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DR diaspora marks Independence with a Baseball Tournament in the VI
LONG BUSH, Tortola, VI - As part of the Dominican Republic 2024 independence activities which is celebrated on February 28, 2024, each year, persons from the Virgin Islands and the Dominican Republic Diaspora hosted a baseball tournament deemed ‘Torneo de Independencia’ in the Virgin Islands.
We will be whatever we allow ourselves to be
Alred C. Frett
Being Called on to Fight for a Lost Cause:
All our lives we were taught to ‘go along in order to get along’... Society conditioned us to be weak-kneed and feeble-minded; always ready to ignore our own needs while sacrificing ourselves for others... Welcome to a New World… Today, we are about to embark on a journey of Facts, but if you are stuck on valuing yourself through the Eyes and Mouths of others, this Message may be too deep for you to fathom.
VI Premier congratulates Suriname on 48th independence anniversary
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The Government of the Virgin Islands, via its Premier and Minister of Finance Dr the Honourable Natalio D. Wheatley (R7) has congratulated the people of Suriname as they celebrated their country's independence from the Netherlands.
Hon Fraser to Premier -'dude stop apologizing for fighting for our independence'
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Veteran Legislator and Opposition Member Hon Julian Fraser RA (R3) told Premier and Minister of Finance, Dr the Honourable Natalio D. Wheatley (R7) to “stop apologizing for fighting for our independence.”
UK should 'welcome' any OT wishing full integration- UK MP
LONDON, UK- A British Member of Parliament (MP) has said the United Kingdom (UK) should make it clear that any of its Overseas Territories (OTs) are welcome to exercise the option of integration into the United Kingdom (UK).
VI-UN relations ‘stronger than ever’ towards greater self-governance – Premier
DUFF’S BOTTOM, Tortola, VI - Virgin Islands Premier and Minister of Finance, Dr the Hon Natalio D. Wheatley (R7) says the United Nations (UN) and Virgin Islands relationship is stronger than ever with the UN being the Territory’s main development partner to pursue sustainable development in the hopes of achieving the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals by 2030.
UK’s Supreme Court rejects Scotland’s independence referendum bid
LONDON, United Kingdom- Britain’s Supreme Court has ruled that Scotland’s government cannot unilaterally hold a second referendum on whether to secede from the United Kingdom, in a blow to independence campaigners that will be welcomed by Westminster’s pro-union establishment.
Independent countries can't be free if rest of region is not- Dr June Soomer
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Chair of The UWI Open Campus Council and former Secretary General of the Association of Caribbean States (ACS) Dr June Soomer has questioned why the Virgin Islands (VI) is not independent despite having achieved much on its own.
VI must say ‘enough to criminal activity & yes to righteousness’– Bishop Cline
DUFF'S BOTTOM, Tortola, VI – Bishop of the New Life Baptist Church in Duff's Bottom, Tortola, Mr John I. Cline has called on the people of the [British] Virgin Islands (VI) to enter 2023 in unity and to reject a host of negative traits.
VI should aspire for independence by 2027– Bishop Cline
DUFF'S BOTTOM, Tortola, VI – Bishop of the New Life Baptist Church in Duff’s Bottom, Tortola, Mr John I. Cline has urged leaders in the Virgin Islands (VI) to commit to the advancement of the territory that leads to independence by 2027.
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