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Speaker of the House Julian Willock

May 9, 2019

Willock appeals order to swear in Vanterpool

Last Thursday Justice Ann-Marie Smith ordered Speaker of the House Julian Willock to swear in Mark Vanterpool as Fourth District representative. But Mr. Willock appealed her decision to the Eastern …

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by GENEVIEVE GLATSKY
May 4, 2019

Willock’s lead attorney arrested in Trinidad

Anand Ramlogan, former attorney general of Trinidad and Tobago and lead attorney for Speaker of the House Julian Willock in his legal dispute with Mark Vanterpool, was arrested yesterday in …

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by GENEVIEVE GLATSKY
April 25, 2019

Vanterpool ruling delayed until May 2

Justice Ann-Marie Smith said she was “getting ahead of” herself when she promised to issue her ruling on the legal dispute between Mark Vanterpool and Speaker of the House Julian …

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by GENEVIEVE GLATSKY
April 18, 2019

Attorneys face off over D-4 seat

Attorneys faced off in High Court on Friday and Saturday over the validity of Mark Vanterpool’s short-lived attempt to resign from his position as Fourth District representative. The hearing is …

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by GENEVIEVE GLATSKY
April 5, 2019

Vanterpool takes legal action over D-4 seat

The High Court will hold a hearing on the issue of the District Four vacancy after Mark Vanterpool’s attorneys filed for judicial review, Mr. Vanterpool said in a statement on …

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by GENEVIEVE GLATSKY
April 5, 2019

Governor will not issue writ for by-election

Governor Gus Jaspert said on March 26 that he does not intend to issue a writ for a by-election following legal advice that Fourth District Representative Mark Vanterpool’s resignation “was …

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by GENEVIEVE GLATSKY
April 2, 2019

EDITORIAL: Bullying won’t silence the Beacon

On March 23 Virgin Islands News Online published a bizarrely vicious attack against The BVI Beacon and our reporter Genevieve Glatsky, making outlandish false claims under the guise of an …

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Speaker of the House Julian Willock
March 25, 2019

Who runs VINO? Willock won’t say

This article originally appeared in the March 21, 2019 print edition.   During two social media interviews this month, newly elected Speaker of the House Julian Willock repeated his longstanding …

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by GENEVIEVE GLATSKY
Speaker of the House Julian Willock

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