News
New procedure for processing Executive Work Permits
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – The Virgin Islands’ (VI) Labour Department, has announced that a new procedure to process ‘Executive Work Permits’ will take effect from Monday, September 3, 2018.
Was it BVI Airways? No it’s not! SUV flies into Electrical pole
JOE’S HILL, Tortola, VI - An SUV sometime over the weekend of August 19, 2018, ended up stuck between two electrical poles at Joe’s Hill, on the main island of Tortola.
No potable Water in Sea Cows Bay for months! Deliberate?
SEA COWS BAY, Tortola, VI - Even before Hurricanes Irma and Maria destroyed many pipes, reservoirs and pump stations, residents of Sea Cows Bay, along with many other areas on Tortola have suffered serious water shortages.
USVI’s Mapp joins World Leaders to pay tribute to Aretha Franklin
VI CONSORTIUM
CHARLOTTE AMALIE, ST THOMAS, USVI - Governor Kenneth Mapp on Thursday expressed his condolences to the family, friends and the many fans of acclaimed singer and civil rights activist, Aretha L. Franklin.
Paraplegic pleads for help to find a home
T&T Guardian
It takes Stacy Ann Parris, a 39-year-old paraplegic, at least two to three minutes to make her way down a very short flight of stairs to open the front gate to the severely dilapidated, colonial- styled structure she has called home from birth.
Ecuador tightens entry rules for Venezuelan migrants
BBC News
Ecuador has brought in new rules to stop Venezuelan migrants entering the country without a passport, leaving many stranded in neighbouring Colombia.
‘Loop-holes’ see Ministers diverting funds to districts—AG Report
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Auditor General, Ms Sonia M. Webster, has uncovered a number of glaring ‘loop-holes’ which give the perception, Ministers divert funds intended for investment in the Territory, to instead be used in their electoral districts.
Baughers Bay Wharf an eye sore, Hon Maduro-Caines; ‘clean up or else!’
BAUGHERS BAY, Tortola, VI - The Baughers Bay, Tortola, fisher folks wharf is currently an eye sore, even more so following the passage in 2017 of Hurricanes Irma and Maria.
Deputy Governor prorogues HoA
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Sittings of the current session of the Virgin Islands (VI) House of Assembly (HoA), have been discontinued, following the official proroguing of the HoA, by way of a Proclamation handed down by Acting Governor, David D. Archer Jr, on August 17, 2018.
Measuring Virgin Islands indebtedness -Part III
Dickson C. Igwe
Accurate statistics, and sound economic metrics, are critical to engineering economic recovery. Accurate knowledge and the appropriate measure of a country’s economy offer policy makers information that drives good governance and social prosperity.
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