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Missing, incomplete documents stall Pier Project Forensic Audit—Premier
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - The promised detailed forensic audit into the Cruise Pier Project—plagued by a more than $40M cost overrun—has been stalled since, “information requested or referred to in the report has not been located or would need to be corroborated by persons no longer connected with the BVIPA (BVI Ports Authority).”
HoA meets Thursday July 19, 2018; More BVI Airways questions
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The Territory’s House of Assembly (HoA) will meet at 10:00 A.M. on Thursday July 19, 2018 in the Sixth Sitting of the Third Session of the Third House of Assembly.
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.
Premier Smith 'wishy washy' on final cost of ports project
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Premier and Minister of Finance Dr The Honourable D. Orlando Smith has directed all questions on the final cost of the cruise ship development project to his Minister for Communications and Works Honourable Mark H. Vanterpool (R4).
'Walwyn does not want me talk because he got a lot to hide'- Hugh E. Darley
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Former developer of the Cruise Port Development Project Hugh E. Darley has reacted to the statements in the House of Assembly against him by Minister for Education and Culture Honourable Myron V. Walwyn, saying that if anyone knows of the contribution that he made in the early days of the controversial project it would be Honourable Walwyn.
Hon Vanterpool to speak on Ports Project ‘soon’
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Hit with a barrage of stunning disclosures implicating a number of officials of the ruling National Democratic Party (NDP) Government in what is turning out to be the mother of all scandals in the Virgin Islands, Minister for Communications and Works Honourable Mark H. Vanterpool (R4) said he will be speaking on the cruise pier development project soon.
‘I’ll tell investment community BVI Govt can’t be trusted!’ – Hugh E. Darley
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Controversial former developer of the cruise pier project, Mr Hugh E. Darley has disclosed that he will be taking his grievances with the Government of the Virgin Islands to the international investment community to let them know that the National Democratic Party (NDP) Government led by Dr The Honourable D. Orlando Smith cannot be trusted.
Was Govt's Duty-Free move an afterthought?
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Premier and Minister of Finance Dr the Honourable D. Orlando Smith has confirmed that Government decided to bring duty-free legislation to the House of Assembly sometime after the cruise pier project got underway.
‘The blows were too much for him’ – Hon Myron V. Walwyn
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Controversial Minister for Education and Culture Honourable Myron V. Walwyn said that he had to be the one to help a frustrated Minister for Communications and Works Honourable Mark A. Vanterpool (R4) when the blows were too much for him with regards to the cruise pier development project.
Hon Fahie maintains 'NDP is the most corrupt'
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Senior member of the Virgin Islands Party (VIP) and incumbent First District candidate Andrew A. Fahie reiterated his accusation of the National Democratic Party (NDP) being full of corruption, an accusation he had first made in January this year.