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Dr Pickering hopes to reveal political team @ next public meeting
HUNTUMS GHUT, Tortola, VI- Former legislator Dr Kedrick D. Pickering is hoping to soon announce his group of candidates for the upcoming General Elections of the Virgin Islands, as he told residents of Huntums Ghut that last night January 25, 2023, will likely be the last time he is on the road solo.
VI needs a Unity Gov’t that is elected & not selected – Skelton-Cline
BAUGHERS BAY, Tortola, VI – Talk show host Claude O. Skelton-Cline has lauded the concept of a Government of National Unity as a good one; however, he slammed the process that led to the formation of the latest Unity Government led by Premier Dr the Hon Natalio D. Wheatley (R7).
W&SD boss Perline R. Scatliffe-Leonard retires! Is she running for office?
BAUGHERS BAY, Tortola, VI– Word reaching our news centre is that Director of Water and Sewerage Department (W&SD) Mrs Perline R. Scatliffe-Leonard has retired.
Is Marlon A. Penn the new NDP Chairman?
EAST END, Tortola, VI- Since the former Chairman Myron V. Walwyn tendered his resignation on May 21, 2019, as Chairman the National Democratic Party (NDP) the party has been without a leader.
Elections 2023: All 4 At-Large Legislators will lose seats– Skelton-Cline predicts
BAUGHERS BAY, Tortola, VI– Talk show host and social commentator, Claude O. Skelton-Cline has predicted that when the Virgin Islands people head to the polls at the next 2023 elections, all of the current At-Large Legislators will lose their seats.
New session of HoA starts Jan 24, 2023; Governor to deliver Throne Speech
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- With the National Unity Government of Premier and Minister of Finance Dr the Hon Natalio D. Wheatley (R7) proroguing instead of dissolving the House of Assembly (HoA), four months out from a constitutionally due general election, a new session of the House will begin January 24, 2023.
‘We are not going to have early elections’ in VI- Premier Wheatley
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Electorates of the Virgin Islands are being assured that General Elections will not be called before May of 2023, as Premier and Minister of Finance, Dr the Honourable Natalio D. Wheatley (R7) say the Government of National Unity intends to complete its full four (4) year term.
HoA prorogued! Why not dissolved? Some asked!
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- His Excellency, the Governor, John J. Rankin CMG, acting in accordance with the advice of the Premier and Minister of Finance, Dr the Honourable Natalio D. Wheatley (R7), has prorogued the House of Assembly (HoA), effective Friday, December 30, 2022, until such a time a new session is appointed.
Premier Wheatley tells USVI ‘there will be an election’ in VI but gives no date
CHARLOTTE AMALIE, St Thomas, USVI- The [British] Virgin Islands has entered into an election year and although it is constitutionally due at the end of May 2023, the electorate remains in a state of suspense as a definite date is yet to be announced by Leader of the National Unity Government Premier and Minister of Finance Dr the Honourable Natalio D. Wheatley (R7).
‘It is still the consensus in community’ that I run for office- Kevon S. Lettsome
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Former Opposition Leader of the Virgin Islands Youth Parliament (VIYP) Mr Kevon S. Lettsome aka ‘Shaq’ has confirmed that he is still contesting the 2023 General Election in the Virgin Islands.
