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HoA adjourned abruptly; Next meeting date unknown
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Opposition Members will have to wait a while longer to have their questions answered, as the House of Assembly (HoA) was abruptly adjourned yesterday, Tuesday May 1, 2018.
HoA resumes today May 1, 2018 with Answers to Questions
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The House of Assembly (HoA) is to resume its sitting today Tuesday May 1, 2018 at the Chambers in Road Town, the capital city, when the Premier and other frontbench Ministers are to answer questions from both Opposition Leader Hon Andrew A. Fahie (R1) and Hon Julian Fraser RA (R3).
Please explain how the Virgin Islands Recovery & Development Agency Act of 2018 passed?
Anonymous opinion
Somehow after days of acrimonious testimony in the House of Assembly that revealed a shocking absence of transparency regarding this legislation, deep divisions within the National Democratic Party, and a general lack of understanding about public finance, the House of Assembly found it prudent to pass this legislation without any further public commentary.
2018 Budget Speech abruptly postponed; Moved to March 19!
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- In a last minute move that shocked some in the political class, the National Democratic Party (NDP) Government announced late last night that the 2018 Budget Speech that was scheduled to be delivered today Thursday March 15, 2018 by the Minister of Finance Dr The Honourable D. Orlando Smith (AL) has been scrapped.
Churches are the next target- 2018 Speech from Throne; Did anyone listen?
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The average resident is now preoccupied with getting a roof over his heads, a job, and crime overwhelming the Virgin Islands (VI).
BVI Airways, Ports Audit, Recovery Board; We need answers- Hon Fahie
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- It was our newsroom, on February 19, 2018 that first and accurately reported that the House of Assembly (HoA) will be meeting on March 1, 2018 and will be returning to the Parliament building in Road Town.
House of Assembly meets March 1, 2018; Throne Speech will be read
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Construction workers are busy further restoring the damaged House of Assembly Chambers in Road Town to host the First Sitting of the Third Session of the Third House of Assembly (HoA).
House of Assembly prorogued; Next meeting unknown
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The House of Assembly (HoA) last met on December 20, 2017 at the Arbitration Centre in the Ritter House on Wickham's Cay II, Tortola.
Late Legislator Hodge to lie in state January 17, 2018; Rush on to repair HoA
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- It took the passing of a legislator it seems for the National Democratic Party (NDP) Government and the Deputy Governor’s Office to pay some attention to the repairing of the House of Assembly (HoA) Chambers.
Help people in 'a meaningful way' to get back in a place to live- Hon Fraser
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Member of the Opposition and former Minister of Government Honourable Julian Fraser RA (R3) has urged the National Democratic Party (NDP) Government to do more to reach out to home owners and families that would require direct government intervention in order to sustain themselves.
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