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March 22nd, 2024
2024 VI Music Festival to be held ‘on plot of land’ behind Central Admin Complex

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The venue for the 2024 Virgin Islands Music Festival, to be held under the slogan ‘60 Beats One Vibe’, will be the plot of land behind the Ralph T. O’Neal Central Administration Complex.

November 28th, 2023
VI Gov’t spends $8.9M annually on renting office space- Premier Wheatley

PARAQUITA BAY, Tortola, VI- The Government of the Virgin Islands spends some $8.9M annually to rent office space, Premier and Minister of Finance Dr the Honourable Natalio D. Wheatley (R7) has disclosed.

January 28th, 2022
Some 660 public servants now eligible for retirement- SFC Report

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – A total of 660 public officers in the Virgin Islands (VI) are now eligible for retirement, if they so wish, according to information coming out of the 2022 reports of the deliberations of the Standing Finance Committee (SFC).

April 4th, 2021
Restoration works continue @ Ralph T. O’Neal Admin Complex

WICKHAM'S CAY, Tortola, VI- Restorative works continue on the Ralph T. O’Neal Administration Complex as the Government of the Virgin Islands works to maintain its public infrastructure.

November 19th, 2020
'Sacrifices were made' to keep public servants employed– Premier

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Premier and Minister of Finance, Hon Andrew A. Fahie (R1) has said that throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, his administration has had to sacrifice to ensure public officers remain employed despite the layoffs in the private sector.

December 24th, 2019
'Underutilised' public servants may be rotated to other departments- SFC Report

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - With in excess of 2500 public officers currently employed in the Public Service, according to Director of Human Resources (DHR) Michelle Donovan-Stevens, the Government may be looking to rotate employees who are not being 'fully utilised' in the system.

December 18th, 2019
UFO sighting? VI residents baffled by 'mysterious light' in sky

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Several residents of the Virgin Islands were today, December 18, 2019, left astonished and spooked by a mysterious light moving across the night sky in the early hours of the morning.

November 13th, 2019
Hon Ralph T. O’Neal OBE was 'a walking encyclopedia'- Skelton-Cline

BAUGHERS BAY, Tortola, VI - As the territory continues to mourn the passing of its first Premier and Member Emeritus of the House of Assembly (HoA), Honourable Ralph T. O’Neal OBE, ZBVI 780am 'Honestly Speaking' radio host Mr Claude O. Skelton-Cline has regarded Mr O'Neal as a 'Walking Encyclopedia' on the Virgin Islands.

November 3rd, 2019
'Everyone has to vacate the Admin Complex'- Premier Fahie

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Premier and Minister of Finance, Hon Andrew A. Fahie (R1) says all offices occupying the hurricane-damaged Hon Ralph T. O'Neal Administration Complex will be relocated to facilitate repair works to the state-owned building.

October 22nd, 2019
UPDATE: Family ‘overwhelmed’ @ renaming of Admin Complex after RT O’Neal

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The immediate family of first premier of the Virgin Islands, Hon Ralph T. O’Neal OBE has welcomed the move by the Virgin Islands Party (VIP) Government to rename Central Administration Complex in honour of the political giant.

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