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VIP Gov't's Inaugural Territorial Address set for May 16, 2024
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI– Virgin Islands Premier and Minister of Finance, Dr the Hon Natalio D. Wheatley (R7) will host the Virgin Islands Party (VIP) Government's Inaugural Territorial Address under the theme ‘Building a Sustainable Nation’ on Thursday, May 16, 2024.
Did Premier & Opposition Leader boycott Governor Rankin's farewell ceremony?
GOVERNMENT HOUSE, Road Town, VI- Not one of the 14 elected members of the House of Assembly (HoA), including the Speaker of the HoA Honourable Corine N. George-Massicote, turned up this morning Thursday, January 18, 2024, for the farewell ceremony for the controversial UK-appointed Governor of the Virgin Islands, John J. Rankin, CMG.
Media barred from streaming or recording CoI briefing @ Governor’s Office today
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Local media personnel in the [British] Virgin Islands have been perplexed as to why they have been invited to a media briefing on the background to the Commission of Inquiry CoI) by the Governor’s Office but are not allowed to stream or record the event.
Premier Wheatley calls for code of conduct for journalists
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Following the shutting out of Rosemary Cindy Rosan from what was intended to be a Premier’s press conference on February 20, 2023, Premier and Minister of Finance Dr the Honourable Natalio D. Wheatley (R7) is now calling for a code of conduct for journalists in the Virgin Islands (VI).
Cindy Rosan shut out of Premier’s press conference
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Controversial talk show host Rosemary Cindy Rosan was reportedly barred from attending a press conference called today, February 20, 2023, by Premier and Minister of Finance, Dr the Honourable Natalio D. Wheatley (R7) to give a report on his attendance at the recent CARICOM Meeting in The Bahamas.
UPDATE: Dominica Labour Party wins boycotted general election 19-2
ROSEAU, Dominica- The Dominica Labour Party (DLP) led by Prime Minister Roosevelt Skeritt has won the December 6, 2022, general election in the Commonwealth of Dominica.
Bishop Cline calls for boycott of businesses demanding employee vaccination
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Outspoken clergyman Bishop John I. Cline has called for the unvaccinated population in the Virgin Islands to boycott businesses in the territory that are applying pressure on their employees to get vaccinated or risk becoming unemployed.
Skelton-Cline calls out ‘VINO Boycotters’ for silence over Gov’s reparation statement
BAUGHERS BAY, Tortola, VI - Honestly Speaking radio moderator, Mr Claude O. Skelton-Cline has called out the hypocrisy of those who were quick to condemn and harass businesses to boycott Virgin Islands News Online (VINO) over a cartoon, yet remain silent over comments from a sitting Governor that the United Kingdom does not intend to pay slavery reparations to the Virgin Islands (VI).
Are these the new faces of hate & the ‘smear campaign against locals?'
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Two BVI Tourist Board (BVITB) employees, a Mrs Rosemary R. Rosan- Jones aka ‘Cindy’ and Esther N. Fraser, have emerged as the faces of a smear campaign against locals, and resorting to telling lies, bullying and what many described as spewing hate in the public domain.
‘I will not boycott VINO’- Local businessman resists being bullied
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- A prominent local businessman, former Education Minister and social commentator has related he is not subscribing to the bullying tactics being employed by a few members of the public to get advertisers to discontinue doing business with Virgin Islands News Online (VINO).
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