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VI must 'sit around table with UK' on borrowing money– Hon Penn
FAT HOGS BAY, Tortola, VI - Leader of the National Democratic Party (NDP) Hon Marlon A. Penn (R8) has indicated that should the National Democratic Party (NDP) be elected into office, his team will be seeking to borrow money at better terms to build the local economy.
Dr the Hon Natalio D. Wheatley is an 'accidental Premier'- Allen O'Neal
EAST END, Tortola, VI- Chairman of the Virgin Islands Party (VIP) and Premier and Minister of Finance Dr the Honourable Natalio D. Wheatley (R7) has fired back at National Democratic Party (NDP) At Large Candidate Mr Allen O’Neal for referring to him as an “accidental Premier”.
Dirty politics: NDP’s Hon Penn refers to VIP political opponents as pigs
VALLEY, Virgin Gorda, VI- Leader of the National Democratic Party (NDP) Hon Marlon A. Penn has been slammed for engaging in dirty politics, in referring to Virgin Islands Party (VIP) political opponents as pigs.
'Speak the Truth!’ L. Allen Wheatley blasts Hon Penn for claiming Hawk’s Nest road project
EAST/NORTH EAST, Tortola, VI – Former Financial Secretary, Mr L. Allen Wheatley who is contesting the 8th Electoral District in the Virgin Islands 2023 Elections under the Virgin Islands Party (VIP), has blasted his political opponent, Hon Marlon A. Penn (R8) for taking credit for the completion of the Hawk’s Nest Road project in East/North East Tortola.
‘We’re defending marriage between a man & a woman’- Premier Wheatley
LONG LOOK, Tortola, VI- Premier and Minister of Finance and Seventh District Representative Dr the Honourable Natalio D. Wheatley has said while the Virgin Islands (VI) welcomes persons of different cultures and beliefs in its society without discrimination, it is not in favour of anyone trying to force a different culture and beliefs on the VI people.
D7 & D8 candidates to respond to questions from public today
LONG LOOK, Tortola, VI- As the political season heats up and the public is ever eager to hear what the various candidates are promising, the Community Worship Centre Church of God of Prophecy in Long Look, Tortola is hosting a forum titled, “A Response”, featuring the declared candidates for the Seventh and Eighth Districts.
Cabinet leak of students’ names for education assistance grants shameful- Parents
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The list of local students studying abroad and locally, who have gotten financial support from the Premier’s Office and the Ministry of Education and Culture over the past three years, 2019-2022, has been leaked.
Zero merger! NDP & PVIM go separate ways!
FISH BAY, Tortola, VI- Despite Hon Marlon A. Penn (R8) claiming yesterday, February 23, 2023, while appearing on the Morning Braff show on Tola Radio VI 100.5 FM with Floyd Burnett aka ‘Heritage’ that the negotiations between the National Democratic Party (NDP) and the Progressive Virgin Islands Movement (PVIM) were still ongoing, we found out today that this is not the case.
L. Allen Wheatley fires back @ Hon Marlon A. Penn; No hot air!
EAST END, Tortola, VI- As the political race in the Eighth District heats up, there is a war of words between Virgin Islands Party (VIP) candidate L. Allen Wheatley and the incumbent Representative and National Democratic Party (NDP) Member, Honourable Marlon A. Penn.
Premier Wheatley reminds Hon Penn his NDP is ‘not without sin’
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Minister for Health and Social Development in the Unity Government and member of the National Democratic Party (NDP) Hon Marlon A. Penn (R8) spent much time in the House of Assembly (HoA) on February 21, 2023, seemingly trying to wipe himself and party clean of the controversial contracts given to consultant Claude O. Skelton-Cline during the Andrew A. Fahie led Virgin Islands Party (VIP) Administration.