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Finance and Business
ADRA & P3 Paper Plastic Products provide supplies for schools
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- With many schools lacking basic supplies, in addition to being in uncomfortable spaces, including tents, the help of community-minded citizens in anyway possible can go a long way.
The Recovery Agency is to prevent 'corruption'- Dr Kedrick D. Pickering
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The popular radio show ‘Honestly Speaking with Claude O. Skelton-Cline’ continues to attract some of the biggest movers and shakers in the Virgin Islands, with the guests on the ZBVI 780 AM programme yesterday, March 20, 2018 being Deputy Premier and Minister for Natural Resources and Labour, Dr The Honourable Kedrick D. Pickering (R7) and Deputy Governor, Mr David D. Archer, who made a brief appearance.
'Be patient with persons & not disconnect them' - Hon Vanterpool to BVIEC
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – As the territory’s electricity infrastructure is being restored, a number of residents have reported receiving "high" utility bills for the months they were without power following the hurricanes of September 2017.
Foxy’s Bar turns 50; ‘The man above is good to me’- Philiciano O. Callwood
LITTLE HARBOUR, Jost van Dyke, VI- One cannot separate the popularity of the sister island of Jost van Dyke from its famous son of the soil Mr Philiciano O. Callwood MBE aka ‘Foxy’.
Scrub Island Resort reopens; Little Dix Bay Resort closed until 2019!
VALLEY, Virgin Gorda, VI- Hurricanes Irma and Maria had a devastating impact on the tourism industry, including damaging some of the major resorts across the Territory.
‘We will voice numerous concerns about Agency’- Hon Christopher
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- It is no secret that, like the public at large, the Backbenchers of the National Democratic Party (NDP) Government have major concerns about the Recovery and Development Agency that will be put in place by law to manage loans received for the Territory’s recovery and development following the devastating hurricanes of September 2017.
'UK assistance was woefully inadequate' - Claude O. Skelton-Cline
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Former Managing Director of the BVI Ports Authority (BVIPA) and social commentator, Mr Claude O. Skelton-Cline, believes the United Kingdom's (UK) assistance was not adequate enough post hurricanes Irma and Maria, adding that the majority of the assistance went into the security of the territory.
‘I thought my district was catching hell'- Hon Julian Fraser RA
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - During the Second Sitting of the Third Session of the Third House of Assembly (HoA) of the Virgin Islands on Monday March 19, 2018, Honourable Julian Fraser RA, Third District Representative, lashed out at the Premier and Minister of Finance, Dr The Honourable D. Orlando Smith (AL), for not allocating money to fix roads, especially the road in the Eighth District where visitors have to traverse.
Money talks! NDP Gov’t presents hour long $299,526,366 Budget for 2018
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- In an hour long presentation, littered with the usual rhetoric and promises that often never see the light of day, Premier and Minister of Finance Dr The Honourable D. Orlando Smith (AL) presented a $299.5M Budget in the House of Assembly today, March 19, 2018.
No Disney cruise ships to VI until after June 2018!
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- It was on December 4, 2017 that Disney Cruise Line announced to its booked customers that they will be returning to the Eastern Caribbean, but will skip calls to the [British] Virgin Islands, a story first reported by this news site.
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