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St Vincent, Caribbean
CID
Caribbean is a Tvind DNS college opened in late 2001. The building
is on the same site as a former Tvind school for teenagers, closed down
by the St Vincent government 15 years ago.
This is a surprise since Tvind was expelled from St Vincent in 1985 after the government there objected to its acquisition of an enormous estate, Orange Hill. See below and article in the Vincentian. What has changed?
The then Prime Minister, John Mitchell, spoke of fears of 'another Jonestown'. Tvind later tried to sue the St Vincent authorities for $14m compensation.
An 8,500 acre estate acquired in March 1985 for $2.1 million by a Teachers Group company, Windward Properties Ltd., but later compulsorily bought back by the St Vincent government.
The land was first bought by the Teachers Group in the teeth of public opposition and against the will of the then government of St Vincent. The Orange Hill estate was about ten per cent of St Vincent's cultivated land and Tvind caused huge controversy among Vincentians, upset at the prospect of it falling into foreign ownership - which is supposed to be prevented under St Vincent law.
None of the signatories to the original land deal came from St Vincent. The Teachers Group exploited a loophole in St Vincent law by creating four companies, Rose Cottage Limited, Denver Portland Limited, Blue Ridge Limited and ZBF Limited, using local signatories.
Subsequently Tvind tried to sue the St Vincent government for a reported $14m compensation for loss of the land.
See: Article in the
Vincentian, 29th March 1985 - Orange Hill Sale, How it was
Negotiated. 
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CID
Caribbean is a Tvind DNS college opened in late 2001. The building
is on the same site as a former Tvind school for teenagers, closed down
by the St Vincent government 15 years ago.
This is a surprise since Tvind was expelled from St Vincent in 1985 after the government there objected to its acquisition of an enormous estate, Orange Hill. See below and article in the Vincentian. What has changed?
The then Prime Minister, John Mitchell, spoke of fears of 'another Jonestown'. Tvind later tried to sue the St Vincent authorities for $14m compensation.
An 8,500 acre estate acquired in March 1985 for $2.1 million by a Teachers Group company, Windward Properties Ltd., but later compulsorily bought back by the St Vincent government.
The land was first bought by the Teachers Group in the teeth of public opposition and against the will of the then government of St Vincent. The Orange Hill estate was about ten per cent of St Vincent's cultivated land and Tvind caused huge controversy among Vincentians, upset at the prospect of it falling into foreign ownership - which is supposed to be prevented under St Vincent law.
None of the signatories to the original land deal came from St Vincent. The Teachers Group exploited a loophole in St Vincent law by creating four companies, Rose Cottage Limited, Denver Portland Limited, Blue Ridge Limited and ZBF Limited, using local signatories.
Subsequently Tvind tried to sue the St Vincent government for a reported $14m compensation for loss of the land.
See: Article in the
Vincentian, 29th March 1985 - Orange Hill Sale, How it was
Negotiated. go
An 8,500 acre estate acquired in March 1985 for $2.1 million by a Teachers Group company, Windward Properties Ltd., but later compulsorily bought back by the St Vincent government.
The land was first bought by the Teachers Group in the teeth of public opposition and against the will of the then government of St Vincent. The Orange Hill estate was about ten per cent of St Vincent's cultivated land and Tvind caused huge controversy among Vincentians, upset at the prospect of it falling into foreign ownership - which is supposed to be prevented under St Vincent law.
None of the signatories to the original land deal came from St Vincent. The Teachers Group exploited a loophole in St Vincent law by creating four companies, Rose Cottage Limited, Denver Portland Limited, Blue Ridge Limited and ZBF Limited, using local signatories.
Subsequently Tvind tried to sue the St Vincent government for a reported $14m compensation for loss of the land.
See: Article in the
Vincentian, 29th March 1985 - Orange Hill Sale, How it was
Negotiated. go
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