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Address Sugar Mill beach access issue to prevent ‘unwarranted outcomes’- Hon Fahie
WEST END, Tortola, VI- First District Representative and Opposition Member Hon Andrew A. Fahie has urged the Minister for Natural Resources and Labour Dr The Hon Kedrick D. Pickering (R7) to immediately address the contentious issue of access to the beach near the Sugar Mill Hotel in Apple Bay on the West End of Tortola, Virgin Islands.
Give more prominence to Rockefeller- Hon Pickering
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Twelve years (12) after his death and fifty-two (52) years after Laurance Spelman Rockefeller, the American philanthropist and conservationist, donated some 86 acres of land after purchasing it from farmers to the Virgin Islands (VI) Government for the establishment of the Sage Mountain National Park, Deputy Premier and Minister for National Resources and Labour, Dr The Honourable Kedrick D. Pickering (R7) has advocated for him to be given greater prominence at the park.
‘Much more than a building’: Sage Mountain National Park gets Visitor Centre
SAGE MOUNTAIN, Tortola, VI- Fifty-two years after Sage Mountain which boasts of the highest peak of 1,716 feet and some 86 acres in the Virgin Islands (UK), became the first National Park, it has again made history.
‘More than just talk’ – Hon Pickering on Fisheries as 3rd economic pillar
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Deputy Premier and Minister for Natural Resources and Labour Dr The Hon Kedrick D. Pickering (R7) says turning the fisheries sector into the territory’s third economic pillar is more than just talk for the National Democratic Party (NDP) government.
Buy back sold out small islands – Edmund G. Maduro
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Prominent Minister of government Dr The Honourable Kedrick D. Pickering (R7) has constantly come under a hail of allegations of him being the main culprit in selling out islands and lands to his ‘rich white friends’.
‘Pure unadulterated nonsense’- Hon Pickering on sale of Prickly Pear Island
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Deputy Premier and Minister for Natural Resources and Labour Dr The Honourable Kedrick D. Pickering (R7) has sought to dismiss allegations that his administration is planning to either obtain a new tenant for or sell Prickly Pear Island to one of their “rich white friends.”
I have been accused of taking land & giving to white people- Hon Pickering
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Acting premier and Minister for Natural Resources and Labour Honourable Kedrick D. Pickering (R7) sought to remove himself from land issues that have been rife in the Virgin Islands, including in the Josiah’s Bay community on the island of Tortola.
VI’s newest centenarian is Henrietta A. Smith
CARROT BAY, Tortola, VI- “What has been keeping me so long? God in heaven,” were the words first off the lips of the Virgin Islands’ newest centenarian Henrietta A. Smith, who was showered with well wishes, words of appreciation and gifts at her 100th birthday celebration at the Carrot Bay Seventh-day Adventist Youth Centre on October 25, 2016.
Honeymoon’s over! Deputy Premier Pickering to face tough questions in HoA
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- History was created when between 2011 to 2015- the first of the two consecutive four year term of the Ruling National Democratic Party (NDP) Government- that the Opposition Virgin Islands Party (VIP) had zero questions for the Minister for Natural Resources and Labour Dr The Honourable Kedrick D. Pickering (R7), who is also the territory’s Deputy Premier.
NDP Gov’t sets sight on Fisheries sector as third economic pillar
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Deputy Premier and Minister of Natural Resources and Labour, Dr The Hon. Kedrick D. Pickering (R7) says the launch of the first Fisheries Advisory Committee represents one where the government will make great strides in further cementing the relationship between them and the fisheries sector.
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