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BVIPA fees hike necessary for upgrades, salaries- Vincent Wattley
BAUGHERS BAY, Tortola, VI- Businessman and Member of the BVI Ports Authority (BVIPA) Board, Mr Vincent Wattley said part of the reason why the BVIPA had to raise its fees during a global health crisis was to keep their staff contingent employed and to conduct necessary upgrades to the infrastructure and service offerings.
Salary, regular working hours of daily paid BVIPA staff to be restored in Dec 2020- Premier
DUFFS BOTTOM, Tortola, VI- Hourly paid staff at the BVI Ports Authority (BVIPA) will be back to their regular 40-hour per week schedule following the reduction of working hours in May of this year.
Employers urged to adhere to Sections 53 & 54 of Labour Code
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Employers in the Territory are notified that essential employees who have been assigned to work during the upcoming holidays, Good Friday and Easter Monday, are to be paid in accordance with Sections 53 and 54 of the Labour Code.
Seen as a failure, RDA boss Paul D. Bayly in final days!
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Mr Paul D. Bayly, the man who came from New Zealand to head the Virgin Islands Recovery and Development Agency (RDA) and was paid some $300,000 plus a year, which is more than the Premier and Minister of Finance makes, more than what the Speaker of the House of Assembly (HoA) earns and even more than his boss the Chairman of the RDA Board Dr Robert A. Mathavious collects, is reportedly leaving the Territory tomorrow, Tuesday, March 17, 2020.
Confusion over gov't salary pay! 2 statutory bodies struggle to pay
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- First it was Premier and Minister of Finance Dr The Honourable D. Orlando Smith (AL) who assured civil servants about two weeks ago that their September 30, 2017 wages, which were delayed, will be paid.
Hospital consultant Daniel T. DeMeyer racks up over $200,000!
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - An expat consultant who is hired as a Quality Engineer on the new Peebles Hospital Project, Mr. Daniel T. DeMeyer, earns well over two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000) in his role.
It pays to lose an election in the VI!
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - First time legislators who were unable to retain their seats following the November 2011 General Elections might not necessarily be sulking over their defeat as one thing is certain - a year’s compassionate allowance, which is commensurate to a year's salary.
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