After a protracted tender process drew only two bids that were dramatically over budget, the Recovery and Development Agency is going back to the drawing board with the planned West …
July 10, 2025
June 24, 2025
Funds, staff low as clinics face struggles
The clinic in East End has closed its doors. Staff at the Anegada clinic recently fell ill because of poor working conditions. Major repairs at the main clinic on Virgin …
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June 22, 2025
$370k deal signed for design of immigration centre
The territory is one step closer to getting the new immigration detention centre that leaders have promised repeatedly since the previous one at Balsam Ghut began housing prison inmates more …
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June 12, 2025
Only 10% of $100m loan drawn down
Only $10 million of the government’s $100 million loan from CIBC Caribbean bank has been drawn down so far, according to Premier Natalio “Sowande” Wheatley. That $10 million was made …
June 10, 2025
Water meters installed at reservoirs
As part of government’s ongoing efforts to better track water usage, large-flow meters are being installed at reservoirs around the territory, according to the Recovery and Development Agency. Already, 11 …
May 27, 2025
Reservoir planned for Paraquita Bay farmers
The farmers of Paraquita Bay are one step closer to getting a reservoir to help address their water challenges, leaders said. On May 13, government officials signed a $224,639 deal …
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February 25, 2025
EDITORIAL: Our hopes are high for RDA roadwork
The government’s recent decision to scale down the territory’s urgently needed road-reconstruction plans may seem like bad news, but we would argue that more realistic ambitions are better public policy. …
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February 20, 2025
West End port bids dwarf budget
After more than 15 years of broken promises and false starts, the future of the long-delayed West End ferry terminal has been thrown into serious doubt once again after private-sector …
February 15, 2025
Road plans scaled back
The government’s plan to reconstruct 38 miles of roads over 14 months appears to have hit a dead-end. In the latest setback, the Ministry of Communications and Works has dramatically …
February 13, 2025
Hospital to get $4 million renovation
In front of about a dozen medical staff inside the Dr. D. Orlando Smith Hospital Monday afternoon, the BVI Health Services Authority signed a $4 million deal with the Recovery …
January 31, 2025
Two bids in for West End ferry terminal
Following a bumpy tender process that lasted nearly two years, the Recovery and Development Agency received two bids this month for the contract to construct the long-delayed new ferry terminal …
January 2, 2025
Economy takes centre stage at budget debate
The House of Assembly passed the 2025 budget with amendments on Dec. 19 after a lengthy debate over two days that touched on the economy, infrastructure, healthcare, the minimum wage …
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December 19, 2024
RDA takes the reins on roads
Recent developments suggest that government may be rethinking a previous plan to award a controversial contract for 38 miles of roadwork, but the minister in charge says no final decisions …
December 13, 2024
Welcome centre opens at Trellis Bay
If there was an overarching theme at the ribbon-cutting ceremony last Thursday, it was that the Recovery and Development Agency gets things done. At a podium set up in front …
November 3, 2024
Trellis Bay centre to be ready soon
Government ministers provided updates on hurricane recovery projects, Jost Van Dyke public works, the Belle Vue gym and other efforts in response to questions from the opposition during the Oct. …
October 31, 2024
Audit blasts 2019-2022 contracting procedures
The government tendered fewer than half of the major contracts it awarded between 2019 and 2022, and it often passed over the lowest offer for the rest, according to a …
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May 9, 2024
Penn questions 1-bid road tender
Communications and Works Minister Kye Rymer claimed last week in the House of Assembly that his approach to repairing roads in the territory will ensure that taxpayers get good value …
April 19, 2024
Marine base handed over
After their base sustained major damage from hurricanes Irma and Maria in 2017, marine police now have a new, expanded building that they will share with customs and immigration officers. …
February 27, 2024
East End library reopens after 6 months
After a delay that left Tortola with no public library for more than six months, the East End/Long Look Community Library reopened on Monday at a new location in the …
November 10, 2023
West End Ferry Terminal designs finalised
The designs for the new West End ferry terminal have been finalised, and bidding will start soon to select a contractor to build the facility by mid-2026, according to Communications …
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September 28, 2023
Gov’t takes aim at harbour hazards
Rotting boats clogging harbours are one of the most common visual reminders of the 2017 hurricanes, and a new effort to get them removed is now under way, Premier Dr. …
August 20, 2023
RDA re-tendering West End ferry terminal
The Recovery and Development Agency is re-tendering the West End ferry terminal project after disqualifying all nine firms that attempted to prequalify in a previous tender process launched in May. …
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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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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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 …