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Premier Wheatley presents $488.6M national budget for 2025
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Under the theme ‘Laying the Blocks of Success’, Premier and Minister of Finance Dr the Honourable Natalio D. Wheatley (R7) presented a $488,699,871.00 budget for 2025 during the Twenty-first Sitting of the First Session of the Fifth House of Assembly (HoA) on Monday, November 11, 2024.
Asphalt resurfacing from SCB to WE Ferry Terminal slated for Nov 2024- Premier
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI—Motorists and pedestrians alike will be keeping their fingers crossed that the deplorable roads in Sea Cows and along the way to West End will be improved this month, as promised.
Reps must fight for projects & initiatives- Premier Wheatley
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Premier and Minister of Finance Dr the Honourable Natalio D. Wheatley (R7) has said all members of the House of Assembly (HoA) have a responsibility to ensure the people of the Virgin Islands (VI) are properly represented and their needs met as he gears up to deliver the 2025 Budget Address.
Tuesday, October 29, 2024 is Budget Day!
FISH BAY, Tortola, VI- Premier and Minister of Finance Dr the Hon Natalio D. Wheatley (R7) will read his third Budget Address to the nation as Minister of Finance later this month, one of the earliest budget presentations by the government.
VI Gov’t spends $8.9M annually on renting office space- Premier Wheatley
PARAQUITA BAY, Tortola, VI- The Government of the Virgin Islands spends some $8.9M annually to rent office space, Premier and Minister of Finance Dr the Honourable Natalio D. Wheatley (R7) has disclosed.
High recurrent expenditure a concern for VI Gov’t
PARAQUITA BAY, Tortola, VI- Premier and Minister of Finance Dr the Honourable Natalio D. Wheatley (R7) has said his Government has the “difficult task” of balancing important obligations like paying salaries and operating government with the need to control recurrent expenditure at sustainable levels while delivering on a holistic development agenda.
Premier Wheatley presents $399,838,963 Budget for 2024
PARAQUITA BAY, Tortola, VI- Under the theme ‘Planning, Priorities & Progress - Building a Sustainable Nation’, Premier and Minister of Finance Dr the Hon Natalio D. Wheatley (R7) has presented a budget totalling &399,838,963 for 2024.
Nov 21, 2023, is Budget Day! Address to be delivered by Premier Wheatley
PARAQUITA BAY, Tortola, VI- Premier and Minister of Finance Dr the Hon Natalio D. Wheatley (R7) will read his second Budget Address to the nation as Minister of Finance later this month.
VI’s 2022 end-of-year inflation rates projected at 6.4% - Premier
DUFF'S BOTTOM, Tortola, VI – As prices continue to rise and currency continues to buy fewer goods and services, the end-of-year projected inflation rate for 2022 in the Virgin Islands is now set a 6.4%, down from an 8.6% mid-year projection driven by price changes and fuel costs.
Standing Finance Committee deliberations start today, December 1, 2022
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Legislators will be busy for the next two weeks as the House of Assembly (HoA) is now in a Committee of the whole House known as the Standing Finance Committee (SFC).
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