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Finance and Business
Rebel NDP Backbenchers hold their own public meetings
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- In the Westminster form of Government, one of the principles that hold it together is party discipline.
Tortola Pier Park reopens for business
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Despite some businesses not being ready to officially open its doors on November 1, 2017 due to damages sustained during the passage of Category 5 Hurricane Irma as well as the looting that occurred days after, the Tortola Pier Park (TPP) partially opened its gates to the public and visitors.
Willock warns against borrowing from IMF & World Bank
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The National Democratic Party (NDP) Government has been warned against approaching the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank for funding to aid the Territory in its recovery efforts following the devastation of Category 5 Hurricane Irma on September 6, 2017.
UPDATE: VI now eligible for UK Official Development Aid
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The territory can breathe some sigh of relief as the [British] Virgin Islands and other UK territories will now be eligible for Official Development Aid (ODA).
Lorna G. Smith’s Financial Services industry layoff proposal raises eyebrows
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Within the last twenty four hours many in the Financial Services Industry have forwarded to our newsroom an Email, dated October 30, 2017 from Mrs Lorna G. Smith OBE, the interim Executive Director of BVI Finance.
No food security anytime soon; Greenhouses destroyed
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- When doing a drive through the Government's Paraquita Bay farmlands, one cannot escape the air filled with the stench of decaying animals or in some areas the sight of rotting carcasses, some as a result of hurricanes Irma and Maria a month ago.
The Post Disaster Economy
Dickson Igwe
The following story is part of a series of narratives: “A STORY OF DISASTER: HURRICANE IRMA AND THE VIRGIN ISLANDS.” Hurricane Irma, a monster Hurricane, struck the Virgin Islands on September 6, 2017. Irma was the strongest hurricane to have visited the Caribbean in recorded history.
NDP 'hurting for money; Economy on verge of collapse'- Hon O'Neal (R9)
VALLEY, Virgin Gorda, VI- In what many described as a bomb shell revelation, information the public, many backbenchers, the Opposition in the House of Assembly (HoA), civil society and the media have been saying for many months, even before hurricanes Irma and Maria, the National Democratic Party (NDP) Government has left the country broke.
'No more fool talk': VG residents blast 9th District Rep @ public meeting
VALLEY, Virgin Gorda, VI- Attempting to cast blame on Governor Augustus J. U. Jaspert for not putting a system in place to prevent price gouging following Hurricane Irma, residents of Virgin Gorda would have none of it and blasted their representative Dr The Honourable Hubert O’Neal (R9) and the National Democratic Party Government, saying they do not have the political will to put consumer protection legislation in place.
New Ltd Partnership Act 2017; Another VI investment tool
DUFF'S BOTTOM, Tortola, VI- The post hurricanes Irma and Maria House of Assembly (HoA) meeting was held on Thursday October 5, 2017 at the home of the Hon Julian Fraser Save the Seed National Basketball League gymnasium, the Save the Seed Energy Centre in Duff's Bottom, Tortola.
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