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Locals have little control, stake in tourism & financial services – Cromwell Smith
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Host of the Umoja Show Cromwell Smith aka Edju En Ka believes the real challenge facing the Territory is how locals protect themselves against what he termed as unified behaviour being adopted by trust companies here.
Sowande Uhuru: Lack of unity in the VI prohibits possible endeavours
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Co-Host of the weekly talk show, Umoja, Natalio Wheatley aka Sowande Uhuru, in examining the type of ‘Unity’ displayed in the Arabic community that exists in the Virgin Islands, noted that Virgin Islanders and Belongers fail to do certain things, because they lack that type of unity.
Reading comprehension essential for survival & development - Umoja
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – One of the challenges that we face in our community is reading comprehension. This was the view of Cromwell Smith, host of the talk show programme, Umoja.
Develop other sectors to remedy imbalance – Umoja host Smith
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - There is a lot going on in the Territory that we need to pay more attention to, Cromwell Smith suggested. Smith, who hosts the radio programme Umoja, made this statement on his show which was aired on September 13, 2012 on a local radio station.
Air for sale! - Umoja
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Umoja’s hosts, Cromwell Smith and Natalio Wheatley, while on their local talk show, spoke about the sustainability of the Virgin Islands (VI) and added that the rate at which the people of the VI are going, or in this case, treating their environment, can lead to the very worst, as bad as selling the air that we breathe.
Smith: UK wants to have greater control
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Umoja’s host, Cromwell Smith, in reference to the relationship with the United Kingdom (UK) and their Overseas Territories, stated on his talk show that aired on a local rado station last evening, September 6, 2012, that the UK wants to have greater control, and referred to this as a pattern of intrusion.
Live by the character of a Virgin Islander says Cromwell Smith
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Continuing their discussion from last week’s programme on the topic of self-determination and what it means to be an indigenous Virgin Islander, hosts of the Umoja show expressed that there seemed to exist a fear of some sort that prevented the discussion of the issue.
Opportunities should be reserved for us -Umoja
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – The hosts of the Umoja radio show believe that the immigration process has not been managed as effectively as it could be; this is according to co-host Natalio Wheatley aka Sowande Uhuru.
Indigenous Virgin Islander is misnomer – Umoja host, Smith
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Touching on a sore point for many locals last evening, August 23, 2012, on the Umoja radio show, aired on a local radio station, host Cromwell Smith aka Edju En Ka, said blacks are not indigenous to the Virgin Islands (VI).
Smith: Hon. Vanterpool putting himself in the firing line
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Although Minister for Communications and Works Mark Vanterpool has been commended for putting himself in front of the firing line for the Cruise Pier Park development, one talk show host opined that “sometimes we need to come before the advanced stages”.
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