Premier's $92,500 state vehicle in lone accident
It is believed that only Premier Dr The Hon D. Orlando Smith’s police driver was the occupant of the state-owned vehicle.
The circumstances surrounding the accident are still unclear to this news site.
Meanwhile, our reporter confirmed seeing the Premier live at the 2016 Miss BVI Pageant with his wife, First Lady Lorna G. Smith, around the same time the accident occurred.
It was in February that this news site reported that the Premier and Minister of Finance had approved the purchase for himself a brand new 2016 Cadillac Escalade at the cost of Ninety Two Thousand, Five Hundred Dollars ($92,500.00).
This information was made public following a question in the House of Assembly on February 4, 2016 posed by senior Opposition Member Honourable Andrew A. Fahie (R1) to Premier and Minister of Finance Dr The Honourable D. Orlando Smith. They were at the time in the Sixth Sitting of the First Session of the Third House of Assembly.
The news was received with outrage by the public in a time when the country was reported to be broke and government could not pay its bills.
To justify the purchased of such an expensive SUV, the Premier told a Press Conference that the previous Virgin Islands Party (VIP) Government had also purchased new government vehicles.
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61 Responses to “Premier's $92,500 state vehicle in lone accident”
East Chick was emphasizing the US as in WE THE PEOPLE Not the United States. VINO should ban commenting around festival time, nobody thinks straight and logical lol lol
The driver always go some dumb sh*t to tell ppl well talk now now u go see we all are human
Something to think about I guess. Player Boy
What kind of dumb @$$ question you asking. So how did the premier got to the show. Some of you always want to come on here to comment all negative s**t and have nothing constructive to say
With independence the US dollar as the currency will leave and so will the financial services. Those are what keep BVI relevant. You ever see Citco or Trident or Harneys in those other islands? The US dollar. The ministers pushing for independence are frightened of going to jail when the UK probe is completed. They pushing for independence to try to save themselves. That is their safe harbor even though it will not do one ounce of good for the BVI, they dress it up trying to make it look nice. But the idea is emperor with out clothes. When they speak of Independence, that is their safe harbor, and nothing to do with the good of the country.
Everyone looking for a safe harbor. For the mass, direct rule is that safe harbor to continue the use of the US dollar. If you go independent you will have to the ec dollar or one of those non US dollar currency. The financial service which can move overnight because of technology will migrate to Anguilla, Cayman, Turks and Bermuda. Plus let us remember who put the country in the direction of direct rule in the first place, the NDP. If the UK feels they are not fit to run the country, how can they be fit to run the country independently?
Direct rule is your safe harbor.