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Airport Project 10 times worse than Biwater- Radio show host
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – “All I have to say, this is another Biwater,” said a caller to the Open Mic live television programme hosted by Julio S. Henry, who responded, “Listen, this is ten times worse than Biwater.”
As Gov't confirms VINO's story, more details emerge on airport contract award
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Some five days after Virgin Islands News Online first and accurately broke the story (December 22, 2016) that the Cabinet of Premier Dr The Honourable D. Orlando Smith (AL) had awarded the Terrance B. Lettsome runway expansion project to China Communications Construction Company Ltd (CCCC), the Government has also confirmed our article.
Would truth be told on Biwater & law firms doing business with NDP Gov’t?
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- At the last Sitting of the House of Assembly (HoA) on September 22-23, 2016 Minister for Communications and Works Hon Mark H. Vanterpool (R4) unleashed, with his normal rant and screaming, on Opposition Leader Hon Julian Fraser RA (R3), asserting that Biwater’s price has gone up and it’s costing taxpayers more money for water that was in the signed deal.
Blame BVI Electricity Corporation for water woes- Hon Mark H. Vanterpool
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Lack of water continues to be a serious issue in the Virgin Islands, particularly on Tortola and Virgin Gorda. Residents continue to cry out as the Virgin Islands' Government cannot fulfill the mandate of a continuous supply of potable water to all citizens.
'I am disappointed in Hon Fraser' - Edmund G. Maduro
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Radio talk show host Edmund Gregory Maduro has slammed Leader of the Opposition Honourable Julian Fraser RA (R3) for a recent comment about talk show hosts, including Maduro, being silent on the issue of the airport development.
UPDATE: Hon Fraser says Hon Vanterpool assured 3rd District will get water!
SEA COWS BAY, Tortola, VI – Leader of the Opposition and Representative for the Third District Honourable Julian Fraser RA said he is keeping his “fingers crossed” as he has heard from Minister for Communications and Works Honourable Mark H. Vanterpool (R4) on water relief for the people of the Third District.
2016 is here! The good, the bad & the ugly of last year
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The Virgin Islands, like other parts of the world, brought in the New Year 2016 with drinking, parties, eating and of course most attended church.
Hon Vanterpool vindicates Hon Fraser on Biwater; Calls plants turn-over ‘historical’
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- While battling the fallout over the scandal of the BVI Ports Authority Project, the Minister for Communications and Works Hon Mark H. Vanterpool (R4) gave a statement during the Fifth Sitting of the First Session of the Third House of Assembly (HoA) of the Virgin Islands on Monday December 21, 2015 about water and sewerage improvements.
Hon Fraser vindicated on Biwater; Sewage will stop being pumped to sea after 35 years!
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Opposition Leader and former Minister for Communications and Works Hon Julian Fraser RA (R3) has finally been vindicated over the Biwater project signed by the former Virgin Islands Party (VIP) Government of then Premier Hon Ralph T. O’Neal OBE on February 18, 2010.
Elton Georges appointed local Managing Director of Seven Seas Water (BVI)
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Information reaching our newsroom is that recently retired Complaints Commissioner Elton Georges CMG, OBE has been named local Managing Director of Seven Seas Water Corporation (BVI).
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