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First District Rep. knocks NDP on alleged conflict of interest
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Government Ministers sitting in Cabinet making decisions with regards to companies or organizations where they have shares or very close relatives of theirs have shares, is a blatant conflict of interest, according to First District Representative Hon. Andrew A. Fahie.
Who is the Bald Headed Minister?
CAPOON’S BAY, Tortola, VI - The rough-and-tumble vocabulary of Virgin Islands (VI) politics continues with the Honourable Andrew A. Fahie (R1) adding another word to the venomous exchange that has now become apart of the new political culture.
‘NDP should come clean...I will set the record straight!’-Hon. Fahie
CAPOON’S BAY, Tortola, VI - First District Representative, the Honourable Andrew A. Fahie is all geared up to deliver an address to the people of the First District and the Virgin Islands billed as his Annual First District Report.
Music Fest funds from gov’t should have gone to schools – Sowande Uhuru
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Commentator and social activist Natalio D. Wheatley aka Sowande Uhuru believes government should have diverted funds spent on this year’s BVI Music Fest towards more pressing problems such as the mould issues affecting several of the Territory’s schools.
Georges flays ‘Ministers’ in 2011 Complaints report
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Cold water may have been poured on any thoughts of a public spat between Commissioner of the Complaints Commission, Mr Elton Georges and Minister for Natural Resources and Labour, Hon. Dr Kedrick Pickering following the latter’s charges aimed at Georges during the recent sitting of the House of Assembly.
Uncooperative lawyers humbug legal aid programme – report
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Uncooperative lawyers are being reported as one of the major challenges that affect the functioning of the Social Development Department’s Legal Aid programme.
17 persons ordered deported from VI in 2010
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - In 2010 some seventeen (17) persons were ordered deported from the Virgin Islands (VI), according to the Immigration Department 2010 annual report. This report was laid on the table of the House of Assembly at the third sitting of the second session of the second House of Assembly of the Virgin Islands on October 9, 2012 by Minister for Immigration and Premier Dr. the Honourable D. Orlando Smith.
Rodent infestation, revised legislation major concerns - Report
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Rodent infestation remained a growing concern for residents throughout the Territory according to the Environmental Health Division Annual Report of 2010. The Department’s report added that only limited action can be taken by the Division given the scarce resources that were available to it.
Report: VI needs more campaigns for gender awareness
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Upon observation of the reported challenges submitted from different departments of Government, it seems that almost all of them undergo challenges due to insufficient funding, which then leads to an unstable supply of staff, and unfinished projects etc.
Report: staff motivation killed - Environmental Health Division
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- In a comparative analysis done between the 2010 and 2011 reports submitted by the Environmental Health Division, both stated that the percentage of work output of the said division is negatively affected by the supply of staff and funding.
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