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'Days over' for lengthy hearings @ Labour Tribunal- Jamal S. Smith
BAUGHERS BAY, Tortola, VI - Attorney-at-Law and new Chairman of the Virgin Islands' Labour Arbitration Tribunal, Mr Jamal S. Smith has promised a complete reform of the tribunal under his stewardship.
VIP Gov’t stuck with NDP Budget for this year—Deputy Premier
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – The Virgin Islands Party (VIP) has taken over the reins of government in the Virgin Islands (VI) but its spending in the coming year, will be largely dictated by the ousted National Democratic Party (NDP), since it was the NDP that prepared the Annual Budget.
‘We must have a serious discussion on immigration’ – Acting CIO
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Speaking of the dire need to become up-to-speed with advanced technology to make Immigration Department more effective in the execution of duties, Acting Chief Immigration Officer Mrs Geraldine Ritter-Freeman said ‘Trumpism’ will have an impact on the Virgin Islands (UK) at some point.
‘We have lost the reason for the season’ – Cromwell Smith
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Radio talk show host Cromwell Smith aka Edju En Ka on his Umoja talk show last evening August 13, 2015 suggested that the territory seems to have lost the reason for the season when it comes to the Emancipation celebrations.
Cromwell Smith knocks PR efforts of CCT
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Commentator Cromwell Smith aka Edju En Ka has knocked CCT Global Communications’s public relations efforts in getting messages out in times of crisis, explaining, “You could send out information to the public and you could write it in such a way that, if it’s too difficult to understand, you still won’t get the message out.”
Hostility between VI locals & migrants?
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Host of the Umoja radio show, Cromwell Smith aka Edju En Ka, has called for dialogue among the various cultures that occupy the Virgin Islands (VI) amidst suggestions that there may be too much hostility between locals and migrant workers.
Develop other sectors to remedy imbalance – Umoja host Smith
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - There is a lot going on in the Territory that we need to pay more attention to, Cromwell Smith suggested. Smith, who hosts the radio programme Umoja, made this statement on his show which was aired on September 13, 2012 on a local radio station.
Sowande Uhuru: “Who is a Virgin Islander”
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - With all the talk buzzing around the territory about who and what is a ‘Virgin islander’ Natalio Wheatley aka Sowande Uhuru, saw it best to address this matter on a local talk show which he co-Hosts with Cromwell Smith aka Edju En Ka.
There is a fear of losing our country – Edju En Ka
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Host of the Umoja show, Cromwell Smith aka Edju En Ka believes that Virgin Islanders have a real fear of losing their territory to outsiders and this has prevented them from being able to fully embrace unity with fellow Caribbean brothers and sisters in the VI community.
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