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Today, December 20, 2022 is the start of the Budget Debate

Today, December 20, 2022, will be the continuation of the Ninth Sitting of the Fourth Session of the Fourth HoA and is expected to start at 10:00 am at the Save the Seed Energy Centre in Duff's Bottom. Photo: VINO/File
Live coverage of the HoA at Save the Seed Energy Centre will be carried from 10:00 am on the House of Assembly VI Youtube; House of Assembly of the Virgin Islands Facebook; 780 AM ZBVI Radio; CBN-Radio (90.9 FM); FLOW TV Channel 101; and CCT TV Channel 291. Photo: VINO/File
Live coverage of the HoA at Save the Seed Energy Centre will be carried from 10:00 am on the House of Assembly VI Youtube; House of Assembly of the Virgin Islands Facebook; 780 AM ZBVI Radio; CBN-Radio (90.9 FM); FLOW TV Channel 101; and CCT TV Channel 291. Photo: VINO/File
DUFF'S BOTTOM, Tortola, VI- Today, Tuesday, December 20, 2022, is the 2023 Budget Debate Day. It was on November 29, 2022, that Premier and Minister of Finance Dr the Honourable Natalio D. Wheatley (R7) presented a $399.33M Budget Estimate.

Days later, the House of Assembly (HoA) went into the Standing Finance Committee (SFC) of all Members, which was not opened to the public. With not many changes in the amount (closed envelope), it is unclear what Members will be saying in the debate.

With the general election due by the first quarter of 2023; however, political shots are expected to be fired, in what will be a two-day debate.

It is unclear if the new Speaker Honourable Corine N. George-Massicote has imposed a speaking time limit on legislators.

Today will be the continuation of the Ninth Sitting of the Fourth Session of the Fourth HoA and is expected to start at 10:00 am at the Save the Seed Energy Centre in Duff's Bottom.

Live coverage will be carried from 10:00 am on the House of Assembly VI Youtube; House of Assembly of the Virgin Islands Facebook; 780 AM ZBVI Radio; CBN-Radio (90.9 FM); FLOW TV Channel 101; and CCT TV Channel 291.

3 Responses to “Today, December 20, 2022 is the start of the Budget Debate”

  • Need my monies (20/12/2022, 10:48) Like (6) Dislike (0) Reply
    Why do we continue to hold all these house of assembly meetings and discussions and not dealing with the matters at hand. All these departments heads and politicians are just sitting on the issues at hand. It's coming to the end of the year and we still haven paid the public servant and civil servant their increments, their overtime and what ever else these departments heads promise the working force. This is why there are so much corruption in the work place. There are hard deserving person's out there who have contributed to the department they work for with high standards just to be promise I will look out for you. People are suffering. Can't take a vacation. Can't plan for the future. Can't build a home for their family. Can't pay their extra expenses. Poeple wake up the system is failing and has been failing us for far to long. Government hear the cries, listen to the cries. It's real out here.
  • asking for a friend (20/12/2022, 14:31) Like (1) Dislike (0) Reply
    So how come they can’t start as yet?
  • WOW (20/12/2022, 14:38) Like (1) Dislike (0) Reply
    $300-$400 million budget each year and the place still look the same not much improvement to the local economy. These term con- artist


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