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Hon. Skelton: "Healthier choices the easier choice"
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Chronic diseases such as heart attacks, strokes, cancers, diabetes and chronic respiratory diseases have become a very disturbing trend in the Virgin Islands (VI), and realising its rapid increase, Hon. Ronnie Skelton, Minister for Health and Social Development will be introducing a National Health and Wellness Council to focus on the population’s health issues.
Premier’s effort to rescue the practice of VI law
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- After five years of the introduction of the Legal Profession Act 2007, the Premier of the Virgin Islands (VI) sees an increase in challenges and issues surrounding the practice of VI laws, and in a quest to attend to the problem, proposed that the bill be amended.
Lack of cooperation by Departments - Internal Audit Report
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - The Internal Audit Department which falls under the Ministry of Finance and is a different and separate organisation from the Auditor General’s Department, submitted its 2011 Annual report. The report now a public document was laid before the House of Assembly on June 29, 2012.
HOA to approve Territorial dress & song at next sitting
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – After many late evenings, the Territory’s top designers were able to whip up two territorial dresses, for male and female, that is heading for the House of Assembly at the next convenient sitting, for approval.
VI cannot be broke & signing contracts, hiring consultants - Hon. Fahie
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Despite the rumblings that the Virgin Islands (VI) is broke, 1st District Representative, Hon. Andrew Fahie, pointed out that a series of contracts have been signed which seem to suggest that the talk is wrong.
Hon. Vanterpool: SSB money is for the pensioners
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – “Just because we might have the Social Security Board money down here that does not belong to us, that belongs to the pensioners,” declared Minister for Communications and Works, Mark Vanterpool at the recent House of Assembly Sitting during his debate on the motion to review the Protocols for Effective Financial Management that was signed between the Virgin Islands and the United Kingdom.
Hon. Vanterpool proposes solutions to VI water woes
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - With an increase in the number of complaints received pertaining to the distribution of clean water throughout the Territory, Minister for Communications and Works Hon. Mark Vanterpool, along with the Water and Sewage Department (WSD), came up with some solutions to decrease those complaints and create a balance in the supply of potable water throughout the Virgin Islands (VI).
VIP not getting access to CDB loan a blessing in disguise?
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – One elected member suspected that if the previous Government – the Virgin Islands Party (VIP) – had gotten access to the $15M Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) loan, he might not have been elected.
Gov’t in breach of borrowing guidelines – Hon. Fraser
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Third District Representative Hon. Julian Fraser, RA finds it scary that the Virgin Islands Government was able to negotiate with the United Kingdom to be in breach of the borrowing guidelines until the end of 2015.
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