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VI urges UN climate chief on support as active hurricane season gets underway
ST JOHN’S Antigua- Premier and Minister of Finance Dr the Hon Natalio D. Wheatley (R7) has urged the Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Mr Simon E.K. Stiell on support to the [British] Virgin Islands (VI) to help in the response to the negative impacts of climate change as the islands face stronger and more frequent storms, heavier rains, flash flooding and sea level rise.
Business Watch: Land & Bijoux Terner
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Variety, durability, affordability and BVI branded products are some of the guarantees at Land and Bijoux Terner retail stores on Cyril B. Romney Tortola Pier Park.
'We are just as vulnerable as other islands'- Premier tells SIDS conference
ST JOHN’S, Antigua & Barbuda– Virgin Islands (VI) Premier and Minister of Finance, Dr the Hon Natalio D. Wheatley (R7) has called on United Nations (UN) Members to live by the mantra, “Leave no one behind”, adopted by the international community if states are going to building climate resilience or achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
HoA continues today, May 30, 2024; Crown Lands Bill is being debated
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The controversial Crown Lands Management Bill is before the House of Assembly (HoA) today, May 30, 2024, as the debate continues. Today is the continuation of the 11th Sitting of the 1st Session of the 5th HoA.
CIBC Caribbean reorganising Call Centres across region, creating new ‘Digital Branch’
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – A reorganisation does not always have to result in displaced and unhappy employees. CIBC Caribbean is proving this to be true as it unveils plans for the creation of a “Digital Branch” out of its current Call Centres.
MESIROWFX.COM: Another company trying to scam the Territory
PASEA ESTATE, Tortola, VI- Financial investment firms, online companies and others trying to defraud the people of the Virgin Islands (VI) are on the rise. To this end, the British Virgin Islands Financial Services Commission (FSC) has warned residents about yet another company.
Proposed fares for taxi & livery services now available for public review
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Minister for Communications and Works, Honourable Kye M. Rymer (R5) has announced that the proposed fares for taxi and livery services in the Territory are now available for review by the public.
Are you ready to go back to Africa?
ALRED C. FRETT
Facing the Reality of Racism:
If Life is good but Racism is bad, then living in denial will not alter a grain of sand or blade of grass... Racism is real and must be exposed in order to be defeated… Those Persons who claim that speaking about it, makes it worse, are wrong, because all our present progress, has resulted from public Debate, and the Caribs, Arawaks, and American Indians, who were silent on their Displacement, suffered badly.
Guide to Gov’t’s borrowing policies & debt management operations launched
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The Ministry of Finance marks a significant milestone, with the completion and publication of the 2024-2026 Medium Term Debt Strategy (MTDS).
VI delegation completes 'successful' 2nd leg of Asia Trade Mission in Shenzhen
SHENZHEN, China- The BVI Asia Trade Mission, led by Deputy Premier and Minister for Financial Services, Hon Lorna G. Smith, OBE (AL) held a meeting with the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT) in Shenzhen, which serves to foster international economic and trade cooperation.
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