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‘I will fight for you & I will listen’– Willock assures D3 residents
PALESTINA ESTATE, Tortola, VI– Former Speaker of the Virgin Islands (VI) House of Assembly (HoA) Julian Willock has vowed to fight for the people of the Third Electoral District, whether or not he decides to run for office.
Reading VI news blogs is 'not constructive for me'– Karia J. Christopher
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Real Talk host Mrs Karia J. Christopher, who is also the acting Director of Communications, has said 'blogs' on news articles in the Virgin Islands are unconstructive for her and that she tries not to read any.
'Ms P' blasts VI men for ‘allowing’ their women to 'expose' themselves in public
PALESTINA ESTATE, Tortola, VI - Former legislator Eileene L. Parsons, OBE has called on the men of the Virgin Islands (VI) to stop allowing their women and females to go on the streets dressing provocatively during festivals.
VI festival has become nothing but ‘feathers & flesh’- Eileene L. Parsons
PALESTINA ESTATE, Tortola, VI - Cultural icon and former legislator Eileene L. Parsons, OBE says as a female of a different generation in the Virgin Islands, she is now embarrassed at what the Emancipation Festival has become, particularly the parade.
‘I don’t like to hear about reparations’- Eileene L. Parsons
PALESTINA ESTATE, Tortola, VI- Cultural icon and former legislator Eileene L. Parsons, OBE does not believe the Virgin Islands (VI) should be fighting for reparations for slavery, and instead should just be grateful for where it has come.
'Even my grandchildren, according to me, are not BVIslanders'- Eileene L. Parsons OBE
PALESTINA ESTATE, Tortola, VI- Local cultural icon Ms Eileene L. Parsons, OBE has maintained “in all sincerity” that a Virgin Islander should be identified as someone who is able to trace his or her parentage back three generations of Virgin Islanders on both sides.
‘Be serious’ about VI's constitutional review process- Ronnie W. Skelton
HANNAH'S ESTATE, Tortola, VI– Former legislator Ronnie W. Skelton has called on Virgin Islanders and Belongers to be serious about the constitutional review process, given its implications on the future for all persons in the Virgin Islands (VI).
CRC receiving suggestions for political term limits in VI– Lisa E. Penn-Lettsome
HANNAH'S ESTATE, Tortola, VI– Chairman of the Constitutional Review Commission (CRC) Mrs Lisa E. Penn-Lettsome says arguments continue for and against the implementation of political term limits in the Virgin Islands (VI), with one good suggestion being the staggering of political terms by those elected to the House of Assembly (HoA).
‘BVI women are our worst enemies’- CRC Chair Lisa E. Penn-Lettsome
HANNAH'S ESTATE, Tortola, VI– Chair of the Constitutional Review Commission (CRC), Mrs Lisa E. Penn-Lettsome has referred to women in the Virgin Islands and West Indies as their own worst enemies for not pushing their female counterparts, but rather, relishing in their downfall.
COVID-19: Private schools have advantage with online schooling – Dr Wheatley
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Deputy Premier and Minister for Education, Culture, Youth Affairs, Fisheries and Agriculture, Dr the Honourable Natalio D. Wheatley (R7) says persons are misreading the differences between the public and private schooling system when it comes to delivery of education the COVID-19 era.