News
2019 SFC Report now available to the public
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - The entire budget process is now complete and the 2019 Standing Finance Committee (SFC) report is available to the public.
Trade Dept has no power to shut down unlicenced businesses- SFC Report
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- It was during Standing Finance Committee (SFC) in April 2019 that the Director for Trade, Investment Promotions and Consumer Affairs Mrs Karia J. Christopher told the SFC that it had become a dangerous practice in the last few years for the Trade Department to issue cease and desist letters to businesses operating in the territory with a trade licence.
No Limit Construction inks $63K contract for groundwork @ A.O. Shirley Grounds
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Two days after signing a contract with the Recovery and Development Agency (RDA), No Limit Construction commenced work at the A.O. Shirley Recreation Grounds in Road Town, Tortola.
Office of DPP struggling with backlog of cases
ROAD TOWN, Tortola VI - Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), Ms Kim Hollis QC has moved to clear her name and office, regarding what Opposition Member and Third District Representative Hon Julian Fraser RA (R3) called ‘excessive wait for prisoners on remand,’ even though the Office of the DPP has revealed that it has had a backlog of cases since 2017.
A brand new economics for a very dangerous time
By Dickson C. Igwe
Supply Side, Trickle Down, Economics, - Neo Liberalism- has failed to deliver prosperity for western workers.
The Labour Department to be renamed
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The Labour Department will soon be known as the Department of Labour and Workforce Development.
Cruise ships opted not to come to VI under NDP Gov’t
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The Virgin Islands Party (VIP) Government seems to be doing damage control even while devising strategies to safeguard the territory’s tourism products.
Opposition AWOL as Immigration & Passport (Amendment) Act, 2019 passed
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- After receiving debates from only two Members of the House of Assembly, the Immigration & Passport (Amendment) Act, 2019, which received much opposition in the public domain, mostly from locals, was passed via vote during the Fourth Sitting of the First Session of the Fourth House of Assembly (HoA) yesterday, June 3, 2019.
Quito’s Inn officially opens for business
CANE GARDEN BAY, Tortola, VI- Towering over all the buildings on the waterfront at Cane Garden Bay, Tortola, is the newly constructed Quito’s Inn, which was officially opened on June 1, 2019.
Hurricane Season & Destroying us without a reason
Alred C. Frett
We survived the Beast:
Between the Border Wall, Russian Report, Brexit, EU Elections, Donald J. Trump and Theresa M. May, everyone else has been sidelined as if unimportant… Let’s avoid that trap for, as much as we have to acknowledge them, we also have lives to live and missions to be accomplished… Our Hurricane Season has started and we must prepare as if we will be once again targeted.
Sincere Thanks & Gifts from B&F Medical Complex:
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