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Residents need to be equipped for Cruise Pier project - commentator
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Commentator and People's Patriotic Alliance (PPA) political candidate Natalio Wheatley aka Sowande Uhuru has suggested that government needs to prepare its citizens properly if it intends to sell the Cruise Pier Development Project.
HOA meets today May 14; More questions to answer!
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Less than three weeks after its last meeting, today May 14, 2013 will see another session of the House of Assembly (HOA) of the Virgin Islands. The ninth sitting of the second session of the second House of Assembly will meet at 10 A.M. with a packed agenda of over 70 questions from the Opposition, reports and bills.
BVICCHA responds to Platinum News article on Chairman’s statements
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – The BVI Chamber of Commerce and Hotel Association (BVICCHA) has issued a statement that distances itself from remarks made by attorney at law and Chairman of the BVICCHA, Jamal S. Smith recently in relation to the cruise pier project.
Cruise pier tendering process a ‘sham’ – Speak Your Mind Caller
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – One caller on the Speak Your Mind TV show expressed that the cruise ship tendering process was a sham.
Local partnerships enshrined in pier project negotiations – Hon. Vanterpool
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Minister for Communications and Works Hon. Mark H. Vanterpool has insisted that local participation has been ensured during the negotiations for the cruise pier project.
UPDATE: Crafts Alive Village opened for business
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Original crafts alive vendors opened their doors today November 20, 2012 for business at the new Revitalized Crafts Alive Market.
Concerned citizen writes to UK for intervention in Cruise pier project
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Following a recent investigative article written by this news site of July 26, 2012, regarding the United Kingdom’s concern with some aspects of the multi-million dollar proposed Cruise Pier Park Development, a letter has been obtained from one resident who had written to the UK and called for its intervention in the project.