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Opposition walks out as Premier objects to No Confidence Motion on Order Paper
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Even before the Virgin Islands Party (VIP) government had an opportunity to start to settle into office in April 2023, the Opposition had promised Motions of No Confidence.
'Compromise could have been found' before Opposition HoA walkout - Hon Mather
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Opposition Member in the Virgin Islands House of Assembly (HoA) Hon Stacy M. Mather has called for the Government and Opposition to sit and discuss their differences before they get out of hand. Hon Mather, the Deputy Speaker, was referring to the recent Opposition walk-out of the HoA after the Question and Answer segment of the sitting was re-ordered on the Order Paper.
‘When we disagree, we can’t behave like children’- Premier to Opposition
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Taking aim at the Opposition for walking out of the House of Assembly (HoA) on October 31, 2023, even while important bills and motions were to be addressed, Premier and Minister of Finance Dr the Hon Natalio D. Wheatley (R7) has said elected members must never lose focus in fighting for the interest of the people of the Virgin Islands (VI).
‘Dejected’ Opposition to hold press conference today, Nov 2
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Two days after storming out of the House of Assembly (HoA) on losing another battle with the Premier Natalio D. Wheatley-led Government, the all-male His Majesty’s Loyal Opposition will be holding a press conference today, Thursday, November 2, 2023.
PAC forms in Opposition’s absence in HoA
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- His Majesty’s Loyal Opposition has been pushing with haste for the formation of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC), even unethically trying to force the issue at a special sitting of the House of Assembly to honour Virgin Islands’ heroes and foreparents on October 13, 2023.
Opposition walks out of HoA after motion passed to amend Order Paper
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI– Opposition Members of the Virgin Islands House of Assembly (HoA), this afternoon, October 31, 2023, walked out of the House after the HoA voted to move a lengthy Question and Answer (Q&A) segment to the end of the Order Paper.
NDP got a dose of its own medicine with HOA walkout!
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI: Today, February 10, 2014 was the start of the Budget debate in the House of Assembly as Premier and Minister of Finance Dr the Honourable D. Orlando Smith and his ruling National Democratic Party (NDP) concluded the Standing Finance Committee Session on the Estimates started some weeks ago.
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