Finance and Business
2 days later Premier fires back @ BVI Airways; ‘We did our part’
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The public embarrassment and war between the bankrupt BVI Airways and the Dr The Honourable D. Orlando Smith (AL) Administration continues.
Internet service in VI ‘is no good’- residents
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Several residents in the Virgin Islands have expressed their dissatisfaction with the internet service in the Virgin Islands, saying that all carriers need to do better, especially for the ordinary man.
Governor has ‘nothing further to add’ to past criticisms of NDP Gov’t
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- With his point already made, Governor John S. Duncan OBE has nothing further to add to the criticism of the National Democratic Party (NDP) Government of Premier Dr The Honourable D. Orlando Smith (AL), who recently attempted to put a spin on the way his administration has been running the country.
NDP Gov’t embarrassed; Mum on BVI Airways’ latest bombshell
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The six year old National Democratic Party (NDP) Administration has invested millions in public relations from the days of Glover Parks, the Washington DC firm who tried to sell ‘ice to an Eskimo’ when the NDP was in office in 2003-2007, while some Ministers have snubbed the Government Information Services (GIS) and hired their own private public relations firms.
BVI Airways lays off staff; Casts blame on NDP Gov’t
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The war is waging publicly between the National Democratic Party (NDP) Government of Premier, Dr The Honourable D. Orlando Smith (AL) and BVI Airways; a defunct airline that Government provided $7.2M of tax payers money in exchange for direct flights to the Terrance B. Lettsome International Airport on Beef Island from Miami International Airport in the United States of America.
'Medications are killing more than saving lives'- Matthew Daly
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Over and over again we see commercials on television about medicines designed to cure or treat a particular illness but the long list of side-effects is alarming or we hear about persons become addicted to their medication while the illness remains.
Wilfred M. Smith wins Round 1 against Gov’t in court
SLANEY, Tortola, VI- His father was Mr Wilfred W. Smith who is considered a national hero as he was alongside Mr Noel Lloyd and the Positive Action Movement in the struggle to return Wickham’s Cay to the people of the Virgin Islands.
‘We have an issue with each of the new Wartsila generators’ - Henry O. Creque
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – The three new 8 Megawatt Wartsila generators for the BVI Electricity Corporation’s (BVIEC) Phase V Power Development Project was touted as the answer to the frequent power outages and load shedding across the Territory; however, this has not been the case.
Opposition Leader labels NDP Gov’t a 'failure'
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Leader of the Opposition Hon Andrew A. Fahie (R1) is having none of the recent spin by Premier Dr The Hon D. Orlando Smith on the state of the Virgin Islands economy, calling the National Democratic Party (NDP) Government a failure.
‘It must be the money’ - Hon Fahie on BVI Airways flight hiccups
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Leader of the opposition Honourable Andrew A. Fahie (R1) is very positive that one of the main challenges the Territory’s flag carrier, BVI Airways, is experiencing and which is hampering their efforts at direct flights from Miami, USA to Beef Island, Virgin Islands is the want of more money, but from who remains the big question.
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