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Engineers' integrity questioned in bridge assessment
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – A response to a question asked in the House of Assembly during its most recent sitting has left many, including Representative for the First District Honourable Andrew A. Fahie, to ponder the integrity of workers and engineers within the Public Works Department.
Opposition calls for betterment of locals in 2014
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Representative for the Third District Honourable Julian Fraser, RA has expressed concern about issues of maltreatment being experienced by many BVI Islanders at the hands of ‘false pretenders’.
QE II Park ballooned to $1.5M ‘tell people the truth’-Hon. Fahie
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - It appears that the National Democratic Party (NDP) Government of Premier and Minister of Finance Dr. the Honourable D. Orlando Smith loves to build parks, now in their second park since taking office in November 2011. The first was completed on Virgin Gorda and opened last week.
Christmas message by Premier of the Virgin Islands Dr. The Honourable D. Orlando smith, OBE
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Season’s Greetings to you, the residents and people of these Virgin Islands and to all within the sound of my voice, whether you are sitting in front of your television, listening to radio or via the internet.
$65K still owed to contractors in Georgie Hill Road project
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Minister for Communications and Works Honourable Mark H. Vanterpool revealed during last week’s sitting of the House of Assembly that some $65,000 remains outstanding to contractors in the Georgie Hill Road Project.
UPDATE: Getting rid of $12m with treasury closed is tall order – Hon Julian Fraser, RA
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – “It doesn’t speak well for a government, Madam Speaker, to be constantly hoarding money when you owe people money and the people I am talking about are not the Rockefellers, I am talking about little Joe on the street…” this was according to Representative for the Third District Honourable Julian Fraser, RA.
50-year-old Public Assistance Act out the window!
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - After hours of being behind closed doors in Committee Stage, members of the House of Assembly yesterday December 20, 2013 returned to pass the Public Assistance Act 2013 which saw revisions to the 50-year-old Act.
R-E-S-P-E-C-T! Hon. Walwyn calls for improved behaviour in HOA.
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Minister for Education and Culture Hon. Myron V. Walwyn has suggested an early New Year's Resolution in the House of Assembly (HOA) in making a request for peace and harmony as Members conduct their business in the coming year.
Seaborne subsidy cost gov’t approx $450k - Premier
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – An agreement between the Government of the Virgin Islands and Seaborne airlines to conduct daily flights to Virgin Gorda was prompted by an "untenable situation" and cost the government approximately $450,000 over a one year period, according to Premier Dr The Hon. D. Orlando Smith.
$$ for teachers' dinner could have paid ‘school bus’ drivers- Opposition
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Debate surrounding some $103,160.00 owed to taxi drivers of the Territory for transporting high school students touched on some nerves during the Third Sitting of the Third Session of the Second House of Assembly on December 17, 2013.
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