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‘Go through the proper channels’ to address grievances- Premier to public servants
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Premier and Minister of Finance Dr the Hon Natalio D. Wheatley (R7) has said public servants should follow the proper channels to address grievances.
‘No secrecy’ surrounding Members' salary increase- HoA
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The House of Assembly (HoA) has sought to clarify the uproar over the major increase in Members’ salaries as reported in the Auditor General’s Report released last week.
Auditor General wants explanation from DGO & MoF on ‘financial blunder’
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Auditor General Sonia M. Webster has recommended that the Deputy Governor’s Office and the Ministry of Finance provide explanations as to why Cabinet and the House of Assembly were not informed of the potentially greater cost for implementation of the salary increases in 2024.
$5M Bank of Asia deposit ‘under consideration by Auditor General’- Gov Pruce
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Governor Daniel Pruce has said the matter regarding the government’s deposit of five million dollars of public funds into the now defunct Bank of Asia BVI Limited is in the hands of the Auditor General.
EZ Shipping slams Hon Turnbull for 'double standards' around Auditor General's reports
PORT PURCELL, Tortola, VI– Local company EZ Shipping has slammed Second District Representative Hon Melvin M. Turnbull for what it has pointed out as double standards surrounding his support of Auditor General Sonia M. Webster’s audit reports.
Governor defends Auditor General’s ‘one-sided’ Covid Assistance Grants Report
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Legislators and some members of the public may have labelled the Report by the Auditor General (AG), Sonia M. Webster, on Covid-19 Assistance Grants by elected members as one-sided; however, Governor John J. Rankin, CMG has swiftly come to the defense of the AG.
Elected Officials lambast 'inaccurate' Audit Report on Covid Assistance Grants
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The Auditor General Sonia M. Webster is at it again with what has been described as another inaccurate Auditor General's Report, this time on the House of Assembly’s Covid-19 Assistance Grants given out by Members of the Fourth House of Assembly (HoA).
Auditor General hits back! Says ‘conclusions drawn are sound’
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Amidst criticisms that her recent report on the contracts to EZ Shipping for marine platforms to provide border security during the COVID-19 pandemic is biased and ‘lacking balance’, Auditor General Sonia M. Webster has hit back.
Premier, Ministers should have right to refuse AG report lacking integrity- Hon Fraser
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Opposition Leader, Honourable Julian Fraser RA (R3) has said the Premier or any Minister of Government should have the right to refuse any report from the Auditor General (AG) deemed to be lacking integrity.
Governor Rankin defends ‘biased’ Auditor General
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Amidst heavy criticisms from legislators and some members of the public that Auditor General Sonia M. Webster’s reports on consultation contracts for Claude O. Skelton-Cline and the contract for the barges to provide border security are biased and “lacking balance”, United Kingdom (UK) appointed Governor John J. Rankin, CMG has come to the defense of the Auditor General.
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