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Poor Port Dev. tender process cost taxpayers over $1.7 M!
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - While some will want the House of Assembly’s Public Accounts Committee’s (PAC) damaging report on the Ports Development Project to go away, the more one reads the report the more the testimony of public officers show corruption, conflict of interest and lack of transparency.
UPDATE: Port Authority denies Lloyd K. Black assignment
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – The BVI Ports Authority is debunking a report carried on this news site earlier today June 24, 2014 which stated that Mr Lloyd K. Black is expected to take up an assignment with the Authority to head up a unit that will spearhead fund-raising for the landside development part of the Cruise Pier Development Project.
More evidence of corruption revealed in officers’ testimony- PAC report
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - While the Minister for Communications and Works Honourable Mark H. Vanterpool has sought to dismiss the House of Assembly’s Public Accounts Committee’s (PAC) damaging report about the corruption, lack of transparency, mismanagement of funds and breaking of the laws of the Virgin Islands, the testimonies from Public Officers close to the process tell a different story.
TPP raked in $1.7 Million in fees on Ports Project - Ed DeCastro
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - While testifying before the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) on the controversial Ports Development Project Chairman of the BVI Ports Authority Board Mr. J. Edward DeCastro confirmed that Tortola Pier Partners (TPP) had been paid some $1.7 Million of Ports Authority funds.
West End & VG ports dev. not on front burner – Claude O. Skelton-Cline
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Continuous calls have been made to the National Democratic Party (NDP) Government and the BVI Port Authority (BVIPA) to have the many challenges at ports across the Territory addressed yet there has been no redress and Managing Director of the BVIPA Mr Claude O. Skelton Cline said that two major Ports – the West End port on Tortola and Virgin Gorda – are not on the front burner.
BVIPA sets eyes on become Regional leader – HRM Sophia Cupid
PORT PURCELL, Tortola, VI – The BVI Port Authority (BVIPA) recently hired the services of Quality Management and Performance Consultant Dr Michaela Theophilus who conducted the first in a series of training for its staff and according to Human Resources Manager Ms Sophia Cupid it is with the single aim of the BVIPA becoming the Regional Leader in providing seaport facilities.
VI CoI is nothing short of ‘demonic’ in UK self-interest - Skelton-Cline
BAUGHERS BAY, Tortola, VI – Talk Show host Claude O. Skelton-Cline has called ‘demonic’ the ongoing Virgin Islands Commission of Inquiry (CoI) being executed in the territory by the United Kingdom (UK).
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