which is a major setback to securing jobs with the lack of enforcement of the Labour Code where Virgin Islanders should be the preferred employees and lack of initiative on Government’s part to offer adequate training to help qualify those who are not, to fill vacant posts.