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Local Politics
‘Work of HoA shrouded in secrecy’ – Hon Julian Fraser RA
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Leader of the Opposition and Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee Honourable Julian Fraser RA (R3) said that much of the work of the House of Assembly (HoA) is shrouded in secrecy and wants this to change in the name of good governance and transparency.
The return of NDP resulted in hardship on the people – Opp Leader Fraser
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Leader of the Opposition Honourable Julian Fraser RA (R3) said that the fact that people in the territory have seen it fit to return the National Democratic Party (NDP) to power at the June 8, 2015 election, it can be an interpretation that all is well and the desire of the people is to leave well alone.
‘Port completion impossible before June 2016’ – Hugh E. Darley
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Following his bombshell disclosures just last Sunday December 20, 2015 on the cruise pier development project, Mr Hugh E. Darley of IDEA Inc., said that everything concerning the controversial project must be laid on the table and examined to arrive at how its costs exploded and timelines exceeded.
‘France has lifted its blacklist on VI’ – Premier Smith
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Premier Dr The Honourable D. Orlando Smith last night December 21, 2015 claimed that the blacklist imposed by France in 2013 on the Virgin Islands' financial services sector has been lifted.
$110M plus approved to keep Government running
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- With no 2016 Appropriation Act or Budget, the National Democratic Party (NDP) Government has secured some one hundred and ten million, five hundred and forty one thousand, six hundred and sixty seven dollars ($110, 541, 667) to keep the government running for four months at least.
‘Impose time limits on Ministers making statements’ – Hon Andrew A. Fahie
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – First District Representative Honourable Andrew A. Fahie believes that just as how there are calls to limit the speaking time for members of the House of Assembly Ministers should be similarly curtailed when making statements in the House.
Rescuing NHI from itself & accepting our own history
By Alred C. Frett
Oops! NHI has come too far to fail so soon:
Rumours that B&F Medical Complex has yet to sign on to NHI may simply be a lapse in journalist delivery by the Media… We thought we would have been the last to sign on but no one’s Memory is so short not to remember that B&F Medical Complex made History by being the first to sign with NHI – even before Government’s own Medical Agencies - Seems they had doubted themselves.
Hugh E. Darley tells it all! Alleges corruption on Ports Project
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – A former developer of the cruise pier development project Hugh Edison Darley, President of IDEA Inc., has accused the National Democratic Party (NDP) of perverting the process of the project’s development and causing it to balloon far beyond what it would have cost originally to build.
No 2016 Budget! NDP looks for $110M to keep Gov't open
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The National Democratic Party (NDP) Administration of Premier and Minister of Finance Dr The Honourable D. Orlando Smith has failed to present the people of the Virgin Islands with a 2016 Appropriation Act or Budget.
HoA to meet Dec 21, 2015; Another Censor Motion in the making?
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The Virgin Islands House of Assembly (HoA) will meet at its Chambers on Monday December 21, 2015 at 10:00 am in Road Town, the Virgin Islands capital city.
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