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Orion Law Out! Travers Thorp Alberga In! Merger deal with Walwyn’s firm
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Orion Law, a firm which started its operations in the Virgin Islands in 2009 by the now controversial Minister for Education and Culture Hon Myron V. Walwyn and had as a partner Speaker of the House of Assembly Hon Ingrid A. Moses, no longer exists.
Speaker, Opposition Leader clash on Standing Orders
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Leader of the Opposition Honourable Julian Fraser RA and Speaker of the House of Assembly Honourable Ingrid A. Moses clashed over a procedural issue which concerned his bringing a motion to the House to debate a notice that the Government had tabled in regard to a loan from the CIBC FirstCaribbean International Bank.
HoA to meet Monday April 18, 2016
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The House of Assembly (HoA) of the Virgin Islands will meet again on April 18, 2016, some two weeks from now. While the Order Paper is still in draft and therefore has not been released to the media or Members of the House, sources close to the Premier’s Office said another amendment may be on its way to address new issues in the Financial Services Sector.
UPDATE: 2016 Budget of $330M passed in HoA
ROAD TOWN, Tortola VI- In the quiet of the night on March 31, 2016 the House of Assembly (HoA) passed one of the largest spending Bills in the history of the Virgin Islands. It approved the 2016 Appropriation Act totaling three hundred and thirty million, eight hundred and forty six thousand, five hundred dollars (US$330, 846,500).
Budget date yet to be decided – Premier Smith
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Premier and Minster of Finance Dr The Honourable D. Orlando Smith said the date for the presentation of the National Budget is yet to be decided, confirming our newsroom’s accurate report on January 20, 2016 that tomorrow Monday January 25, 2016 is not Budget Day.
House of Assembly to meet tomorrow November 2, 2015!
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The Fourth Sitting of the First Session of the Third House of Assembly (HoA) will meet on Monday November 2, 2015 at its Chambers in Road Town, the Virgin Islands Capital City. This news site first and accurately broke the news of the Sitting the day after a decision was confirmed between the Speaker of the House, Hon Ingrid A. Moses, and Leader of Government Business in Parliament, Premier Dr The Hon. D. Orlando Smith.
House of Assembly to meet on November 2, 2015
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The Fourth Sitting of the First Session of the Third House of Assembly (HoA) will be held on Monday November 2, 2015 at the HoA chambers in Road Town, the Virgin Islands capital city.
'Some people don’t stay married from the pulpit to the pew' – Hon Andrew A. Fahie
CANE GARDEN, BAY, Tortola, VI – The large gathering of well-wishers who had congratulatory messages for Mr and Mrs William and Josephine Rhymer on their 75th wedding anniversary heard that many marriages end shortly after they make their vow in today’s society and 75 years together in a marriage is worthy of high commendation.
Speaker Moses promises to be ‘fair’
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Re-elected Speaker for the Virgin Islands House of Assembly Hon Ingrid A. Moses has listed more parliamentary decorum as one of the areas she would like to see improved in the House.
HoA to meet on June 23, 2015; Moses to remain Speaker, Fraser Opposition Leader!
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Word just reaching our news room from our senior sources inside the ruling National Democratic Party (NDP) is that the Third House of Assembly is expected to meet on Tuesday June 23, 2015 at the Multi-Purpose Sports Complex in Road Town, the Virgin Islands capital city, following the recent general elections.
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