Premier Wheatley & Hon Smith to engage local businesses this Friday
Hon Smith confirmed the meeting with our news centre this morning, Tuesday, September 1, 2026.
Gov’t temp relief ended
The meeting comes as the government’s temporary relief measures ended on Monday, August 31, 2026.
In April, Premier Wheatley announced the government’s multi-step response to the increasing prices due to events occurring globally which have impacted businesses and consumers in the Virgin Islands.
From May to August 31, duties were removed from insurance and freight, shifting duty calculations from cost, insurance and freight, or CIF, to free on-board or freight on-board, FOB, value.
With this measure ending, the BVI Chamber of Commerce (BVICOC), in an August 31, 2026, press release, warned of an eventual price increase when supplies that are currently in stock are replaced. The Chamber estimated that price increases will begin to be seen and felt closer to Christmas.
Meeting with businesses on Friday
While Hon Smith admitted to not having seen the BVICOC’s press release yet, she informed our news centre, “Premier and I will meet with businesses this Friday.”
Hon Smith and Premier Wheatley wrapped up the VI-India Trade Mission on Monday, August 31, 2026. They are scheduled to return tomorrow, September 2, 2026.
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9 Responses to “Premier Wheatley & Hon Smith to engage local businesses this Friday”
I waiting for public health and eshs to come forward and tell the public wa really going with them young girls and the school and bring to light about what the men (especially those who wear Gucci chains in them pics) doing.
Also the men outside of the school who got sti/hiv to spread. I can’t feel sorry for who ever young girl get catch. Your parents fail you smf decided to play with fire so fire will have to teach you.
Don’t forget the last news from public health “transactional” sex between young adolescents and adults.
Y’all raise a culture on sex and not raising your kids with self respect and morals and the predator’s and criminals having a feast off of y’all ignorance
If y’all find out the young girls who look so innocent with good grades getting caught up in
If y’all find out all that men who are regular offender’s allowed to work in those schools and the men who regularly have to interact with students still operating in those sensitive areas…
We seriously need a sex offender list
If y’all know wa really going on and see the culprits deeply involved in predatory behavior y’all would guarantee march!!
Mika Barry we need you ASAP. Just focus on the predators in this country!
Whoever promises a sex offender list will get my vote this election!!!
Each one of them get a failing grade, what have any of our elected officials done for the Territory?
Now if you get sick, you can't even call the ambulance. Set of joker skaters!!!!!!!!!
The BVI and India need to clean house first, literally and figuratively, before they see about helping others.