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‘I cannot say there was a sickout’ of airport staff – Kurt A.G. Menal
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Managing Director of the BVI Airports Authority (BVIAA), Mr Kurt A.G. Menal says he cannot say there was a sickout of BVIAA Airport staff who reportedly took industrial action by calling in sick, which resulted in the closure of the airport on two recent occasions.
USVI Gov Mapp tells teachers he won’t reward ‘bad behaviour’
VI CONSORTIUM
CHARLOTTE AMALIE, St Thomas, USVI — Sounding frustrated, US Virgin Islands’ Governor Kenneth E. Mapp on Tuesday May 3, 2016 said he would wait until teachers and their unions could clearly state what they wanted before attempting to find additional funds for further salary increases for educators, after the promised raises took effect.
LIAT shutdown likely during Easter period- CEO David Evans
Loop Barbados
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados- The Chief Executive Officer of LIAT on Thursday evening, March 19, 2015 issued a stark warning about the effect of likely industrial action by pilots over the Easter period.
7 ESHS students to be expelled- Hon. Walwyn
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Some seven (7) students of the Elmore Stoutt High School are to be expelled. This is according to Minister for Education and Culture, Hon. Myron V. Walwyn, who informed the House of Assembly today, Tuesday November 19, 2013.
UPDATE: Industrial action by LIAT pilots - Advisory # 4 – 5 am
ST. JOHN’S, Antigua - All pilots who were scheduled to work this morning, Wednesday December 7, 2011, for LIAT have called in sick.