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August 31st, 2023
VI must be proactive against UK imposed policies- Carvin Malone

BAUGHERS BAY, Tortola, VI – A former Minister for Health and Social Development Mr Carvin Malone has called for the [British] Virgin Islands (VI) to stop being reactive and be proactive when it comes to United Kingdom (UK)-imposed policies.

November 8th, 2021
VI ‘now feels like a pressure cooker’- Skelton-Cline

BAUGHERS BAY, Tortola, VI– ‘Honestly Speaking’ talk show host Mr Claude O. Skelton-Cline has said the Virgin Islands (VI) now has several social, political, and business challenges compounded, which he says have now made the territory feel like a "pressure cooker".

October 7th, 2021
Skelton-Cline reiterates calls for ‘national conversation’ on VI’s future

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Radio talk show host, Claude O. Skelton-Cline has reiterated calls for a national conversation on leadership and the future of the Virgin Islands (VI) as a territory under the United Kingdom (UK).

February 22nd, 2021
VI ‘seems to be a country @ war with itself’ – Skelton-Cline

BAUGHERS BAY, Tortola, VI – Local commentator Mr Claude O. Skelton-Cline has called on Virgin Islanders (VI) to unite against deep social divides in the territory, else see the country fall at the hands of enemies.

December 25th, 2020
Expat vs local talk in VI ‘tore away at my heart’- Angelle A. Cameron

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Outspoken radio host and former Mrs BVI, Angelle A. Cameron says that over the 2020 year in the Virgin Islands, the contention over expats and locals in the territory is one that has 'torn away at her heart'.

August 17th, 2020
VI highly 'religious' yet the people are mean- Skelton-Cline

BAUGHERS BAY, Tortola, VI - Popular radio talkshow host and pastor, Mr Claude O. Skelton-Cline says although the Virgin Islands remains a highly religious society, the people are somehow mean towards each other and especially to outsiders.

June 17th, 2020
VINO's Cartoon 'a representation of what I see'- Skelton-Cline

BAUGHERS BAY, Tortola, VI - Man of the Cloth and ZBVI 'Honestly Speaking' radio moderator Claude O. Skelton-Cline has broken his silence regarding a Monday, June 15, 2020, cartoon published by Virgin Islands News Online (VINO) that ties directly into social commentary made by him on the Tuesday, June 9, 2020, edition of his popular radio show.

June 13th, 2020
UK & Governor have 'knees on VI's collective neck'- Skelton-Cline

BAUGHERS BAY, Tortola, VI - Calling on all Virgin Islanders to get on the bandwagon and fight against injustices faced by people of colour following the George P. Floyd Jr killing in the USA, ZBVI 780am radio Moderator, Claude O. Skelton-Cline said closer to home, the United Kingdom and Governor Augustus J. U. Jaspert have their 'knees on VI's collective neck.'

June 10th, 2020
'Ask yourself why we never had a black Governor here' - Skelton-Cline

BAUGHERS BAY, Tortola, VI - On the heels of the George P. Floyd Jr killing, which sparked widespread civil unrest in the United States and around the world, Honestly Speaking moderator and social commentator, Claude O. Skelton-Cline said the remnants of institutional racism and colonial powers against people of colour are still present in the Virgin Islands (VI), starting with the Governor's Office.

April 7th, 2020
COVID-19 lockdown 'has sidelined all side chicks'- Skelton-Cline

BAUGHERS BAY, Tortola, VI - Even as the COVID-19 pandemic has killed thousands worldwide, disrupted lives and virtually brought the Virgin Islands economy to a standstill, pastor and commentator, Mr Claude O. Skelton-Cline says a benefit of the virus is it is forcing people to end infidelity and 'bad relationships'.

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