Committee on Government Operations & Consumer Protection

REVISED II

The Committee on Government Operations & Consumer Protection has scheduled a meeting to receive testimony and consider Bills.

BLOCK I                                                                                                           9:30 AM – 10:30 AM

Bill No. 34-0146      An Act acknowledging and commemorating the memory of Mary Thomas, Axeline Salomon, Mathilde McBean, Susanna Abramson, and other estate laborers before, during, and after the Labor Uprising of 1878 or “Fireburn” and their courageous pursuit of human rights, freedom from serfdom variant, and improvement of labor conditions in the former Danish West Indies, and condemning the excessive, cruel, and unjust punishment meted out to the laborers by the Danish Government.

Invited Testifiers:

Mr. Edward Browne, M.D., Resident

Myron Jackson, Former Senator, Legislature of the Virgin Islands

Ms. Stephanie Chalana Brown, Director, Division of Virgins Cultural Education

Ms. Chenzira Davis-Kahina, Ph. D., Director, V.I. Caribbean Cultural Center

BLOCK II                                                                                                                  10:30 AM – 12:00 PM

The Committee will receive testimony on the Virgin Islands Bureau of Economic Research operations but not limited to the enabling law and jurisdiction.

Invited Testifier:

Ms. Allison DeGazon, Ph. D., Director V.I. Bureau of Economic Research

LUNCH                                                                                                           12:00 PM – 1:00 PM

BLOCK III                                                                                                           1:00 PM – 3:00 PM

Bill No. 34-0150      An Act honoring and commending former Governor John Percy de Jongh, Jr. for his significant service and contributions to the people of the Virgin Islands, and for his tireless efforts to help expand and grow economy of the Virgin Islands and naming the walkway and improvements adjacent to the Veterans Drive Highway on the island of St. Thomas the “John de Jongh, Jr. Promenade”.

Invited Testifiers:

Roosevelt St. C. David, Former Senator, Legislature of the Virgin Islands

Mr. Carlton Dowe, Executive Director, V.I. Port Authority

Mr. Darryl Smalls, Former Commissioner Department of Public Works

Mr. Louis Penn, Former Chief of Staff, Government House

Ms. Barbara Petersen, Former Administrator, St. Thomas/Water Island

Mr. Angel Dawson, Former Commissioner, Department of Finance

Honorable Jean-Pierre L. Oriol, Commissioner, Department of Planning and Natural Resources

Mr. Percy Clouden, Former CEO, Economic Development Authority

Reverend Lenroy Cabey, Resident

Ms. Kanta Vasandmalani, President, Rotary Club of St. Thomas

 BLOCK IV                                                                                                           3:00 PM – 4:30 PM

The Committee will receive testimony on the West Indian Company Limited (WICO) operations but not limited to the enabling law and jurisdiction.

Invited Testifier:

Mr. Anthony Ottley, President/CEO West Indian Company Limited