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Local partnerships enshrined in pier project negotiations – Hon. Vanterpool
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Minister for Communications and Works Hon. Mark H. Vanterpool has insisted that local participation has been ensured during the negotiations for the cruise pier project.
Premier Smith says negotiations transparent in cruise pier development
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – The National Democratic Party (NDP) Government has sought to shed some light in relation to negotiations for the Cruise Pier development project, assuring that all negotiations and subsequent decisions were made in a transparent manner.
UPDATE: Under pressure Governor appoints Ishmael Scatliffe to PSC
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- After almost four months of resistance and close to violation of the Virgin Islands Constitutional Order and under pressure from the Leader of the Opposition Ralph T. O’Neal OBE, the United Kingdom appointed Governor William B. McCleary has complied and appointed businessman and Virgin Islander Ishmael Scatliffe as a member of the Public Service Commission (PSC).
Bring NHI draft policy to the people – Edmund Maduro
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Talk show host Edmund Maduro is adamant that residents of the Virgin Islands need to see copies of the proposed draft legislation for the National Health Insurance before it is made into law.
Prepare for a rough ride! – Hon. Fraser to MCW Minister
SEA COW’S BAY, Tortola, VI – Representative of the Third District Honourable Julian Fraser, RA is outraged with a Minister of Government who recently spoke about the Sea Cow’s Bay Harbour Development Project while at a commissioning activity in the Fourth District.
Another Minister, another swing – Works Minister takes aim at media
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Against the grain of what surely must have been an otherwise uneventful, yet memorable opening ceremony for the ‘Revitalised’ Crafts Alive Village, came the now seemingly familiar chastisement of media practitioners in the Territory for the way news items were being presented by various media houses.
‘We want no part of that homosexual affairs’ – caller to Speak Out BVI
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – There was no love fest on the Speak Out BVI show last evening, February 26, 2013 as one caller sought to warn Ministers of Government that there were still VIslanders that possessed a spirit of rebelliousness when it came to speaking for their rights.
Go back to the drawing board! – resident to NDP
CARROT BAY, Tortola, VI – “We have nobody on Anegada or Jost Van Dyke, we need to increase our population,” former Chief Fire Officer Leando Stoutt claimed at a government held community meeting in Carrot Bay on February 25, 2013 at the Abraham Leonard Community Centre.
Premier not showing ‘all hands on deck’ approach – Doug Wheatley
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Premier of the Virgin Islands, Dr The Hon. D. Orlando Smith has not demonstrated that he truly wants "all hands on deck" as he had stated in the past. This is according to radio talk show host, Douglas Wheatley.
3D Show against extended terms for Govt
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Should elected governments in the Virgin Islands have more than one consecutive term in office or an added number of years to the four years that they have currently under the constitution? Not so says Natalio Wheatley aka Sowande Uhuru.
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