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Finance and Business
Agriculture & Fisheries Marketing Authority Bill being drafted – Dr the Hon Wheatley
DUFF'S BOTTOM, Tortola, VI- The final drafting of the Agriculture and Fisheries Marketing Authority Bill is underway.
Pay employees their severance! - Labour Minister urges businesses
DUFF'S BOTTOM, Tortola, VI – Employers have been directed to pay severance to persons who have would have been laid off as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, as the layoff extension period for both employees and employers officially ended on February 28, 2021.
‘Next gold mine’ for VI economy will depend on effective internet - Premier Fahie
DUFF'S BOTTOM, Tortola, VI - Premier and Minister of Finance, Hon Andrew A. Fahie (R1) has pointed to the internet as the next new frontier for the territory’s economic growth and this he says has warranted the need for electronic legislations.
EU parliament shelves vote on Brexit deal after UK PM ‘violates’ agreement
LONDON, UK- The Virgin Islands and other Overseas Territories are not the only ones who have found they are unable to trust the United Kingdom (UK) government of Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson ‘aka ‘Boris’.
Electronic Transfer of Funds Act 2021 passes in HoA
DUFFS BOTTOM, Tortola, VI – The Electronic Transfer of Funds Act 2021 is now the latest anti-money laundering and e-business legislation to be passed in the Virgin Islands (VI) House of Assembly (HoA).
‘Is UK morally superior to the people of the VI?’– Dr Wheatley asks
DUFF'S BOTTOM, Tortola, VI – While questioning the moral authority of the United Kingdom (UK) to call a Commission of Inquiry on the Virgin Islands (VI), Deputy Premier and Minister for Education, Culture, Youth Affairs, Fisheries and Agriculture, Dr the Hon Natalio D. Wheatley (R7) said he does not fear a transparent Inquiry.
Johnson resisting CoI into UK’s ‘disastrous & corrupt’ COVID-19 crisis
LONDON, United Kingdom – With the fifth highest death toll and COVID-19 infection rates in the world, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (UK) Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson ‘aka ‘Boris’ has so far resisted calls for an immediate inquiry into his Government’s disastrous handling of the pandemic.
UK PM caught lying about publishing COVID contracts!
LONDON, United Kingdom- While some have become conditioned to view the United Kingdom (UK) as the moral compass for its Overseas Territories (OTs), the UK Government of Prime Minister Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson ‘aka ‘Boris’ is not only facing allegations of corruption and cronyism, but PM Johnson has been found lying to Members of Parliament about the publication of COVID-19 contracts.
Disgruntled Pier Park tenants allegedly seeking meeting with Premier
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Amidst allegation that some Cyril B. Romney Tortola Pier Park (CBRTPP) tenants are planning to meet with Premier Hon Andrew A. Fahie (R1) to share concerns about the facility, the Pier Park’s CEO, Vance M. Lewis has fired out with a number of claims.
Delay to seaports reopening another ‘blow to already fragile situation’- BVICCHA
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Calling itself the “proactive voice of business”, the BVI Chamber of Commerce and Hotel Association (BVICCHA) has lamented that there has been another delay to the reopening of the seaports in the Virgin Islands to international operations.
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