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Social Protection Policy inadequate to help people in VI– Premier
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI– Virgin Islands (VI) Premier and Minister of Finance, Dr the Hon Natalio D. Wheatley (R7) has called "inadequate", the VI’s current Social Protection Policy, which he says cannot help the people.
'Main challenge' with water was created with signing of Biwater contract– Premier
FISH BAY, Tortola, VI- Long-time critic of the Biwater deal with the government of the Virgin Islands, Premier Natalio D. Wheatley (R7) has blamed the signing of the controversial contract as the beginning of the challenges plaguing the Virgin Islands (VI) as it relates to water distribution today.
Blaming the Gov’t for crime is a self-serving & dangerous narrative by Opposition- Premier
FISH BAY, Tortola, VI- Premier and Minister of Finance Dr the Honourable Natalio D. Wheatley (R7) has hit back at the Opposition for suggesting that the government is to take some of the blame for the increase in crime in the Virgin Islands.
Fake ‘Drugs bust post’ is malicious & unauthorsed- JTV
FISH BAY, Tortola, VI – Japhix Television (JTV), a media house operating primarily via Facebook in the Virgin Islands (VI), has debunked as malicious and unauthorised a post being circulated online with a photo of a drug bust along with the accompanying image of three individuals.
VI will be 'lost to crime' if Gov’t fails to create opportunities for youths- Curtis Callwood
FISH BAY, Tortola, VI– Virgin Islands (VI) fashion designer Curtis Callwood is calling on the Government to prioritise creating opportunities for local youths, whom he said are bursting with talent.
UPDATE: VIF&FC apologises to JTV over 'kick out' from Prince & Princess Show
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Local media house Japhix Television (JTV), has indicated that it has received an apology from the Virgin Islands Festival and Fair Committee Chairman (VIF&FC), Mr Dirk L. Walters over an incident that resulted in the media house being 'kicked out' of the recent Prince & Princess Show on July 23, 2023, and its live online stream of the event discontinued.
VI seniors & children were well in tune to VI elections– Hon Vincent O. Wheatley
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Ninth District Representative and Minister for Health and Social Development, Hon Vincent O. Wheatly (R9) has said that throughout the 2023 Elections period, he was surprised at how intuned both seniors and children were to issues in the territory.
UK unlikely to grant request to remove Order in Council– Hon Malone
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Opposition Member in the Virgin Islands (VI) House of Assembly (HoA), Hon Carvin Malone (AL) has warned that should the VI ask to have the United Kingdom (UK) remove the reserved Order in Council to suspend the VI constitution, it may not oblige.
'I have never felt unwelcome in VI'- CoP Matthews
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Despite being a territory of mostly black people, the Virgin Islands, as expected, was more than welcoming to caucasian Commissioner of Police, Mr Michael B. Matthews over the last five years of his tenure.
Officers in largest drugs bust were ‘suspected’ of being corrupt – CoP Matthews
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI -Outgoing Commissioner of Police, Mr Michael B. Matthews has revealed that the two officers of the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) who were implicated and charged in the $250 million drug bust in the Balsam Ghut area in November 2020, were suspected of being corrupt.

