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‘Let’s make Cabinet minutes public’ – Hon Andrew A. Fahie
ROAD TOWN, Tortola VI – Representative for the First District Honourable Andrew A. Fahie has suggested that while the cruise pier development project is a good one, its execution demonstrated lack of transparency and accountability.
Karl ‘Dub’ Scatliffe resigns as President of BVI Taxi Association
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Reports just reaching our newsroom is that President of the BVI Taxi Association, Mr Karl ‘Dub’ Scatliffe has tendered his resignation.
Jack Warner accuses T&T PM of wrongdoing
TRINIDAD EXPRESS
In dismissing allegations by Jack Warner that he was involved in covering up marijuana found at her private residence two years ago, Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar yesterday challenged Warner to take his information to the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and local police.
NDP accuses VIP of disrespecting youth & inciting violence
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Senior members of the National Democratic Party (NDP), during a campaign meeting at the Bandstand in Road Town on May 26, 2015 unleashed furious allegations against some member/s of the opposition Virgin Islands Party (VIP) candidates for allegedly bashing a young man and, in another instance, allegedly inciting violence and criminal activities against government officials.
Gov Duncan shuns allegations NDP influenced decision on CoI
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Governor of the Virgin Islands His Excellency John S. Duncan OBE has refused to comment on the allegations made by Honourable Julian Fraser RA (R3) that Premier Dr The Honourable D. Orlando Smith influenced his decision to not order a Commission of Inquiry (CoI) into the cruise pier development project. According to Governor Duncan, he was very clear in his broadcast announcement what were the steps taken in arriving at his decision.
Hon Fraser denies registering voters from outside his District
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Chairman of the Virgin Islands Party (VIP) Honourable Julian Fraser RA (R3) has vehemently dismissed allegations that he had a hand in registering persons from outside the Third District so that they will be able to vote in that district.
‘All of it is nonsense!’ – Hon Julian Fraser RA
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Chairman of the Virgin Islands Party (VIP) and Representative for the Third District Honourable Julian Fraser, RA has refuted allegations that he refused to shake the hand of a government minister and that he walked off during the playing of the Territorial Song at a ceremony.
Who is the Bald Headed Minister?
CAPOON’S BAY, Tortola, VI - The rough-and-tumble vocabulary of Virgin Islands (VI) politics continues with the Honourable Andrew A. Fahie (R1) adding another word to the venomous exchange that has now become apart of the new political culture.
UPDATE: Labour PS to Scrub Island employees - make formal complaint
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Natural Resources and Labour Mr Ronald F. Smith-Berkeley is appealing to the Scrub Island Resort workers who came forward to Virgin Islands News Online with allegations of mistreatment to make a formal report to his Ministry.