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DPU encourages employers to observe cost of living stats
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – The Development Planning Unit (DPU) has encouraged employers to approach the unit to conduct an observation of cost of living statistics whenever they are considering whether to raise salaries for their staff.
Govt losing out due to absence of pari-mutuel betting- caller
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – A caller on the radio talk show programme "Speak Out BVI" believes Government is losing lots of much needed revenue by not legalising pari-mutuel betting.
Expatriates & VIslanders need each other for survival - talk show hosts
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Making reference to the contribution of expatriate workers (“down-islanders” as he called them) to the development of the Virgin Islands (VI), as was raised recently on the Speak Your Mind TV talk show, Doug Wheatley agreed with host Sam Henry that there was a symbiotic relationship in existence.
No death penalty in VI unless Independence given - Caller
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – One caller on the most recent Speak out BVI show was of the opinion that the death penalty should never be put into law in the Virgin Islands.
Would independence have dire consequences for VI? - 3D Show
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Continuing the discourse on independence for the Virgin Islands (VI), host of the 3D talk show, Doug Wheatley, raised questions on whether independence could have a serious backlash on the Territory.
VI society fractured in many ways - Doug Wheatley
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Douglas Wheatley, host of the Speak out BVI talk show, said the type of society, that exists in the territory today, is a fractured one; he added that there is a need for residents to look back and examine how the country has moved forward.
Britain integrating us into the UK – Doug Wheatley
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Host of the radio talk show programme, Speak Out BVI, Doug Wheatley, believes that Britain is slowly integrating us into the UK.
Wheatley asks residents to bring back Government Wheelchairs!
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Doug Wheatley, host of the local talk show ‘Speak Out BVI’ sent out a cry to his listening audience for the return of Government wheelchairs to the Peebles Hospital, which are urgently needed.
C&W Minister suffering from “fatigue”, says Wheatley
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - In the middle of a topic that can be regarded as the most popular topic in the Virgin Islands (VI), the cruise ship pier expansion project, host of Speak out BVI, Doug Wheatley stated that although the Hon. Mark Vanterpool is doing a good job as ‘point man’ he seems to be suffering from fatigue.
VI has expenditure problem?
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - In comparing the present financial situation of the Virgin Islands (VI) with the past, host of a popular radio talk show, aired every Tuesday night said that one major problem the VI is in denial of and is often mistaken as a revenue problem, is its expenditure problem.