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Public Service Management Bill 'looks good on paper' but...- Hon Mather
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Deputy Speaker of the House of Assembly (HoA) Honourable Stacy R. Mather, MBE (AL) has said the Public Service Management Bill looks good on paper but seems incomplete.
Opposition Member Hon Stacy Mather is Deputy Speaker of Fifth HoA
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- History has been created in the Virgin Islands House of Assembly (HoA), with Hon Stacy Mather (AL) becoming the first Member of the Opposition to be Deputy Speaker.
UPDATE: Corine N. George-Massicote returns as Fifth HoA Speaker
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Information reaching our newsroom is that a possible nominee of the ruling Virgin Islands Party (VIP) Government, Ms R. Dancia Penn, OBE KC has failed to receive the full support of all Government members of the House, which paved the way for former Speaker, Ms Corine N. George-Massicote to be elected as speaker of the Fifth House of Assembly (HoA).
HoA to meet on May 18, 2023; Race is on for new House Speaker
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- All 13 elected members will be sworn into office as legislators and official members of the House of Assembly (HoA) at the First Sitting of the Fifth HoA scheduled for Thursday, May 18, 2023, at 10:00 AM at the Multi-Purpose Sports Complex, in Road Town, the capital city.
Hon Neville A. Smith bringing Think Tank Forum to engage VI youth
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- With the aim of making young people in the Virgin Islands more involved in nation-building, Deputy Speaker and Territorial At Large Member Hon Neville A. Smith will be soon launching a Think Tank Forum.
More positives rather than negatives must be promoted in VI– Hon Smith
CAPPOON’S BAY, Tortola, V I– Deputy Speaker in the Virgin Islands (VI) House of Assembly (HoA) Hon Neville A. Smith (AL) has called on persons in the VI to start promoting the positives instead of focusing on the negatives.
‘Learning period over, time to work’- Hon Neville A. Smith
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Deputy Speaker of the House of Assembly (HoA) and Territorial At-Large Representative, Honourable Neville A. Smith (AL) said he is now ready to roll up his sleeves and get to work as his feet-wetting period is now over.
Hon Smith rewards prisoners with $$ for entering literacy programme
BALSAM GHUT, Tortola, VI- “I envision a territory that thrives on literacy. And this literacy project is an outlet devoted to providing a voice and a platform for incarcerated individuals, and my hope is to see it grow into something big.”