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Is the VI economy soft & will the upcoming Tourist Season bring relief?
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Many residents of the Virgin Islands along with businesses have complained for the last five months, that the economy is soft and no money is flowing in the country.
C’bean food portions not conducive to health– Hon Vincent O. Wheatley
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Virgin Islands Minister for Health and Social Development, Hon Vincent O. Wheatley (R9) has criticized the Caribbean diet as one that is delicious, yet unhealthy, pointing to the portion sizes as one that is not conducive to good health.
Gov’t tackling waste management on Anegada & VG starting with RFP's
VALLEY, Virgin Gorda, VI– Waste management is being made a focus on the sister islands of Anegada and Virgin Gorda, with a number of Request for Proposals (RFPs) out for waste management and recycling options on the islands.
UPDATE: 4 charged in police operations on Friday; Guns, ammo & cocaine seized
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – The Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) has said police seized two assault rifles, and a significant amount of assorted ammunition, and cocaine during a series of search operations on Friday, October 6, 2023.
VI to host OECS Health Minister Meeting from Oct 9-12, 2023
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - The Virgin Islands will be hosting the 36th OECS/Pooled Procurement Service (PPS) Policy Board Meeting and Ninth OECS Council of Health Ministers where Health Ministers and other health personnel from the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) will participate in the four-day meeting from October 9 to 12, 2023.
Debt is a transfer of wealth
Dickson C. Igwe
Debt is like oxygen. It is everywhere in the world of economics. Debt is currency used to pay for what we want and need. It pays for products that are essential to existence such as hospital care, a roof over the head, or a vehicle in a land with no adequate public transportation. Debt can follow us to the grave if we do not pay off debt at a certain age, leaving our survivors to pay the debt.
UPDATE: VI airports reopen
TRELLIS BAY, Beef Island, VI- Airports in the [British] Virgin Islands closed due to the passage of Tropical Storm Philippe have reopened.
VI Gov’t takes steps toward public debt reform with self-assessment
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - The Government of the Virgin Islands (VI) has undertaken a Debt Management Self-Assessment to evaluate the various processes and institutions currently in place to guide public debt activities as facilitated by the Commonwealth Secretariat’s Debt Management Unit from September 18 to 29, 2023, and spanned the full gamut of government debt management functions.
FCDO Director General confirms UK support for VI's pursuit of infrastructural investments
PASEA ESTATE, Tortola, VI - Following their productive discussion in Road Town in June, the recent high-level meeting between the Virgin Islands Minister of Communications and Works and the FCDO Director General on 14th September 2023 confirmed the support of the United Kingdom for the Virgin Islands in their pursuit of investment for crucial infrastructural projects.
Plans started to transition W&SD into statutory body
BAUGHERS BAY, Tortola, VI - As complaints continue about the poor water distribution across the Virgin Islands (VI), the Government has announced plans to start the transition of the Water and Sewerage Department into a statutory body.
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