Public Service increments will be paid by June- Gov John J. Rankin
He was at the time speaking during an interview on Talking Points on ZBVI 780 AM and live-streamed on Facebook on May 1, 2023.
During the discourse, one of the hosts, Elvin Grant, alluded that Premier and Minister of Finance Dr the Honourable Natalio D. Wheatley (R7) had indicated that the matter is now out of his hands and that the monies for increments have already been approved by Cabinet and should now be made payable.
Asked whether the ‘ball is now firmly in his court’ Governor Rankin agreed, noting that he bears responsibility for the Public Service.
“If my memory serves me correctly, the agreement in Cabinet was that the first…of the increment payments should be made by June, and I’m confident that those payments will be coming forward within that time period,” the Governor posited.
Did the Governor's Office drop the ball?
Asked by one of the hosts, Damion C. Grange, if he believes his office ‘dropped the ball’ in terms of advocacy for increments for public servants while assenting to the Retirement Allowance Act, popularly referred to as the ‘Greedy Bill’, Governor Rankin made it clear that the Act was not unconstitutional nor was it in breach of the Territory’s international obligations.
“In those circumstances, as Governor I could advise as to the Westminister legislation, I could advise as to how this may be perceived by other persons but it is not a circumstance in which I would normally refuse assent. The judgment on the merits or otherwise of that piece of legislation were not primarily for me to make.
“On the question of increments, again, I will leave it to others to judge why again this was something which was left to shortly before the election, but it does depend on the money being made available and it was only once Cabinet and the Minister of Finance agreed to make that money available...” Governor Rankin stated.
VIP administration paid increments for 2016, 2017 & 2018- Premier
On VIP Let’s Talk on April 18, 2023, Premier Wheatley had emphasised that the Virgin Islands Party had to pay the increments for those years that the National Democratic Party was in power.
He reminded that the VIP administration paid the increments for 2016, 2017 and 2018, “and in Cabinet we made the decision to pay increments in 2018 and 2019 with arrears. And for 2020, 2021 and 2022, we moved up the steps.
“So when persons coming to you with nonsense telling you there has been no increments paid, you tell them that the Virgin Islands Party (VIP) in this administration made sure that increments will be paid for 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 years, two of the years in arrears,” Dr Wheatley had stated during the campaign trail.
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34 Responses to “Public Service increments will be paid by June- Gov John J. Rankin”
HAVE CONSIDERATION FOR OTHERS!!!!
MINISTER OF HEALTH DO SOMETHING!!!! IMPLEMENT LAWS AND CITATIONS!!!!
Woah there. Some of these managers and higher ups dont want to see people benefit or live comfortably. facts
Make sure we get our arrears for the other 3 years. Don't say I didn't warn you.
1) Give away Belonger status like crazy to his own kind so the BVI people and our Caribbean brother and sisters can be outnumbered as voters and residents in the BVI thereby championing their Global Britan mission to take over the politics with their numbers and turn the BVI into a little UK. This is not what the people of the BVI want but he could care less.
2) Pass the police Act with laws that will infringe upon our democratic rights and democracy and turn the BVI into a police state because it is another means to cripple us as they truly believe all of us in the BVI of Caribbean decent are crooks, criminals, and thieves. With the passing of what he wants in the police bill and having a likeminded Uk Commissioner of Police in the BVI, they do not need proof to come at anyone and go in their accounts or a warrant to enter homes and search. Many innocent people will get caught up and some jailed but that is the plan especially if you speak out against them. If they get want, they want they will turn the BVI into a war zone under the false pretense that they are fighting crime. Please note I am 100% against crime but I am also 100% against abuse of power with no laws to protect citizens rights. They have organized a BLOODLESS WAR to aid their intended unjustified takeover.
3) He wants to have all the COI recommendations implemented without discussions with the people as not all of them are in the best interest of the people of the BVI. Also, the deadlines given to implement all those many COI recommendations are unrealistic and will broke the treasury where nothing meaningful will get done for the needy people in the BVI. He will then blame the leaders and use this as his reasoning for enforcing the order in council to run the country and trust me, it will only get worse. WHAT A SET UP!
Save these three and check back in a few months and you will see this is accurate.
and do not perform their work to earn it.. And supervisors and Heads of departments entertain the bull shit every week. Even they don't do what they supposed to but yeah, it's the government baby...Dam shame.