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Is Hon Walwyn casting high unemployment blame on teachers?
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Minister for Education and Culture Honourable Myron V. Walwyn said that the high unemployment among youth in the territory is an indictment against the education system.
‘It's time to make some demands of the UK!’ – Doug Wheatley
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Radio Talk Show host Doug Wheatley believes that it is up to the people of the Virgin Islands and not the political directorate as to whether the Virgin Islands wants a Referendum for Independence.
UPDATE: Scotland votes 'No' to independence
GLASGOW, Scotland, UK - Scotland has voted to stay in the United Kingdom after voters decisively rejected independence, reported the BBC today September 19, 2014.
Swiss immigration vote very close, early projections say
BBC
A Swiss referendum on whether to bring back strict immigration quotas is extremely tight, with first projections showing the vote split 50:50.
Referendum calls should come from people & not gov’t – D. Wheatley
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Commentator Douglas Whealtey has urged that any calls for a referendum on independence in the Virgin Islands be allowed to come from the people instead of Cabinet ministers as has been the case recently.
Edmund Maduro still thinks ‘Bill of Rights’ in VI constitution not a good idea
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Noting that he had used many of his television talk shows to speak out against the Bill of Rights being included in the Virgin Islands Constitution, Social activist Edmund Maduro is still not quite resting easy on the issue although he is not for any referendum to amend the constitution.
Only "Virgin Islanders" should be allowed to vote on referendums?
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- If at some point the Virgin Islands decides to have a referendum or plebiscite on whether or not the Territory should become an independent country, who should be allowed to vote? Virgin Islanders or citizens?
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