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Questions linger following pier deal collapse with TPP
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Questions continue to hover following the collapse of negotiations between Government and Tortola Pier Partners (TPP) Group over the proposed cruise pier development project in Road Town.
Update: VI’s Parliament opens today with 2nd speech from the throne in 9 months!
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Moving from one Speech from the Throne given on July 10, 2003, the last time they were in power [2003-2007] to now two in 9 months is certainly an historical event.
VIP not getting access to CDB loan a blessing in disguise?
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – One elected member suspected that if the previous Government – the Virgin Islands Party (VIP) – had gotten access to the $15M Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) loan, he might not have been elected.
Youth health survey offensive?
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Questions asked such as if teenagers had sexual intercourse with male, female or both; how many times they had sex during the past 12 years, how many times [female] teenagers had an abortion were on a questionnaire given to high school students for a Youth Health Survey initiated by the Ministry of Health. However, some parents find the questions to be highly inappropriate and provocative.
VI elections are over, two weeks & counting!
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Today, Monday November 21, 2011, makes it two weeks since the Monday November 7, 2011Genral Elections in the Virgin Islands (VI) that have left the Virgin Islands Party (VIP) reeling after suffering their worst electoral drubbing in almost 40 years, sustaining heavy losses across the VI.
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