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HOA passes 11 bills in two days
Over the past week, legislators passed 11 bills in two days, including one that will alter their retirement package in a way that has not yet been disclosed to the …
Before adjourning late Tuesday night, the House of Assembly passed 11 bills ranging in subject from retirement benefits to tax evasion and other financial crimes. The ninth sitting started on May 13 and continues next Thursday. (Screenshot: HOA YOUTUBE)
Over the past week, legislators passed 11 bills in two days, including one that will alter their retirement package in a way that has not yet been disclosed to the public.
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Premier dodges stimulus questions
Despite facing criticism for months over a lack of transparency surrounding the $62.9 million economic stimulus package announced last May, Premier Andrew Fahie remained mostly tight-lipped on the topic when …
Residents line up outside the Social Security Board last June in hopes of col- lecting unemployment cheques shortly after the $62.9 million economic stimulus programme was launched. (File photo: ZARRIN TASNIM AHMED)
Despite facing criticism for months over a lack of transparency surrounding the $62.9 million economic stimulus package announced last May, Premier Andrew Fahie remained mostly tight-lipped on the topic when prodded by opposition members last week during a question-and-answer session in the House of Assembly.
Malone grilled on pollution scrubber
The Pockwood Pond incinerator is back burning trash after six weeks offline, but Health and Social Development Minister Carvin Malone came under fire in the House of Assembly last week …
Wisps of white smoke carry over the grounds of the Pockwood Pond incinerator last week, where black clouds poured out the day prior from a fire. (File photo: DANA KAMPA)
The Pockwood Pond incinerator is back burning trash after six weeks offline, but Health and Social Development Minister Carvin Malone came under fire in the House of Assembly last week for longstanding delays in obtaining a pollution-control scrubber for the facility from a company in the United States.
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New unemployment numbers released
In the latest update on how the pandemic has affected unemployment in the Virgin Islands, government said more than 14 percent of employees at businesses reporting to the Department of …
About 40 percent of Anegada’s workforce became unemployed during the pandemic, Natural Resources, Labour and Immigration Minister Vincent Wheatley said on April 20 in the House of Assembly. (Screenshot: YOUTUBE)
In the latest update on how the pandemic has affected unemployment in the Virgin Islands, government said more than 14 percent of employees at businesses reporting to the Department of Labour and Workforce Development had been terminated.