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Finance and Business
SCB career civil servant Kishma P. Forbes achieves life-long business dream
SEA COWS BAY, Tortola, VI – Sea Cows Bay resident Ms Kishma P. Forbes has used her 23 years of civil service experience to hone her skills as an entrepreneur and has founded Virgin Islands School and Office Supplies (VISOS).
PAID ARTICLE: How to manage your finances during times of emergency
By Banco Popular
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- During the coronavirus pandemic we cannot let our guard down in terms of safeguarding our physical, emotional, and financial health.
Hon Rymer boldly promises to be minister to fix EE/LL sewerage woes
EAST END, Tortola, VI- Many governments and many Works Ministers have come and gone without being able to fix the long-standing sewerage issue plaguing the East End/Long Look community; however, first-term legislator and Minister for Transportation, Works and Utilities, Honourable Kye M. Rymer (R5) has boldly promised to be the minister to finally bring relief to the affected communities.
Premier Fahie leads UN ECLAC discussions on COVID-19 recovery
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Premier and Minister of Finance of the Virgin Islands, Honourable Andrew A. Fahie (R1), chaired a High-Level Panel on ‘Challenges for Caribbean to Building Back Better from COVID-19’ at the virtually held 38th Session of the United Nations (UN) Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), October 26-28, 2020.
Ad Hoc Virgin Islands Economic Advisory Council established
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- As part of the Government of The Virgin Islands’ plans to achieve its vision to be a leading economy through entrepreneurship, innovation, foreign and local investment by 2025, Premier and Minister of Finance Honourable Andrew A. Fahie (R1), in consultation with members of his Cabinet, has made a decision to establish an ad hoc Economic Advisory Council to the Premier (EAC).
‘Saving my life while killing my business is not saving my life’- Bishop John I. Cline
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Outspoken Pastor of the New Life Baptist Church (NLBC), Bishop John I. Cline has called on the Fahie administration to pay more attention to the private sector, particularly the hospitality sector when drafting COVID-19 policies.
The BREXIT horror hovering about the UK
By Dickson C. Igwe
Ok. This Old Boy, to the consternation of his army of critics, never believed Brexit was a good idea. He understood that in a world where regions were integrating and where the two main superpowers- China and the USA- were increasingly bellicose, staying within a united Europe offered the type of protection one obtains living in a well-fortified castle in a vast, terrifying, and violent forest.
Opposition admits to having no documented plan for tourism reopening
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Although the Virgin Islands Opposition has been loud with criticisms of the Honourable Andrew A. Fahie administration regarding the tourism protocols, calling them onerous, stringent and impractical, Opposition Legislator Hon Melvin M. Turnbull (R2) has admitted that the Opposition does not have a documented plan of its own.
Reopening the borders of the VI- A different perspective
Kenneth G. Gladstone
My beloved Brothers and Sisters, sincere greetings.
The current administration under Premier, the Honourable Andrew A. Fahie (R1), has done a phenomenal job of containing COVID-19 to achieving a zero-infection rate in the Virgin Islands (VI). This proves that the aggressive containment strategy employed by the current administration is indeed calculated, and the only thing necessary at this point is to continue enforcing this functional system to maintain the current results.
Opposition Leader slams Gov't’s reopening protocols as ‘impractical’
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Opposition Leader Honourable Marlon A. Penn (R8) has labelled the recently released protocols for reopening of the Virgin Islands to tourists as impractical.
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