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March 17th, 2026
‘Ya’ll need someone like me’ in leadership- Claude O. Skelton-Cline

BAUGHERS BAY, Tortola, VI- Social Commentator and host of Honestly Speaking, Pastor Claude O. Skelton-Cline, has said the Virgin Islands (VI) needs a leader like him.

March 16th, 2026
‘The impact of these wars have come to our doorstep'- Pastor Skelton-Cline

BAUGHERS BAY, Tortola, VI- Social commentator and talk show host Pastor Claude O. Skelton-Cline has said the impact of the wars has now begun affecting the Virgin Islands (VI) and called on the private sector to come up with a plan in the absence of one from the government.

March 12th, 2026
VI ‘has not seen a visionary leader since late H. Lavity Stoutt’- Skelton-Cline

BAUGHERS BAY, Tortola, VI- Social commentator and host of Honestly Speaking, Pastor Claude O. Skelton-Cline has said H. Lavity Stoutt was the Virgin Islands’ (VI) last visionary leader.

March 5th, 2026
‘We must brace ourselves for when oil prices rise’- Premier Wheatley

BAUGHERS BAY, Tortola, VI- Premier and Minister of Finance Dr the Hon Natalio D. Wheatley (R7) has confirmed that fuel prices will most likely increase in the Virgin Islands due to ongoing global tensions.

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 26th, 2026
‘We have fallen behind’; Expats will return home- Skelton-Cline

BAUGHERS BAY, Tortola, VI- Pastor Claude O. Skelton-Cline, social commentator and host of Honestly Speaking, has said Caribbean people currently residing in the Virgin Islands (VI) will eventually move back home as progress in the VI is stalled.

February 25th, 2026
‘Command & demand’ completion of national census- Claude O. Skelton-Cline

BAUGHERS BAY, Tortola, VI- The host of Honestly Speaking, Pastor Claude O. Skelton-Cline, has raised concerns about the non-completion of the 2020 Population Census during the recent airing of his show on Tuesday, February 24, 2026.

February 23rd, 2026
VIslanders being 'pushed out' of local real eatate market- Claude O. Skelton-Cline

BAUGHERS BAY, Tortola, VI- Social Commentator and host of Honestly Speaking, Pastor Claude O. Skelton-Cline has called for a revision of the access to the Virgin Islands (VI) real estate market given to persons with Non-Belonger's Landholder's Licenses.

February 18th, 2026
‘Y’all gotta do better than this by us’- Skelton-Cline to UK

BAUGHERS BAY, Tortola, VI- The host of Honestly Speaking, Pastor Claude O. Skelton-Cline, has called on the United Kingdom (UK) and Governor Daniel Pruce to “do better” for the Virgin Islands.

February 13th, 2026
VI 'needs to recommence exploration for oil & gold'— Skelton-Cline

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- “Whether it’s this government or the government to come, this country needs to recommence….the exploration for oil and gold in these Virgin Islands. You heard me right,” clergyman and commentator Claude O. Skelton-Cline stated during his show, Honestly Speaking, on Tuesday, February 3, 2026.

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