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Deputy Premier blasts AG's Chambers for delaying business grants programme
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Deputy Premier and Minister for Financial Services, Labour and Trade, Hon Lorna G. Smith, OBE (AL) has lashed out at the Attorney General's Chambers for the delay in approvals under the Mirco, Small and Medium Sized Grants Programme.
Gov’t offices to ‘resume normal operations’ tomorrow Oct 5
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Asked to stay home today due to the impact of Tropical Storm Philippe, public officers have been told they must return to work tomorrow, Thursday, October 5, 2023.
Montserrat’s civil servants plan public protest for pay increase tomorrow
BRADES, Montserrat- Public servants in Monserrat have been called to engage in a public demonstration in protest of the non-commitment of the government to approve a salary increase.
‘Absolutely no credibility’ to reports of cutting Civil Service- David D. Archer Jr
BAUGHERS BAY, Tortola, VI- It has long been a talk that the United Kingdom (UK) has been pressuring the Government of the Virgin Islands to reduce the number of persons employed in the Public Service, especially since a significant percent of the National Budget goes towards employee remuneration.
CoI slammed for making unreasonable demands of ministers & public servants
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The United Kingdom (UK) sponsored Commission of Inquiry (CoI) continues to face criticisms of unfair practices and trying to cast a negative light on the Government of the Virgin Islands, while seemingly ignoring ‘illuminating’ information provided to it.
Vaccination numbers among civil servants, law enforcement officers 'too low'- DG Archer
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Deputy Governor David D. Archer Jr said while the Virgin Islands has recorded just over 26,000 people taking their first and second COVID-19 jabs, the figures are still too low in the law enforcement agencies and among public officers.
Gov't to review public officers salaries with aim to pay 'what they are worth'
NORTH SOUND, Virgin Gorda, VI- “We have ordered a revision of the salary of every public officer. People have to start to be paid what they are worth,” said Premier and Minister of Finance Honourable Andrew A. Fahie (R1) today, February 9, 2021.
'Not right' that persons made to act for many years in public service- Hon Rymer
DUFF'S BOTTOM, Tortola, VI- Minister for Transportation, Works and Utilities Honourable Kye M. Rymer (R5) has pledged to lobby for the regularisation of long-standing appointments within the public service.
Public Servants eligible for ‘pandemic leave’ – Michelle Donovan-Stevens
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Due to the closure of all schools Territory-wide, parents who have no support system for their children and have exhausted all other means are eligible for pandemic leave, Director of Human Resources for the Government of the Virgin Islands, Michelle Donovan-Stevens has said.
‘You can’t show up on a job, do nothing & expect to get pay’- Hon Vincent O. Wheatley
VALLEY, Virgin Gorda, VI- “You can’t expect a company to hire you, you show up at 8:30, you leave at 4:30, you have done nothing but you are demanding pay. As a public service too you have to bring productivity back to the workforce,” were the stern words of Minister for Natural Resources, Labour and Immigration, Hon Vincent O. Wheatley (R9).
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