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Hons Penn & Skelton snub Hon Walwyn-led Opposition press conference again!
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- His Majesty’s Loyal Opposition under the controversial Hon Myron V. Walwyn remains (R6) divided as ever, and there appears to be no end in sight to the disunity with Hon Walwyn at the helm.
Hons Skelton & Penn snub Hon Walwyn’s Opposition press conference
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- After failing to get support from even his own Opposition members on his recent Vote of No Confidence motion brought against the Government of the Virgin Islands in the House of Assembly (HoA), Leader of the Opposition and premier-hopeful Hon Myron V. Walwyn (R6) failed to get all of his Opposition members to his press conference on Thursday, August 14, 2025.
Fmr CoP's funeral snub of late Vernon E. Malone was disrespectful- Hon Turnbull
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI— Deeply disrespectful and symptomatic of the systemic erosion of local dignity and authority within the Virgin Islands, was the observation had by Opposition Member Honourable Melvin M. Turnbull (R2) in his denunciation of the apparent snub at the funeral of the late former Commissioner of Police, legislator, attorney and mentor, Mr Vernon E. Malone.
Opposition ‘chose not to come’ to Tourism Summit- Premier Wheatley
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI—Premier Dr The Honourable Natalio D. Wheatley (R7), has categorically denied claims made by Opposition Leader Honourable Ronnie W. Skelton (AL) that the Opposition was deliberately excluded from the recently concluded inaugural Tourism Summit held at Peter Island Resort in the Virgin Islands.
Did Premier & Opposition Leader boycott Governor Rankin's farewell ceremony?
GOVERNMENT HOUSE, Road Town, VI- Not one of the 14 elected members of the House of Assembly (HoA), including the Speaker of the HoA Honourable Corine N. George-Massicote, turned up this morning Thursday, January 18, 2024, for the farewell ceremony for the controversial UK-appointed Governor of the Virgin Islands, John J. Rankin, CMG.
'I will make myself available' for CoI- Speaker Willock
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- After snubbing the Commission of Inquiry (CoI) on Monday, June 14, 2021, to instead attend the opening of the Virgin Islands Commonwealth Parliamentary Association Members Training, Speaker of the House of Assembly (HoA) Honourable Julian Willock has announced he will make an appearance today, June 18, 2021.
On snubbing of Gov swearing in: ‘VI open country, we welcome people’- DG Archer
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Many residents remember the controversy last year when the National Democratic Party (NDP) Government used the Speaker of the House of Assembly (HoA), Hon Ingrid A. Moses-Scatliffe, to discontinue with the traditional location for the swearing in of the newly appointed senior civil servant in the United Kingdom Diplomatic Service.
NDP Gov’t continues to snub Police anniversary activities
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Several officers of the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) are crying shame on Premier and Minister of Finance Dr The Honourable D. Orlando Smith (AL) and his team of government ministers for their no-show at two activities that marked the beginning of the year-long celebrations of the RVIPF’s 50th anniversary as an independent constabulary.
Is Guy M. Hill being snubbed again for Chief Immigration Officer post?
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Our newsroom’s senior National Democratic Party (NDP) sources have confirmed that Acting Chief Immigration Officer Mr Ian B. Penn is expected to return to study leave this fall 2016, pending final approval from the Public Service Commission (PSC).
VI snubbed from anti-corruption summit in London
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- On the heels of the Panama Papers and the Virgin Islands and the international attacks on the Virgin Islands’ financial services industry, it has come as a major surprise that the Virgin Islands, along with Panama, was not invited to the first worldwide anti-corruption summit in London this week.
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