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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
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
August 11, 2020

Privy Council ruling could cost VI $30 million

After spending more than six years in court and seven figures in legal fees, Chuck Peterson said a tear came to his eye this month when he won his case …

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by Dana Kampa
August 16, 2019

Government has paid $130k of Willock-Vanterpool legal battle

The total cost of the legal battle between Speaker of the House Julian Willock and Fourth District Representative Mark Vanterpool totaled $270,000, and government has paid $130,000 of that so …

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by GENEVIEVE GLATSKY
June 27, 2019

Speaker mum on why he dropped Vanterpool appeal

The day after public urging from Premier Andrew Fahie, Speaker of the House Julian Willock last week dropped his appeal against a High Court order to swear in Mark Vanterpool …

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by FREEMAN ROGERS

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