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‘Crux of the matter’ in VI is really about nation building- Shaina M. Smith-Archer
BAUGHER'S BAY, Tortola, VI- Activist and political candidate Mrs Shaina M. Smith-Archer says the challenges of today’s Virgin Islands are really about nation-building amidst the conversation of direct rule and more self-determination.
EX VIYP Member Kevon S. Lettsome contesting D7 in 2023 elections
LONG LOOK, Tortola, VI – Former Opposition Leader of the Virgin Islands Youth Parliament (VIYP), Mr Kevon S. Lettsome has announced his candidacy for the 2023 election. Mr Lettsome will be running in District 7, reportedly with the National Democratic Party (NDP).
CARICOM Heads of Gov’t express ‘deep concern’ with UK-sponsored CoI in VI
SAN PEDRO, Belize- Regional leaders who attended the 33rd Inter-Sessional Conference of the Heads of Government of CARICOM in San Pedro, Belize last week have expressed ‘deep concern’ with the lack of transparency and the manner in which the United Kingdom-sponsored Commission of Inquiry (CoI) was called in the [British] Virgin Islands.
‘Right to self-determination’ must be respected- VI Gov’t on Russia-Ukraine conflict
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The Government of the [British] Virgin Islands says it continues to monitor, with immense concern, the situation in Europe in regards to the ongoing conflict involving Ukraine and Russia and the global community, which situation continues to evolve and escalate.
Lisa Penn-Lettsome tipped to Chair Constitutional Reform Committee
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Now long overdue, Premier and Minister of Finance Honourable Andrew A. Fahie (R1) has set up the Territory’s Constitutional Reform Committee to look at changes needed to the Virgin Islands’ Constitution of 2007.
Barbados to remove Queen as Head of State @ midnight
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados - More than 400 years after the English arrived in Barbados to claim the island for King James I, Queen Elizabeth II will be removed as the head of state thus ushering in a new era for “The Land of the Flying Fish,” as the world’s newest republic.
UK PM snubs Scotland’s First Minister; Dodges questions on Scottish independence
EDINBURGH, Scotland- It is not only the [British] Virgin Islands’ aspirations for self-determination that is being strongly resisted by the United Kingdom (UK) Government but also the wishes for independence by Scotland.
Legislators pay tribute, condolences on passing of Prince Phillip
DUFF’S BOTTOM, Tortola, VI- Legislators in the House of Assembly (HoA) are paying tribute to the late Duke of Edinburg, Prince Phillip, who died on April 9, 2021 at age 99.
VIYP Premier: ‘Now is the time to choose our own destiny’
DUFF'S BOTTOM, Tortola, VI- Highlighting that the people of the Virgin Island have been successfully managing their own economic affairs for over half a century, Leader of Government Business in the Virgin Islands Youth Parliament (VIYP) Mr Kevin S. Fahie says Virgin Islanders must not fear discussing the topic of self-determination.
UN should not dictate on VI’s self-determination timeline - Kevon S. Lettsome
DUFF’S BOTTOM, Tortola, VI – Opposition Leader of the Virgin Islands Youth Parliament (VIYP), Mr Kevon S. Lettsome has proposed that while the Virgin Islands (VI) should walk the part of full self-determination, it must do so by taking steps and not be dictated on by the 2030 United Nations (UN) resolution on decolonisation.
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