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Everything would have been fixed ‘if Andrew Fahie was Premier’- Hon Mather
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- After providing a long list of things that he believes need addressing in the territory, Territorial At Large Member Hon Stacy R. Mather, MBE told the members of the House of Assembly (HoA) that he believes the former premier, Andrew A. Fahie, would have resolved those issues if he were still the premier.
Hon Walwyn’s Motion of No Confidence crushed in HoA
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI— In what was predicted by Virgin Islands News Online (VINO) in our story of July 29, 2025, the one-man-led Motion of No Confidence brought to the House of Assembly (HoA) by Opposition Leader Hon Myron V. Walwyn (R6) has been defeated.
Walwyn’s 'Vote of No Confidence' to be debated later today, July 29, 2025
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Opposition Leader Hon Myron V. Walwyn (R6), who toppled Hon Ronnie W. Skelton (AL) in a nasty fight over the Leader of the Opposition post, will have his Motion of No Conference against the Dr. Natalio D. Wheatley (R7) administration debated today, Tuesday, July 29, 2025.
Gov't fires contractor for NEOC building
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Premier and Minister of Finance, Dr the Honourable Natalio D. Wheatley (R7) has announced the government’s intention to award a new contract for the construction of the National Emergency Operations Centre (NEOC) in McNamara, Tortola.
Labour Minister now empowered to officially appoint labour inspectors
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The Labour Code Validation of Labour Inspections Bill 2025 was one of three bills passed during the Seventh Sitting of the Second Session of the Fifth House of Assembly (HoA), held on Thursday, July 3, 2025.
VI Gov't looking to give additional budgetary support to RVIPF- Premier
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Virgin Islands (VI) Premier and Minister of Finance Dr the Honourable Natalio D. Wheatley (R7) has announced that the government is looking at ways to give more money to the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) to bolster its crime-fighting capacity.
‘We have to bring back’ horse racing in memory of Eileene L. Parsons- Premier
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Describing the late former legislator and cultural icon Mrs Eileene L. Parsons, OBE, as a sports enthusiast who had a great love for softball and horse racing, Premier and Minister of Finance Dr the Honourable Natalio D. Wheatley (R7) has said horse racing should return not only because it is a pastime of the Virgin Islands but also in memory of Mrs Parsons.
‘She was the Soil’: Hon de Castro pays tribute to late Parsons with poem
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- As legislators spoke at length in their tribute to the late former legislator and cultural icon Mrs Eileene L. Parsons, OBE, aka ‘Miss P’, at the Special Sitting of the House of Assembly (HoA) on July 1, 2025, Minister for Education, Youth Affairs and Sports Honourable Sharie B. de Castro (AL) chose to do hers via a poem she wrote herself in honour of Parsons.
Honour late Eileene L. Parsons by 'taking up mantle of patriotism'- Premier Wheatley
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Premier and Minister of Finance Dr the Honourable Natalio D. Wheatley (R7) has encouraged all residents of the Virgin Islands (VI) to emulate the patriotism exhibited by the late Eileene L. Parsons, OBE.
'Technology should be a platform for progress, not weapon of oppression'- HoA Speaker
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados- “Technology should be a platform for progress, not a weapon of oppression. We must unite to protect women’s voices, ensuring leadership is strengthened by courage, not silenced by fear.”
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