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VINO responds to Lorna G. Smith’s FB letter to our Esteemed Chairman
Our news room and the Chairman of our Board of Directors Mr. Julian Willock have been overwhelmed with phone calls, text messages and ordinary citizens from all walks of life stopping the reporters very disturbed by the personal attacks on Mr. Julian Willock and on the news site by Mrs. Lorna Ginevra Smith and Dr. the Honourable D. Orlando Smith.
$35m not enough; project could cost up to $70m – Hon Andrew A. Fahie
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – First District Representative Hon Andrew A. Fahie believes that the Cruise Pier Development Project could escalate to about $70 million dollars by the time the land-side development and other aspects of it come to an end and does not feel the $35 million received by Government is nearly enough.
‘Clear up dark clouds over cruise pier project!’ – Hon Andrew A. Fahie
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – In the wake of Government’s closing of a $35 million loan for the Cruise Pier Development Project last week, Representative for the First District and Member of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) Hon Andrew A. Fahie said that the “dark clouds” that hover above the project must be cleared up in the interest of the people of the Territory.
Premier Smith not ready for leadership – radio show caller
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – A caller to Edmund G. Maduro’s EGM Show on ZROD 103.7 FM last evening July 10, 2014 said that Premier is not ready for leadership and that he should be disqualified.
Is Lorna Smith wife of Premier a Gov’t consultant?
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - There continues to be whispers that Mrs. Lorna Smith OBE the wife of the Premier and a former Permanent Secretary is a government consultant and is now doing work with the International Finance Centre, a department she once headed.
UPDATE: Premier Smith defends Hon Walwyn’s scholarship move
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – “There are many cases where persons may have come to the BVI and they may not have become a BVIslander, but live in the Virgin Islands and went through the school system and so I think as a country, as a people, we could be sympathetic to persons who fall in that category,” said Premier and Minister of Finance Dr. the Honourable D. Orlando Smith.
‘Hon Julian Fraser has potential for becoming Premier’ – Bishop Cline
DUFF’S BOTTOM, Tortola, VI - “We are BV Islanders at the end of the day and we are really interested in developing the country. For me I don’t have sides. I am a BVIslander,” stated John I. Cline, the Bishop of the New Life Baptist Church which governs the Save the Seed Energy Centre in Duff’s Bottom.
When the Media is Bought, FATCA Real & Wealthy Tourism a Myth
By Alred C. Frett
ACFrett - BVP (Truth for the Youth)… Saturdays 6pm – 7pm on ZROD 103.7FM & ZVCR 106.9FM
‘We must get a copy of FATCA agreement!’ – Edmund G. Maduro
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Political commentator and talk show host Edmund G. Maduro insists that no international agreement can be entered into if it conflicts with the Territory’s Constitution and that the people of the Territory should have had a chance to see a copy of the intergovernmental agreement (IGA) between the Virgin Islands and the United States to bring into effect the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA).
Ports Authority project: 'What corruption!' – Edmund G. Maduro
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Radio commentator Edmund G. Maduro said the usurping of the Cruise Pier Development project by the Minister for Communications and Works and the sudden and unexplained increase in project scope and cost were manifestations of corruption and urged persons to consider these factors when voting in the next general elections.
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