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National League leaders Sugar Boys suffer shock defeat
EAST END, Tortola, VI- The race for the National League Championship got a little tighter on Sunday, April 3, 2022, as the Sugar Boys FC were beaten by One Love 2-1 reducing their games in hand over Rebels FC.
'Allegiance to political parties has retarded VI’s progress'- Bishop Cline
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Community leader and Virgin Islander, Bishop John I. Cline has called for an end to political party allegiance in the territory, which he said has stymied the VI's growth throughout the years.
OTs ‘well positioned for ministerial engagement with UK’- Dr the Hon Wheatley
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The Overseas Territories (OTs) of the United Kingdom (UK) are well positioned for ministerial engagement with the UK later this year, Deputy Premier and Minister for Education, Culture, Youth Affairs, Fisheries and Agriculture, Dr The Honourable Natalio D. Wheatley (R7) has said.
‘Make Dec 15, 2020 a public holiday for RT O’Neal OBE’- Hon Turnbull
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- As legislators paid tribute to the late first Premier of the Virgin Islands Hon Ralph T. O’Neal, OBE, at a special sitting of the House of Assembly (HoA) on December 3, 2019, Second District Representative and Opposition Member Hon Melvin M. Turnbull called for the 87th birth anniversary of Hon O’Neal to be made a public holiday.
Leaders should never profit from the suffering of their people:
By Alred C Frett
Oppressors fear when Knowledge spreads Truth is revealed:
With 2013 coming to an end there still remain those seeking to silence Truth for the Youth in order to protect their own Interests especially after seeing the Word come to pass – However my words are not Prophesies but Commonsense & Truth and it’s ironic that on Christmas Day BBC, FOX TV & CNN carried Documentaries acknowledging lack of proof of Christ & Santa Claus.
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.
No one ranting & raving about school dropouts – Wheatley
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Youth advocate and 7th district candidate Allen Wheatley finds dropping out of school is unacceptable and is worried that “nobody is ranting and raving about it”.