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STEP provides training for 120 industry professionals
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – The Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP) has commenced a one-day conference here in the Virgin Islands with a view to bringing together professionals to examine issues within the financial sector and to brainstorm ways of overcoming them.
House of Assembly to meet March 13, 2014
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - The Virgin Islands House of Assembly will be meeting at its Chambers in Road Town the Capital City on Thursday 13, March 2014 at 10:00 A.M. and a controversial piece of legislation aimed at media censorship is expected to come up for debate.
No division in legislature on FATCA- Premier
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Premier Dr The Hon. D. Orlando Smith has said there is no division in the legislature where the Territory’s response to FATCA issues is concerned.
NDP Gov't does not have a grip on VI economy – Hon. Fraser
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Contending that the Virgin Islands (VI) economy is currently at a crossroads, Third District Representative Hon. Julian Fraser, RA has accused the ruling National Democratic Party (NDP) of not having a grip on affairs as the economy continues to slip.
Wheatley says no system fool proof; suggests breaches inevitable
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Talk Show host Doug Wheatley, in offering an assessment and examination of the recent troubles affecting the Virgin Islands (VI) financial services sector, has expressed that no system that has ever been created is fool proof.
Where is Gov. McCleary?
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Commentators are contending that a lack of reaction on the part of United Kingdom (UK) appointed Governor William Boyd McCleary and UK Prime Minister David Cameron to the offshore financial information ‘leak’ fiasco is costing the Virgin Islands (VI) money.