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Grounds broken with advice: You must pay mortgage

Grounds broken with advice: You must pay mortgage

While breaking grounds for what will be known as Joe’s Hill Manor, which will have more homes and a bigger budget than initially announced, Minister of Health and Social Development Ronnie Skelton underscored the importance of prospective homeowners paying their […]

by / on April 20, 2017 at 3:01 PM /
Road work being halted to accommodate festival

Road work being halted to accommodate festival

Work on the Lee Road in Virgin Gorda will not be completed in time for the Easter festival on that island, but safety measures are being implemented to make the roadway usable during the festivities to be held from Saturday […]

by / on April 13, 2017 at 5:27 PM /
Smith: We need to account for the pier money

Smith: We need to account for the pier money

While declaring that the National Democratic Party government should have accounted properly for the massive over-spend on the Tortola Pier Park project a long time ago, social commentator Cromwell ‘Edju En Ka’ Smith this week challenged the administration to explain […]

by / on April 13, 2017 at 9:11 AM /
Gov’t now using ‘cheaper’ way to deliver  projects

Gov’t now using ‘cheaper’ way to deliver projects

The Ministry of Communication and Works said it is now using a cheaper means of getting capital projects done quicker throughout the territory. According to permanent secretary in the ministry, Anthony McMaster, private/public partnerships are now the norm. He stated […]

by / on April 10, 2017 at 8:00 AM /
Yacht harbour dock to be used to enter VG

Yacht harbour dock to be used to enter VG

Despite concerns that a privately owned dock on Virgin Gorda is too small to facilitate large traffic, the government said it still intends to use the facility for temporary docking services while it undertakes repair works at St Thomas Bay […]

by / on April 7, 2017 at 7:46 AM /
Beach project to be completed later than expected

Beach project to be completed later than expected

Minister of Natural Resources and Labour Dr Kedrick Pickering said the Brandywine Bay Beach project on Tortola has suffered setbacks, resulting in the completion date for the project being pushed back to the start of the next tourism season. He […]

by / on April 6, 2017 at 9:08 AM /
Land but no access – Gov’t urged to provide road

Land but no access – Gov’t urged to provide road

Representative of the Third Electoral District Julian Fraser is not pleased that Government has not yet provided roads in the Nibbs Estate area of his constituency. “People have lots and there are no roads to get to the lots. They […]

by / on April 6, 2017 at 7:29 AM /
VG dock to be relocated for a month amid repairs

VG dock to be relocated for a month amid repairs

Repair work will commence shortly on the St Thomas Bay Jetty and Cargo Ramp in Virgin Gorda, said the Ministry of Communication and Works. It added that the work will be carried out over a period of 30 days. The […]

by / on April 5, 2017 at 12:17 PM /
Investment Club laments $6M setback

Investment Club laments $6M setback

By Horace Mills, BVI News Online Staff Members of the BVI Investment Club have declared that the global economic crisis nearly a decade ago partly resulted in the stalling of $6 million worth of investment, and the shelving of plans […]

by / on March 31, 2017 at 9:33 AM /
Residents concerned – Road may not be ready

Residents concerned – Road may not be ready

Some residents of Virgin Gorda have raised concern about the quality of work being done on the main road in the central part of their island, adding that they don’t think the works will be completed in time for the […]

by / on March 31, 2017 at 8:00 AM /