In a historic sitting of the House of Assembly on Monday April 17th, legislators passed the “Immigration and Passport Validation Bill 2023” with amendments. Thus, legitimising the belonger status of 688 certificate holders who came under question following an audit of the Fast Track Programme. Premier Dr the Honourable Natalio Wheatley provided some insight on … Continued
The recalled House of Assembly will not seek to repeal the “Greedy Bill” on advice of the Attorney General. That was revealed by Premier Dr the Honourable Natalio Wheatley on Tola Radio this week as he answered calls to have the bill repealed ahead of the 24 April General Election. Wheatley said that his queries … Continued
A bill entitled “Immigration and Passport Validation Bill 2023” was laid before the House of Assembly today by Deputy Premier Hon. Kye Rymer. This after the Governor took emergency action to allow the House of Assembly to reconvene today in order to address legal challenges to the belogership and voting status of 688 Virgin Islanders. … Continued
The belongership and voting status of 688 Virgin Islanders have come under question in a recent audit, and Governor John Rankin has taken emergency action to have the issue resolved ahead of the 2023 General Election, just 10 days away. On Friday the Governor announced that following discussions with the Premier and the Cabinet, it … Continued
Meteorologists have predicted 13 named storms for the 2023 Atlantic Hurricane Season, with 6 expected to be strong enough to be dubbed hurricanes. This was shared during the Tropical Weather Conference by Dr Philip Klotzbach of the Tropical Meteorology Project of Colorado State University. According to Dr. Klotzbach this early 2023 outlook is based on … Continued
42 Candidates will contest the April 24th, 2023, General Elections in the Virgin Islands as confirmed by the Office of the Supervisor of Elections in a press release on Friday. This follows a Nomination Day activity held at the Multi-Purpose Sports Complex in Road Town, Tortola the previous day. The process taken at the activity … Continued
“The design is inadequate”. That was the position of District 4 candidate for the Progressive Virgin Islands Movement (PVIM) Ian Smith when asked for his views on the recently completed Road Town Market Square. During a recently released episode of Just for the Record, Smith told 284 Media that the low utilisation of the facility … Continued
Incumbent District 6 Representative and Junior Minister for Tourism Hon. Alvera Maduro-Caines believes that following the completed implementation of the Commission of Inquiry (COI) Recommendations things should be smooth sailing for the Virgin Islands. That is, unless the United Kingdom (UK) raises further issues at such a time, she said. Maduro-Caines spoke as a guest … Continued
“You can’t send back the same group of people who caused this to happen in the first place”. Those were the words of District 3 Incumbent Hon. Julian Fraser as he explained that it may not sit well with the United Kingdom should Virgin Islanders vote to return a single party majority, particularly one of … Continued
District 3 Candidate Kevin “OJ” Smith believes that the Third District is the “next logical place for development” in the Virgin Islands especially as the Territory continues to expand its capacity in the Tourism Industry. He notes however that the district’s true potential can only be realised after a significant clean-up is undertaken. Smith spoke … Continued
