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August 18, 2022

HOA okays gov’t contract for Vanterpool

Last week government backbencher Mark Vanterpool once again got permission to retain his seat in the House of Assembly while one of his businesses secures a government contract. To make …

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by Dana Kampa
March 23, 2022

HOA okays government contracts for 2 members

Two House of Assembly members got the green light for their businesses to secure government contracts during a March 10 sitting. House Deputy Speaker Neville Smith was exempted from vacating …

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by Dana Kampa
August 12, 2021

OneMart affiliate to launch app in Jamaica

If a company that began in the Virgin Islands is successful, the Caribbean may soon have pizza, paper towels or a ride to the store at its fingertips through a …

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by CLAIRE SHEFCHIK
June 24, 2021

Legislators’ interests declared late, or not at all

Concluding hearings for the first of six major topics it plans to investigate this summer, the Commission of Inquiry called legislators from the present and past to answer for their …

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by Dana Kampa
June 10, 2021

New One Mart coming to East End

One Mart has seen a busy year despite an overall struggling economy in the territory and further abroad. Following a recent reverse merger that took the business public in the …

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by CLAIRE SHEFCHIK
October 20, 2020

Budget additions, stamp duty waiver affirmed

Nine resolutions recently approved by the House of Assembly appeared in the Gazette on Oct. 7, finalising an array of HOA decisions such as the addition of millions of dollars …

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by Dana Kampa
October 5, 2020

HOA reviews Vanterpool business deals

During the 24-hour daily curfew in the spring, some households began running out of food, so government organised the distribution of relief supplies packed by volunteers throughout the territory. Last …

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by Dana Kampa
June 18, 2020

Temporary layoffs can last up to 7 months

As more residents are laid off by businesses tightening their belts until the yet-to-be-declared date when Virgin Islands borders fully reopen, the government is taking measures that leaders say are …

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by Dana Kampa
April 2, 2020

Don’t overbuy, warn supermarkets

Supermarkets in the territory will be able to restock shelves during the ongoing lockdown and are not in danger of running out of essentials, according to supermarket personnel and a …

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by CLAIRE SHEFCHIK
September 12, 2019

Opposition weighs in on loan guarantee

While Premier Andrew Fahie visited London this week following a public spat with United Kingdom officials, opposition members launched a series of community meetings and pushed back against Mr. Fahie’s …

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by ZARRIN TASNIM AHMED
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
July 18, 2019

Vanterpool sworn in, then attacks

Speaker of the House Julian Willock swore in Mark Vanterpool as Fourth District representative in the House of Assembly on Tuesday, the culmination of a four-month long dispute over the …

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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
June 21, 2019

Fahie asks Willock to swear in Vanterpool

Premier Andrew Fahie has asked Speaker of the House Julian Willock to “reconsider his decision” and to swear in Mark Vanterpool as Fourth District representative at the next House of …

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by GENEVIEVE GLATSKY
June 11, 2019

D-4 residents deliver petition to governor

Fourth District residents and opposition members delivered a petition to Governor Gus Jaspert on Tuesday calling for Mark Vanterpool to be sworn in as Fourth District representative and citing a …

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by GENEVIEVE GLATSKY
May 28, 2019

EDITORIAL: Speaker should swear in D-4 rep and stop wasting public money

Without further delay, Speaker of the House Julian Willock should swear in Mark Vanterpool as the Fourth District representative and stop squandering taxpayer dollars on pointless legal action. If he …

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by The BVI Beacon
May 23, 2019

Opposition grills premier on Willock legal battle

Lawmakers at the House of Assembly on Friday grilled Premier Andrew Fahie about the cost to taxpayers of the legal battle between Speaker of the House Julian Willock and Mark …

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by GENEVIEVE GLATSKY
May 23, 2019

Protestors urge Willock to swear in Vanterpool

About two dozen protestors gathered outside the House of Assembly on Friday carrying signs reading, “Don’t be so power hungry! Face reality!” and “Premier Fahie stop hiding behind the Speaker” …

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by GENEVIEVE GLATSKY
May 9, 2019

Willock appeals order to swear in Vanterpool

Last Thursday Justice Ann-Marie Smith ordered Speaker of the House Julian Willock to swear in Mark Vanterpool as Fourth District representative. But Mr. Willock appealed her decision to the Eastern …

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by GENEVIEVE GLATSKY
April 25, 2019

Vanterpool ruling delayed until May 2

Justice Ann-Marie Smith said she was “getting ahead of” herself when she promised to issue her ruling on the legal dispute between Mark Vanterpool and Speaker of the House Julian …

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by GENEVIEVE GLATSKY
April 18, 2019

Attorneys face off over D-4 seat

Attorneys faced off in High Court on Friday and Saturday over the validity of Mark Vanterpool’s short-lived attempt to resign from his position as Fourth District representative. The hearing is …

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by GENEVIEVE GLATSKY
April 5, 2019

Vanterpool takes legal action over D-4 seat

The High Court will hold a hearing on the issue of the District Four vacancy after Mark Vanterpool’s attorneys filed for judicial review, Mr. Vanterpool said in a statement on …

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by GENEVIEVE GLATSKY
April 5, 2019

Governor will not issue writ for by-election

Governor Gus Jaspert said on March 26 that he does not intend to issue a writ for a by-election following legal advice that Fourth District Representative Mark Vanterpool’s resignation “was …

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by GENEVIEVE GLATSKY
March 21, 2019

Vanterpool reverses decision to resign

Mark Vanterpool last week reversed his decision to resign from his position as Fourth District representative, spurring a spat with newly elected Speaker of the House Julian Willock and throwing …

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by GENEVIEVE GLATSKY
March 14, 2019

VIP running Hodge-Smith in by-election

At the first sitting of the House of Assembly on Tuesday, an empty seat marked the absence of former National Democratic party Fourth District Representative Mark Vanterpool, who resigned last …

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by GENEVIEVE GLATSKY

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