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Hon Shereen D. Flax-Charles (AL) to contest D9 with PVIM

Ex Virgin Islands Party (VIP) Member and Junior Minister for Trade, Economic Development, Agriculture and Fisheries Hon Shereen D. Flax-Charles (AL) has joined Progressive Virgin Islands Movement (PVIM) to contest the 2023 General Election. Photo: VINO
From left: Minister for Natural Resources and Labour Hon Melvin M. Turnbull (R2), President of Progressive Virgin Islands Movement (PVIM) Mr Ronnie W. Skelton and newest member of PVIM Hon Shereen D. Flax-Charles at a press conference today, February 24, 2023. Photo: VINO
From left: Minister for Natural Resources and Labour Hon Melvin M. Turnbull (R2), President of Progressive Virgin Islands Movement (PVIM) Mr Ronnie W. Skelton and newest member of PVIM Hon Shereen D. Flax-Charles at a press conference today, February 24, 2023. Photo: VINO
FISH BAY, Tortola, VI- Ex Virgin Islands Party (VIP) Member and Junior Minister for Trade, Economic Development, Agriculture and Fisheries Hon Shereen D. Flax-Charles (AL) has joined Progressive Virgin Islands Movement (PVIM) to contest the 2023 General Election.

Hon Flax-Charles, who announced her resignation from the VIP on February 12, 2023, was announced as a PVIM member at a press conference at the Hire BVI Conference Room in Fish Bay today, February 24, 2023.

It was also disclosed that Hon Flax-Charles will be contesting the Ninth District, which is currently represented by Hon Vincent O. Wheatley.

She said she decided to run for the Ninth District seat because the "overwhelming" call from persons on Virgin Gorda and Anegada has been for her to represent them. 

Hon Flax-Charles also said she decided to join PVIM because its leadership of Mr Ronnie W. Skelton and Hon Melvin M. Turnbull exemplifies persons with a proven track record in their personal, professional and political life.

Noting that integrity matters, Hon Flax-Charles said she is excited for the journey ahead in rebuilding the Territory’s reputation and uplifting its people.

“I pledge to serve these Virgin Islands with all my heart with truth and integrity as my motto,” Hon Flax-Charles stated.

49 Responses to “Hon Shereen D. Flax-Charles (AL) to contest D9 with PVIM”

  • tola (24/02/2023, 10:30) Like (12) Dislike (9) Reply
    lol flip flop you be
    • @tola (24/02/2023, 11:45) Like (12) Dislike (2) Reply
      She joined NDP #2! Those men under the NDP supported a Beef Island Resort 'golf course' of foreigner investors over the protection of our territory's fishing industry. The chemical runoff from the golf course could have killed the majority of our fishes that spawn at that location. We had to take them to court to save your fishing industry. With food prices escalating all over the world, imagine if our fishing industry was gone? So, I guess VG for the rich and their agenda now!
      • Tasty (24/02/2023, 13:18) Like (1) Dislike (4) Reply
        Actually Branson took them to Court because he did not want any competition for his developments. @tola had nothing to do with it, and does not understand golf course design.
        • @ Tasty (24/02/2023, 14:37) Like (6) Dislike (2) Reply
          Please stop trying to lie to the people. The case was Quorum Island (BVI) Ltd v Virgin Islands Environmental Council AKA the people of the Virgin Islands.

          (The only surprising thing about the Beef Island study was the fact that the probability of damage to Hans Creek was mentioned at all. The fact that the government at the time ignored it is hardly surprising. Without the actions of the Virgin Islands Environmental Council and other residents, this would have been a done deal. And without high-powered legal help supplied pro bono from England, the legal challenge would have come to nothing.) Read more... https://www.bvibeacon.com/beef-island-project-criticised/

        • @ Tasty (24/02/2023, 14:54) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
          Additionally...

          (The concept of five-star hotels was a major factor in the last election. The Beef Island project probably cost the National Democratic Party the Eighth District, and the development concept that was a part of the NDP’s political platform quite possibly cost the party heavily in all of the other districts.)

          (Too often, high-budget projects in the Virgin Islands get planning approval based on environmental impact assessments that are quite possibly inherently faulted. There seems to be no question that the approval of the Beef Island project, proposed by one expatriate from Hong Kong named Hung, should not have occurred. The proposal included three real phases: a five-star hotel, a marina, some 600 residential units and a golf course. I will address these phases one at a time.)

          (For once, the system seemed to have worked, and the public voice was heard and heeded.
          Then came the legal eagles!
          The appeal against the court ruling is not based on the environmental facts but rather on the apparent faults in the legislation...)

          https://www.bvibeacon.com/beef-island-project-criticised/
        • @Tasty (24/02/2023, 15:10) Like (2) Dislike (0) Reply
          When people don’t read you can get them to believe Your-Story over True History.

          My people are destroyed for lack of Knowledge.
          Hosea 4:6
  • what a thing (24/02/2023, 10:32) Like (31) Dislike (7) Reply
    No surprise here at all. She was working on this for some time now. I guess she knew how to full out the form correctly to join and run with PVIM.
    • Rubber Duck (24/02/2023, 11:30) Like (20) Dislike (1) Reply
      Interesting and worrying that the PVIM would let her join their team.
      Maybe they have no other candidate for the 9th, and do not rate her chances very highly against Vincent. I very much doubt that Ronnie or Melvin would want to have her on their team if they are the next Government.
      Politics is a dirty business.
  • HMMM (24/02/2023, 10:32) Like (35) Dislike (22) Reply
    What a dangerous and devious woman.
    • @hmmmm (24/02/2023, 13:18) Like (11) Dislike (7) Reply
      From the picture you can look in her face and see the evil intentions pouring out.
  • new (24/02/2023, 10:33) Like (26) Dislike (13) Reply
    This is the new grasshopper.
  • What Next (24/02/2023, 10:33) Like (30) Dislike (5) Reply
    DOA dead on arrival cant have it your way so u back stab and dip out who should trust u
  • Public Officer (24/02/2023, 10:35) Like (35) Dislike (7) Reply
    The sooner this disrespectful and rude lady gets out of politics the better for the BVI. She does not know how to speak to people and always looking confusion.
  • Get Ready (24/02/2023, 10:36) Like (23) Dislike (3) Reply
    We know one thing for sure that she will run an undermining dirty smearing campaign. She will try to paint herself as the Saint and saviour. I really had enough of this foolishness.
    • TO: Get ready (24/02/2023, 11:16) Like (14) Dislike (2) Reply
      Well said. However it has just started. The race in the 9th district will be a nasty one as she will have her sidekicks spreading and creating a lot of lies, mischief, confusion, divisive information about Vincent to put doubt in the minds of the voters in District 9 while she tries to look stately for a few months (ONLY FOR A FEW MONTHS & THIS IS NOT HER TRUE SELF) to try to get the victory. We in VG and Anegada better stay awoke.
  • Clear now (24/02/2023, 10:39) Like (26) Dislike (2) Reply
    It is clear now why she and her sister was undermining the VIP especially Vincent in Anegada and VG from the time the last election finished. I hope PVIM know what they are getting into because what she did to the VIP she will do to them. Just wait and see. She cannot help it. It is in her blood.
    • Shameful (25/02/2023, 23:11) Like (1) Dislike (0) Reply
      What did she do to the VIP? Demn 4 mum sit in Cabinet and let andrew destroy the country. VIP congress you got work to do. Continue blogging and don't do the people who you working for work.
  • vg youth (24/02/2023, 10:43) Like (20) Dislike (3) Reply
    She and her calypsonian partner milked the VIP and now think they can work together in the 9th to finish the job. God does not like ugly.
  • lipstick on a pig (24/02/2023, 10:44) Like (17) Dislike (2) Reply
    Eye roll. As miserable and rude as she is....the sad thing is, some people will still vote for her
    • @lipstick on a pig (24/02/2023, 10:58) Like (14) Dislike (1) Reply
      I agree but let it be only a few although she will try to look and seem civilized and nice for the next 2 months let us not fall for this pig with lipstick.
  • Anegada youth (24/02/2023, 10:44) Like (24) Dislike (5) Reply
    I am sorry but I am still voting for Mr. Wheatley. He has his ways but he is more genuine.
  • lol (24/02/2023, 10:45) Like (12) Dislike (1) Reply
    She finally find how to fund her campaign. That is all this is about and nothing else.
  • 2023 (24/02/2023, 10:46) Like (8) Dislike (2) Reply
    she just looking to be 1 of the cabinet members: she dont wish to be any junior minister she wants to sit on the front bench


    It is mostly about personal power and not truly about the interest of our people(set ah waste

    This upcoming political campaigns will be filled personal slander, name calling and hardly anything about the development of our people

    be very careful if you go to those election poles in 2023: the place needs fixing because in 2023 and still driving on bad roads some of us can recall the days of dirt roads: 2023 and water problems some will recall the of going to the well:

    we no longer need one party making up the administration of this country
  • Review her history (24/02/2023, 10:47) Like (14) Dislike (1) Reply
    Notice whatever the VIP did good she took ownership and whatever the public felt VIP did bad she claimed she had no say in the matter and went after them publicly. It is all about power and mischief for this woman.
  • Not good (24/02/2023, 10:48) Like (16) Dislike (1) Reply
    She used the VIP like toilet paper. She operated like a termite.
  • Wait (24/02/2023, 10:50) Like (17) Dislike (2) Reply
    She left the VIP. Then she said she was independent. Now she is with PVIM. Tomorrow she may be NDP with the rate she is going jumping around.
  • The real Reality (24/02/2023, 10:55) Like (17) Dislike (2) Reply

    From her days in the Tourist Board to now this lady cannot work with no one. She is always right and everyone else is wrong. She c****s everyone who does not see it her way and always looks for d**t on others to try to de***y them. She has not change and will not change. I am a female voter and I live in The Valley, Virgin Gorda and I am not a VIP fan but I will be voting for Vincent as I hope all in the 9th stay far far far away from this e**l confusion maker of a lady.

  • dance (24/02/2023, 11:03) Like (13) Dislike (1) Reply
    This is what you call "Kangaroos jumping"
  • Okay now (24/02/2023, 11:03) Like (16) Dislike (1) Reply
    So this is one of the reasons NDP & PVIM could not get back together because PVIM wanted her as one of the candidates and NDP and Lorna knows the nature of this woman so they ran far away from the merger. It makes sense now. She is people to keep from.
  • Nothing but power (24/02/2023, 11:06) Like (15) Dislike (0) Reply
    All this woman want is power. She wants to be a Minister to terroize the people especially we the public officers more. Just the thought of the possibility of it makes me frightened. Heaven help us.
  • What a duo (24/02/2023, 11:08) Like (23) Dislike (0) Reply
    Mitch the king of undermining has team up with Shereen the queen of undermining. Ting to tell the king.
  • gate burst and they're running (24/02/2023, 11:12) Like (3) Dislike (4) Reply
    My money is on the mare horse
  • VIP toxic (24/02/2023, 11:14) Like (6) Dislike (21) Reply
    Come out from among them yes!
  • Lookiut (24/02/2023, 11:18) Like (16) Dislike (1) Reply
    Mr. Skelton, keep your eye on her. She is evil snd she will do the same to your group. We do not want her. We want Vincent. She spent all the time undermining him.
  • Lord 0. (24/02/2023, 11:19) Like (9) Dislike (1) Reply
    Don't like this move.. I really wanted to vote for her. Thought at - large was a better choice..
  • A Valley female Youth (24/02/2023, 11:23) Like (15) Dislike (1) Reply
    I have a huge issue with anyone who knowingly sits among a group and knowingly undermines the group then try to play the role of victim. From two years ago shereen told a few of us she was going to run in the 9th district against Vincent. She will deny it with her usual passionate talking and crocodile tears to back it up. This tell you what kind of person she is and has been and will be. She cannot help it.
  • Truth (24/02/2023, 11:26) Like (20) Dislike (15) Reply
    I am no fan of Flax-Charles but I do admire her courage and her stance for truth. I have heard her while she sat with VIP speaking out against some of the things they were doing. We here in the BVI are still taking politics lightly. The situation this country now finds itself in was done by our politicians who gave the UK the power to hold a noose over our necks. For us to get out of this situation, we need to prove that we are good stewards of the trust that the people have placed in us to lead the country. OUR LEADERS MUST HAVE INTEGRITY, MUST PUT COUNTRY ABOVE SELF, MUST USE WISDOM, MUST HAVE SOUND FINANCIAL AND ECONOMIC KNOWLEDGE. We have to get out of the muck we are in and it cannot be business as usual. THE UK DID NOT PUT US IN THE SITUATION WE ARE IN. THE UK WAS NOT THE ONE MAKING DEALS WITH DRUG LORDS; THE UK WAS NOT THE ONE GIVING AWAY OUR LANDS; THE UK WAS NOT THE ONE PAYING OUT MONEY TO PEOPLE WITHOUT GETTING RETURN; THE UK WAS NOT THE ONE TO TAKE THE PEOPLE'S MONEY FROM SOCIAL SECURITY AND GAVE IT AWAY NILLY WILL WITH NO OR LITTLE ACCOUNTABILITY. IF WE WANT TO GET THE NOOSE FROM AROUND OUR NECKS, WE THE PEOPLE MUST MAKE WISE DECISIONs.
    • @Truth (24/02/2023, 12:25) Like (17) Dislike (1) Reply
      When you find out about her you will drop down.
    • @ truth (24/02/2023, 13:36) Like (13) Dislike (4) Reply
      She went on press conference today and lie about the apartment HOA have for her which we the tax payers paying for. She acting like people don't see her on Speedys the latest 6:30pm boat when House going on. I'll be surprised if she even stayed there once during her 4years but she have other people staying there.

      She also lied about her VIP paperwork when she could've just been honest and said she no longer wanted to run with them using her favourite bad marriage reference.

      If you ask me that's terrible start if we starting about transparency and honesty
  • AI (24/02/2023, 12:14) Like (24) Dislike (1) Reply
    Im from Virgin Gorda.Im 60+ years.Let me clear the record.Donald & Don is the only Flax with A heart.Keep far from the rest.Be wise Election Day.
  • please (24/02/2023, 12:58) Like (13) Dislike (2) Reply
    Vincent please be watchful as this gang is saying that they are going to mash you up and try to put you in jail. All kind of tape and other mischief is what they are making up on you. They are working with the colonial powers thinking that they are going to get their help so they can defeat you to get the power. They want the power AT ALL COST so Vincent be watchful and prayerful as I speak what I heard from the gang especially the singing one.
  • young lady (24/02/2023, 13:26) Like (23) Dislike (0) Reply
    I had the opportunity to work with a few ladies in politics or seeking to be in politics such as Lorna, Luce, Alvera, Shaina, Slyvia Moses, and Shereen. I will advise all to take my advice. You can take a chance with Alvera and maybe Shaina and Luce but stay far from voting for the rest. They are so evil that they make satan look like a saint. All they want is the power to terrorize who they hate and even some who they love and sell us out to the slave masters.
  • Migoman (24/02/2023, 13:44) Like (14) Dislike (2) Reply
    TERRIBLE PVIM move. Ronnie/pvim should have looked the other way when she approached
  • vip (24/02/2023, 14:12) Like (7) Dislike (15) Reply
    VIP is dead it had the official burial Shereen will do a much better job then glown there now She don’t take bull an that’s everyone issue we need her in there
  • young blood (24/02/2023, 15:37) Like (14) Dislike (1) Reply
    I am going to be voting for the first time this year. Being from Virgin Gorda I am totally confused with the change of party by Flax Charles. The people of VG should have enough sense to see what she is doing. Vote your conscience. She is definitely wishy-washy. Shame on you Shereen.????????????????
  • …. (24/02/2023, 15:52) Like (5) Dislike (0) Reply
    Jokey!
  • Hotmess (24/02/2023, 15:52) Like (17) Dislike (3) Reply
    She's sick. Look how Wheatley winning back his seat. She's a disgrace.
  • anegada (24/02/2023, 23:57) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
    The thing is she coming dead last even Lyra George getting more votes than her
  • hellboy (27/02/2023, 13:38) Like (1) Dislike (0) Reply
    Wrong party Shereen , The leader for that party is xenophobic !


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