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Finance and Business

August 9th, 2022
7 of 19 firms qualify to construct clean energy system in Paraquita Bay

PARAQUITA BAY, Tortola, VI- The BVI Electricity Corporation (BVIEC) has announced that 7 firms have qualified to construct a clean energy system in Paraquita Bay.

August 6th, 2022
PAID AD: Mac’s Restaurant Ltd turns 10

WICKHAM'S CAY 1, Tortola, VI- Mac’s Restaurant Ltd is a full-service restaurant, bakeshop and catering service located in Building 16 at the Cyril B. Romney Tortola Pier Park on the beautiful island of Tortola in the Virgin Islands.

August 5th, 2022
Regional carrier LIAT 1974 to be liquidated

ST JOHN’S, Antigua- LIAT (1974) Ltd will be liquidated, its major shareholders decided at a meeting held on Tuesday, August 2, 2022, to determine the future of the iconic regional carrier.

August 3rd, 2022
It’s time to stop blaming Andrew

Alred C. Frett

The Elusive Emancipation

Year after year we held Emancipation Celebrations until the ‘God of Nature and Laws of Balance’ had enough of the hypocrisy and stopped it through Floods and Pandemic… Still, we have not improved or seemed not to reasoned that these celebrations have degenerated into events of greed, self-interest and commercialism, rather than respect for the liberation of a proud People who had been so brutally sold into bondage.

July 29th, 2022
'Legal actions' needed for 50% remittance tax cut to take effect- Financial Secretary

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Persons sending monies out of the Virgin Islands (VI) via Western Union and Moneygram will notice that they are still paying a 7% tax on transactions, despite Government announcing it is slashing the fee by 50%.

July 28th, 2022
TRC announces Scavenger Hunt winners

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The Telecommunications Regulatory Commission (TRC) launched this year’s World Telecommunication and Information Society Day (“WTISD”) celebration under the theme:- “Bridging the Generational Divide.”

July 28th, 2022
One Mart Supermarket in East End opens today

FAT HOGS BAY, Tortola, VI- ‘The People’s Store’ One Mart Supermarket will open its East End location at 5:00pm today, July 28, 2022, nearly two years after it broke grounds to construct the 30,000 square foot shopping centre in Fat Hogs Bay, Tortola.

July 26th, 2022
Former Premier’s price gouging task force ‘never really functioned’- Dr Wheatley

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI– Virgin Islands (VI) Premier and Minister of Finance, Dr the Hon Natalio D. Wheatley (R7) has indicated that a task force set up by ex-Premier, Hon Andrew A. Fahie (R1) to address price gouging in the VI has never functioned.

July 26th, 2022
Gov’t in discussions on lowering soaring electricity costs- Premier Wheatley

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI– With residents and businesses alike continuing to groan over the drastic increases in their electricity bills, Premier and Minister of Finance, Dr the Hon Natalio D. Wheatley (R7) says his government remains in talks on the possibility of lowering the cost of electricity for consumers.

July 25th, 2022
Gov’t to take up ‘something like a loan’ for infrastructure works- Premier Wheatley

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI– Virgin Islands Premier and Minister of Finance, Dr the Hon Natalio D. Wheatley (R7) says his coalition government is looking to take up ‘something like a loan’ for more infrastructural works in the Virgin Islands (VI).

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