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VI athletes off to represent at 2019 Carifta Games
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – As the Virgin Islands (VI) athletics team head off to the Cayman Islands for the 2019 edition of the XLVIII Carifta Games, team members were told to “visualize your race,” by President of the BVI Athletics Association (BVAA) Mr Steve Augustine.
May's Brexit plan suffers historic defeat; VI should be concerned
LONDON, United Kingdom – Leader of the Conservative Party and Prime Minister (PM) of the United Kingdom (UK), Theresa M. May has sustained the heaviest parliamentary defeat of any British PM in the democratic era, after MPs rejected her Brexit deal by a resounding majority of 230.
Cayman Kind—Pt II
Thomas C. Famous
Day Two of the 43rd Annual Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA), Caribbean Americas Atlantic Region conference, held in Grand Cayman June 16, 2018 to 23, 2018, saw delegates from around the Caribbean gather once again at the Marriott Hotel, for a day of presentations, discussion and debates.
EU Directive a greater threat to VI’s Financial Services than ‘public registers’—Farara QC
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – The Virgin Islands (VI) is currently at risk of being ‘blacklisted’ by the European Union (EU) and this poses an even greater threat to the Territory’s Financial Services Industry and its economic wellbeing, than that of the United Kingdom (UK) imposed, ‘public registers’ Order.
Time to discuss ‘Independence’—HoA Speaker Moses
GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands –The decision by the United Kingdom (UK), calling on some of its Overseas Territories to establish registers of beneficial ownership, has re-ignited a new wave of independence debates.
Cayman Governor under investigation, suspended from Office
CNS
Cayman Islands Governor, Anwar Choudhury, has been temporarily suspended from his posting and has been recalled to London, where he is currently under investigation as a result of complaints that have been made against him.
Did Premier Smith sell us out @ recent UK Meeting?
LONDON, United Kingdom- In a statement in the House of Assembly on Thursday, February 12, 2015 Premier and Minister of Finance Dr The Honourable D. Orlando Smith told the people of the Virgin Islands that key stakeholders within the territory’s financial and social services sectors did not support the Virgin Islands establishing a Beneficial Ownership central register, preferring the current regime which has been shown to work.
BVI stays unbeaten with win over Cayman Islands
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Led by 15 points each from Kennedy H. Bass and Kelvin Samuel, BVI cruised past the Cayman Islands, 92-78, Tuesday night, June 16, 2015 at the Caribbean Basketball Confederation (CBC) Men’s Championship at the Multi-Purpose Sports Complex in Road Town, Tortola.
Cayman Taps Firm for Airport Terminal Expansion Project
By the Caribbean Journal staff
The Cayman Islands has tapped a Jacksonville, Fla.-based firm to provide design and construction consultancy services for the planned expansion of Owen Roberts International Airport.
VI rise to 202 in FIFA Rankings
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Despite a recent string of poor results, the Virgin Islands has climbed one place in the latest FIFA Rankings to 202, and also stay ahead of the Cayman Islands and Anguilla in the CONCACAF standings.
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