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Budget Standing Finance Committee (SFC) started today, Nov 23, 2023
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Two days after Premier and Minister of Finance, Dr the Hon Natalio D. Wheatley (R7) delivered the second budget address of his young premiership, the House of Assembly (HoA) has today November 23, 2023, gone into the Standing Finance Committee (SFC) of the House, for the proposed 2024 budget.
Premier Wheatley presents $399,838,963 Budget for 2024
PARAQUITA BAY, Tortola, VI- Under the theme ‘Planning, Priorities & Progress - Building a Sustainable Nation’, Premier and Minister of Finance Dr the Hon Natalio D. Wheatley (R7) has presented a budget totalling &399,838,963 for 2024.
Nov 21, 2023, is Budget Day! Address to be delivered by Premier Wheatley
PARAQUITA BAY, Tortola, VI- Premier and Minister of Finance Dr the Hon Natalio D. Wheatley (R7) will read his second Budget Address to the nation as Minister of Finance later this month.
RATED Programme is ‘opportunity to get your feet in the door’- Premier
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- A total of 721 applications were received representing various areas of interest in the Registration Apprenticeship Training Employment and Development (RATED) Programme, which exposes employment opportunities with a number of ministries and departments in the Public Service.
'Compromise could have been found' before Opposition HoA walkout - Hon Mather
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Opposition Member in the Virgin Islands House of Assembly (HoA) Hon Stacy M. Mather has called for the Government and Opposition to sit and discuss their differences before they get out of hand. Hon Mather, the Deputy Speaker, was referring to the recent Opposition walk-out of the HoA after the Question and Answer segment of the sitting was re-ordered on the Order Paper.
‘I am standing in the way’ of Opposition achieving dreams for power- Premier
FAT HOGS BAY, Tortola, VI- Noting that the Opposition walking out of the House of Assembly (HoA) on October 31, 2023, was “making a mountain out of a molehill”, Premier and Minister of Finance Dr the Hon Natalio D. Wheatley (R7) has said the main motive behind the Opposition’s actions is its members desire for power.
‘When we disagree, we can’t behave like children’- Premier to Opposition
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Taking aim at the Opposition for walking out of the House of Assembly (HoA) on October 31, 2023, even while important bills and motions were to be addressed, Premier and Minister of Finance Dr the Hon Natalio D. Wheatley (R7) has said elected members must never lose focus in fighting for the interest of the people of the Virgin Islands (VI).
‘Dejected’ Opposition to hold press conference today, Nov 2
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Two days after storming out of the House of Assembly (HoA) on losing another battle with the Premier Natalio D. Wheatley-led Government, the all-male His Majesty’s Loyal Opposition will be holding a press conference today, Thursday, November 2, 2023.
The Premier 'is going to need the Opposition'– Hon Fraser
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Ahead of the Opposition's walkout of the House of Assembly (HoA) yesterday, October 31, 2023, senior legislator Hon Julian Fraser RA (R3) blasted Government ministers for not being able to answer questions, and needing to relegate the Question and Answer segment in the House.
PAC forms in Opposition’s absence in HoA
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- His Majesty’s Loyal Opposition has been pushing with haste for the formation of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC), even unethically trying to force the issue at a special sitting of the House of Assembly to honour Virgin Islands’ heroes and foreparents on October 13, 2023.
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