Finance and Business
Visitors come to place bets on horses- Lesmore Smith
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Long time horse owner Lesmore Smith has again called for pari-mutuel betting in the Virgin Islands to be made legal.
Contractors storm NDP Caucus meeting; Want Airport Project to stay local!
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI -The issues of the Airport Runway Development Project and who should be awarded the contract, if the airport project moves forward, are still hot topics.
NDP Gov’t forced to reverse tax increase on alcohol
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Entrepreneurs have proven their ability to lobby in fairness for their businesses and consumers alike as they have succeeded in making the ruling National Democratic Party (NDP) Government revoke recently instituted import taxes on alcoholic beverages.
Festival village booth owners counting their losses
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – “We can only say that we did it for the sake of country, despite a lot of us weren’t born here we did it for this country, the British Virgin Islands,” said one businesswoman who was a booth owner at Rita Francis Festiville in Road Town, Tortola.
UPDATE: Paraquita Bay woman wins 2016 Nissan Versa Sedan
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- No one appreciates being disturbed from their rest, especially in the wee hours of the morning, but for Shanique Toney of Paraquita Bay, Tortola she didn’t mind it one bit this morning, August 7, 2016.
Sol Petroleum gives free fuel for a year
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – One lucky customer will get the chance to win FREE FUEL FOR A YEAR from Sol.
YEP students tour TAG’s modern facility
ROAD TOWN Tortola, VI- Tortola Auto Group (TAG), the official Hyundai dealer and the home of Car Quest Auto Parts, hosted close to 20 children from the Youth Empowerment Project (YEP) at the company’s facility at Slaney Point, opposite the Prospect Reef Resort on Wednesday, July 27, 2016.
Donovan wants designers to follow their hearts
WICKHAM'S CAY II, Tortola, VI- Participants from 12 countries, who took part in a one day Insider’s Guide to the World of Fashion and Photography at the Mariner Inn’s Conference room in Wickham's Cay, Tortola on Friday July 15, 2016 as part of the 8th edition of the Summer Sizzle BVI, have been told to step outside the box and follow their calling.
Brexit & the Woman of Steel!
By Dickson Igwe
Now, the real tragedy of Brexit, in this Old Boy’s opinion, is that it diminishes all UK citizens, subjects, and nationals – and that includes Overseas Territory Citizens of Britain, such as Virgin Islanders. It offers British Citizens a future that is hard to envision, and unpredictable. It reduces the opportunities of present and future generations of playing a full role in the world’s largest economic, cultural, and social bloc: The European Union.
Ex UK civil servant Stephen Johnson rakes in over $1M as Airport consultant
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- A former United Kingdom Civil Servant Mr Stephen Johnson, who worked in Her Majesty’s Treasury and had direct dealing with the Virgin Islands, has landed a huge contract with the National Democratic Party (NDP) Government.
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