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March 4th, 2026
Constitutional negotiating team must be ‘united’- Premier Wheatley

BAUGHERS BAY, Tortola, VI- Premier and Minister of Finance, Dr the Hon Natalio D. Wheatley (R7) has said the team he will lead when he goes to the United Kingdom (UK) to negotiate the Virgin Islands’ (VI) constitution will be a united one, but fell short of announcing who will make up that team.

February 12th, 2026
‘Whatever happened to The Alliance?'- Claude O. Skelton-Cline asks

BAUGHERS BAY, Tortola, VI- The Alliance has been radio silent for the past few months, and social commentator and host of Honestly Speaking, Pastor Claude O. Skelton-Cline, is wondering about its current state.

February 3rd, 2026
Opposition members were informed of decision to cross the floor- Hon Stacy R. Mather

FISH BAY Tortola, VI- Members of the Opposition were not blindsided by the announcement made by their former Opposition colleague, Hon Stacy R. Mather, OBE (AL), to cross the floor and join the Virgin Islands Party (VIP) government.

January 5th, 2026
Helping from the opposite side of the aisle ‘doesn’t work’- Hon Stacy R. Mather

FISH BAY, Tortola, VI- Hon Stacy R. Mather, MBE (AL), has said moving to the Virgin Islands Party (VIP) administration was a difficult decision following the invitation from Premier and Minister of Finance Dr the Hon Natalio D. Wheatley (R7).

December 24th, 2025
Gov't 'could have killed 2 birds with 1 stone' & oust Walwyn- Commentator

BAUGHERS BAY, Tortola, VI- Social Commentator and radio talk show host Pastor Claude O. Skelton-Cline says the fate of whether Hon Myron V. Walwyn (R6) remains as Leader of His Majesty’s Loyal Opposition and the fate of The Alliance lies in the hands of Hon Melvin M. Turnbull (R2).

October 23rd, 2025
Hons Penn & Skelton snub Hon Walwyn-led Opposition press conference again!

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- His Majesty’s Loyal Opposition under the controversial Hon Myron V. Walwyn remains (R6) divided as ever, and there appears to be no end in sight to the disunity with Hon Walwyn at the helm.

October 15th, 2025
Rebel group Alliance declares itself an official political party

FISH BAY, Tortola, VI- The Hon Myron V. Walwyn-led rebel Opposition group, the Alliance, is now an official political organisation in the Virgin Islands (VI).

August 15th, 2025
Hons Skelton & Penn snub Hon Walwyn’s Opposition press conference

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- After failing to get support from even his own Opposition members on his recent Vote of No Confidence motion brought against the Government of the Virgin Islands in the House of Assembly (HoA), Leader of the Opposition and premier-hopeful Hon Myron V. Walwyn (R6) failed to get all of his Opposition members to his press conference on Thursday, August 14, 2025.

August 13th, 2025
Failed Vote of No Confidence put a disunited Opposition on full display- Willock

BAUGHERS BAY, Tortola, VI- Former Speaker of the House of Assembly (HoA) Mr Julian Willock has said there is no unity among the members of His Majesty’s Loyal Opposition, which was clear as day during the recent Vote of No Confidence.

June 30th, 2025
‘I have questions for all the ministers’- Hon Stacy R. Mather

BAUGHERS BAY, Tortola, VI- Opposition and Alliance member Hon Stacy R. Mather (AL) has said he has questions for every member on the government’s side of the House of Assembly (HoA), during the next sitting.

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