VI must constitutionally protect locals as population diversifies– Skelton-Cline
He made the calls on the February 22, 2023, edition of his ‘Honestly Speaking’ radio talk show aired on ZBVI 780 AM where he said locals must learn to help those who come to the VI to understand and appreciate the need to protect the best interest of the future generation of Virgin Islanders, whose ancestors were slaves.
“While we figure out how we live together, in these Virgin Islands while simultaneously ensuring, constitutionally, the protection, the preservation, and the perpetuation of the descendants of former slaves.”
“And I don't believe that anyone who live among us of goodwill, will not be able to understand nor come to appreciate why that is so critical and is at the heart and core of these Virgin Islands, because we have nowhere else to go, this is our home,” he added.
Put VI culture on celebration - Skelton-Cline
Skelton-Cline said as the VI welcomes persons, it must build better, stronger systems that put the local culture, history and it's celebration on display.
Meanwhile, Skelton-Cline said for the VI to come to appreciate who they are as a people in their best and worst, an understanding of the history of the VI is necessary.
He called on the Virgin Islands to reach a place of discourse and address the issues in the spirit of uplifting each other for the good of the entire VI.
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23 Responses to “VI must constitutionally protect locals as population diversifies– Skelton-Cline”
once you play the tape you might discover when the businesses are open the workforce is imported so what is the purpose of giving these people tax free privileges
The locals comes under the microscope by an audit department while the investors walk away without being questioned: these folks hardly deliver on the reasons why the government give tax breaks in our country
some companies are given work permits with the mindset that a local will be the understudy however non of these mandates are enforced again our people comes under serious scrutiny
1) On the Governor’s office
2) On the poor performance of the Governor for the past 20 years for subjects under his responsibility.
3) The work and report for the man from the UK that the Governor brought to BVI to review the court system and left before the work was finished, got paid, and did not complete the work nor submitted a report.
4) Audit on all the cash sieged by the Commissioner of Police and cannot be accounted for to this day.
5) Misuse of the police boat to take non-police officers in and out of the territory without approval or documentation.
6) Audit on Commissioner selling police vehicle and no account of the money.
7) Marlon Georgie Hill project that started at $300K but ended up over $1.3million in the crab over run.
8) Audit update on the $40 million over run pier project.
9) Audit update on the missing plane and $8million dollars
10) Audit on poor stewardship of W&S
11) Audit on years of poor stewardship of the Tourist Board especially the New York Office and the management of the sister sister combination.
12) Audit on when the NDP started the sewage project and put in the wrong pipes causing the delay in finishing the projects up to this date.
13) Audit on the CTL building contract and the lack of transparency after Irma to date.
14) Audit on the many loans Marlon gave out to friends and family from Trade after Irma and Maria that the Government had to pay back and is still paying back up to now.
15) Audit on RDA under the Governor with the man that was being paid over $300k a year but did not produce for the money and according to the obligations of the contract.
16) Audit on the Governor having a few UK people hired by RDA making more than $15k a month to do nothing but sit in the UK and attend a meeting a month on zoom.
17) Audit on the many contracts Premier Smith wife had in government and FSC while he was the Premier that we know not the outcome.
18) Audit on a former PS that used their position to set up a millionaire on one of our islands and is now the manager of that enterprise right after they retired as their reward.
19) Audit on Russel many contracts with no outcome seen to date.
I will stop there for now because I see this ongoing exercise as a target on the VIP without any consideration for what they had to face as a country with covid for the past 3 years. I am not a VIP supporter but as someone with sense I can see injustice from a mile & I intend to call it out for what it is which is targeting.
POOF, BE GONE the sooner d better.
The boy children the Virgin Islands sold out 3 decades ago and are dying in the Streets Today