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Finance and Business

June 9th, 2021
Legislators health insurance tender process halted- Dr the Hon Wheatley

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Acting Premier and Minister for Education, Culture, Youth Affairs, Fisheries and Agriculture Dr The Honourable Natalio D. Wheatley (R7) said the matter of supplemental health insurance coverage for former and current members of the House of Assembly (HoA) is going back to the drawing board and the tender process put on hold.

June 8th, 2021
Exposed! Hon Turnbull not telling truth about private insurance matter- Hon de Castro

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- They say a captain should be the last to jump ship or not save himself if his passengers and crew are not evacuated; however, the architect of the supplemental insurance for current and former legislators, Honourable Melvin M. Turnbull (R2) was the first to jump ship once the waters started to get rough.

June 7th, 2021
Laurel L. Smith Out! Anna A. Rabsatt In! as Accountant General

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Sources in the Public Service Commission (PSC) have advised our news centre that long time civil servant Ms Anna A. Rabsatt will be placed as Acting Accountant General in the coming days while current Acting Accountant General Laurel L. Smith will be reassigned to the Ministry of Finance.

June 7th, 2021
CoI: VI has always been a reactive society - Angelle A. Cameron

BAUGHERS BAY, Tortola, VI - Former Mrs BVI and ‘My BVI’ talk show host, Angelle A. Cameron has called on Virgin Islanders to stop being reactive, and rather, be proactive towards issues affecting the territory.

June 6th, 2021
PWD increases road maintenance & safety works

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Acting Director of the Public Works Department, Mr Jeremy W. Hodge has said that the Public Works Department (PWD) is engaged in heightened road maintenance activities in preparation for the hurricane season and to ensure continued public safety.

June 4th, 2021
Oleanvine Pickering-Maynard confirmed as BVIPA MD

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – The Cabinet of the Virgin Islands (VI) has confirmed the appointment of Ms Oleanvine Pickering-Maynard as the Managing Director of the BVI Ports Authority for the next two years.

June 4th, 2021
USVI Dept of Health awarded $3.1M by CDC to improve COVID-19 response

VI CONSORTIUM

FREDERIKSTED, St Croix, USVI- The US Virgin Islands Department of Health announced this week that it has successfully secured a $3.1 million grant for two years from the Centers for Disease Control Prevention (CDC), whose goal is to address COVID-19 health disparities among underserved and high-risk populations.

June 1st, 2021
VI urges ACS to continue including Associate Members in recovery efforts

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The [British] Virgin Islands (VI) has called for the Associate Members of the Association of Caribbean States (ACS) to continue to be included in the regional organisation’s COVID-19 response and future initiatives aimed at post-pandemic recovery.

May 31st, 2021
Stimulus recipients urged to submit statements on use of funds

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Beneficiaries of economic stimulus financing in the Virgin Islands (VI) are being asked to submit without delay statements on how the funding provided was utilised.

May 30th, 2021
Peter Haycraft OBE 'was an inspiration to us all'- RTW

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- It is with great sadness that the team at Roadtown Wholesale Trading and Riteway learned of the passing of Mr Peter Haycraft OBE on Saturday, May 29, 2021.

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