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DDM partners with US recovery firm
A âresiliency summitâ was held last week on Buck Island as part of a new memorandum of understanding between the Department of Disaster Management and the United States-based emergency management …
Government officials and other stakeholders meet last Thursday during a resiliency summit on Buck Island hosted by the United States-based emergency management firm Aerial Recovery Group, which is headed by real estate developer Britnie Turner, who is seated at centre left in the above photo. (Photo: ZARRIN TASNIM AHMED)
A âresiliency summitâ was held last week on Buck Island as part of a new memorandum of understanding between the Department of Disaster Management and the United States-based emergency management firm Aerial Recovery Group.
Positive test prompts contact tracing
The day after a mourner with Covid-19 attended a Saturday funeral in Sea Cows Bay, health officials asked other attendees to self-isolate and get tested as active cases in the …
Health officials hosted a question-and-answer session aired Monday on Facebook, but they didnât provide details about where a funeral-goer with Covid19 had contracted the disease. (Photo: FACEBOOK)
The day after a mourner with Covid-19 attended a Saturday funeral in Sea Cows Bay, health officials asked other attendees to self-isolate and get tested as active cases in the territory spiked to nine from zero as of the last announced count last Thursday.
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Commission of Inquiry given access to register of interests
Though the commissioner leading the United Kingdomâs corruption inquiry has the powers of a High Court judge when it comes to summoning witnesses and obtaining documents, Attorney General Dawn Smith …
Attorney General Dawn Smith introduced the Register of Interests (Amendment) Act, 2021 in the House of Assembly last Thursday. The law will allow the commission of inquiry to examine records of HOA membersâ financial interests to fulfil its mission to investigate potential corruption in the territory. The bill passed with no dissenting votes. (Screenshot: HOA)
Though the commissioner leading the United Kingdomâs corruption inquiry has the powers of a High Court judge when it comes to summoning witnesses and obtaining documents, Attorney General Dawn Smith said she hopes a bill passed last week in the House of Assembly will help make sure he doesnât need to use those powers.
HOA passes promised suite of e-legislation
A long-promised update to the legislative framework governing how the Virgin Islands conducts business online came through the House of Assembly over the past week as five related bills got …
A long-promised update to the legislative framework governing how the Virgin Islands conducts business online came through the House of Assembly over the past week as five related bills got the thumbs-up from legislators.
After debating the Data Protection Act, 2019 and the Electronic Transfer of Funds Act, 2019 on March 4 and 5, members of the House turned their attention this week to passing three more companion bills they said will establish more efficient, effective systems for government and private services.