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Finance and Business
This Week We Feature Young Professional Malique R. Fleming
By Ron O. D'Avilar
Millennials are multitasking pros and 21-year-old Malique R. Fleming is no different. He is an Accounts Payable and Duties Analyst Officer at a local courier company. Malique also shines as an entrepreneur and the owner of his very own brokerage company, MFS Brokerage Services.
VI meets September deadline to submit 'Plan of Action' to UK- Premier Fahie
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - With the United Kingdom (UK) Government agreeing to address Virgin Islands (VI) concerns over the stipulations of the £300M loan guarantee for recovery and development, Premier and Minister of Finance, Hon Andrew A. Fahie (R1) has indicated that the territory has met the September deadline to present its plan of action to the UK on the way forward.
Late payments for some Public Officers
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Some Public Servants in the Virgin Islands (VI) have not been paid at the end of September 2019, as a result of upgrades to the enterprise and accounting software being utilised by the government.
USVI airports get over $2.5M in US Gov’t funding
WASHINGTON DC, USA – While the [British] Virgin Islands has to find its own funding for airport development, the US Virgin Islands (USVI) will be benefiting from over two million dollars ($2M) in funding for two of its airports.
Breached ‘hope & trust’ were reasons for leaving NDP- Skelton-Cline
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – ZBVI 780am ‘Honestly Speaking’ radio show host Mr Claude O. Skelton-Cline in taking some credit for the Virgin Islands Party (VIP) 2019 elections win, said it was due to breached ‘hope and trust’ exhibited by the National Democratic Party (NDP) that caused him to shift gears and throw his support behind Honourable Andrew A. Fahie (R1).
Greta Thunberg & the best way forward for mankind
By Dickson C. Igwe
Unregulated capitalism and US Isolationism, are destroying mankind. One family owning more wealth than hundreds of millions of people is no longer environmentally or socially sustainable in a world headed for climate change precipice.
Public schools closed; Staggered closure to Public Service today
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Based on information from the 11:00pm weather update on September 23, 2019, Government is advising that only workers from essential services and critical government departments including Information Technology, waste management, public works and social care providers report for work on Tuesday, September 24, 2019.
‘Stop the PR, move on with nation building’ – Hon Marlon A. Penn
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Those in opposition of the Virgin Islands Party (VIP) led government have alleged that the first six months of the present administration has been based mainly on public relations and have called on government to move on to nation building.
Gov't facing loss with £300M UK loan guarantee- Ray A. George
BAUGHERS BAY, Tortola, VI - Former BVI Ports Authority (BVIPA) Director, Mr Ray A. George says if the National Democratic Party (NDP) government had taken up the £300M UK Loan Guarantee offer when it was first made, the territory would be in receipt of more funds given the offer was made in Pound Sterling and not in USD.
VI Rotary to wire some $100K to hurricane ravaged Bahamas today
FORT BURT MARINA, Tortola, VI- Thanks to the initiative of the Rotary clubs in the Virgin Islands and the generosity of residents and businesses, some $160,000 has been raised via a telethon held at Maria’s by the Sea on September 10, 2019, just over a week after Hurricane Dorian ravaged parts of the Bahamas.
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