Premier Wheatley ‘has my support’- Antigua & Barbuda PM Gaston A. Browne
MONTEGO BAY, Jamaica- Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda Hon Gaston A. Browne has advised Virgin Islands Premier and Minister of Finance Dr the Hon Natalio D. Wheatley (R7) to “stay the course”.
2025-07-15 14:08:51 - VI News Staff
Hon Browne spoke with Acting Director of Communications Mrs Karia J. Christopher in Montego Bay, Jamaica, where heads of CARICOM member states were meeting for the 49th Regular Meeting of CARICOM Heads of Government, from July 6 to 8, 2025.
Mrs Christopher asked Hon Browne, “What advice do you have for the Premier of the Virgin Islands, as we traverse some of the issues that we are going through now, like our CoIs and things like that, as we are still an OT Member State?”
Hon Browne replied, “[The] basic ingredients as a leader is time, just stay the course, the experience will come, and I’m pretty sure that he will emerge as a very significant leader, one of the more significant leaders and certainly a significant regional player.”