Premier Smith mum on potential Biwater buyers
This the Premier disclosed at his press conference held in the Central Administration Complex yesterday July 16, 2015.
“At one point we did meet with one group of people who were interested…but I can’t tell you their names at the moment,” he said.
Asked whether the negotiations were still ongoing he said that he has not had any reports from the people as to whether they were still ongoing, but he confirmed that meeting did take place “several weeks ago.”
He said that the company, which he also confirmed not to be a local company, had shown interest in acquiring the local Biwater company.
Efforts to reach Richard F. Smith, Biwater’s Project Manager for a comment on the negotiations which allegedly took place proved futile.
Over the years of the last National Democratic Party (NDP) administration, the issue of Biwater has been a hot button topic, escalating along the political campaign trail a few weeks ago. The former Virgin Islands Party (VIP) administration has been accused of saddling the Biwater contract like an albatross around the necks of the people of territory.
And in response the VIP has hit back saying that the NDP Government had enough time from late 2011 to make the necessary investment to get Biwater to deliver water to the people of the territory as per agreement.
“Blaming the VIP for not installing and upgrading the piping before construction of the Biwater plant began in 2011, and a full 4 years before water was first produced, is like asking someone to buy furniture for a house before construction starts, and is downright ludicrous. This is especially when considering that at the time our government was saddled with a Peebles Hospital Project costing $100 million, that had a $64 million contract and only $35 million in financing, compliments of the previous NDP Government,” said Honourable Fraser in a statement to the media in April this year.
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We will LISTEN to SEE and WATCH TO HEAR! Ting te Talk.
It is B...son through a holding company, MGH Global so no biggie. It's business. You want to have your own country you own the Government by financing them and you buy out resources like public utilities, water, communications, electricity then get control,of the banking system by putting key soldiers to regulate the system. But islands in an area and other key properties if one has to to take control and keep the undesirables out. Not saying he doing that, lalalala, but folks watch closely how this is playing out.