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June 19, 2020

VINO cartoon sparks outrage, ad boycott

On Monday morning, Facebook blew up with controversy surrounding a political cartoon posted by Virgin Islands News Online, which depicted Governor Gus Jaspert kneeling on the neck of government consultant …

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by ZARRIN TASNIM AHMED
May 28, 2019

EDITORIAL: Speaker should swear in D-4 rep and stop wasting public money

Without further delay, Speaker of the House Julian Willock should swear in Mark Vanterpool as the Fourth District representative and stop squandering taxpayer dollars on pointless legal action. If he …

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by The BVI Beacon
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

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
March 14, 2019

Willock appointed Speaker of the House

Julian Willock has a controversial past. He was dismissed from the public service in 2012 following allegations of impropriety, he was briefly imprisoned in 2016 after he allegedly missed scheduled …

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by GENEVIEVE GLATSKY

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