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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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As the Covid-19 crisis has decimated the economy in recent months, leaders have sought to counter the dismal outlook while rolling out more than $10 million worth of contracts under …
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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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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 …
Infrastructure on Tortola took the spotlight this afternoon as contracts worth $2.5 million to repair the Carrot Bay and Zion Hill water systems were signed at the Recovery and Development …
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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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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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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 …
The Recovery and Development Agency last Thursday held a conference for bidders interested in repairing homes and erecting temporary housing structures on Tortola, Anegada and Jost Van Dyke. RDA Head …
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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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The new West End port of entry, various versions of which were proposed even before Hurricane Irma destroyed the existing structure, will be about 27,000 square feet under the latest …
Recovery and Development Agency CEO Paul Bayly is earning $350,000 per year in compensation, Premier Dr. Orlando Smith revealed during a House of Assembly sitting on Thursday in response to …
Cabinet has approved the hiring of New Zealand native Paul Bayly as the Recovery and Development Agency’s new chief executive officer. As head of the RDA, Mr. Bayly will be …
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Robert Mathavious, the managing director of the Financial Services Commission, will chair the board of the Recovery and Development Agency, according to Premier Dr. Orlando Smith. Mr. Mathavious will be …