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‘Over $1 million paid to PWC without tender’ - Premier Smith
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Premier and Minister of Finance Dr the Honourable D. Orlando Smith said today November 10, 2014 that the Government paid PriceWaterHouseCoopers (PWC) in excess of $1 million without public tendering.
Governor to decide on COI into SCB Harbour Project – Premier Smith
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Questions surrounding the recent Auditor General’s report of the Sea Cow’s Bay (SCB) Harbour Project arose earlier today September 17, 2014 at a press conference called by Premier and Minister of Finance Dr the Honourable D. Orlando Smith where he indicated that any further investigations would have to be ordered by the Governor His Excellency John S. Duncan OBE.
‘Change of HoA Sitting had nothing to do with Hon O’Neal’s letter’ – Premier Smith
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Premier Dr the Honourable D. Orlando Smith said that the rescheduled date for the Ninth Sitting of the Third Session of the Second House of Assembly had nothing to do with a letter submitted to the Speaker of the House of Assembly by the Leader of the Opposition Hon Ralph T. O’Neal OBE (R9).
Hon Fraser demands FATCA answers from Premier Smith
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Third District Representative Honourable Julian Fraser RA is demanding answers from Premier and Minister of Finance Dr the Honourable D. Orlando Smith on the recently signed intergovernmental agreement between the United States and the Virgin Islands on the United States foreign Accounts Tax Compliance Act (FATCA).
Resident rubbishes Premier’s claims of little price difference in St. Thomas
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – One resident has claimed that after doing the math following Premier Smith’s assertions that there is little difference between local prices and those in St Thomas, they have realised that this is not the case.
Numbers don’t reflect ‘realities on the ground’ – First Dist Rep.
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Oppostion Member and First District Representative Hon. Andrew A. Fahie remains firm in his belief that the budget figures presented by Premier and Finance Minister Dr. The Hon. D. Orlando Smith are not representative of the “realities on the ground”.
More than 25 persons seen in initial Autism assessments- Programme Director
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Programme Director at the Autism Centre, Ms Lorna Dawson, revealed that the Centre has seen more than 25 children to date; she expressed however, that not all of them would be diagnosed with Autism.
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