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OTs to discuss more flexibility of fiscal frameworks @ next JMC 2023– Premier Wheatley
BAUGHERS BAY, Tortola, VI– Governments of British Overseas Territories (OTs) are looking for more flexibility in fiscal frameworks and accessing financing in order to mitigate risks should a disaster related to climate change strike, according to Virgin Islands Premier and Minister of Finance, Dr the Hon Natalio D. Wheatley (R7).
Premier Smith admits to not following Financial Management Protocol
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – During the Question and Answer Segment of the Third Sitting of the Third Session of the Third House of Assembly today, March 22, 2018, Honourable Julian Fraser RA, Third District Representative, grilled Dr The Honourable D. Orlando Smith (AL), Premier and Minister of Finance, if his government has been managing the financial affairs of the territory in accordance with the Protocol for Effective Financial Management (PEFM).
Dwain B. Frett: Humorous entertainer & composer
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- He may appear to be a typical twenty-six-year-old, but what caught our eyes about Dwain B. Frett was his natural prowess at setting the stage on fire with his stage personality and humorous lyrical rendition.
$1M spent on QE II Park; $200k for Water Fountain
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The National Democratic Party (NDP) Government of Premier and Minister of Finance Dr The Honourable D. Orlando Smith was on a spending spree leading up to the 2015 General Elections.
Hon Christopher accuses both NDP & VIP Govts of financial malpractice
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – “In the simple sense the Ministry of Finance based on how they were conducting business and how they do business in my view were never ever conducting the management of this territory in the right way.” This was according to Representative for the Second District Honourable J. Alvin Christopher during the most recent sitting of the House of Assembly (HOA).