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UPDATE: Port Authority denies Lloyd K. Black assignment
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – The BVI Ports Authority is debunking a report carried on this news site earlier today June 24, 2014 which stated that Mr Lloyd K. Black is expected to take up an assignment with the Authority to head up a unit that will spearhead fund-raising for the landside development part of the Cruise Pier Development Project.
More evidence of corruption revealed in officers’ testimony- PAC report
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - While the Minister for Communications and Works Honourable Mark H. Vanterpool has sought to dismiss the House of Assembly’s Public Accounts Committee’s (PAC) damaging report about the corruption, lack of transparency, mismanagement of funds and breaking of the laws of the Virgin Islands, the testimonies from Public Officers close to the process tell a different story.
Government rejects debate on PAC Cruise Pier final report
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Government rejected the Opposition’s attempt today June 13, 2014 to commence a debate on the Public Accounts Committee’s Final Report on the Cruise Pier Development Project in the House of Assembly.
‘We’re doing the right thing!’ – Hon. Vanterpool
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Minister for Communications and Works Hon. Mark H. Vanterpool insisted during the ground breaking ceremony held yesterday, May 8, 2014 to signal the beginning of works for the cruise pier extension project that the multi-million dollar development was not about any political party.
Premier agrees minimum wage should be reviewed
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Premier Dr The Hon. D. Orlando Smith is in agreement that the minimum wage of the territory should be reviewed but has given no commitment to when this issue would be addressed by his government.
Commission of Inquiry called for after port audit revelations
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – A commission of inquiry (CoI) is being called for following revelations from an audit report which described the government’s now ended negotiations with Tortola Port Partners (TPP) in the cruise pier development project as being flawed and having conflict of interest.
No fight between UK and VI Gov'ts – Hon. Vanterpool
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – In a recent exclusive interview with Virgin Islands News Online, Minister for Communications and Works Hon. Mark H. Vanterpool sought to dispel claims that the National Democratic Party (NDP) government has been having a strained relationship with the United Kingdom (UK) government and that the UK had a hand in the discontinuation with negotiations with Tortola Pier Partners (TPP) over the Cruise Pier Development Project.
UPDATE: Tortola Pier Partners names revealed
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Government has now revealed some of the names behind the Tortola Pier Partners (TPP) group following a promise to do so sometime last week.
Nearly half of VI oil spills occur in Road Harbour – EIA study
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Almost half of the reported oil spills occurring in the Virgin Islands over a twenty-two (22) year period have been found to appear in the Road Harbour area.
Cruise pier study finds suspected ‘dead reef’ very much alive
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – The Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) for the Cruise Pier Development project has found that what was initially suspected to be a ‘dead reef’ is very much alive. These were among some of the many disclosures made yesterday, August 22, 2013 by Executive Director of Environmental Systems BVI, Dr Cassander Titley-O’Neal whose company was contracted to conduct the study.
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