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After two decades of controversy and false starts, ground should finally be broken on a new resort at Prospect Reef next year, according to Premier Natalio “Sowande” Wheatley. A Cabinet …
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Ever since government purchased the Prospect Reef Resort in 2005 with plans to convert it into a hospitality-training centre, the property has been mired in controversy and false starts as …
Virgin Islands businessman Andy Morrell, who faces five charges in connection with a deadly boat crash last October, had his bail extended June 23 in Magistrates’ Court with a $100,000 …
In a continued effort to alleviate traffic congestion in Road Town, a free park-and-ride shuttle service will be launched next week to offer rides between the Port Purcell and Prospect …
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Prospect Reef employees have not been paid since August 2018, opposition member Julian Fraser said Friday in the House of Assembly, but then he questioned why the government should be …
Despite promises that Prospect Reef employees would be paid by the end of August, they have still not received payment, as revealed in the House of Assembly last Thursday when …
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Government owes Prospect Reef employees $171,834.78 for wages from August 2018 to the present, Premier Andrew Fahie revealed last Thursday at the House of Assembly in response to questions from …
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It is embarrassing and disheartening that yet another proposed development at Prospect Reef has fallen through, leaving the resort to crumble further into disrepair 14 years after government purchased it …
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In September 2016 the government announced a $100 million deal for Prospect Reef to be developed by The ICA Group, a United States based firm whose financing sources had previously …
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The government will pay Claude Skelton-Cline’s firm Grace Consultants $98,000 over a six-month period for wide-ranging services related to a renewable energy unit, negotiations with telecommunications providers, small business assistance, …
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