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Stickett should have official opening activity of Festival- Hon. Pickering
LONG LOOK, Tortola, VI - Deputy Premier and Minister for Natural Resources and Labour, Dr the Honourable Kedrick D. Pickering has made a call for a remembrance activity be held at The Stickett in Long Look annually to herald the start of the festival season.
Dr. Michael A. Turnbull soon to be VI’s next Clinical Psychologist!
MEYERS ESTATE, Tortola, VI-“Just to the young people here, the young at heart, if you think that only me could have been able to accomplish something like this, listen, I am not the smartest person in the room, I am not the brightest, I may not always have the right things to say, what I was able to do is surround myself with positive people.“
UPDATE: Hon. Pickering & Hon. O’Neal want time limit to speakers in HOA
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Leader of the Opposition Hon. Ralph T. O’Neal OBE has clarified that it was E. Walwyn Brewley and not Hon. Myron V. Walwyn whom he was referring to when he was addressing the House of Assembly on October 9, 2012 on time limits for Members.
Runway expansion: “No physical impact to Bellamy Cay” – Hon. Pickering
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – The Bellamy Cay, an island that houses the Last Resort, will not be physically impacted by the Territory’s airport expansion, announced Minister for Natural Resources and Labour, Dr. Kedrick Pickering on NDP Radio last evening, June 18, 2012.
Parents need to stop covering for their children – Reverend Hoyt
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Parents need to stop covering for the crimes committed by their children declared Reverend Robert Hoyt this morning, June 8, 2012, while delivering the keynote address for the first ever crime conference in the Virgin Islands that is underway at the Eileen Parsons Auditorium.
Minimum wage soon to be reviewed!
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – A Minimum Wage Committee, which will be tasked with coming up with a decent minimum wage package, will be formed in a few weeks Virgin Islands News Online was reliably informed.
VI’s newest couple, doctors Rodger & Aasha Flax-Miller wed! [Photoslide Included]
LITTLE DIX BAY HOTEL, Virgin Gorda, VI – On the lawns of the Little Dix Bay Hotel on Virgin Gorda, Dr. Rodger Linton Miller and Dr. Aasha-Marie Flax tied the knot to become the Virgin Islands’ newest couple.
EPA report for airport expansion is ready!
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Kraus-Manning, the company hired by Government to carry out an impact assessment of the environment for the expansion of the Territory’s airport runway, has handed in its findings to Government.
UPDATE - Winston Wilson yet to take up position; cost of contract still unknown
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Winston Wilson, who is hired by Government to take up the mantle of Project Manager for the Terrance B. Lettsome International Airport expansion project on Monday, is yet to arrive in the Territory.
Will new labour policies see drastic measures?
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – A formal report is currently being put together from the labour meetings held throughout the Virgin Islands earlier in the year for Cabinet, revealed Minister for Natural Resources and Labour, Dr. Kedrick Pickering, with the next step being to implement the policies.