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Wheatley: Government to blame for “Virgin Islanders’ extinction”

- Says in 30 years Belongers will be able to decide VI’s political future
Wheatley says in the next 30 years, Belongers would be able to decide country’s political future if able to vote.
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - In years to come, Virgin Islanders will be extinct and it is the Government to blame with Belongers expected to in a position to determine the Territory's political future.

This is according to talk show host Douglas Wheatley, who made the strong statement last evening May 23, 2012 on his talk show Speak Out BVI. He stated that in the 1970’s, Virgin Islanders were about 10, 000 strong in population, but 20-25 years later of that date, Virgin Islanders remained at being 10, 000 in population but no longer strong.

He added that 1/3 of the country is populated by the people of the VI while the rest, 2/3 are Belongers and visitors.

Wheatley explained that in a few years, when the 2/3 population may be able to vote, they will not only be able to decide the economic future of the Virgin Islands but its political future as well.

“In the next 25 or 30 years in the house of representatives, there may not be a lot of Virgin Islander’s names, names from all around the Caribbean with different cultures and background will be there."

“How did the British Virgin Islands get here,” Wheatley questioned.

He blamed the Government, stating that they are supposed to be obligated to protect the inhabitants of the Territory. “I think that they drop the ball and our locally elected politicians fail on a number of critical issues that are failing the island and our people.”

Wheatley stated that a country should never move ahead of its people. “The people should always be the one to benefit from any development or movement taking place.”

Wheatley said he wonders where Virgin Islanders will really be in the next couple of years as the foundations that should have been laid were not.

31 Responses to “Wheatley: Government to blame for “Virgin Islanders’ extinction””

  • Well Sah (23/05/2012, 07:39) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
    Yes I agree with this article. Always leave it up to your own to sell their own out.
  • x (23/05/2012, 08:17) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
    but where has doug been?? the belongers who can vote done control our politcal furture...three island men already in power.. Mark, Archie and Myron where has Wheatley been last election deman???
    • Truth Is (23/05/2012, 08:44) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
      You sound so stupid. You and your goonies are not tired of these same old lines? Listen, they done in power so you just have to live with it..allu with this darn Island man talk. Those men you tlking bout are born BVIslanders. Last time I checked, Tortola was an island not a continent...thus making us who born here Island People.
      • History (23/05/2012, 13:08) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
        Don't try to justify. We see current events repeating history! i.e. Caribs invading the Arawaks! If VIslanders don't get more AGRESSIVE this place is gone!
      • x (23/05/2012, 13:20) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
        to truth is: scatter your old dull, tired, boring self ..is Mark from here? Myron aint born antigua? you need to go sit down
        • Truth Is (23/05/2012, 15:44) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
          For your info x: Myron was born right here. You think you so sure of your dull, ignorant, no knowledge self. Since you so sure where he born, go ask him for his birth certificate. All of them done elected under the constuition and there is nothing you or anyon else can do about it. Before allu try to keep our local born people here allu just talking pi$$ all the time. We as BVIslanders are killing ourselves.
          • yellow (23/05/2012, 20:49) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
            ok enough of this born here crap..I read on this very news site that myron was born here...but that aside indigenous BV I people are on the back of the bus and that is a fact!
      • Incorrect (23/05/2012, 16:44) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
        Mark was not born here.
  • virgin son (23/05/2012, 08:37) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
    There we go again beating a dead horse. Indigenous Virgin Islanders done gone and catching hell...no government care about them and they continue to be a minority who has no rights in their own country, they are disseminated against and is the oppress minority so why continue to beat a dead horse???? I will say it again if the UN does not come in to the BVI to investigate or the laws strengthen to protect them nothing will happen it can only get worse for them. So you all need to just stop with this.
  • hmf (23/05/2012, 08:45) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
    ayo need to cut that crap out and stop balling bout being out numbered. is ayo disowning your own people. if i born in new york it dont matter where my mother and father from I AM AMERICAN...if i born tortola peebles hospital them want to tell me where my mother from i from with them crap..IF U BORN PEEBLES U ARE A VIRGIN ISLANDER. that's why in 25-30 years ayo gon be out numbered PS.. stop calling people ISLAND MAN...TORTOLA IS A ISLAND TOO.. it's not a country on a continent.. you're an island man / island woman too
    • Guess Again (23/05/2012, 13:11) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
      Not so easy in the US now. If you do not reside in the US the child is not getting the passport. Check into it!
    • Observer (23/05/2012, 19:46) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
      This man is such an idiot! I suppose Obama is a Kenyan and therefore should not be US President! You all wanna have your own cake and eat it; all of you running to PR, STT and Miami to have your babies so they can have US passports, but you crying foul about who born where! This silly man should realize that he can't stop the tide of History; I do feel sorry for him though. I wonder what he thinks of a Grenadian High Court Judge, a Jamaican AG, a Jamaican Senior Magistrate, an English Commissioner of Police, A Jamaican PS in the Min of EDU, A Dominican Deputy Commissioner of Police, etc. Maybe while he is at it he should direct his energies instead at making the Education System more competitive so that "BVIslanders" CAN compete for top jobs in their own country. Until then, stop this antagonistic crap you are trying to spread.
  • Crank Shaft (23/05/2012, 09:05) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
    Well just abolish the Belonger Status, oh wait, you can't! What doug and others like him dont realize is that the data they base their arguments on are very flawed. We have majority of BVIslanders getting their kids overseas and these kids should be considered BVIslanders because they're born to indigenous BVIslanders. A child that's born overseas to an indigenous BVIslander will be deemed a 'Belonger' and has to go through the process to get that status. The people that born right there in USVI do they automatically get a BVI passport or they have to go through the process? So this means that the data needs to be scrutinized further and we'll see that this is all just a bunch of bull$$it and fearmongering. BVIslanders are in the position they're in because they don't like and can't stand eachother. To date they are still selling off their lands for nothing to seek the American Dream. Many are overseas and claim we are too backward for them so they won't return. But when hard life hit their a$$ up there they come back here demanding jobs. Don't talk part of the story doug, talk all, your information makes no sense. Ask all the young folks born in USVI, USA and other countries to BVI indigenous people, ask them if they should be sent back to where they're born. Should they? That's what you're advocating. Most Belongers on the books are actually the decendents of indigenous people. That is a fact.
  • bay youths (23/05/2012, 10:47) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
    this is sad I cry for my country
  • Ty-Rexx (23/05/2012, 11:13) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
    Sad, but true. We are mocked in our own country; our rights are slowly been eroded. Different cultures are not just practiced, but are blatantly and publically replacing our own, and that should NOT be allowed to happen. We have many "Culture Days" in our schools, but when is our own culture taught and celebrated? Can it be found in the home, in the community, in the schools, on the job? Think we can go to another Caribbean island and impose our culture? Government, elders, Virgin Islanders . . . . .we are all responsible.
  • ausar (23/05/2012, 11:30) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
    Virgin Gorda is a classic example. In thirty years, native Virgin Gordians will become the minority in their land!
    • Valley Massive (23/05/2012, 20:51) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
      again where have you been?? Native Virgin Gordians done a minority boss
  • Local says Hmmmm (23/05/2012, 11:44) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
    How about you accept the kids born to belongers as VI landers from being stupid!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! where you were born and raise is where you are FROM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! So the Crap this dude spilling in nonsense!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Establish what the culture is and teach it in the school and develop some national Pride and the kids born to belongers will embrace The VI if they are treated as such.
  • Up a Creek (23/05/2012, 11:52) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
    Wheatley ol' boy your preaching to the choir. They trying to make us extictint in the land of our forefathers. Some does say without the locals it would be a very nice place. This social clensing got to stop.
  • Which? (23/05/2012, 12:54) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
    Which Virgin Islanders Dougy talking about? The ones with US passport or the ones who don't have? I understand the concern, but this place has grown in all areas and future governments should reflect the population that is here. Or are you saying the only people involved in politics should be from Wheatley, Penn, Frett, Hodge and all the other local name families? For how long? What about people whose families came here in the 1960s, '70s and '80s? What about their offspring? And their children children? Shut dem out forever? We greedy. We want we cake and eat it, too!
  • Crank Shaft (23/05/2012, 13:10) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
    And what about BVIslanders who are living in UK, Europe and other countries that shove their noses up at us? All they come here for is to sign off on property sales and flee with the money. Many are living abroad catching hell but feel BVI isn't good enough for them. Just scatter with the damn nonsense. Again, check the facts, most people labelled as Belongers it's because they were NOT born in the BVI but were born to BVIslanders. Parents up to this date continue to flock to USVI especially to have their kids. When BVIslanders have their kids in USVI they have to get them a Belonger Card and they are being counted as 'not from here' which is not quite the truth. The people born in US and USVI are BVIslanders in my opinion. So Doug, ask your people to get their kids at Feebles, otherwise speak about something that really make sense. You have a scenerio where the expats are having their kids in the BVI but cannot get BVI status and the BVIslanders having their kids overseas and have to get Belonger status. With that being the case is there any wonder the number of 'Belongers' are on the rise? DUHHH! lol, i swear some people dont use their heads. Just speak to rile up emotions. I have a Belonger Card simply because my BVI INDIGENOUS PARENTS decided to have me born in another country, but I have lived here all my life. I will be listed as a Belonger, not a BVIslander when you look at it technically. So am I less of a BVIslander because of that?
  • Text (23/05/2012, 13:21) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
    Imagine that. An immigrant coming to my island, and saying that without the locals, it would be a very nice place. Imagine an immigrant saying that when they get enough numbers, they will exterminate us. If I went to Jamaica, St. Kitts, Saint Lucia, etc and said anything like that, I would be killed. Our tolerance of this is our downfall.
    • Whattt? (23/05/2012, 15:05) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
      Text, you too disgusting. Nobody wants to exterminate BVIslanders. That's a lie and a dangerous one, too. In America they call people like you rightwingers because they are xenophobic people who hate Mexicans and other immigrants, as well as black people, and they talk story about how they 'polluting' the 'true' Americans. True Americans is native indians but dey too stupid to see that. In Europe the people who talk like you are the Nazis and racists who use exactly the same words and arguments that you using. They want a return to the stuff Hitler was doing in 1930s - based on the lie that 'pure blood' people are being exterminated by foul outside blood. In Africa they had a little problem down there in Ruanda when one group decide they don't like another group. Ye hear about that? Bloodshed cyaan dun. Wake up and stop this chippy chippy nonsense. Tolerance is the only way to live in a decent peaceful society but some ah you would rather spread hate, and soon I forsee violence, against outsiders. Just because we too greedy to lie in the nest we made for ourselves.
      • Text (24/05/2012, 15:05) Like (1) Dislike (1) Reply
        To "Whattt." I heard An immigrant say Tortola would be a nice place WITHOUT the locals. I heard a Jamaican saying that once they have numbers, they will "exterminate" us. And he said EXTERMINATE. I maintain that if I said such things elsewhere, I would be in trouble. Anyone who thinks I could do that and survive is a fool. And allow me to be clear - tolerating persons who bring their violence, who want to take us over, and who would do us harm will be our downfall.
  • history lesson (23/05/2012, 21:39) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
    see what they did to the American Indians same thing happening to B V Islanders...people pay attention to history
  • che (23/05/2012, 21:49) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
    Wow well said....
  • Realist (23/05/2012, 22:54) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
    The British always create confusion. A man should have the right to choose his citizenship. A. Where his mother was born B. Where his father was born...if different to A C. Where he himself was born D. Where he has lived for a good number of years. If any of the above involves the virgin islands then that man has a right to be a virgin islander just like any other. Wheatley and others need to drop this thing about native virgin islander. The only natives history has taught us about are the Caribs and Arawaks.
    • Well Sah (24/05/2012, 11:17) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
      I do hope that the same logic applies to all of the countries in the caribbean as far as who are the actual natives of the land since you are saying it is only the caribs and arawaks are native.
  • We? (24/05/2012, 02:50) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
    Them done elected under the constuition and there is nothing you or anyon else can do about it. Before allu try to keep our local born people here allu just talking pi$$ all the time. (We)? as BVIslanders are killing ourselves. This is what these clowns are going to do for four years? This same time last year the tryannt Myrannt' never used to talk to Tortola people :(


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