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No timetable set for Third District sewerage relief! – Hon. Vanterpool
SEA COWS BAY, Tortola, VI – With the Third District fast becoming a vast residential and commercial area, according to a resident, answers remained up in the air about when relief would be provided in the area of a proper sewerage disposal system for the community.
‘Show me what they did for four years’ – Hon. Vanterpool
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Minister for Communication and Works Hon. Mark H. Vanterpool roundly rebuked the Opposition for complaints made about election promises that have so far not been delivered by his party.
Hard questions from Opposition VIP for today's April 25 HOA sitting
ROAD TOWN, Tortola VI - The eight sitting of the second session of the second House of Assembly of the Virgin Islands should be informative when it meets today, Thursday April 25, 2013 assuming the ruling National Democratic Party (NDP) Government answers the questions.
Crafts Alive Vendors concerned about lease structure
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Concerned vendors of the Revitalised Crafts Alive Village met yesterday, April 16, 2013 to discuss leases that were recently handed out for spots the vendors occupied at the location.
Works Minister announces water demand study
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Minister for Communications and Works, Hon. Mark H. Vanterpool, has announced that his Ministry will be commissioning a study to identify the present and foreseeable demand for water in the Territory.
Local partnerships enshrined in pier project negotiations – Hon. Vanterpool
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Minister for Communications and Works Hon. Mark H. Vanterpool has insisted that local participation has been ensured during the negotiations for the cruise pier project.
Another Minister, another swing – Works Minister takes aim at media
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Against the grain of what surely must have been an otherwise uneventful, yet memorable opening ceremony for the ‘Revitalised’ Crafts Alive Village, came the now seemingly familiar chastisement of media practitioners in the Territory for the way news items were being presented by various media houses.
Crafts Alive Village to be officially opened Feb 26! – Works Minister
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Minister for Communications and Works Hon. Mark H. Vanterpool has announced that the Crafts Alive Village will be officially opened next Tuesday, February 26, 2013.
We don’t want a golf course- Anegada resident
THE SETTLEMENT, Anegada, VI- “What about the needs of our people, we don’t want no golf course, give us a multi-purpose recreational facility that would benefit us and the tourists when they come,” said a resident of Anegada who preferred to be identified as “Ras”.
‘One or two people can’t spoil the party’ – Hon. Vanterpool on cruise pier vendors
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – While he has explained that he sees no defiance in the actions taken by vendors at the cruise pier area, Minister for Communications and Works Hon. Mark H. Vanterpool insists that the vendors will ultimately be removed from the area to accommodate a planned cruise pier park.