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February 23, 2023

Stakeholders discuss West End ferry terminal

More public consultations on the new West End ferry terminal will be scheduled soon following a two-day stakeholder meeting the Recovery and Development Agency hosted last week as part of …

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by ZARRIN TASNIM AHMED
November 10, 2022

Recovery and Development Agency to get three more years

The Recovery and Development Agency — which was established to oversee major recovery projects after hurricanes Irma and Maria devastated the territory in 2017 — will be allowed to continue …

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by ZARRIN TASNIM AHMED
October 14, 2022

Temporary classrooms to be demolished

As the Recovery and Development Agency works to complete four new buildings on the main campus at Elmore Stoutt High School, it signed a contract for demolition of the temporary …

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by The BVI Beacon
September 29, 2022

Loans worth $50 million sought for recovery

The government is seeking at least $50 million in new loans to fund hurricane recovery projects, Premier Dr. Natalio “Sowande” Wheatley said during a press conference on Friday. “I’m hopeful …

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by ZARRIN TASNIM AHMED
September 23, 2022

Recovery and Development Agency hosts procurement workshop

During a procurement workshop hosted by the Recovery and Development Agency on Tuesday, RDA CEO Anthony McMaster and other officials explained the procurement process in detail and fielded questions from …

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by ZARRIN TASNIM AHMED
September 5, 2022

Recovery and Development Agency boss fields questions about recovery process

Recovery and Development Agency CEO Anthony McMaster answered the Beacon’s questions about his agency’s progress with the recovery on Aug. 21. This interview was conducted, condensed and edited by Zarrin …

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by ZARRIN TASNIM AHMED
March 2, 2022

Penn: Funds lacking for West End terminal

Opposition Leader Marlon Penn said on Feb. 21 that funding available for the recently unveiled West End ferry terminal project likely won’t cover a quarter of the actual cost. Mr. …

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by Dana Kampa
August 25, 2021

Autland signs its seventh RDA contract

Autland Heavy Equipment, a Virgin Islands firm, has been awarded its seventh contract from the Recovery and Development Agency by beating out eight other local bidders to win a $1,799,499.68 …

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by CLAIRE SHEFCHIK
Autland contract signing RDA
May 7, 2021

Ronnie Skelton heading new board at the RDA

The agency established to lead the territory’s recovery from the 2017 hurricanes is under new leadership, with former legislator Ronnie Skelton chairing the board. Premier Andrew Fahie announced April 29 …

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by Dana Kampa
April 15, 2021

Jost Van Dyke clinic to get solar power

The Recovery and Development Agency recently awarded a $65,500 contract to Amandla Engineering to supply and install a solar facility at the Jost Van Dyke Clinic by the end of …

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by The BVI Beacon
October 29, 2020

VG admin building, Tortola roads to get work

Two Virgin Islands companies received contracts for Hurricane Irma recovery projects amounting to about $2.3 million on Tortola and Virgin Gorda on Friday as the Recovery and Development Agency continued …

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by CLAIRE SHEFCHIK
October 18, 2020

RDA gets funding for police, court facilities

New funding has been provided to facilitate repairs to the Road Town Police Station and the Magistrates’ Court from damage caused by the 2017 hurricanes, and three “deeds of contribution” …

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by Dana Kampa
September 14, 2020

EDITORIAL: Covid is highlighting Irma recovery failures

Three years after Hurricane Irma, successive governments’ failure to secure the needed level of recovery funding — which now could be doing much more to help the stalled economy through …

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by BVI Beacon
Ralph T. O'Neal Administration Complex
July 22, 2020

$194k contract awarded for Great Mountain road

Government continued its recent series of infrastructure projects last Thursday, with Autland Heavy Equipment Company Limited awarded a contract for $194,065.08 from the Recovery and Development Agency for the first …

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by CLAIRE SHEFCHIK
July 14, 2020

Virgin Islands firms get contracts for reservoir, court

On June 11, two Virgin Islands construction firms were awarded contracts totaling more than $3 million for the Long Bush reservoir and for managing the design and construction of the …

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by Joey Waldinger
May 22, 2020

$1m to kick off work at admin complex

In 2017 hurricane winds permanently stuck pieces of paper to walls and doorframes, and piles of unusable chairs and desks remain on every floor in a wing of the Ralph …

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by ZARRIN TASNIM AHMED
May 6, 2020

Contracts inked for 3 projects on Virgin Gorda

Contracts worth a total of $3.5 million were signed with Virgin Islands firms over the past week to repair a school and two administration buildings on Virgin Gorda that were …

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by ZARRIN TASNIM AHMED
May 1, 2020

RDA signs $2.9m in contracts for BFEC and admin building on Virgin Gorda

Contracts worth a total of $2.9 million were signed this morning to repair two public buildings on Virgin Gorda that were damaged by Hurricane Irma in 2017. A third re-building …

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by ZARRIN TASNIM AHMED
March 12, 2020

RDA cancels pavilion repairs, plans for a “more modern facility”

At government’s request, the Recovery and Development Agency has cancelled the tender process for repairing the pavilion of the A.O. Shirley Recreation Ground, the final component of the sports arena’s …

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by Joey Waldinger
March 5, 2020

Anthony McMaster appointed acting CEO of Recovery and Development Agency

Anthony McMaster, a Virgin Islander who has been working as director of operations at the Recovery and Development Agency, has been tapped to lead the agency following the resignation of …

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by Joey Waldinger
February 7, 2020

RDA plans more work at recreation grounds

C.W. General Maintenance and Caribbean Environmental Restoration Limited — two companies owned by Cliff Williams, a coach and former athlete in the Virgin Islands — were awarded contracts totaling more …

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by Joey Waldinger
February 5, 2020

COMMENTARY — RDA CEO’s resignation imagined

I’ll start this week’s commentary by imagining the resignation letter that could have been penned by Recovery and Development Agency CEO Paul Bayly.   Dear Sirs:   Due to the …

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by Roger Harris
January 30, 2020

Opposition promises to hold government accountable

After losing former opposition member Alvera Maduro-Caines to the Virgin Islands Party and seeing the resignation of Recovery and Development Agency CEO Paul Bayly this month, opposition members acknowledged last …

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by Dana Kampa
January 29, 2020

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