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‘I’m not blocking EE Sewerage Project!’ – Hon Fraser
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Chairman of the Virgin Islands Party (VIP) Honourable Julian Fraser RA (R3) has challenged anyone to say he is standing in the way of the East End/Long Look Sewerage Project because of his standing with a family whose land was being compulsorily acquired by Government for the said project.
‘May the best candidate win' - Preston P. Stoutt
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Mr Preston P. Stoutt, the youngest of three sons of the late Chief Minister of the Virgin Islands H. Lavity Stoutt, has announced his intention to run as an Independent candidate in the First District and has declared that the people will decide who the winner will be.
Radio caller blames district rep for closure of WE Police Station
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – A caller has dismissed the concerns of Honourable Andrew A. Fahie (R1) regarding the need for the Government to address the West End Police Station, which has been closed for some months now pending repairs to the building.
Gov't bent on operating without accountability – Hon Fahie
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Senior member of the Virgin Islands Party, Honourable Andrew A. Fahie (R1) has said the non-transparent manner in which the National Democratic Party (NDP) government intends to spend the $16 million loaned from the Social Security Board (SSB) on the eve of General Elections is of concern to everyone as it demonstrates that the government is bent on operating without accountability.
Will there ever be 'time to give our children a chance?'
By Alred C. Frett
Why Snap Election & Why be an At-Large Candidate??
Election Selection is in overdrive based on a fear that Government will call a Snap Election long before its time… If this is so, we must realise that there are only two reasons why Governments call Snap Elections - #1 Because they know they are doing wrong, plan to do more wrong and wish to cover it up, or, #2 They regard the Opposition as being ineffective and too weak to win at that time.
PEP’s Lorie A. Rhymer raps VIP on VG hospital, greenhouses
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Public Relations Officer of the People’s Empowerment Party (PEP) Lorie A. Rhymer has slammed the former Virgin Islands Party (VIP) administration for the greenhouses which he said have not fulfilled their purposes and for doing nothing for Virgin Gorda in terms of a healthcare facility.
PEP remains tightlipped on candidates
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – The People’s Empowerment Party (PEP) remains tightlipped regarding its candidates for the upcoming national elections in the territory and maintains that “at the right time” those candidates will be made known.
Premier Smith hits back @ Hon Fahie's latest SSB loan concerns
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Dr The Honourable D. Orlando Smith has come out swinging against statements that Representative for the First District Honourable Andrew A. Fahie made regarding the lack of transparency surrounding a loan of $16 million sought from the Social Security Board (SSB), specifically the budgeted value of the work and allowances for contingencies.
Works Minister refuses to produce docs on equipment purchase
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Minister for Communications and Works Honourable Mark H. Vanterpool (R4) declined to furnish Honourable Andrew A. Fahie (R1) with documentation on the road paving equipment Government recently purchased from a Chinese company, citing the Cabinet handbook disallowing the copying and distributing of Cabinet documents.
EE family was 'blindsided' over land acquisition– Hon Fraser
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Chairman of the Virgin Islands Party (VIP) Honourable Julian Fraser RA (R3) believes the family of East End got blindsided by Government’s recent motion in the House of Assembly for the compulsory acquisition of a plot of land earmarked for a sewerage pumping station opposite the East End Police Station.
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