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Public sector 'has been beaten up really badly’- DaBreo-Lettsome
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI– Permanent Secretary in the Deputy Governor’s Office Sharleen S. DaBreo-Lettsome MBE says the local Public Sector is going through a process of transformation that goes beyond the Commission of Inquiry (CoI), where the vision is for persons to access the services of the Government from anywhere.
Cost of living among top ‘themes’ of Compensation Review Survey Responses
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Consultancy firm PricewaterhouseCoopers Advisory Services Limited (PwC) has reported that 585 survey responses have been received and 15 stakeholder meetings held with Public Officers across the Virgin Islands Public Service.
Forecasters now predict 'approximately average' Hurricane Season
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The latest forecast for the 2019 Atlantic Hurricane Season warns the region to expect for an “approximately average" season.
Two major hurricanes likely this season - DDM
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Residents of the Virgin Islands (VI), visitors and the public are urged to remain in a state of readiness as the 2019 Hurricane season approaches.
Gov’t develops policy to regularize public transport
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – The government of the Virgin Islands (VI) is gearing to regularize its public transportation with discussions underway for the development of a Territorial Transportation Policy and Emergency Response Plan.
Sharleen S. Dabreo to receive MBE at Government House
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - The Director of the Department of Disaster Management, Ms Sharleen S. DaBreo will be honoured at an investiture ceremony at Government House. She will be awarded the Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) Badge.
VI Gov’t wins compensation claims over 2006 ‘Oil Spill’
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - The Government of the Virgin Islands (VI) was awarded the sum of $221,935.86 for clean-up costs, as a result of an oil spill that occurred in the VI waters in 2006.
Digicel, DDM turn to technology to protect VI residents
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Following the devastating hurricanes of 2017 in the Virgin Islands (VI), a new ‘Disaster Emergency Notification App’ developed exclusively for the Territory, was launched today June 27, 2018.
DDM pleads for approximately $200K
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – While addressing the 2018 Standing Finance Committee, Sharleen S. Dabreo, Director of the Department of Disaster Management (DDM), pleaded for additional funding to rebuild numerous emergency systems that were destroyed during hurricane Irma and to re-establish programmes within DDM.
DDM hopes to install emergency warning systems by July
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - During a press conference on Wednesday May 2, 2018 at the Department of Disaster Management (DDM) conference room located at the Simms Mini Mall, Sharleen S. Dabreo, Director of DDM stated that her department is aiming to install a majority of the emergency warning systems by July, when the peak of the hurricane season begins.
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