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USVI shopping day trip ‘days are gone’ – Premier Fahie
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Premier and Minister of Finance, Hon Andrew A. Fahie (R1) has said the days of shopping day trips to the US Virgin Islands (USVI) are over for the people of the Virgin Islands (VI), given the risks of COVID-19.
4-day mandatory quarantine part of new travel protocols – Hon Malone
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Minister for Health and Social Development Honourable Carvin Malone (AL) has revealed that after listening to the people regarding the tourism protocols, including stakeholders in the tourism industry and medical experts, the Government of the Virgin Islands went back to the proverbial drawing board to hammer out a more amicable and practical plan.
VI Gov't reduces cost of travel app, bracelet & COVID-19 tests to $175 total
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Ahead of the December 1, 2020 reopening of the territory's borders and after consultations with stakeholders and medical experts, the Government of the Virgin Islands (VI) has announced major reductions in associated costs for travellers to the VI to meet the requirements implemented as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
VI economy has ‘fared well’ despite COVID-19 challenges – Premier Fahie
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Ahead of the National Budget Address on Thursday, November 12, 2020, Premier and Minister of Finance, Hon Andrew A. Fahie (R1) said the territory has fared well despite the challenges that came as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.
Spend all you can to protect VI’s borders - Skelton-Cline urges Fahie Gov’t
BAUGHERS BAY, Tortola, VI – Outspoken radio moderator and government consultant, Mr Claude O. Skelton-Cline has urged the Fahie Administration to do all they can to protect the VI’s porous borders when the territory fully re-opens.
Employers now have until Jan 31, 2021 to pay severance
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Employers in the Virgin Islands who have been unable to keep their workers employed due to the COVID-19 pandemic now have until January 31, 2021, to pay severance if no work is still available.
COVID-19 helped plan legislation with new perspective– Premier Fahie
DUFF’S BOTTOM, Tortola, VI – Premier and Minister of Finance, Hon Andrew A. Fahie (R1) said the Government’s new legislative agenda as laid out in the 2020 Speech from the Throne, was planned with COVID-19 in focus and a new perspective brought about by the pandemic.
The post pandemic economy Part 1
By Dickson C. Igwe
Climate change and unsustainable capitalism have pushed the globe close to the abyss.
Circa November 6, 2020, and Vice President Joe Biden has moved ahead in Pennsylvania and Georgia: the Democrats’ Blue Wall may have placed Joe Biden in the White House thanks to Black US Citizens who came out in huge numbers to vote for Biden despite Republican Party attempts to suppress the black vote.
Hon Penn hammers Throne Speech as lacking real economic support
DUFF’S BOTTOM, Tortola, VI – Opposition Leader, Hon Marlon A. Penn (R8) has criticised the Government’s Speech from the Throne delivered by Governor Augustus J.U. Jaspert on November 5, 2020, as one lacking an action plan and real economic support for the people.
Strengthening trade & economy, tackling COVID-19 top Gov't's legislative agenda
DUFF’S BOTTOM, Tortola, VI – Under the theme, ‘Driving BVI Innovation Through Legislation’, outgoing Governor of the Virgin Islands, H.E Augustus J.U. Jaspert delivered the highly anticipated Speech from the Throne during today’s November 5, 2020, First Sitting of the Third Session of the Fourth House of Assembly.
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