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VIslanders a minority in RVIPF with over 17 UK Officers- SFC Report
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Many have said it in their small corners of the Virgin Islands, but the statistics have now confirmed that the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) is made up of majority expat police officers, with local Virgin Islanders being a minority in their homeland.
CGB Police Station now called ‘CGB Hotel’ by D2 residents- Hon Turnbull
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Second District Representative in the Virgin Islands House of Assembly, Hon Melvin M. Turnbull has once again raised the issue of the constant closure of the Cane Garden Bay Police Station, sparking a clash with Commissioner of Police Mark Collins.
No automatic acceptance for locals in VI medical schools- Hon Flax-Charles
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Junior Minister for Trade and Economic Development, Hon Shereen D. Flax-Charles (AL) has revealed there would be no automatic acceptance for locals in medical schools when they become operational in the Virgin Islands.
Gov’t projecting $5.7M in gaming & betting revenues for 2022
DUFF’S BOTTOM, Tortola, VI – The Government of the Virgin Islands will in 2022 be implementing The Gaming and Betting Control Act, 2020, which aims to provide for the establishment of the Gaming and Betting Control Commission to regulate the Gaming and Betting Sectors in the VI.
Locals still snubbed for jobs after understudying expats - SFC Report
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Virgin Islanders are still not getting hired after understudying expats at local companies, even as legislation mandates the protection of locals employed in the Virgin Islands (VI) under that arrangement.
Gov't wants 100 VIslanders planting marijuana by May 2020
BAUGHERS BAY, Tortola, VI - Initially set with a target of 40 farmers for 40 acres of land, the now developing medical marijuana industry in the Virgin Islands (VI) will now target 100 Virgin Islanders with 50 acres of land to get them planting cannabis by May 2020.
'Persons complain about confidentiality yet put life story on Facebook' - Hon Penn
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - With the next census of the Virgin Islands (VI) due this year 2020, Officials at the Central Statistics Office have highlighted some challenges in collecting data from the VI populace, according to the 2020 deliberations of the Standing Finance Committee (SFC).
AG's Chambers holding up Prospect Reef salaries - SFC Report
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Even as promises have been made to pay the current staff of the hurricane damaged Prospect Reef facility, those payments are still outstanding since August of 2018, according to new information coming out from the 2019 deliberations of the Standing Finance committee (SFC).
DDM looking to establish up to 40 Hurricane Shelters - SFC Report
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - With some 91.8% of its budgeted $927,745.41 funds utilised by end of 2019, the Virgin Islands (VI) Department of Disaster Management (DDM) is looking to increase the territory's hurricane shelter facilities to no less than 40 in the coming year.
'Underutilised' public servants may be rotated to other departments- SFC Report
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - With in excess of 2500 public officers currently employed in the Public Service, according to Director of Human Resources (DHR) Michelle Donovan-Stevens, the Government may be looking to rotate employees who are not being 'fully utilised' in the system.
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