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Barber & Beauty shops remain restricted businesses
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Local beauty and barber shops remain closed according to law, even as Premier and Minister of Finance, Hon Andrew A. Fahie (R1) had promised to open those categories of businesses as part of the soft COVID-19 internal reboot of the Virgin Islands (VI) economy that kicked off on April 27, 2020.
3 contracts in 5 days! ‘Time VG got attention’- Premier Fahie
NORTH SOUND, Virgin Gorda, VI- Premier and Minister of Finance Honourable Andrew A. Fahie (R1) has addressed critics who are not pleased that Virgin Gorda has- in a matter of days- received three major contracts, that the time is ripe for the sister island to gain the attention it deserves.
7:00pm to 6:00am curfew from Sunday, May 10, 2020- Premier Fahie
NORTH SOUND, Virgin Gorda, VI- Premier and Minister of Finance, Honourable Andrew A. Fahie (R1) has announced that the territory-wide curfew will be lifted for seven more hours, starting Sunday, May 10, 2020, for a two-week timeframe.
UK had 'no intention' to offer grants or funding to VI- Skelton-Cline
BAUGHERS BAY, Tortola, VI - Even as the United Kingdom (UK) expects British Overseas Territories (OTs) to use their own finances to manage their COVID-19 fight, according to British Member of Parliament Wendy Morton, the conditions of the Protocols for Effective Financial Management (PFEFM) still remain in place in the Virgin Islands, effectively tying the hands of the Government from accessing necessary funding.
OTs should 'make full use of their finances' to fight COVID-19 - British MP
LONDON, United Kingdon - According to a British parliamentarian, the United Kingdom (UK) Government is expecting British Overseas Territories (OTs) to utilise their own financial resources to fight COVID-19, just as the UK is doing in their fight.
Premier Fahie shares VI’s COVID-19 struggles @ Caribbean Finance Ministers Meeting
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Premier and Minister of Finance, Honourable Andrew A. Fahie (R1), has told Caribbean Heads of Government and Ministers of Finance that COVID-19 is placing significant pressure on the Virgin Islands economy as the Territory combats the spread of the coronavirus.
HoA will receive audit report 'in shortest possible time'- Premier Fahie
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Premier Andrew A. Fahie (R1) said he will now do all in his power to deliver the BVI Airways audit report to the House of Assembly (HoA) in the shortest time, after accusing the Governor, H.E. Augustus J. U Jaspert of slothfulness in delivering the report to Cabinet more than two months after its receipt from the Auditor General.
Wearing of masks to become law ‘very soon’- Premier Fahie
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The wearing of a mask in this COVID-19 era will be more than a ‘new regular’ in the Virgin Islands- it will be required by law.
Premier lodges complaint against Governor over BVI Airways report
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Premier and Minister of Finance, Hon Andrew A. Fahie (R1) has revealed he has had cause to lodge a formal complaint against Governor Augustus J. U. Jaspert for not laying the BVI Airways Audit Report to Cabinet in ample time for it to be properly analysed before heading to the House of Assembly (HoA).
‘I am very encouraged’- Premier on public’s response to COVID-19 measures
HAMILTON, Bermuda- Noting there has been a general acceptance by the public of the decisions made by Government in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Premier and Minister of Finance, Honourable Andrew A. Fahie (R1), has said he is “encouraged”, adding that it is a tough time for leaders anywhere the world.
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