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Surviving the tariff war & growing our nation
Alred C. Frett
Placing the Blame Where Blame is Due
There’s so much drama about Tariffs and Trade Wars that we are overwhelmed by the noise and find it difficult to decide whether to stay focused on the shiny external Objects, or look at our own problems with the intent of doing the best we can with our limited resources… In this evolving tragedy, no one can predict the end, so each step we take may be the end of one drama and the beginning of another.
‘Hold our feet to the fire’- Hon Melvin M. Turnbull
FAT HOGS BAY, Tortola, VI- Members of the Opposition splinter, the Alliance, continue to make their case to the voting public, even as they have been criticised for fostering disunity and disregard for the duly appointed Opposition Leader and their party leaders.
Premier chides Opposition for wrongfully blaming him for financial 'blunder'
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Premier and Minister of Finance, Dr the Honourable Natalio D. Wheatley (R7), has clarified that he in his capacity as Minister of Finance was unaware compensation for public officers would surpass the 11.7 million dollars budgeted in last year’s budget.
Premier Wheatley reminds Hon Penn his NDP is ‘not without sin’
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Minister for Health and Social Development in the Unity Government and member of the National Democratic Party (NDP) Hon Marlon A. Penn (R8) spent much time in the House of Assembly (HoA) on February 21, 2023, seemingly trying to wipe himself and party clean of the controversial contracts given to consultant Claude O. Skelton-Cline during the Andrew A. Fahie led Virgin Islands Party (VIP) Administration.
Premier blasts Governor for misleading public on tardiness of Police Bill
FAT HOGS BAY, Tortola, VI- Premier and Minister of Finance Dr the Honourable Natalio D. Wheatley (R7) spared little words in letting the public know that Governor John J. Rankin, CMG was being bluntly untruthful when he laid the blame on the Unity Government and the House of Assembly for the controversial Bill entitled Police Act 2023 only now reaching the HoA.
[British] Virgin Islands People: Betrayal, Disloyalty & Treachery
Edgar Leonard
Some elected officials and non-elected officials have disappointedly betrayed the VI people's trust, faith, and confidence in them, inflicting painful shame and embarrassment. The VI has been under the UK's control since 1672, after the Anglo-Dutch War.
UK PM Johnson’s Brexit ‘betrayal’ blamed for Northern Ireland violence
BELFAST, Northern Ireland- As Northern Ireland has seen several nights of violence and destruction in which dozens of police officers have been injured, part of the blame is being cast on United Kingdom (UK) Prime Minister Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson aka ‘Boris’.
'Any concerns' over COVID-19 death 'will be addressed'- Health Minister
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Zan Lewis, a senior broadcaster with ZBVI Radio, was rebuked by Deputy Premier and Minister for Health and Social Development Honourable Carvin Malone (AL) for asking if the BVI Health Services Authority (BVIHSA) should shoulder blame for the Territory’s lone COVID-19 death.
Ukraine conflict: Vladimir Putin renews blame on West
BBC NEWS
Ukraine's crisis has been caused by the West, Russian President Vladimir Putin says, as he considers Franco-German proposals to end fighting between the government and pro-Russia rebels.
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