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 …
April 15, 2021
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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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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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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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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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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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 …
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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January 29, 2020
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January 16, 2020
RDA CEO resigns, citing scaled-back plans
Paul Bayly has resigned from his position as CEO of the Recovery and Development Agency, claiming that his skillset is no longer required given the reduced scale of works the …
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January 10, 2020
Unite BVI donates $190k to RDA
Unite BVI recently donated $190,000 to the Recovery and Development Agency for the renovation of three community areas. According to a Dec. 19 Facebook post announcing the donation, $60,000 will …
December 25, 2019
RDA drops derelict boat removal plan
In May, salvagers, marine surveyors and other contractors attended a workshop where they learned about a project that was slated to be the Recovery and Development Agency’s biggest yet: removing …
November 29, 2019
Trellis Bay boating lane sparks concern
In July, the Recovery and Development Agency awarded a contract worth more than $300,000 to Sand Dollar Marine Consultants to install sea markers that would help boats safely navigate the …
November 25, 2019
Three new RDA contracts signed
A Virgin Islands company signed a contract Friday to dismantle the old Pockwood Pond incinerator. C.W. General Maintenance, an East End company, inked the $92,000 deal with the Recovery and …
October 14, 2019
Contract signed for 3 temp housing units
More than two years after Hurricane Irma damaged most homes in the territory, the government has allotted funds to build three temporary housing units in Tortola and Anegada. The Recovery …
September 9, 2019
Premier’s Office silences RDA CEO
Over the past five weeks, Recovery and Development Agency CEO Paul Bayly scheduled and cancelled three interviews with the Beacon before ultimately declining to speak at the reported request of …
July 26, 2019
Repairs to come to The Baths National Park
The Baths National Park in the Virgin Gorda will be repaired within six and a half weeks with updates to the restrooms, an additional shaded area in front of Poor …
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May 30, 2019
Fahie: West End port to open to international ferries by August
Premier Andrew Fahie vowed on Friday to get the West End port facility open to international ferries by Aug. 1, describing the situation during a House of Assembly sitting as …
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