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May 2nd, 2019
New 2019 Escalade for Premier Fahie

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Premier and Minister of Finance, Hon Andrew A. Fahie (R1) will now traverse the territory in a brand new 2019 Cadillac Escalade, following numerous safety and mechanical issues inherited with the 2016 Cadillac Escalade driven by former Premier, Dr D. Orlando Smith.

January 4th, 2018
On the road again! Premier’s $92G Cadillac Escalade is out of hiding

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Following the two powerful hurricanes, Irma and Maria, in September 2017 that destroyed the Virgin Islands (VI), Premier Dr The Honourable D. Orlando Smith (AL) and his aides decided that he should not drive his Crown purchased Cadillac Escalade.

November 20th, 2017
Where is Premier Smith's $92,500 tax payers SUV?

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- There was much outrage in 2016 when Premier and Minister of Finance Dr The Honourable D. Orlando Smith (AL) approved for himself a brand-new Ninety Two Thousand, Five Hundred Dollar ($92,500) 2016 Cadillac Escalade.

August 1st, 2016
UPDATE: Man injured in shooting incident wanted in USVI for murder

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI– The man who sustained a gunshot wound to the hand in last night’s, July 31, 2016, shooting incident on the dual carriageway at Wickham’s Cay II has been identified by officers of the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) as the man wanted for murder in the US Virgin Islands (USVI).

July 31st, 2016
Premier's $92,500 state vehicle in lone accident

WICKHAM’S CAY II, Tortola VI- The Premier's $92,500 Cadillac Escalade was involved in a lone accident at around 11:00 P.M. tonight, July 31, 2016, outside The Moorings on the dual carriageway on Wickham’s Cay II.

February 10th, 2016
VIP did it too! Premier Smith on justifying purchase of new luxury vehicle

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Premier and Minister of Finance Dr The Honourable D. Orlando Smith has hit back at critics of his for the purchase of a new Cadillac Escalade at a cost of $92,500, saying that during the Virgin Islands Party (VIP) Government, the spending on Government owned vehicles was much higher.

February 8th, 2016
Alarming? $92,500.00 brand new Cadillac Escalade purchased for Premier!

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- While no one who is fair and objective will disagree that the Virgin Islands’ Head of Government, Premier and Minister of Finance Dr The Hon D. Orlando Smith, ought to be driven in a state-owned vehicle, and security provided, as is the practice through-out the world or for that matter any Premier, residents are alarmed that in this hard economic time a new SUV was purchased for Dr Smith at such cost.

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