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The VI ‘seems to have at times become a cowboy town’- Hon Mather
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Deputy Speaker and Member of the Opposition Hon Stacy Mather (AL) has said it is concerning that gun violence in the Virgin Islands (VI) is not something that is shocking to some people anymore and that the territory at times appears to have become a “cowboy town”.
HoA moves to SAP for unbudgeted transformative Gov't projects
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - The Virgin Islands House of Assembly (HoA), has moved to a Supplementary Appropriation Provision (SAP) to effect a number of projects not previously budgeted for, among which are subjects under the Deputy Premier and Minister for Financial Services, Labour and Trade, Honourable Lorna G. Smith (AL) OBE who shared that among a number of projects to be tackled is that of digital transformation.
Prices & taxes gone up while ‘rate of pay constant’ in VI- Hon Malone
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Opposition Member Hon Carvin Malone (AL) has called on legislators to find ways to ease the burden on the people of the Virgin Islands (VI) as, according to him prices for goods and services, along with taxes, have gone up while the rate of pay has remained mostly constant.
$20M SAP for July 25 HOA sitting
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Outside of the many controversial issues on the agenda for the tenth sitting of the second session of the second House of Assembly on Thursday July 25, 2013 the National Democratic Party (NDP) Government will be doing what the Virgin Islands Party (VIP) Government had to do for them on several occasions between 2007-2011; bring a cleanup Supplementary Appropriation Provision (SAP) to the House.