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‘One BVI or Not?’ Hon Fahie blasts Hon Walwyn’s decision
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Letting his disappointment known following the decision by Culture Minister Hon Myron V. Walwyn to deny Opposition Leader Hon Julian Fraser RA (R3) to speak at the opening of Virgin Islands (VI) Festival 2016 even though Hon Fraser was slated to speak, Opposition Member Hon Andrew A. Fahie (R1) said Government missed a golden opportunity to show how much the VI had matured as a people and as a territory in a manner that respects the freedom their ancestors fought for them to enjoy.
Julian Willock calls for divisive politics to stop!
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Former Permanent Secretary and Chairman of the Board of Directors for Advance Marketing and Professional Services, Julian Willock, has called on the “political class” to end the divisive politics and stop the rhetoric that is causing the country to be divided.
Kevin ‘OJ’ Smith calls for unity in the Third District
SEA COWS BAY, Tortola, VI – In delivering a forty minute presentation where he rolled out his plans for the development of the Third District electoral candidate on the NDP slate, Mr Kevin ‘OJ’ Smith told his supporters that they cannot allow themselves to become something that they are not and for them to unite as one people.
‘Support your own, let money stay’- ‘Pressure’ tells VI
PROSPECT REEF, Tortola, VI – “It’s time we start supporting our own and let the money stay here,” said USVI international artiste ‘Pressure’ at the locally promoted event ‘Bridging the Gap’ on Sunday March 1, 2015.
Are VIslanders placing nationality before race?
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – With the Virgin Islands’ Emancipation Festival just concluded, a discussion on race and the history of African descendants dominated the Umoja radio forum last evening, August 15, 2013 and it was implied that descendants of Africans may be putting their nationality ahead of their race.
VI lacks assimilation policy for unity – Wheatley
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Commentator Natalio Wheatley aka Sowande Uhuru believes the Virgin Islands (VI) is lacking an assimilation policy with regard to its ever growing population.
Hon. Fraser sceptical about Premier Smith’s unity call
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Third District Representative Hon. Julian Fraser, RA has met a call by Premier Dr The Honourable D. Orlando Smith for a bi-partisan political approach to the Financial Services sector with some amount of scepticism stating trends indicate it might be a request for the opposition to remain silent.
Region having common history a disgusting generalisation- Davies
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- “Although it is commonly said that we have a common history, I refute that comment, for it is a disgusting generalization, and as long as we think that we have a common history then we can never be united,” is the strong view of law student Daniel F. Davies who recently became the first VIslander to be elected President of the University of the West Indies (UWI) Cave Hill’s Law Society.
Farmers’ unity crucial to agriculture success –Chief Agricultural Officer
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – “Farmer unity and consistent functional cooperation; not only within the farming community, but also with the Department of Agriculture is the only way that we can overcome the difficulties facing agriculture,” stated Chief Agricultural Officer Bevin Braithwaite at the opening of Farmers’ Week on February 10, 2012 at Paraquita Bay.
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