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November 30th, 2016
Crafts Alive is dead!

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – “Mark (Hon Mark H. Vanterpool), he don’t do nothing for us. All that comes out of his mouth is Tortola Pier Park. Nothing about Crafts Alive,” an expression of frustration from Crafts Alive stall holder Irma Smith.

October 10th, 2016
Geneva C. Harrigan-Lettsome laid to rest in Anguilla

DUFFS BOTTOM, Tortola, VI – It was nothing less than the expected emotional celebration of the life of Mrs Geneva C. Harrigan-Lettsome on Saturday October 8, 2016 at the New Life Baptist Church in Duffs Bottom where hundreds gathered to pay tribute in one way or the other.

September 27th, 2016
UPDATE: Mrs Geneva Lettsome passes

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Word reaching our newsroom early this morning, September 27, 2016 is that Mrs Geneva Lettsome, the mother of First Lady Lorna G. Smith OBE and Minister for Communications and Works Hon Mark H. Vanterpool (R4) among others, has died at age 88.

September 16th, 2016
Outgoing WSD Director praised for $5M revenue increase in 2 years

POCKWOOD POND, Tortola, VI - Minister for Communications and Works Honourable Mark H. Vanterpool (R4) plugged a rose in the hands of Mrs Perline Scatliffe-Leonard who he credits for doing an excellent job in raising revenue collection for the Water and Sewerage Department from $2M to $7M in approximately two years.

September 15th, 2016
BVIEC to move engines out of Long Bush next year

POCKWOOD POND, Tortola, VI - Residents and businesses in Long Bush and surrounding areas can look forward to a more quiet environment come 2017 as the British Virgins Islands Electricity Cooperation (BVIEC) is expected to transfer the engines that are in that location to Pockwood Pond.

September 14th, 2016
Perline Scatliffe-Leonard Out! Michael Davis In! @ W&SD

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – The first woman to have been appointed as Director of Water and Sewerage Department of the Virgin Islands, Mrs Perline Scatliffe-Leonard, has been removed after being confirmed to the position for less than three years.

September 8th, 2016
Works Minister accused of violating building protocol

PURCELL, Tortola, VI – A partner of FOL Limited has accused the Minister for Communications and Works Hon Mark H. Vanterpool (R4), who is also the proprietor of One Mart Superstore in Purcell, of violating construction protocol with the erection of a building next door to FOL Ltd.

August 19th, 2016
‘Light at the end of the tunnel’- Leroy A. E. Abraham

PORT PURCELL, Tortola, VI – The British Virgin Islands Electricity Corporation (BVIEC) has begun to offloaded its three Wartsila power generating sets for the Phase V Power Development Project, which is geared towards tackling the power woes hitting the territory.

August 10th, 2016
No water in many areas but lots of broken pipes with water wastage

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- While many areas on Tortola, Virgin Gorda and Jost van Dyke are most often out of water, many residents throughout the Virgin Islands continue to witness many broken pipes with water running for days.

July 28th, 2016
Hon Vanterpool accused of scaremongering

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Minister for Communications and Works and Fourth District Representative, Hon Mark H. Vanterpool, who used the platform at the opening of Virgin Islands Emancipation Festival on July 25, 2016 to tell the people that the British Government is coming to impose direct rule, has been accused of scaremongering by radio talk show host Mr Doug Wheatley.

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