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‘Hon Vanterpool must accept responsibility for water woes!’ - Hon Fraser
SEA COW’S BAY, Tortola, VI – Chairman of the Virgin Islands Party (VIP) Honourable Julian Fraser RA (R3) has dismissed a statement by Minister for Communications and Works Hon Mark H. Vanterpool (R4) in response to his radio show comments on the water situation as "childish tit for tat."
‘Govt attempted to throw the public off’ – Hon Julian Fraser RA
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Chairman of the Virgin Islands Party (VIP) Honourable Julian Fraser RA (R3) said Government’s relegating of questions and answers to the end of the sitting is an attempt to throw the listening public off, which he said would be in the interest of the Government and not the people.
Hon Fraser congratulates SKN’s PM Harris & Team Unity
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Chairman of the Virgin Islands Party (VIP) Honourable Julian Fraser RA (R3) has extended his heartfelt congratulations to Dr the Honourable Timothy S. Harris and Team Unity of St Kitts and Nevis (SKN) for their victory at the Monday February 16, 2015 general elections.
‘Govt spending $½M a month unnecessarily for water!’ – Hon Fraser
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Chairman of the Virgin Islands Party (VIP) and Representative for the Third District Honourable Julian Fraser RA said that National Democratic Party (NDP) Government is flushing away half a million dollars every month unnecessarily for water and called it deliberate negligence on their part for not using its more than three years in office to prepare the necessary infrastructure for delivery of water.
‘Cruise Pier delays will mean $$’ – Hon Andrew A. Fahie
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – First District Representative and senior member of the Virgin Islands Party (VIP) Honourable Andrew A. Fahie said that while his party has always supported the idea of an expansion of the cruise pier, they cannot ignore that with the numerous delays there is bound to be cost overruns which ultimately the taxpayer will bear.
‘Waive tender process for WE Police Station!’ – Hon Andrew A. Fahie
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Virgin Islands Party (VIP) senior member Honourable Andrew A. Fahie (R1) said that Government should have considered waiving the tender processes for the repairing of the West End Police Station given the rise in crime and the importance of security not only to the First District but the Territory as a whole.
Hons Fraser & Fahie praised for keeping country informed
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- A caller to the Virgin Islands Party(VIP) Radio Show “Let’s Talk” praised Legislators Hons Ralph T. O’Neal OBE (R9), Julian Fraser RA (R3) and Andrew A. Fahie (R1) for their extraordinary performance as Opposition Members.
‘I was fired by NDP!’ – Carvin Malone
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - President of the Virgin Islands Party (VIP) Carvin Malone said that his company CBE Engineering Associates Limited's services were terminated by the National Democratic Party (NDP) government as they were in the midst of executing a sewage contract sometime after the change of government in 2011.
‘It’s childish of NDP to say VIP left country broke!’ – Ralph T. O’Neal
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Former Chairman of the Virgin Islands Party (VIP) and Leader of the Opposition Honourable Ralph T. O’Neal OBE (R9) said that it is childish for the National Democratic Party (NDP) Government to be saying that the previous administration under the VIP left the country broke.
NDP Radio sounds like a ‘love fest’- Douglas Wheatley
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Noting it was nice to see that the National Democratic Party (NDP) has returned to the radio airwaves via the show ‘NDP Radio”, radio show hosts Mr Douglas Wheatley and Mr Natalio Wheatley aka Sowande Uhuru have challenged the ruling administration to be more open to constructive criticism and for their supporters to ask more "searching questions" of the guests.