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Anegada Express suspended; refused docking by BVIPA
SETTING POINT, ANEGADA, VI- Anegada’s first daily passenger ferry service, Anegada Express, has been suspended until further notice.
Alfred A. Henley Out! as acting MD @ BVI Ports Authority
PORT PURCELL, Tortola, VI- Word just reaching our newsroom is that the Acting Managing Director of the BVI Ports Authority (BVIPA), Mr Alfred A. Henley aka ‘Al’, is no longer working at the BVIPA, effective today Monday February 5, 2018.
'I was treated like a mad man; Wrongfully dismissed'- BVI Ports Authority worker
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- A mechanic who worked at the BVI Ports Authority (BVIPA) for some eight years is claiming that he was belittled by management and then wrongfully dismissed from his job at the BVIPA.
Claude O. Skelton-Cline going public! To hold press conference!
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- As the plot thickens over the fall-out regarding the non-renewal of contract of the former Managing Director (MD) of the BVI Ports Authority (BVIPA), Claude O. Skelton-Cline, things are getting hotter as Mr Skelton-Cline is scheduled to hold a 'tell it all' press conference on the matter.
Former Ports MD Vincent V. O'Neal suing BVIPA for 'wrongful dismissal'
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Attorneys for Former Managing Director of the BVI Ports Authority Vincent V. O’Neal on February 3, 2016 filed a number of legal applications in the Supreme Court regarding his claim for monies owed as he continues to seek redress against his former employer.
Ports Project racks up an astonishing $9M in admin cost!
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- As the public and perhaps tax payers try to come to grip with the announcement in a statement on January 25, 2016 by the Minister for Communications and Works Honourable Mark H. Vanterpool (R4) that to date the controversial Ports Development Project has cost $82.9 million, one of the breakdowns that has caught many by surprise is the administrative cost of the project.
Tourist arrivals up despite dark clouds over ports project
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- What is becoming a familiar sight since the expansion of the cruise pier and continuing upland development, three cruise ships are in port today December 30, 2015.
UPDATE: Hon Vanterpool confirms VINO story! Pier Park ‘Grand Opening' postponed
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- As first and accurately reported by this news site, the ‘Grand Opening’ of the Tortola Pier Park will no longer be realised tomorrow Tuesday December 22, 2015 as the event has now been postponed to February 16, 2016.
Alfred ‘Al’ Henley 'to run things' @ Ports until decision on Claude O. Skelton-Cline contract!
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - In the continued BVI Ports Authority (BVIPA) drama, our news room was once again flooded with calls from staff at the BVIPA and even some Board members about the ongoing issues at the Ports.
‘Reckless’ expat captains @ North Sound
NORTH SOUND, Virgin Gorda, VI – “The Port (BVI Ports Authority) needs urgently to come up here and have some safety talks with these expat boat captains who seem not to have any care about practicing safety when leaving port, they taking off at high throttle with no care for who is coming behind.” This was a deep-hearted plea of a local boat captain from the North Sound area.
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