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BVI Airways

May 12, 2022

UPDATE: Guv announces criminal probes advised by COI

Governor John Rankin has instructed Police Commissioner Mark Collins to launch several criminal investigations recommended by the recently published Commission of Inquiry report. The investigations will probe four areas, Mr. …

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by Dana Kampa
September 29, 2021

Cartoon (Sept. 30, 2021)

by BVI Beacon
Cartoon (September 30, 2021)
July 1, 2021

Ex-premier grilled on BVI Airways

Former Premier Dr. Orlando Smith told the Commission of Inquiry on Tuesday that he didn’t instruct his financial secretary to “show me the evidence” that the BVI Airways deal was …

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by CLAIRE SHEFCHIK
COI Dr. Smith BVI Airways
May 24, 2021

BVI Airways’ $10m claim flops, but gov’t still chasing $7.2m

After receiving $7.2 million in taxpayer money to launch a commercial airline that never got off the ground, BVI Airways partners took the government to arbitration in 2019 in an …

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by BVI Beacon
February 11, 2021

Government sues Lester Hyman over BVI Airways

A Washington DC lawyer who formerly represented the Virgin Islands government now faces a lawsuit seeking up to $11 million in damages for alleged conflicts of interest when he helped …

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by Dana Kampa
October 5, 2020

Special Report: Lawyer claims he forgot getting $100,000 from BVI Airways

Shortly after government hired a law firm to recover $7.2 million in taxpayer money paid to the now-defunct BVI Airways, Washington DC attorney Lester Hyman told an investigator in July …

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by Dana Kampa
July 3, 2020

Speaker requests apology from governor

Speaker of the House Julian Willock kicked off the 11th sitting of the House of Assembly on June 26 by seeking a formal apology from Governor Gus Jaspert regarding a …

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by Dana Kampa
June 15, 2020

Special Report: Auditor general condemns BVI Airways deal

When then-Premier Dr. Orlando Smith unveiled a partnership with BVI Airways in January 2016, he promised that government’s $7 million “investment” in the no-bid deal would bring much-needed direct flights …

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by Dana Kampa
June 15, 2020

Government scores a win in case against Hyman

As the Virgin Islands tries to recoup $7.2 million paid to the now-defunct BVI Airways, a Washington DC court ruled last month that the government can depose and subpoena information …

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by Dana Kampa
June 12, 2020

House nixes motion to censure governor

Last week in the House of Assembly, elected leaders delayed the Consumer Protection Bill and other government business and spent at least 10 hours debating a motion to “reprimand” Governor …

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by Dana Kampa
May 16, 2020

Deadline missed for BVI Airways report

The auditor general’s special report on the government’s failed deal with BVI Airways was required by law to be tabled in the House of Assembly no later than last Thursday. …

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by ZARRIN TASNIM AHMED
April 30, 2020

Governor, premier tussle over BVI Airways report

Premier Andrew Fahie recently wrote to the United Kingdom minister of overseas territories to complain about Governor Gus Jaspert’s handling of a report on BVI Airways, but Mr. Jaspert quickly …

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by ZARRIN TASNIM AHMED
April 29, 2020

COMMENTARY — ‘Seven years of famine’ predicted

The coronavirus pandemic will usher in a post-globalisation world order. It will bring greater regional integration and a whole new travel protocol that adds a robust layer of medical scrutiny, …

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by Dickson Igwe
March 5, 2020

Government in ‘confidential’ mediation with BVI Airways

The government is in “confidential” mediation with BVI Airways representatives as part of efforts to recoup the $7.2 million in taxpayer money paid to the airline, which failed to keep …

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by Freeman T. Rogers
December 19, 2019

BVI Airways took gov’t to arbitration in June

In the midst of government’s ongoing probe of its failed deal with BVI Airways, representatives of the defunct airline launched arbitration proceedings against the government in New York City, according …

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by ZARRIN TASNIM AHMED
November 8, 2019

Guv: Report on BVI Airways coming soon

The Office of the Auditor General will soon complete a report on the failed BVI Airways deal that cost taxpayers $7.2 million, Governor Gus Jaspert told the media last week …

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by ZARRIN TASNIM AHMED
October 10, 2019

Government may sue US lawyer over BVI Airways

After $7.2 million of taxpayers’ money was funneled into a failed deal with BVI Airways in 2016 and 2017, angry residents called for answers, and then-Premier Dr. Orlando Smith promised …

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by ZARRIN TASNIM AHMED
June 4, 2019

Cartoon (May 30, 2019)

by BVI Beacon
Cartoon
May 27, 2019

Premier says info on BVI Airways ‘deleted’

Premier Andrew Fahie told the House of Assembly on Friday that information on the botched BVI Airways deal is “missing” or on a “deleted” hard drive and that he is …

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by GENEVIEVE GLATSKY
January 25, 2019

BVI Airways ‘failed to deliver a return,’ Premier says

After years of first denying problems and then deflecting the blame for them, Premier Dr. Orlando Smith acknowledged last week that government’s $7.2 million injection into BVI Airways was a …

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by Conor King Devitt
July 19, 2018

Human rights commission on House of Assembly agenda

Lawmakers plan to debate and vote on the Human Rights Commissions Act 2018 in the House of Assembly sitting scheduled to begin today. The commission — which is provided for …

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by Conor King Devitt
July 13, 2018

EDITORIAL: It’s time for answers in BVI Airways deal

Premier Dr. Orlando Smith should stop pointing fingers and explain exactly what happened to the $7 million of taxpayers’ money paid to BVI Airways, which to date has failed to …

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