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April 9th, 2020
Employers urged to adhere to Sections 53 & 54 of Labour Code

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Employers in the Territory are notified that essential employees who have been assigned to work during the upcoming holidays, Good Friday and Easter Monday, are to be paid in accordance with Sections 53 and 54 of the Labour Code.

March 16th, 2020
Seen as a failure, RDA boss Paul D. Bayly in final days!

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Mr Paul D. Bayly, the man who came from New Zealand to head the Virgin Islands Recovery and Development Agency (RDA) and was paid some $300,000 plus a year, which is more than the Premier and Minister of Finance makes, more than what the Speaker of the House of Assembly (HoA) earns and even more than his boss the Chairman of the RDA Board Dr Robert A. Mathavious collects, is reportedly leaving the Territory tomorrow, Tuesday, March 17, 2020.

October 16th, 2017
Confusion over gov't salary pay! 2 statutory bodies struggle to pay

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- First it was Premier and Minister of Finance Dr The Honourable D. Orlando Smith (AL) who assured civil servants about two weeks ago that their September 30, 2017 wages, which were delayed, will be paid.

October 10th, 2012
Hospital consultant Daniel T. DeMeyer racks up over $200,000!

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - An expat consultant who is hired as a Quality Engineer on the new Peebles Hospital Project, Mr. Daniel T. DeMeyer, earns well over two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000) in his role.

March 13th, 2012
It pays to lose an election in the VI!

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - First time legislators who were unable to retain their seats following the November 2011 General Elections might not necessarily be sulking over their defeat as one thing is certain - a year’s compassionate allowance, which is commensurate to a year's salary.

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