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Hon. Vanterpool: Gov't is too big…needed to reduce size!
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Appearing before the 2012 Standing Finance Committee (SFC), Attorney General Christopher Malcolm Phd., on behalf of Ray Harris, Chairman of the Law Reform Commission, was grilled about the status of the Law Reform Commission and whether it was still needed.
David Morris wants permanent Police at ESHS
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Appearing before the 2012 Standing Finance Committee (SFC), then Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCOP) David Morris, a United Kingdom police officer in the Virgin Islands on contract, told members of the House select committee that police resources and man power were serious challenges to the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF).
The excessive use of “Madam Speaker” in last HOA was worst- deCastro
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Radio talk show host Donald deCastro says he is still pleasantly surprised with the amount of persons who have been meeting him almost every day and telling him that they too are annoyed with what he terms as excessive use of the title Madam Speaker in the House of Assembly (HOA).
I am in no mood for a war of words - Opposition Leader
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Leader of the Opposition and former Premier of the Virgin Islands Ralph T. O’Neal, OBE says he will not be taking up 1st District Representative Hon. Andrew Fahie’s recent challenge to him to defend his record as former Minister of Finance since he is in no mood for a war of words.
"Done deal” on airport expansion may need to be reassessed - Fraser
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Hon. Kedrick Pickering, Minister for Natural Resources and Labour, may need to re-evaluate his statement about the Terrance B. Lettsome International Airport expansion being a done deal, while in the same breath has informed the public that Government will do nothing until the completion of an environmental impact assessment study.
UPDATE - Bail denied for man who allegedly threatened to kill ex-lover
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Senior Magistrate Valerie Stephens has denied bail to Franklyn Malone, a 53 year-old Virgin Islander charged for allegedly threatening to kill his ex-lover, when he reappeared in the Magistrate’s Court yesterday April 4, 2012.
Smugglers Cove vendors ordered to cease “illegal” operation
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – In a latest twist of events, vendors who were operating at Smugglers Cove beach have been ordered yesterday April 3, 2012 to cease operation until they have obtained their requisite licenses to operate a business.
The vendors were handed their letters by Police officers with the presence of officials from the Health Department who also clamped down on those selling food.
Three-Day Music Fest back on the beach!
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Following concerns based on funding and a possible downsizing of the Musical Festival, the committee has made a very bold move- which many patrons will be happy to learn- to return the event on the beach where it used to be held and stick to the regular three-day musical extravaganza from May 25 through May 27.
UPDATE: VG iconic figure Dawin George dies at beach
VALLEY, Virgin Gorda, VI – The Virgin Gorda community has again been thrown into deep shock and mourning following the death of one of their iconic citizens, Dawin George.
UPDATE: Man convicted of stabbing wife gets 12 years imprisonment
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Antiguan national Samuel James, who was convicted of stabbing his estranged wife multiple times in April 2011, has been sentenced to 12 years imprisonment.
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