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Hon. Fraser highlights 'missteps, half-steps & failures' of NDP Govt!
SEA COWS BAY, Tortola, VI - Missteps, half-steps and failures are all characteristics Representative of the Third District, Honourable Julian Fraser, RA, said can be used to describe the ‘lackluster’ performance of the National Democratic Party (NDP) Government throughout the past year, 2013.
Budget Address for January 13, 2014 HOA meeting!
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - This news site’s many sources within the ruling National Democratic Party (NDP) has informed us that the House of Assembly (HOA) will have its first meeting of 2014 on Monday January 13 where the 2014 Budget Address is expected to be delivered.
$65K still owed to contractors in Georgie Hill Road project
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Minister for Communications and Works Honourable Mark H. Vanterpool revealed during last week’s sitting of the House of Assembly that some $65,000 remains outstanding to contractors in the Georgie Hill Road Project.
Small businesses cry foul over clampdown on Social Security defaulters
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – “I find it repulsive that the government owes me lots of money and are threatening to take me to court for a little dime I owe them. Pay me and I pay you, is simple like that,” a Road Town businessman told Virgin Islands News Online in light of a clampdown on small businesses defaulting on Social Security payments.
'Time to stand up & fight the system for all BVIslanders'– LIME workers
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Employees of LIME BVI who are likely to be out of a job sometime soon, say they are prepared to lead the way in standing up and fighting for the rights of all BVIslanders. They said government has failed to bend the hands of LIME on their behalf and instead cautioned them not to say anything to the media.
Govt needs to understand need for human capital - Delma Maduro
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Over the last year Road Town Wholesale Trading Ltd. (RTW) has worked with the Employment Services Unit to find eager and ambitious Virgin Islanders to join the RTW family and underscores the importance of furnishing the Labour Department with job vacancies on a regular basis as it also leaves the door open to continuous dialogue about prospective employer needs.

