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Finance and Business
Economic vaccinations
Thomas C. Famous
In March of 2020, persons in the Caribbean region experienced the last week of life as we knew it.
UK attempting direct rule, control of VI’s political future - Bishop John I. Cline
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Pastor of the New Life Baptist Church in Duff's Bottom, Tortola, Bishop John I. Cline has accused the United Kingdom (UK) of attempting direct rule and imposing policies on the Virgin Islands (VI) and other British OTs under the guise of a ‘global Britain’.
Airbnb & CTO launch campaign to promote tourism to VI
SAN FRANCISCO, California, USA - After almost a year of intermittent travel restrictions, Airbnb, the Caribbean Tourism Organisation (CTO), and [British] Virgin Islands are collaborating to amplify the country's recovery from the impacts of COVID-19 by promoting responsible travel to the destination across Airbnb's vast global community.
UK cronyism? Dog food vendor probably earned £1m for PPE deals- BBC
LONDON, United Kingdom- With the embattled United Kingdom (UK) government of Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson ‘aka ‘Boris’ facing strong allegations of corruption and cronyism, the BBC is reporting that its investigation has unearthed that the owner of a dog food firm brokered Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) deals worth £258m between the government and a Hong Kong firm.
Hon Fahie’s leadership hailed @ UN ECLAC Meeting
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Virgin Islands (VI) Premier and Minister of Finance, Honourable Andrew A. Fahie (R1) has been hailed by the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (UN ECLAC) for his steadfast international leadership on pushing sustainable development.
C'bean tourism arrivals fell by 65.5% in 2020 - CTO
ST MICHEAL, Barbados - Caribbean tourism fell by 65.5 per cent in 2020, according to data from the Caribbean Tourism Organisation (CTO), of which the [British] Virgin Islands is a part.
A caretaker government in a period of crises
Alred C. Frett
Hunting solutions in oceans of problems:
As the world turns in this period of crises and calamities, we seem to exist on hope and promises only to face delusion and confusion along with endless excuses… After Trumpism, Brexit and the peaks of COVID-19, we swore the worst was past only to find aftershock following aftershock and, once friendly nations, becoming frenemies as some Commonwealth countries openly work against one another.
£830m failed UK border system blamed on ‘lack of effective leadership’
LONDON, UK – United Kingdom (UK) Taxpayers are being hit with the "staggering" cost of failed UK border IT projects, despite the country spending at least £830 million on the projects, a spending watchdog has warned.
The Mighty Central Bank
By Dickson C. Igwe
The most powerful institution on earth is the Federal Reserve: here is why. Now, global financial stability from 2008 is owed to the power of Central Banks intervening at times of crises.
'No business received notification it was denied stimulus cheque'- Premier
DUFF'S BOTTOM, Tortola, VI- Amid public complaints from business owners that they have not yet received any COVID-19 assistance from the Government, Premier and Minister of Finance Honourable Andrew A. Fahie (R1) has explained why this may be so.
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