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October 13th, 2021
USVI Gov't renews no-bid $70K contract for AG's daughter

VI CONSORTIUM

FREDERIKSTED, St Croix, USVI- The government of the US Virgin Islands (USVI) has renewed for another year a $70,000 no-bid contract for Kmisha Victoria Counts, the daughter of USVI Attorney General Denise George, to "represent the USVI as a tourism destination and to increase tourism and travel to the territory from various target market regions in the Continental United States."

October 13th, 2021
Premier questions if blatant UK corruption is benchmark for VI’s good governance

WICKHAM’S CAY II, Tortola, VI- Virgin Islands (VI) Premier and Minister of Finance, Hon Andrew A. Fahie (R1) has called out the blatant corruption in the United Kingdom’s management of its COVID-19 pandemic and asked whether that is the benchmark the Virgin Islands (VI) should follow for good governance.

October 13th, 2021
Cruise tourism restart: VI welcomes first cruise ship today!

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- At 9:00 am, today, October 13, 2021, the Virgin Islands is expected to welcome Seabourn Odyssey with a total of 462 guests, according to the Virgin Islands Ports Authority’s website, representing the first cruise ship with passengers to grace the territory’s shores in months.

October 12th, 2021
Rosewood Little Dix Bay recognised as top resort in Caribbean

VALLEY, Virgin Gorda, VI- Ahead of the start of the tourist season in the Virgin Islands, Rosewood Little Dix Bay has again been recognised as a top resort in the Caribbean, adding to its already received stellar accolades earlier this year.

October 12th, 2021
CoI: UK lawyer calls out hypocrisy of UK regarding governance in VI

WICKHAM'S CAY II, Tortola, VI- With many already questioning the motive of the one-sided Commission of Inquiry (CoI) into Governance in the Virgin Islands, United Kingdom lawyer Sir Charles Geoffrey Cox QC, who is representing Government Ministers and the Attorney General before the CoI, has again raised suspicion about the reason the CoI was called and the fact that Governors for the past three to four decades did nothing about Cabinet decisions that the CoI is now taking issues with.

October 9th, 2021
VI confirms 176 cruise calls @ 2021 Seatrade Cruise Global– Hon deCastro

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Junior Minister for Tourism, Hon Sharie B. deCastro (AL) has announced that the Virgin Islands (VI) has confirmed a total of 176 Cruise calls at the recent 2021 Seatrade Cruise Global in Miami, Florida.

October 8th, 2021
‘Every community will benefit’ from Gov’ts rebooted tourism plan- Premier Fahie

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Virgin Islands’ Premier and Minister of Finance, Hon Andrew A. Fahie (R1) has indicated that with the Government’s new tourism plan to be administered in the COVID-19 era, communities across the VI will see economic benefits.

October 8th, 2021
Glenroy A. Forbes In! Ian S. Smith Out! as SSB chairman

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- One month after Ian S. Smith's appointment came to an end, former Financial Secretary Glenroy A. Forbes has been named Chairman of the Virgin Islands Social Security Board (SSB).

October 7th, 2021
Skelton-Cline reiterates calls for ‘national conversation’ on VI’s future

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Radio talk show host, Claude O. Skelton-Cline has reiterated calls for a national conversation on leadership and the future of the Virgin Islands (VI) as a territory under the United Kingdom (UK).

October 6th, 2021
PMI Group Inc. announces launch of new office

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - On Saturday, October 2, 2021, PMI Group, Inc. (the “Firm” or “PMI”), celebrated in grand style the launch of its new offices in Suite 1, Third Floor of the Omar Hodge Building located in Wickham’s Cay I, Road Town, Tortola, British Virgin Islands.

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