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Mold & allergies big school issues; 1 child hospitalised 5 times- Flax-Charles
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The Junior Minister for Trade, Economic Development, Agriculture and Fisheries Hon Shereen D. Flax-Charles (AL) told the Standing Finance Committee (SFC) last month that she is concerned about mold and allergies in schools.
Barbados PM Mia A. Mottley to visit VI in 2023 - Premier
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Virgin Islands Premier and Minister for External Affairs, Dr. the Honourable Natalio D. Wheatley (R7) has announced that the Barbados Prime Minister the Hon Mia Amore Mottley KC, will visit the Virgin Islands in 2023.
Hons Smith & Flax-Charles blast SFC meetings as ‘futile’ process lacking data
DUFF’S BOTTOM, Tortola, VI– Deputy Speaker and At-Large Representative Hon Neville A. Smith and Jr Minister for Trade and Economic Development Hon Shereen D. Flax-Charles (AL) have criticised the lack of data available to them at Standing Finance Committee (SFC) deliberations.
Today, December 20, 2022 is the start of the Budget Debate
DUFF'S BOTTOM, Tortola, VI- Today, Tuesday, December 20, 2022, is the 2023 Budget Debate Day. It was on November 29, 2022, that Premier and Minister of Finance Dr the Honourable Natalio D. Wheatley (R7) presented a $399.33M Budget Estimate.
Standing Finance Committee deliberations start today, December 1, 2022
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Legislators will be busy for the next two weeks as the House of Assembly (HoA) is now in a Committee of the whole House known as the Standing Finance Committee (SFC).
VI has 'a set of old laws' that need updating- Hon Neville A. Smith
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Thirty years have elapsed since the last comprehensive law revision in the Virgin Islands, according to the territory's Attorney General Dawn J. Smith.
Crime up due to COVID-19- CoP Collins to SFC
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Appearing before the House of Assembly’s Standing Finance Committee (SFC) last year, as members examined the 2022 Budget Estimates, Commissioner of Police (CoP) Mark Collins spoke to the issue of crime in the Virgin Islands.
There’s an insufficient balance of healthy people in VI– BVIHSA Chairman
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Chairman of the British Virgin Islands Health Services Authority (BVIHSA) Mr Moleto A. Smith has lamented that there is an insufficient balance of healthy persons in the Virgin Islands (VI).
Gov’t raked in over $320K in revenue from Gazettes in 2021
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI– Despite being impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic and having to make 'adjustments', for 2021 the Virgin Islands (VI) Cabinet Office raked in over three hundred and twenty thousand dollars ($320,000) in revenue via its Gazette Unit alone, according to Cabinet Secretary Sandra I. Ward.
W&SD trying to collect some $6M owed by customers- PS Smith-Berkeley
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Transportation, Works and Utilities Mr Ronald F. Smith-Berkeley said if the leaks in the water network in the Virgin Islands are sealed, it would reduce the haemorrhaging of money that currently exists in the Water and Sewerage Department (W&SD).