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‘Finances of festival remain a concern’- Dr Wheatley
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- With the budget to pull off the 65th Virgin Islands Emancipation Festival surpassing a million dollars, Minister for Education, Culture, Agriculture, Fisheries, Sports, and Youth Affairs, Dr the Hon Natalio D. Wheatley (R7), has said the Virgin Islands Festival and Fairs Committee (VIF&FC)- rather than depending on the Government’s purse- is looking at alternative means of raising the needed finance as well as guarding against wasting resources.
VIP Gov’t stuck with NDP Budget for this year—Deputy Premier
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – The Virgin Islands Party (VIP) has taken over the reins of government in the Virgin Islands (VI) but its spending in the coming year, will be largely dictated by the ousted National Democratic Party (NDP), since it was the NDP that prepared the Annual Budget.
NDP raided treasury to finance ‘election projects’—Premier Fahie
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Premier and Minister of Finance, Honourable Andrew A. Fahie (R1), has begun to expose the National Democratic Party (NDP) government over its expenditure of the Territory’s resources, funding projects for political gains during the 2019 General Election season.
Hon Fahie to deliver maiden Budget Address in April
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – The House of Assembly (HoA) will on April 2, 2019, come under the proverbial gaze of the residents of the Virgin Islands (VI), when Premier and Minister of Finance, Honourable Andrew A. Fahie (R1), delivers his maiden Budget Address for the coming fiscal year.
Two-year increments to be paid after Budget 2019—Premier
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Public Officers who are due three years of increments, can look forward to two years’ payment when the Territory’s 2019, Annual Budget is approved in the House of Assembly (HoA), in April, according to Premier and Minister of Finance, Honourable Andrew A. Fahie (R1).
‘I thought my district was catching hell'- Hon Julian Fraser RA
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - During the Second Sitting of the Third Session of the Third House of Assembly (HoA) of the Virgin Islands on Monday March 19, 2018, Honourable Julian Fraser RA, Third District Representative, lashed out at the Premier and Minister of Finance, Dr The Honourable D. Orlando Smith (AL), for not allocating money to fix roads, especially the road in the Eighth District where visitors have to traverse.
Weakened, marginalised & embarrassed: Premier Smith fights back
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- It seems like the Virgin Islands has a new Emperor without clothes, even though Dr The Honourable D. Orlando Smith (AL) was quick to respond to the bombshell of an announcement made by the United Kingdom appointed Governor John S. Duncan OBE that he had exercised his reserved powers to direct the Accountant General via warrant to allocate the sum of $800,000 to the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF).
‘Oversized’ public service worries residents- Doug Wheatley
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- It’s no secret that the territory’s financial standing is not as robust as it once was, bearing in mind the constant attack on the Financial Services sector and the reports that the National Democratic Party (NDP) Government raided the treasury to win the 2015 snap elections.
With no 2017 Budget, over $111M sought to keep Gov’t running
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- As the National Democratic Party (NDP) regime has failed to provide the territory with a 2017 spending bill, today December 19, 2016 they will in the House of Assembly (HoA) seek monies via a provisional warrant to keep the Government running for the first quarter of 2017.
Budget not yet passed; Process still in Standing Finance Committee
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Many local vendors who provided goods and services to the Government of the Virgin Islands continue to complain bitterly about the lack of payments from the Dr Smith-led Administration.
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