Finance and Business
VI’s seaports to reopen for international travellers on January 21, 2021
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- While describing the decision to defer the reopening of the Territory’s seaports to January 21, 2021, as hard, Premier and Minister of Finance, Honourable Andrew A. Fahie (R1) said the decision was necessary in the face of the gaps that are being experienced at the Terrance B. Lettsome International Airport (TBLIA) on Beef Island.
Puerto Rico to lockdown on Sundays, close marinas for holidays
VI CONSORTIUM
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Puerto Rico’s governor on Thursday, December 3, 2020, announced stricter measures to fight COVID-19, including a lockdown on Sundays and the closure of all marinas as the US territory grapples with an increase in cases and deaths.
UN removes cannabis from ‘most dangerous drugs’ category
VIENNA, Austria - The UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) on December 2, 2020, has voted to remove cannabis from being classified as one of the most dangerous drugs.
Is a big debt crash on the horizon? - Part B
By Dickson C. Igwe
The world is over 250 Trillion Dollars in debt: public plus private. Is that vast debt sustainable? Is this debt a bubble about to burst?
This Week We Feature Young Professional Alli-anna C.D. Davis
By Ron O. D’Avilar
Seventeen-year-old Alli-Anna C.D. Davis is the proprietor of AD Delicate Designs, a producer of self-made care packages filled with personal care items and keepsakes.
Premier blasts Governor for ‘reckless’ statements on ‘purely allegations’
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The Controversial outgoing unelected Governor Augustus J. U. Jaspert is again making the headlines for careless and insensitive public utterances.
Governor refuses to give details on hold-up of Marijuana Bill
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Controversial outgoing Governor of the Virgin Islands, Mr Augustus J.U. Jaspert aka 'Gus' has blamed bureaucracy for the hold up of bills not yet assented, while dodging questions on the exact reasons for his refusal to make the Cannabis Licensing Act, 2020, into law.
190 persons arrived in VI on Dec 1 & 2 – Premier Fahie
BEEF ISLAND, VI– Some 190 persons have arrived in the territoryon the first two days since the Virgin Islands (VI) re-opened its borders to international visitors, Premier and Minister of Finance, Hon Andrew A. Fahie (R1) announced today, December 3, 2020.
New ‘innovative’ Rotary club being formed in VI
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The old saying ‘many hands make light work’ can be appropriately attributed to the news that a new Rotary club is being formed in the Virgin Islands.
$6.4M Immigration Border Management System now operational– Ian B. Penn
BAUGHERS BAY, Tortola, VI- Chief Immigration Officer Mr Ian B. Penn has announced that the $6.4M Immigration Border Management and eVisa System is finally operational at Terrance B. Lettsome International Airport.
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