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 …
August 18, 2022
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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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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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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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 …
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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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 …
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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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 …
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 …
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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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 …
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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 …
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 …
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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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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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 …
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 …
