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Former Premier’s price gouging task force ‘never really functioned’- Dr Wheatley
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI– Virgin Islands (VI) Premier and Minister of Finance, Dr the Hon Natalio D. Wheatley (R7) has indicated that a task force set up by ex-Premier, Hon Andrew A. Fahie (R1) to address price gouging in the VI has never functioned.
The Thrift Paradox
By Dickson C. Igwe
There are two types of player in the market economy: the producer and the consumer. Producers and consumers can be further described as savers and spenders; and lenders and borrowers. This is an important dichotomy of the marketplace.
'For Export Only' food labels spark online debate
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - A post in "The REAL BVI Community Board," Facebook group has sparked a debate as concerns are being raised over the quality of food being imported into the territory owing to several imported items carrying the label 'For Export Only," while being retailed in the Virgin Islands (VI).