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Some in VI 'believe all the wealth only belongs to them'– Hon Smith
DUFF'S BOTTOM, Tortola, VI- Deputy Speaker of the House of Assembly Honourable Neville A. Smith (AL) has criticised what he deemed as the culture where some sections of society endeavour to prevent children of the working class from becoming wealthy.
HoA votes to exempt Hon Neville A. Smith from vacating seat
WICKHAM’S CAY 1, Tortola, VI- The House of Assembly (HoA) has voted to exempt Deputy Speaker and Territorial At Large Member Hon Neville A. Smith from vacating his seat after the company the legislator is a Director of entered into two contracts with the Government of the Virgin Islands.
Hon Smith wants mandatory jail time for possession of illegal guns
DUFF’S BOTTOM, Tortola, VI – Deputy Speaker and Territorial At-Large member in the Virgin Islands (VI) House of Assembly (HoA), Hon Neville A. Smith (AL) has called for stiffer penalties relating to gun crimes, including mandatory jail time for those found with illegal guns.
Treat our local lawyers better! Hon Smith to law firms
DUFF'S BOTTOM, Tortola, VI- Deputy Speaker of the House of Assembly, Honourable Neville A. Smith (AL) is advocating for local legal luminaries to be treated better.
Children need 'licks' not 'timeout'- Hon Neville A. Smith
DUFF'S BOTTOM, Tortola, VI- “When I was growing up I always remember if I go to school with a yellow pencil and I come home with a blue pencil or a grey pencil I get licks because my mother didn’t give me a green pencil or a blue pencil,” were some of the words of Deputy Speaker of the House of Assembly Honourable Neville A. Smith (AL) as he said while crime is everybody's business parents need to do a better job at monitoring and guiding their childr
Hon Neville A. Smith ponders overseas voting using E-legislation
DUFF'S BOTTOM, Tortola, VI - Deputy Speaker of the Virgin Islands (VI) House of Assembly (HoA) Hon Neville A. Smith (AL) has called for legislators to consider remote voting using electronic legislation.
‘We have to make a national plan for disaster’- Hon Smith
DUFF’S BOTTOM, Tortola, VI – While supporting the move to have disaster management placed under the purview of Local Government, Deputy Speaker of the Virgin Islands House of Assembly (HoA) and At-Large representative, Hon Neville A. Smith has called for the formulation of a national disaster plan.
UPDATE: ‘Santa Smith’ delivers on Christmas lunch promise to VI’s elderly
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - It was all smiles and laughter for the elderly residents of two local care homes, when Deputy Speaker and Territorial At-Large Member, Hon Neville A. Smith (AL) made good on his promise to host a special Christmas lunch to celebrate VI's elders.
Deputy Speaker blasts BVI News over placard photo
DUFF’S BOTTOM, Tortola, VI- Deputy Speaker of the House of Assembly (HoA) and Territorial Member, Honourable Neville A. Smith yesterday, Monday, June 22, 2020, at the Tenth Sitting of the Second Session of the Fourth House of Assembly, blasted the controversial news site BVI News.
USVI willing to collaborate with VI to promote agriculture
ESTATE LOWER LOVE, St Croix, USVI- Commissioner of Agriculture in the US Virgin Islands (USVI), Mr Positive T. A. Nelson, who headed this year's Agriculture and Food Fair on St Croix, has said a collaboration of the the USVI and Virgin Islands (VI) can play a major role in promoting ‘growing more locally’.
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