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Poor Port Dev. tender process cost taxpayers over $1.7 M!
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - While some will want the House of Assembly’s Public Accounts Committee’s (PAC) damaging report on the Ports Development Project to go away, the more one reads the report the more the testimony of public officers show corruption, conflict of interest and lack of transparency.
15M EU funded project has no political ties – FS Neil M. Smith
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Financial Secretary of the Virgin Islands Mr Neil M. Smith sought to place on the record that the 15M Euro provided by the European Union which will be managed in the Virgin Islands (VI) has no government ties.
ICIJ article brands VI as 'forbidden city'
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) says the Virgin Islands (VI) stands near the top of the list of the world’s most secretive tax havens and that the Territory may have harboured some 40 percent of the world’s total offshore registered companies.
FATCA reporting out of scope of gov’t – Wheatley
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Commentator Douglas Wheatley has taken issue with the government’s intention to facilitate reporting related to the Foreign Accounts Tax Compliance Act [FATCA] for citizens of the United States (US), positing that it is outside the scope of the Virgin Islands (VI) government.
Jenifer C. O’Neal- another local out! Expat consultant in!
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- While some politicians of the ruling National Democratic Party (NDP) Government claim in their rhetoric that they support the hiring of qualified locals, the number of Virgin Islanders being displaced in the country in regards to employment grows.
Financial Secretary warns against wasting fiscal resources
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – “Protocols for Effective Financial Management or not, we must manage our fiscal resources properly. We must get the most bang for each buck,” were the firm words of Financial Secretary Mr. Neil M. Smith at the Ministry of Communications and Works inaugural Retreat at Treasure Isle Hotel on January 24, 2013.
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