Chairman of the Progressive Virgin Islands Movement Ronnie Skelton has promised that if his party is successful at the polls on April 24, his government will assist local farmers by providing them with free water for their crops and animals. Skelton made the promise during his party’s election campaign in the Third District on Friday, … Continued
Ninth District candidate under the National Democratic Party (NDP) Coy Levons has said that it is time that the residents of Anegada be treated with fairness, adding that the times of accepting mediocrity are over. The comments came during his speech on the sister island on Sunday at an NDP campaign rally. Levons said the … Continued
The progressive parties in the Virgin Islands have formed an alliance and the Chairman of Progressives United Hon. Julian Fraser said he is confident that a coalition government will exist in the next House of Assembly. Fraser, who will be contesting to be reelected within the Third District made the statement at the official launch … Continued
District 1 candidate under the Progressive Virgin Islands Movement party Sylvia Moses has promised to investigate the Solid Waste Disposal Plant at Pockwood Pond within the first three months of taking office if elected. Moses made the promise during a recent campaign launch within her district, stating that if elected, resolving the long-standing Pockwood Pond … Continued
The Public Works Department is in need of an overhaul if the territory’s road infrastructure is to undergo a complete transformation. This is the plan shared by At-Large Candidate Shaina Smith-Archer who is contesting the upcoming general election under the Progressive Virgin Islands Movement party. She said during a recent campaign rally within the Third … Continued
Representative for the 9th District Hon. Vincent Wheatey has dedicated the launch of his re-election campaign to his late mother Mrs. Esme Wheatley, who passed away in February. Wheatley, at his campaign launch on Virgin Gorda this past weekend, said that with this campaign he hopes to honour his mother’s memory and run a clean … Continued
The National Democratic Party (NDP) has expressed plans to subdivide selected areas of crown land across Virgin Gorda, to provide more affordable options for local first time home owners seeking to buy property. At Large Candidate for the NDP Mrs. Lorna Smith made the announcement during a recent campaign launch which was held for Ninth … Continued
Premier Dr. the Honourable Natalio Wheatley in a direct response to Sixth District candidate Myron Walwyn’s criticism of the Retiring Allowances Act 2021, says Walwyn was the first former legislator to benefit from the legislation. Premier Wheatley said he was shocked to hear Walwyn’s criticism of the legislation considering that the former Education Minister benefited … Continued
Former Director of Tourism Allen O’Neal believes that the National Democratic Party Administration had good intentions with the failed $7.2 million BVI Airways initiative. O’Neal who will be contesting the upcoming general election as an At-Large candidate under the NDP said during a recent campaign launch, that having a local airline in the territory would … Continued
Leader of the National Democratic Party Marlon Penn says if elected his government will seek to renegotiate the existing contract with BiWater and introduce a road maintenance unit to thoroughly repair the infrastructure of the BVI’s roadways. Penn made the announcement last weekend during his party’s launch of candidates for the upcoming general election. He … Continued
