Finance and Business
CCT rallying the public against Domestic Violence
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Domestic Violence Awareness Month may be till October but CCT BVI is not waiting until then to get in the ring to fight Domestic Violence and neither does it intend to go up against the monster alone.
Residents & businesses strongly dispute BVIEC claims of 95% plus restoration
LONG BUSH, Tortola, VI- Earlier this week the BVI Electricity Corporation (BVIEC) claimed in public statements that it had restored some 98% of electricity on Tortola and 95% on Virgin Gorda and Jost van Dyke.
‘Your future, children, & children’s children future about to be mortgaged’- Hon Fraser
SEA COWS BAY, Tortola, VI- “Your future, your children’s future and your children’s children future is about to be mortgaged,” stated Third District Representative Hon Julian Fraser RA as he encouraged residents to attend a public meeting at the Valerie O. Thomas Community Centre in Sea Cows Bay, Tortola, this evening, February 21, 2018.
Service at the Post Office
Donald E. de Castro
“Too old to be intimidated”
We all understand why laws are made and in addition to the laws, regulations and policies are also put in place in conjunction with the laws. However, at times, I, like many of you are at a lost when we encounter situations with many government services that we find difficult to understand.
Residents, Visitors, Immigration, Ports & Customs staff get rainy welcome
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- It was our newsroom that first and accurately reported on the poor and inhumane working conditions for Immigration, Customs and Treasury staff at West End on Tortola, where civil servants are forced to work under an open tent.
11,700 firms in VI own UK properties- BBC analysis
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - As the European countries especially seek to discredit the legitimate financial services industry of the Virgin Islands, often labelling it a 'tax haven', BBC News recently published that it found a quarter of properties in England and Wales are owned by firms registered in the VI.
O’Neal Webster has new Managing Partner, Vanessa King
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- O’Neal Webster is pleased to announce that Vanessa King, corporate, commercial, and trusts and estates attorney, stepped into the managing partner role for the law firm as of February 1, 2018.
Portions of Lee Road on VG remain deplorable
VALLEY, Virgin Gorda, VI- Over the past months, many media articles and social network posts have appeared about the poor roads on Tortola, many with gigantic potholes, pools of muddy water and many vehicles have been stuck in the potholes from East End to West End.
The dangers of short term thinking- Part A
Dickson Igwe
Post the Disasters of September 2017, the Virgin Islands requires long term thinking. The country must establish a long term economic planning model. In other words, a long term vision for these islands must be written in granite.
‘Things being implemented by UK right on top of us’- Hon Fahie
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Ever since the publication of sections of the letter called ‘High Level Framework for UK support to the BVI Hurricane Recovery’ written to the Premier and Minister of Finance, Dr The Honourable D. Orlando Smith (AL), many persons speculated that there was much more going on that residents were not being made aware of.