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Garbage collection affected by faulty equipment- DWM 2012 Report
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Malfunctioning equipment by garbage collection contractors were some of the factors that affected the garbage collection system in certain parts of the Territory in 2012, according to the Department of Waste Management’s Annual Report of 2012 laid in the House of Assembly (HOA) by Minister for Health and Social Development, Hon. Ronnie W. Skelton on July 25, 2013.
Hon Christopher accuses both NDP & VIP Govts of financial malpractice
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – “In the simple sense the Ministry of Finance based on how they were conducting business and how they do business in my view were never ever conducting the management of this territory in the right way.” This was according to Representative for the Second District Honourable J. Alvin Christopher during the most recent sitting of the House of Assembly (HOA).
New Pockwood Pond incinerator tripled electricity bill in 2012-Report
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- While the new incinerator at Pockwood Pond proved to have more than the capacity to handle the amount of waste reaching the facility; it also brought about an increase in operating costs.
UPDATE: Thoughts of suicide among VI youth alarming-Report
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The thought of committing suicide and actually attempting to do it among young people in the Virgin Islands are issues that ought to be of serious concern, according to the Youth Healthy and Sexuality report laid in the House of Assembly on July 25, 2013 by Minister for Health and Social Development Hon. Ronnie W. Skelton.
$20M SAP for July 25 HOA sitting
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Outside of the many controversial issues on the agenda for the tenth sitting of the second session of the second House of Assembly on Thursday July 25, 2013 the National Democratic Party (NDP) Government will be doing what the Virgin Islands Party (VIP) Government had to do for them on several occasions between 2007-2011; bring a cleanup Supplementary Appropriation Provision (SAP) to the House.
Ministers' show of no-confidence in Premier Smith glaring-Hon. Fahie
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – The Ninth Sitting of the Second Session of the Second House of Assembly (HOA) ended in dramatic fashion yesterday July 9, 2013 after First District Representative and Former Minister for Education and Culture Hon. Andrew A. Fahie rose to question what section of the Standing Orders Minister for Communications and Works Hon. Mark H. Vanterpool was speaking under after seconding the motion for the House to be adjourned.
UPDATE: HOA resumes today July 9, 2013
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Following a session that was cut short on Friday July 4, 2013 the Ninth Sitting of the Second Session of the Second House of Assembly (HOA) resumes at its chambers in Road Town today, July 9, 2013.
Opposition sees red flags on PWC’s engagement by NDP admin.
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI -Representative of the First District Hon. Andrew A. Fahie is concerned about the increasing number of incomplete answers to questions asked in the House of Assembly (HoA) by Opposition Members and has also questioned the engagement of PricewaterhouseCoopers to conduct a forensic audit of the Territory's finances over a particular period.
No Friday doctor at Capoon’s Bay Clinic due to ‘manpower’ issue- BVIHSA
CAPOON’S BAY, Tortola, VI- Whether the recent resignation of two well known doctors, including a local, has anything to with no doctors being available for the usual Friday visits at the Capoon’s Bay Clinic is anyone’s guess, however, the British Virgin Islands Health Services Authority (BVIHSA) has promised that the regular schedule will resume on June 1, 2013.
Premier Smith to lay document in HOA on crime reduction & safety
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- A document proposing a Crime Reduction/Community Safety Strategy for the Virgin Islands is to be tabled at the 9th Sitting of the Second Session of the Second House of Assembly tomorrow, May 14, 2013.
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