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Gov’t envisioning new & expanded role for RDA– Premier
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI– Virgin Islands (VI) Premier and Minister of Finance, Dr the Hon Natalio. D. Wheatley (R7) has praised the performance of the Virgin Islands Recovery and Development Agency (RDA) and announced his government's intention to expand its role.
Hon Penn blasted for suggesting VI take £300M UK Loan Guarantee
BAUGHERS BAY, Tortola, VI - Leader of the Opposition Hon Marlon A. Penn (R8) has come under fire for suggesting that the Virgin Islands (VI) should have taken the £300M loan guarantee offered by the United Kingdom (UK), even as the Fahie administration has repeatedly said the loan came with conditions that could have adversely affected the territory.
Larger multi-faceted A.O. Shirley Recreation facility in works
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - The Virgin Islands (VI) Recovery and Development Agency (RDA) has cancelled all remanding plans for the repairs to the pavilion of the A.O. Shirley Recreation Ground in favour of developing a more ambitious, larger and modern, multi-faceted facility to cater to the needs of the Territory.
RDA CEO earning big bucks to manage people picking up garbage – Hon Fraser
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Senior legislator and Opposition Member, Honourable Julian Fraser RA (R3) has said CEO of the Recovery and Development Agency (RDA), Mr Paul D. Bayly is earning big bucks to manage people who collect garbage around the Virgin Islands.
‘Give our people a chance’- Premier urges RDA
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – With the new school year in the Virgin Islands (VI) officially starting on September 2, 2019, Premier and Minister of Finance, Hon Andrew A. Fahie (R1) has revealed that the hurricane damaged Elmore Stoutt High School (ESHS) L-shaped building will be re-opening as a direct result of a mandate he passed on to the VI Recovery and Development Agency (RDA) to hire more local contractors.
Fahie vows to comb financial records of NDP Gov’t
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Virgin Island Party (VIP) Chairman, Hon Andrew A. Fahie (R1) says he plans to delve into the financial books and records of the Territory, should he be elected to govern as Premier and Minister of Finance in the Virgin Islands (VI).
Locals being sidelined for jobs at RDA – Skelton-Cline
BAUGHER'S BAY, Tortola, VI – CEO of The Recovery & Development Agency (RDA), Mr Paul D. Bayly—a native of New Zealand and a former Permanent Secretary of Fiji—during an interview with ‘Honestly Speaking’ Mr. Claude O. Skelton-Cline on Tuesday, December 11, 2018, revealed that a whopping 40% of RDA staff in the Virgin Islands (VI) were sourced internationally.
NDP inaction will lead to Gov Jaspert tapping VI Treasury for RDA works-Claude O. Skelton-Cline
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – The unfinished work and inaction of the current National Democratic Party (NDP) government, as it relates to the regulations and ancillary legislation required for the proper functioning of the Recovery Development Agency (RDA), will soon force Governor Augustus J.U. Jaspert, to exercise his ‘reserve powers’ and tap into the Virgin Islands’ (VI) Treasury in order to fund the works of the agency.
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