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January 19th, 2021
VI reputation on the line! – Premier calls for live broadcast of CoI

ROAD TOWN, TORTOLA, VI – [British] Virgin Islands Premier and Minister of Finance, Hon Andrew A. Fahie (R1) today, January 19, 2021, called for a live broadcast of the Commission of Inquiry, announced by outgoing embattled Governor, Augustus J.U. Jaspert.

October 13th, 2020
VISAR, TPP partnering on VI’s first ice-skating rink

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – The Virgin Islands, through VISAR in collaboration with the Cyril B. Romney Tortola Pier Park (TPP), will be introducing the territory’s first synthetic ice-skating rink for the 2020 holiday season, as part of a fundraising initiative.

June 25th, 2020
HoA had no clue $8M for EE/LL Sewerage Project was redirected- Hon Fahie

DUFF’S BOTTOM, Tortola, VI – Premier and Minister of Finance, Hon Andrew A. Fahie (R1) has reiterated that the then National Democratic Party (NDP) Government illegally diverted monies from other vital projects to fund the development of Tortola Pier Park Project in 2015.

June 6th, 2020
COVID-19 Stimulus: TPP slashes rents up to 100% for tenants

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - In a new economic response initiative as part of the COVID-19 stimulus plans of the Premier Andrew A. Fahie (R1) led government, the Tortola Pier Park Ltd (TPPL) will be moving to payout dividends to shareholders as well as slash rents for eligible tenants at the facility.

November 18th, 2019
'TPP investment was one of the best VI made' - Hon Vanterpool

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Even though the project has a cost totalling some $85 million-plus, including cost overruns of at least $40 million for the Cyril B. Romney Tortola Pier Park Project (TPP), former Communications and Works Minister, Hon Mark H. Vanterpool (R4) insists that the TPP investment was one of the best the territory ever made.

October 23rd, 2019
VI welcomes inaugural call of Viking Sun

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - As the Government of the Virgin Islands continues to push to address shortfalls in the local tourism industry, Premier and Minister of Finance, Hon Andrew A. Fahie (R1) on October 21, 2019, officially welcomed the Viking Sun cruise ship on its inaugural call to the Virgin Islands.

June 15th, 2019
Patrice Roberts delivers at Soca Wee 2019

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - The fear expressed by many that Cane Garden Bay's events of last evening, June 14, 2019, would have pulled to plug on the Soca Wee Fete was allayed from early in the night.

January 15th, 2019
Documents missing for Pier Park Project; Audit Report incomplete

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - The long awaited Audit report, commissioned by ‘lame-duck’ and outgoing Premier, Dr the Honourable D. Orlando Smith (AL), into the Tortola Pier Park Project (TPP), was today Tuesday, January 15, 2019, tabled in the House of Assembly (HoA).

January 13th, 2018
‘Stop the lie’ - vendor to TPP management

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Controversy erupted following the announcement on December 15, 2017 by the management of Tortola Pier Park (TPP) that children under the age of 17 years were no longer allowed in the Park without the supervision of an adult 21 years or older.

September 19th, 2016
JTV camera crew kicked off Tortola Pier Park

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- We’ve all heard the saying, Tortola has no night life. However, when the Deh Pon Vibes show on JTV Channel 55 begged to defer and decided to promote the local hot spots at the Tortola Pier Park, never did they anticipate that they would be halted in their tracks.

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