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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.
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".
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).
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.
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'.
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.
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.
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.'
'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.
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'.