Shame! Shame! High Court Registry staff working under a tent
This is because their current office space upstairs the old post office is unsafe, crumbling and mold infested. It was our newsroom that first and accurately reported on December 9, 2016 that employees of the Government agency had to go to work with face masks because of the unsafe situation, with debris falling from the building, along with a mold infested environment.
Days after this news site’s article, a lease was expedited to rent a building known as the SAKAL building located in Road Town; however, the holdup for the High Court Registry moving in remains unclear.
Shameful situation confirmed
When contacted, Deputy Registrar of the High Court Ms Sarah Benjamin told our newsroom that “it’s my understanding that employees were asked to work from that location, but I am not sure how long they are expected to be there.”
When pressed about this unusual situation, having office staff work in the hot sun in the middle of Road Town under a tent at the Sir Olva Georges Plaza, Ms Benjamin referred us to the Chief Registrar Mrs Erica Smith-Penn who could not be reached.
While some of the High Court Registry staff have been, for the past few months, temporarily relocated to the Social Development Senior Citizen Building (upstairs), in the vicinity of the Red Cross Headquarters in Road Town, others are in a next door office upstairs the old post office on Main Street, while others cannot work in any building that has mold issues.
NDP left country broke due to reckless spending
Many critics of the ruling NDP has said this is another example of the results of them leaving the country broke and the reckless spending that Governor John S. Duncan OBE blasted the administration about in public a few months ago.
The Governor, a few months ago, invoked direct rule via Sec 103 (b) of the Virgin Islands Constitution and took some $1.88M from the Consolidated Fund to put into the courts, police and hiring lawyers to deal with public cases.
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51 Responses to “Shame! Shame! High Court Registry staff working under a tent”
Everything internal is falling apart but at least we have a robust economy, our schools teach 5 languages (and our government even gives us the chance to practice one when they send us away to South America for our health), we have our own airline. All those who complain of mould, our underachieving kids and lack of toilet papers in schools, and our failing healthcare systemare just pessimists.
Moreover, if you own a building, you have to maintain it. Timely planned preventative maintenance, routine, emergency.... .... etc maintenance offer many benefits, including reducing operational cost, retarding deterioration, extending useful life, enhancing functionality.......etc. There is a minimum cost of ownership to owning a building. Typically, the annual minimal maintenance cost not including backlog reduction is 2-4% of a building's current replacement value Running a building to failure is often cost more to repair than the cost of performing periodic maintenance. Before the building is occupied it must be deemed as structurally sound and environmentally safe.
Every side of the story u waiting for right under the tent.
Keep waiting....
You're heartless. Suppose it was you? Or your child? Or your spouse? Or your mother???