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Second District Representative Alvin Christopher believes the Virgin Islands Protocols for Financial Management should be subjected to a debate in the House of ...
Leader of the Opposition Ralph T. O’Neal has thanked members of the House of Assembly for looking out for him when he was hospitalized and when he was recovering ...
Several motions are to be presented to the House of Assembly today (Thursday) to allow members to sit on various committees. The five motions are to be presented to ...
People in the Eighth District will have the opportunity this evening to question their representative Marlon Penn on the work done in the district and also to voice ...
Leader of the Opposition Ralph O’Neal says its seems that under the current administration that when “someone runs for council and they lose, they get a ...
Legislators were notably absent from the May 1 public meeting held at the St. George’s Church Hall by the Road Town Anti-Crime Group. Member of the organisation, ...
Opposition Leader and representative for the Ninth District Ralph O’Neal is calling on Premier Dr. D. Orlando Smith and Minister for the Overseas Territories Henry ...
Opposition Leader Ralph O’Neal said the Protocols on Effective Financial Management that was signed by Premier and Minister for Finance Dr. D. Orlando Smith this ...
Wednesday, April 4 – Persons who have become eligible to be registered as voters in the Virgin Islands’ General Election are reminded that there is continuous ...
I would first of all like to return thanks to Almighty God for his goodness and his mercies and for enabling me to be able to make this statement at this time. I ...
Debate on the 2012/2013 budget is to begin in the House of Assembly today. Premier and Minister for Finance Dr. D. Orlando Smith in January presented a budget of ...
March 8, 2012- Tasha Bertie has been elected president of the Virgin Islands Civil Service Association (VICSA). Supervisor of Elections, Ms. Juliette Penn made the ...
Government ministers will resume their weekly official visits to Virgin Gorda, Premier Dr. D. Orlando Smith announced after a Ninth District resident raised concerns ...
JOURNEY TO RECOVERY: CHANGING THE DIRECTION OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS MONDAY, 27TH FEBRUARY, 2012 - My fellow Virgin Islanders and residents of this Territory: My ...
Premier Dr. D. Orlando Smith has defended some of those persons who have received contracts since his government came into office. His wife Lorna Smith was one such ...
Minister for Health and Social Development Ronnie Skelton’s two-term remark that was made in the House of Assembly on February 14 created a lively radio debate ...
An 8-3 division was recorded in the House of Assembly during the presentation of a bill by Premier Dr. D. Orlando Smith. In presenting the bill, the Premier had ...
Tuesday, January 31 – The public is hereby reminded that continuous voter registration is in effect, accordingly, all persons who have become eligible to be ...
Territorial At-large Representative Archibald Christian said some of the persons who have been cutting the bush, removing derelict vehicles and keeping the BVI clean ...
New speaker of the House of Assembly Ingrid Moses-Scatliffe has called on members of the House not to focus on the negatives surrounding the territory in the New ...
Fellow citizens, the leader of the opposition made some statements on 20th December 2011 in response to the report I made to you on the Financial Status of the ...
TUESDAY 20TH DECEMBER 2011 – Fellow British Virgin Islanders and all who are listening to this broadcast, Greetings. I would like first of all to give thanks ...
A radio talk show host has said the increase in legislators’ salaries to include housing allowance should have been addressed in the recent Throne Speech delivered ...
Deputy Director of the Overseas Territories Tim Colley has said the current White Paper being formulated is aimed at facilitating better communication with the ...
Minister of Communications and Works and Fourth District Representative Mark Vanterpool believes that despite the economic problems there is still hope for the ...
Almost five (5) months ago I stopped flirting with politics and took the plunge and got my feet wet. It was quite a learning experience of the good, the bad and the ...
Deputy Director of the Overseas Territories Tim Colley has said the decision by the UK government to have the budget of the BVI and other Overseas Territories sent ...
The United Kingdom (UK) should not be seen as a bank for the Overseas Territories including the Virgin Islands, but rather as a strong supporter. This sentiment was ...
Deputy Director of the Overseas Territories in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Tim Colley, has said the situation in the British Virgin Islands is not like in ...
The first article of a two part medley on good governance in these Antilles This Observer of all things social, economic and political was amazed just the other day. ...
Illness was hinted as the reason behind the absence of Opposition Leader Ralph T. O’Neal from today’s swearing-in ceremony for the members of the House of ...
Ingrid Moses- Scatliffe was appointed the Speaker of the House of Assembly and Fifth District Representative Delores Christopher as the Deputy Speaker at the first ...
A district council for the eighth district will be established in January 2012 as promised by newly elected first-time district representative Marlon Penn during the ...
Project coordinator/manager within the Ministry of Communications and Works, Ray George, has been terminated with immediate effect, according to reliable sources. ...
The public is invited to the First Sitting of the First Session of the Second House of Assembly on Thursday, December 8 at 10:00a.m. at the Multi-Purpose Sports ...
The public is invited to a Service of Thanksgiving for the Elected Members of the Second House of Assembly of the Virgin Islands today, Monday, December 5 at 6:00 ...
Ralph Telford O’Neal is one of the most formidable statesmen to have graced these West Indies for a generation. Described as the toughest politician to have ruled ...
A Christmas party for the district and the first festival of the arts were some of the developments announced by Fifth District Representative Delores ...
Amid concerns from the United Kingdom (UK) government that the British Virgin Islands (BVI) has not been spending wisely and must adhere to fiscal and borrowing ...
Fifth District Representative Delores Christopher is scheduled to hold her first public meeting since being elected on Nov. 7, 2011. The meeting is scheduled to take ...
There are few times in the history of any society where opportunity presents itself more than once. In many ways, the BVI has bucked regional economics trends over ...
A talk show host believes every government should act by strategic intent. Elihu Rhymer, host of the radio programme, ‘The People’s Business’, said ...
Thursday, November 24 – Foreign Office Minister for the Overseas Territories, Henry Bellingham, MP congratulated the Premier of the British Virgin Islands (BVI), ...
Acting Premier Dr. Kedrick Pickering said government is planning to restructure the entire government ministerial system which will include the shuffling of ...
First-timer in government, Territorial At-large Representative Archibald Christian, is a backbencher – a legislator without a ministerial portfolio – but he ...
Talk show host Ulric Scatliffe believes residents should not depend on government to do everything but instead should take initiatives to propel development in their ...
Sixth District Representative Alvera Maduro-Caines intends to make good on her promises on the campaign trail of putting the residents, particularly the youth, ...
Thanks to ‘Quiet Storm’ and others who often come to my defense saving me from wasting premium time on negative bloggers who hate themselves too much to try ...
BVI Beacon Contributor Roger Harris wrote in the November 17, 2011 Edition of the Newspaper, that owing to a number of idiosyncrasies with the November 7, General ...
The Virgin Islands Party (VIP) displaced the incumbent the National Democratic Party (NDP) in the 2007 General Election with a 10-2 drubbing at the polls; an ...
His Excellency the Governor Mr. Boyd McCleary, CMG, CVO on November 14 appointed the Honourable Ralph T. O’Neal, OBE as the Leader of the Opposition in accordance ...
In spite of making accusations in the press of bribery and false promises made by his opponent (s), Ninth District Candidate for the National Democratic Party (NDP), ...
Third district representative for the Virgin Islands Party (VIP) Julian Fraser defeated Kevin Smith of the National Democratic Party (NDP) to retain his seat by just ...
It’s the view of a talk show host in the BVI that most politicians are not corrupt by nature but it’s the citizens in some instances make their representatives ...
The representatives of the seventh and eighth districts, Dr. Kedrick Pickering and Marlon Penn, spent their first Sunday after the Nov. 7 general elections ...
Virgin Islands Party (VIP) territorial at-large candidate in the recent general elections, Irene Penn-O’Neal, believes her party lost the elections mainly because ...
One of the defeated at-large representatives for the Virgin Islands Party (VIP), Irene Penn-O’Neal, has thanked Dr. Kedrick Pickering of the ruling National ...
The first of two articles on a dramatically changed Virgin Islands power and political landscape A political hurricane has just ravaged the Virgin Islands leaving a ...
Third district candidate for the National Democratic Party (NDP), Kevin ‘OJ’ Smith, is now considering his options after losing to the Virgin Islands ...
Omar Hodge hasn’t thrown in the political towel altogether. Part of that towel is hanging out. Hodge, after tasting a bitter defeat and dethroned at the hands of a ...
Arguably, the Nov. 7, 2011 general elections saw the largest turnout of youth voters, but while many politicians have expressed delight in with what they ...
Friday, November 11 – The Minister for the Overseas Territories, Henry Bellingham MP, congratulated the new Premier of the British Virgin Islands, Dr. the ...
Preston Stoutt, who ran as an independent candidate in the first district in the recent general elections, said his campaign team was the first to introduce a lot of ...
Director of CBE Engineering Associates Carvin Malone said he is not worried about the future of the East/Long Look sewerage project in light of the decision by ...
The Virgin Islands Party (VIP) has broken its collective silence since being voted out of office on November 7 and has expressed its congratulations to the new ...