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VI Project Planning, Programming & Progress
Edgar Leonard
The following familiar motto is attributable to Benjamin Franklin, “if you fail to plan, you plan to fail.” Another familiar slogan for the British Army is, “preparation prevents piss poor performance.” The US Army equivalent is, “prior planning prevents piss poor performance.”
VI must fight for, rather than fight against what it wants– Hon Malone
BAUGHERS BAY, Tortola, VI – Opposition Member, Hon Carvin Malone (AL) says under his ‘One BVI’ agenda, the Virgin Islands should aspire to fight for what it wants as a country, rather than fighting against the aspirations of others.
UPDATE: Tropical Depression expected to form in Atlantic later this week- NHC
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The National Hurricane Centre (NHC) is reporting that a large area of disorganised showers and thunderstorms over the far eastern tropical Atlantic south of the Cabo Verde islands is associated with a tropical wave.
2 systems with development potential heading toward Caribbean Islands
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Two systems forming in the Atlantic Ocean with continued development potential are traveling to toward the Caribbean islands — the first toward the southern Windward Islands and the second facing the Leeward Islands, according to data and projections from the National Hurricane Center.
DDM monitoring tropical wave in Atlantic
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The Department of Disaster Management (DDM) says a tropical wave located over the eastern tropical Atlantic continues to produce a large area of disorganised showers and thunderstorms.
'Opposition in a very good spot!'- JvD resident praises work of VIP Gov't
BAUGHERS BAY, Tortola, VI- A resident of Jost van Dyke who called in to the VIP Let's Talk radio show aired on Tuesday, February, February 8, 2022, has praised the current Honourable Andrew A. Fahie(R1)-led administration for not leaving the Jost van Dyke (JvD) residents behind like previous administrations did.
Road Network Development & Management
E. Leonard
Road network development, management, operations, and use are a process that entails planning, programming, budgeting, design, construction/inspection, maintenance and repair, rehabilitation, and reconstruction. Roads are essential for effectively, efficiently, and safely moving goods and people.
HLSCC accredited with National Council of Construction Education & Research
PARAQUITA BAY, Tortola, VI– The H. Lavity Stoutt Community College (HLSCC), a vision of the late Chief Minister and Virgin Islands Party (VIP) Founding Member, H. L. Stoutt, continues to lead the territory in training and certification efforts following the successful accreditation by the National Council of Construction Education and Research (NCCER).
JvD ‘doing better’ under Fahie Gov’t – Caller tells Premier
BAUGHERS BAY, Tortola, VI – While commending the Virgin Islands Party (VIP) Government on the ‘great job’ they have been doing, one caller from the sister island of Jost van Dyke has declared that the island is doing a lot better under the Premier Andrew A. Fahie (R1) administration, that it did under previous administrations.
Anyone who says VG gets nothing ‘carry them to the eye specialist’- Premier
NORTH SOUND, Virgin Gorda, VI – More developments were promised to the people of Virgin Gorda and other sister islands, following the handover and rededication ceremony for the newly refurbished North Sound Administration Building on Tuesday, February 9, 2021, in honour of Mr John E. George Sr MBE.