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March 9th, 2017
‘End the lip service’- Rajah A. Smith tells Hon Walwyn

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Virgin Islands Party (VIP) candidate in the 2015 General Election, Rajah A. Smith has called for an end to the “lip service” by the Minister for Education and Culture Hon Myron V. Walwyn (AL) as it relates to children born to expatriate parents in the Virgin Islands getting a difficult time to receive status in the territory.

April 20th, 2016
NDP doing 'foolishness' with taxpayers money' – Donald E. de Castro

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Often controversial talk show host Donald E. de Castro lambasted Government for what he called “doing a lot of foolishness” with public monies when things are not well with the territory.

March 10th, 2016
Local artists must demand upfront portion of payment – Donald E. de Castro

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Outspoken radio talk show host Donald E. De Castro is urging musical performers to demand an advance payment for Festival 2016 performances and called on them to be paid for last year’s work prior to the start of this year’s activities.

February 25th, 2016
Ridiculous! Donald E. De Castro slams Hon Walwyn's Jr/Sr ESHS idea

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Radio talk show host Donald E. De Castro has slammed as a ridiculous idea the plan to separate the campus of the Elmore Stoutt High School, making the territory’s largest secondary school into a junior and senior high school.

February 16th, 2016
Customs Officers working in shameful conditions – Donald E. De Castro 

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Radio talk show host Donald E. de Castro has slammed the conditions under which customs officers have to do their jobs at the Road Town Ferry Dock, calling their surroundings cramped and uncomfortable and said government needs to attend to these issues rather than making huge expenditures. 

February 11th, 2016
Donald E. de Castro blasts Gov't for owing locals but investing in foreign airline

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Radio talk show host and social commentator Donald E. de Castro has blasted the National Democratic Party (NDP) Government for failing to pay monies owed to numerous contractors and service providers but yet finding money from the Consolidated Fund to invest in BVI Airways, a foreign owned entity.

January 15th, 2016
‘Local police officers discriminated against’ – Attorney Richard G. Rowe

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – An attorney at law practicing in the Virgin Islands, Richard G. Rowe has come out strongly against what he calls the glaring disparity, which sees police officers recruited from the United Kingdom being paid much higher than those from the territory or other places in the Caribbean.

January 14th, 2016
‘Outrageous for Govt to subsidise airline while owing persons’ – Donald E. de Castro

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Radio talk show host Donald E. de Castro has slammed the National Democratic Party (NDP) Government for investing $7 million in taxpayers dollars into a foreign owned airline when persons in the territory cannot be paid for the services they rendered months ago.

October 20th, 2015
Dates on food labels: How important are they?

By Donald E. de Castro

Wednesday evening, October 14, 2015 on my radio show Straight Talk, I spent more than half an hour talking about ‘Dates on Food Labels’ and why they are only a guideline but none of the writers of the two online news sites printed the statistics and other facts that I quoted. I will now try to condense as much of the information as I can.

August 18th, 2015
‘David Morris is a good guy!’ – Donald E. de Castro

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Radio talk show host and commentator Donald E. de Castro has come out in support of former Commissioner of Police David Morris who has already departed the territory.

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