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Procurement Act has come 'because we put 70-80 contractors on one project’- Premier
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Premier and Minister of Finance, Dr the Hon Natalio D. Wheatley (R7) has said the transgressions of the past National Democratic Party (NDP) government are the reason his government was pressured into bringing a Procurement Act to the House of Assembly (HoA).
Criminal investigations into ESHS wall project remain 'under active work'– Gov Rankin
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Criminal investigations into the Elmore Stoutt High School (ESHS) Wall Project, audit reports and other projects flagged in the Commission of Inquiry (CoI) report continue by the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) and Director of Public Prosecutions, according to Governor John J. Rankin, CMG.
‘VI education system has taken significant steps backwards’- Myron V. Walwyn
PURCELL ESTATE, Tortola, VI – Sixth District Candidate under the National Democratic Party (NDP) and former Education Minister Myron V. Walwyn has blasted the local education system as one that has ‘taken a step back’ under the current government, despite him being charged for Breach of Trust as then Education Minister.
Political parties conveniently pinning the CoI on VIP Gov’t– Premier Wheatley
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Virgin Islands Premier and Minister of Finance, Dr the Hon Natalio D. Wheatley (R7) has blasted his political opponents for what he referred to as them trying to pin the findings of the United Kingdom-sponsored Commission of Inquiry (CoI) on the Virgin Islands Party (VIP) and conveniently not mentioning that some of the findings spanned previous administrations.
Walwyn & Stevens make court appearance
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Charged with Breach of Trust by a Public Officer, former Minister for Education Myron V. Walwyn and public servant Lorna Stevens made an appearance before Senior Magistrate Tamia N. Richards on Thursday, January 12, 2023.
NDP says it stands by Walwyn amidst recent charge & arrest
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Information coming into Virgin Islands News Online (VINO) is that the National Democratic Party (NDP) has decided to stand by its former Chairman Myron V. Walwyn, amidst a recent charge and arrest connected to the Virgin Islands (VI) CoI reports.
‘Cindy’ alleges more arrests including of Sitting HoA members to come
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI– Local talk show host Rosemary Cindy Rosan is alleging that several more arrests will come on the heels of charges against Minister for Education under the National Democratic Party (NDP) administration, Myron V. Walwyn.
Walwyn ‘personally chose’ 70 contractors for ESHS Wall Project- CoI report
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Calling the way in which the 2016 Elmore Stoutt High School (ESHS) Wall Project was contracted and implemented as ‘on any view, extraordinary', CoI Commissioner Sir Gary R. Hickinbottom in his final report has concluded that serious dishonesty in relation to elected public officials may have taken place in reference to former Education Minister, Myron V. Walwyn.
Walwyn denies knowing wall project scaled back to 'avoid procurement procedures'
WICKHAM'S CAY II, Tortola, VI – Former Legislator and Education Minister under the National Democratic Party (NDP) Administration, Myron V. Walwyn said he continues to struggle to understand how work on an initially estimated $150,000 for 180ft of wall at Elmore Stoutt High School (ESHS) was scaled back to fall below $100,000, yet the work was still able to be completed at the previous scale for less cash.
CoI: Walwyn grilled on controversial ESHS wall project
WICKHAM'S CAY II, Tortola, VI - Former embattled Minister of Education, Myron V. Walwyn has denied knowledge of some alleged financially irregular sub-projects that fell under the Elmore Stoutt High School (ESHS) Wall project led at a cost of $1.6M in 2015. Auditor General Ms Sonia M. Webster in a 2018 report had flagged several irregularities with the project.