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Calling Gov’t an ‘ass’ will be disrespecting grandfather’s donkey- E. G. Maduro
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Concerns as it relates to the National Health Insurance (NHI) continue as a hot topic across the territory and popular talk show host Mr Edmund G. Maduro continues to take every opportunity afforded him to admonish the government to go back to the drawing boards before implementing the scheme.
Gov’t to review tendering process - Premier Smith
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Government has expressed concern about the high cost of infrastructural projects and in this vein, has resorted to embark on a review of the current tender process in place.
Baths makes World's 100 best beaches - CNN
(CNN) -- Is it possible to rank the world's best beaches?
Review minimum wage – Courtney deCastro
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Host of the Speak Your Mind TV Show, Richard Courtney de Castro has called for a review of the current minimum wage in the Virgin Islands (VI) after a viewer communicated on his show that politicians needed to address the issue.
Biwater already invested $25M of own money into project
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The controversial Biwater Project has already seen some $25M invested in the construction phase even though there has been no review of the designs and drawings by the Ministry of Communications and Works to see if they were in accordance with relevant quality and performance standards.
Tourism Development Plan to be reviewed
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The Tourism Development Plan, which was formulated in the 1990’s is in the process of being reviewed and according to Premier Dr. D. Orlando Smith, all stakeholders will be involved.
Water & Sewerage contracts being reviewed
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- All water and sewerage contracts issued by Government are currently being reviewed.
More polling stations among considerations for 2015 Elections!
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Not surprisingly, the amount of polling stations for General Elections is among the issues that would be looked at by the Elections Office in order for an even more efficient electoral process come next four years.