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Finance and Business
Premier, Ministers should have right to refuse AG report lacking integrity- Hon Fraser
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Opposition Leader, Honourable Julian Fraser RA (R3) has said the Premier or any Minister of Government should have the right to refuse any report from the Auditor General (AG) deemed to be lacking integrity.
Cost of living among top ‘themes’ of Compensation Review Survey Responses
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Consultancy firm PricewaterhouseCoopers Advisory Services Limited (PwC) has reported that 585 survey responses have been received and 15 stakeholder meetings held with Public Officers across the Virgin Islands Public Service.
Governor Rankin defends ‘biased’ Auditor General
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Amidst heavy criticisms from legislators and some members of the public that Auditor General Sonia M. Webster’s reports on consultation contracts for Claude O. Skelton-Cline and the contract for the barges to provide border security are biased and “lacking balance”, United Kingdom (UK) appointed Governor John J. Rankin, CMG has come to the defense of the Auditor General.
‘When you write a report it should be truthful & balanced’- Opposition Leader
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Another report by Auditor General Ms Sonia M. Webster has come under serious disrepute.
‘I will not yield’: Premier Wheatley & Hon Turnbull clash in HoA
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- They may be Ministers in the so-called Unity Government, but blood is thicker than water was proven in the House of Assembly (HoA) on March 2, 2023, when Premier and Minister of Finance Dr the Honourable Natalio D. Wheatley (R7) and Minister for Natural Resources and Labour Hon Melvin M. Turnbull (R2) clashed.
Hon Malone slams Auditor General Report on marine platforms as lacking balance
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Territorial At-Large Representative Honourable Carvin Malone (AL) has questioned the level of balance of the Report on COVID-19 Border Security Contracts for Static Marine Platforms [COI R23] in 2020, prepared by Auditor General (AG) Ms Sonia M. Webster.
Flax-Brutus makes Managing Partner of Virgin Gorda Villa Rentals
VALLEY, Virgin Gorda, VI- Former Director of Tourism Sharon P. Flax-Brutus has now been named the new Managing Partner of Virgin Gorda Villa Rentals, the luxury development and management company that manages over 30 luxury holiday villas at Virgin Gorda, [British] Virgin Islands (VI).
Three more Smart Community Centres handed over to VI
SEA COWS BAY, Tortola, VI- Marking a significant breakthrough in recovery efforts following the 2017 hurricanes, the Government of the Virgin Islands is now the recipient of three state-of-the-art Smart Community Centres.
Cabinet leak of students’ names for education assistance grants shameful- Parents
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The list of local students studying abroad and locally, who have gotten financial support from the Premier’s Office and the Ministry of Education and Culture over the past three years, 2019-2022, has been leaked.
‘I am grateful for the support of HMS Medway’- Premier Wheatley
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Premier and Minister of Finance Dr the Honourable Natalio D. Wheatley (R7) has said he is not opposed to HMS Medway assisting the territory with border security whenever it is in the region; however, it would be naive to think the vessel would solve all the border security issues, as he said the Auditor General Sonia M. Webster has suggested.
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