‘OJ’ goes to TRC; Named number 2
What is the TRC?
The TRC is a statutory body responsible for regulating the telecommunications sector of the Virgin Islands (VI). It also establishes and monitors the implementation of national telecommunications standards and ensures compliance.
The body is responsible for the regulation of licensees and authorisation holders and ensuring fair competition among licensees and all other operators of telecommunications networks or providers of telecommunications services.
Mr. Smith's last stint was a government consultant in the Ministry of Finance. He will now report to the TRC Chief, Guy L. Malone, and will be the second in command at the agency.
It’s unclear what his job description is as the Telecommunications Act, 2006 does not call for a COO, or if he is grooming to take over from Mr. Malone, who is expected to leave by March 1, 2019, according to a senior NDP source.
Political job?
'OJ', as he is affectionally known, had other assignments in Government. He was credited for turning around the Post Office, and also ensuring that locals have access to obtaining trade licences.
The new TRC COO, ran two times unsuccessfully [2011, 2015] against Hon Julian Fraser RA for the Third District seat and many political observers said, with this new job that he started last week, he will not be a political candidate in the next elections due in 2019.
Mr. Smith's contract is for 2 years with a salary of over $100K, according to the same senior NDP source.
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25 Responses to “‘OJ’ goes to TRC; Named number 2”
Let's wait and see how he'll destroy the TRC. Hopefully the TRC's decline will take only a few months so the government can save some of that ridiculous $100k annual salary
No offense and I don’t have a personal issue with Mr. Smith, but again please tell me what qualifications he has to offer TRC Regulations? Is his qualifications in the field of law/ policies? Is it in the field of spectrum? Is it in the field of IT? Is it in the field of customer service complaints? Is it to get the archives department going? Is it to carry personal information about the day to day operations to over reaching executors? What is it? And don’t tell me he is getting paid 100K to manage, when there are several Chief executives within the organization that manages their subordinates under their portfolio and then there is also the CEO!
If you don’t want your CEO, terminate his position, tell the people why you are doing such, and give Mr. Smith with no real qualifications to handle such an organization the job!!!! All dirty dealings must come to light!
This government is wasteful, and continues to suppress people who are not in affiliations with their attitudes, likes and dislikes! People you hold the will and the power for change! Let your voices be heard and your annoyance be felt! Put an end to the madness!
The same bs they did in immigration with that Ritter woman. What happened to her? What's new?
What’s new?
This is the underlying issue, people like you and I have sat aside and watched for a very long time the ills and the injustice that has been bestowed upon families, co-workers, friends and loved ones all in the name of providing kick-backs, and making pockets fat by black-balling others just so that the government of the day can carry out their dirty agenda!
What we need to make as the NEW TREND: is to stop living in fair of victimization, stand up to unjust behaviors, use the social platforms to bring awareness to what is wrong and going on, so that persons who don’t know or understand can hear both sides.... use your X to do the right thing!
We need to stop giving an X base on who is popular or who is going to slip a $3,000 white envelope in your pocket now and again! Stop making these political cronies (love to ball they have a love for the country SING & all but draining every penny out of the territory’s piggy bank to make their PERSONAL POCKETS FAT) feel like they have more power than they really have, stop allowing these people to step on you and make you feel less than!!! We have the power to make the change, and this time is now more than ever!!!!
Let your voices be heard and your annoyance be felt, vote to put an end to the madness!!!