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Is there a hunt for a replacement Financial Secretary?
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- It was from Monday March 27, 2017 that Financial Secretary Neil M. Smith took his vacation, saying it was his choice to do so.
FS Neil M. Smith Out! On vacation
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- It was yesterday March 23, 2017 that social network was abuzz with circulation that the Territory's youngest Financial Secretary and most powerful senior civil servant, Mr Neil M. Smith, was being forced out of office and was to be replaced by a United Kingdom national.
Financial Secretary warns against wasting fiscal resources
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – “Protocols for Effective Financial Management or not, we must manage our fiscal resources properly. We must get the most bang for each buck,” were the firm words of Financial Secretary Mr. Neil M. Smith at the Ministry of Communications and Works inaugural Retreat at Treasure Isle Hotel on January 24, 2013.
Public Service Terrorism & Children of the Future
By Alred 'AC' Frett
?? Wooden Glasses or 20/20 Vision??:
Following the last article some local parasites called me stupid because I refuse to beg for what should be my natural right - I pity their mentality on behalf of their Children and Grandchildren … I still recall one of Mandela’s finest moment; when he refused to thank the South African Government for releasing him from Prison after taking away his freedom… He was so right!
The Minister of Finance “begging” the Financial Sec for money? - Hon. O’Neal
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Leader of the Opposition Hon. Ralph T. O'Neal OBE believes the Minister for Tourism must be able to have some freedom of spending and not be "begging" the Financial Secretary for money to do so.
Alvin Christopher: House of Assembly not a rubber stamp for Cabinet!
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Second District representative and former Government Minister J. Alvin Christopher told the 2012 Standing Finance Committee (SFC) during a presentation by the Financial Secretary, Neil Smith when discussing the public debt and deficit that the Virgin Islands arrived in the financial circumstances because “we constantly made commitments based on Cabinet decisions”.
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