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After 4 mths on medical leave, FS Frett returns to work

Financial Secretary Jeremiah G. A. Frett is set to return to work today, August 26, 2024 following medical leave. Photo: LinkedIn/ Jeremiah G. A. Frett
Financial Secretary Jeremiah G. A. Frett is also returning to work at a time when the Minister of Finance Dr the Honourable Natalio D. Wheatley (R7) was allegedly not told until after the fact of an almost $20M shortfall in new salary raises for civil servants. Photo: VINO/File
Financial Secretary Jeremiah G. A. Frett is also returning to work at a time when the Minister of Finance Dr the Honourable Natalio D. Wheatley (R7) was allegedly not told until after the fact of an almost $20M shortfall in new salary raises for civil servants. Photo: VINO/File
MARKET SQUARE, Road Town, Tortola, VI- It was on April 5, 2024, when Financial Secretary (FS) Jeremiah G. A. Frett was rushed to Dr D Orlando Smith Hospital in Road Town, the capital city.

Mr. Frett was at the time attending a function at H. Lavity Stoutt Community College in Paraquita Bay when he took ill. The full extent of his medical condition was not known at the time; however, he was later hospitalised due to his situation.

After medical attention and therapy, Mr Frett, who was confirmed as the FS in 2022, is expected to return to his post today, Monday, August 26, 2024.

Serious times in VI

The FS is returning to work at a most difficult time, when the Commission of Inquiry (CoI) placed on the people by the United Kingdom has set the Virgin Islands many years backward, according to Opposition Legislators, and has caused poverty to increase because of the new rules. 

He is also returning to work at a time when the Minister of Finance Dr the Honourable Natalio D. Wheatley (R7) was allegedly not told, until after the fact, of an almost $20M shortfall in new salary raises for civil servants. In addition, millions and millions of dollars are being used by taxpayers to pay for the CoI and UK police officers, leaving little or no money for critical services like water, roads, healthcare, and education.

The country is also, for the most part, at a standstill in the public sector, with a new Procurement Act that is regressive and will cause more small contractors to go under. The Premier promised to return the Bill to the House of Assembly for amendments.

FS Frett is expected to be ok

Mr Frett, a Virgin Islander, is expected to have a full recovery, according to family members familiar with his conditions.

See link to related article below:

https://www.virginislandsnewsonline.com/en/news/financial-secretary-jeremiah-ga-frett-hospitalised

19 Responses to “After 4 mths on medical leave, FS Frett returns to work”

  • Really (26/08/2024, 11:37) Like (1) Dislike (19) Reply
    Vaccine clean your blood
    • Audited accounts 2016 (27/08/2024, 05:56) Like (2) Dislike (0) Reply
      Is he going to finally do the audited accounts from the last 8 years?
  • pressure (26/08/2024, 11:47) Like (7) Dislike (0) Reply
    BUSS PIPE
  • just in time (26/08/2024, 11:48) Like (11) Dislike (1) Reply
    TO BE THROWN UNDER THE BUS FOR THAT 20 MILLION $ BLUNDER
  • Positive (26/08/2024, 12:18) Like (23) Dislike (0) Reply
    Welcome back Jeremiah. Glad to see you have recovered well. Take it easy
  • ccc (26/08/2024, 12:29) Like (2) Dislike (7) Reply
    get well soon and I hope he does more to help the people like Allen did
  • The watchdog (26/08/2024, 12:52) Like (12) Dislike (4) Reply
    The British are coming
  • question (26/08/2024, 13:14) Like (10) Dislike (2) Reply
    Is this a news article on the FS or is this an agenda?
  • NB (26/08/2024, 14:41) Like (13) Dislike (0) Reply
    Ayo still with the COI setting the VI many years backwards. Ayo serious? Ayo see wah them people we voted for to give us a better life, ayo see what them doing to us?
  • fact (26/08/2024, 15:12) Like (4) Dislike (1) Reply
    There is always an agenda!!
  • 9 years of audited accounts since 2016! (26/08/2024, 16:58) Like (3) Dislike (0) Reply
    Will these now be completed or will we just continue without doing accounts as we don't like to be held accountable?

    https://www.auditbvi.com/bvi-financial-statements
  • MR CONCEITED (26/08/2024, 17:27) Like (5) Dislike (3) Reply
    ALL THIS WIGGED CANARY AN DO IS TO POINTING HIS DIRTY FINGERS AT THE UK AND WHITE MEN / WE BEGGED FOR A ( COI ) AND WE GOT IT AND ALL THAT WAS UNCOVERED BIY YHE COI , IS BEING BLAMED FOR EVERYTHING THAT IS PERPETRATED BY OURSELVES ON OURSELVES , AND HE TWIST AND TURNS IT INTO A RACIAL RETHORIC RAMPAGE WITH HIS HIDDEN GENDER JUST TO CREATE DRAMA ( AND NOTHING IS DMSAID ABOUT WHAT THE COI EXPOSED OR WHO BEGGED FOR IT / OR HOW COME WE STILL CELEBRATING A HERO WHO PUT OUR COUNTRY ON THE MAP WITH HIS CLANDISTINE OPERATIONS IN DRUGS - GUNS ETC AND TURNED OUR COUNTRY INTO THE KILLING FIELDS / AND HIS PICTURE HANGS ON THE WALL OF THE SO CALLED HOA , AMONGS THOSE HONORABLE PEOPLE WHO SERVED OUR COUNTRY WITH " INTEGRITY " ( SOMETHING WHICH
    THESE WANNABE ARISTOCRATS , DO NOT POSSESS
    • @ Mr, Conceited (26/08/2024, 23:06) Like (2) Dislike (1) Reply
      wigged from the governor's office go get your child in peace from on vino with your pissed; we can see you! We will fight against racism and white take over this is not south African
      • this is not south africa (27/08/2024, 05:58) Like (0) Dislike (1) Reply
        You are right, this is more like Haiti or Mogadishu..
  • Yes (26/08/2024, 17:30) Like (4) Dislike (5) Reply
    Yes. The uk has an agenda to take us backwards into slavery
  • Linda (26/08/2024, 17:34) Like (18) Dislike (1) Reply
    Instead of coming back, maybe he should have stayed home and relax. The strain of some of these jobs doesn't mean you owe them your entire life. Travel and have some fun.
  • Timing Couldn't Be Worse (26/08/2024, 20:35) Like (11) Dislike (1) Reply
    Is he coming back to be the hero or the scapegoat?
  • Black Lives Matter (27/08/2024, 16:26) Like (2) Dislike (0) Reply
    The coi is an agenda so go talk that


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