THE ROADS, Buildings and General Services Authority (BRAGSA), has come in for commendation from Minister of Transport and Works, Montgomery Daniel. “I want to take this opportunity to congratulate BRAGSA and its management for the work it has been doing since I’ve come to be the minister responsible,” Daniel told listeners to NBC Radio on Wednesday, September 28. Daniel was given the ministerial portfolios of transport and works following the …
SOME PERSONS WHO were employed on the road cleaning programme last August, are yet to be paid. The recent road works were done under the Volcano Eruption Emergency Programme (VEEP) which is funded by the World Bank. Acting Prime Minister, Montgomery Daniel told listeners to NBC Radio on Wednesday, that Cabinet had approved $3 million for road cleaning. The road cleaning work was done for just over one week in …
GOVERNMENT HAS recently imported over $5 million in building materials to continue with the rebuilding process in the aftermath of the explosive eruption of La Soufriere volcano in 2021. Acting Prime Minister, Montgomery Daniel said on NBC Radio on Wednesday, September 28 that the housing materials were imported from Tankweld Ltd in Jamaica. Daniel, who is also Minister of Transport and Works said $5.3 million in building materials were imported …
THE VOLUME OF silt and sediment deposited in the Noel River from the mountains last weekend is likely to lead the authorities to reassess the work involved in the erection of a Bailey Bridge over the river. The deposits to the bed of the river, located in Sandy Bay caused it to rise to the height of the abutments which were recently placed there to make way for the erection …
Prime minister, Dr Ralph Gonsalves said he has requested a report on the situation which resulted in the partial closure of the Kingstown Preparatory School on Monday, September 5. Students from Grades 2-6 were sent home in the morning on the first day of the new school year, and those in Kindergarten left at mid-morning because of a strong odour of paint in their classrooms. In calling for a report …